Comments on: There’s dumb, and then there’s really dumb http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/02/theres-dumb-and-then-theres-really-dumb/ a few graffiti on the wall of life Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:03:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: doug http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/02/theres-dumb-and-then-theres-really-dumb/#comment-3040 doug Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:27:06 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/02/theres-dumb-and-then-theres-really-dumb/#comment-3040 These are TV quizzes for prizes, not exam questions. These are TV quizzes for prizes, not exam questions.

]]> By: David Ross http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/02/theres-dumb-and-then-theres-really-dumb/#comment-3036 David Ross Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:20:32 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/02/theres-dumb-and-then-theres-really-dumb/#comment-3036 Not being a Hoskins fan, I couldn't tell you the first answer. And the penultimate one, I don't know either, because I don't belong to any clubs or societies. I might be able to guess, but my answer would be just that: a guess. The answers given are so obviously wrong that the student must have known they were wrong. S/he was just trying to give a deliberately wrong answer, to signal that s/he didn't know (with hints of sarcasm), and to move on to some other question. ("Who invented the Stations of the Cross?" -"Oh for the love of... okay, fine. Mel Gibson. Next question PLEASE") Not being a Hoskins fan, I couldn’t tell you the first answer. And the penultimate one, I don’t know either, because I don’t belong to any clubs or societies. I might be able to guess, but my answer would be just that: a guess.

The answers given are so obviously wrong that the student must have known they were wrong. S/he was just trying to give a deliberately wrong answer, to signal that s/he didn’t know (with hints of sarcasm), and to move on to some other question.

(”Who invented the Stations of the Cross?” -”Oh for the love of… okay, fine. Mel Gibson. Next question PLEASE”)

]]> By: Jim http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/02/theres-dumb-and-then-theres-really-dumb/#comment-3004 Jim Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:35:37 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/02/theres-dumb-and-then-theres-really-dumb/#comment-3004 Well that's really depraved... ;-P Well that’s really depraved… ;-P

]]> By: doug http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/02/theres-dumb-and-then-theres-really-dumb/#comment-3003 doug Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:21:11 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/02/theres-dumb-and-then-theres-really-dumb/#comment-3003 Put out the bait and watch the fish rise :-) Put out the bait and watch the fish rise :-)

]]> By: Jim http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/02/theres-dumb-and-then-theres-really-dumb/#comment-3002 Jim Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:02:53 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/02/theres-dumb-and-then-theres-really-dumb/#comment-3002 It wasn't Zwingli who got bad marks- but Aquinas. What a doofus that one was! No wonder his nickname was 'The Ox". Besides- I think sometimes that you are the modern equivalent of the 'Evil Priest' famous from the DSS as the foe of the Righteous Teacher. And I only say this because you have said mean things about Z. You nasty Luthero-Aquinan-Barthian heretic. ;-) It wasn’t Zwingli who got bad marks- but Aquinas. What a doofus that one was! No wonder his nickname was ‘The Ox”.

Besides- I think sometimes that you are the modern equivalent of the ‘Evil Priest’ famous from the DSS as the foe of the Righteous Teacher. And I only say this because you have said mean things about Z. You nasty Luthero-Aquinan-Barthian heretic.
;-)

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