Comments on: Short, Clever and all Too Very True http://wordgrrls.com/2009/11/short-clever-and-all-too-very-true/ Creative ideas and inspiration for writers. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:35:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keli http://wordgrrls.com/2009/11/short-clever-and-all-too-very-true/comment-page-1/#comment-11500 Keli Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:31:52 +0000 http://wordgrrls.com/?p=2284#comment-11500 yep sounds about right. :) yep sounds about right. :)

]]> By: Editor http://wordgrrls.com/2009/11/short-clever-and-all-too-very-true/comment-page-1/#comment-11463 Editor Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:12:21 +0000 http://wordgrrls.com/?p=2284#comment-11463 My favourite irony is from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge: Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink My favourite irony is from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge:
Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink ;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink

]]> By: This Eclectic Life http://wordgrrls.com/2009/11/short-clever-and-all-too-very-true/comment-page-1/#comment-11437 This Eclectic Life Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:07:22 +0000 http://wordgrrls.com/?p=2284#comment-11437 Actually, Laura, you only tell them to "sit down and shut up" for about eleven years. They turn into teenagers and won't talk to you at all! I know you don't celebrate Thanksgiving today in your neck of the woods, but I just wanted to wish you a good day & tell you I am thankful that I found you on the internet! Actually, Laura, you only tell them to “sit down and shut up” for about eleven years. They turn into teenagers and won’t talk to you at all!

I know you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving today in your neck of the woods, but I just wanted to wish you a good day & tell you I am thankful that I found you on the internet!

]]> By: richard http://wordgrrls.com/2009/11/short-clever-and-all-too-very-true/comment-page-1/#comment-11435 richard Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:31:33 +0000 http://wordgrrls.com/?p=2284#comment-11435 And here I was prepping tomorrow's post on a similar subject. I hate the notion of "Children should be heard and not seen." or "Watch, wait, learn and when you are older you can take your place in the world." From "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted": <i>The root of all children’s problems is unacceptable levels of imagination, fun, creativity and unbridled enthusiasm! Our goal at this school is to crush the dangerous elements inside you and replace them with structure, order, discipline and conformity.</i> And here I was prepping tomorrow’s post on a similar subject. I hate the notion of “Children should be heard and not seen.” or “Watch, wait, learn and when you are older you can take your place in the world.”

From “Phineas and Ferb Get Busted”:

The root of all children’s problems is unacceptable levels of imagination, fun, creativity and unbridled enthusiasm!

Our goal at this school is to crush the dangerous elements inside you and replace them with structure, order, discipline and conformity.

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