In Canada we’ve always gone back to school after the Labour Day weekend. That’s about 9 weeks off for summer.

Yes that would be one scene, They had us patting down Christian for weapons. This version has it cut out, but the original version had it still in. Go figure.

The school of agricutlture’s dean of admissions was interviewing a prospective student, “Why have you chosen this career?” he asked?

“I dream of making a million dollars in farming, like my father,” the student replied.

“Your father made a million dollars in farming?” echoed the dean, much impressed.

“No,” replied the applicant.  “But he always DREAMED of it!”

Switch- Hater…

BDY- I was reciently in a similar situation, I was hit and filed a claim with the guys insurance.  His insurance tried to drag things out.  I could never seem to get a hold of the adjuster and when I did she would tell me that I needed to do this or that.  Fortunately I have a prepaid legal service for just this type of thing.    So I left a message saying that I was tired of dealing with her company and and my legal representative would be contacting her.  I wasn’t bluffing in my case, I had contacted them to get the ball rolling.  Funny thing is all the things she “needed” before she could process the claim sudenly weren’t nessacery any more.  So I was able to cancel the action before it started.

You never know, if you word it right a good bluff could get you somewhere…

The irony for me was it was cheaper to move to a better school district than send my kids to private school.

Ha!  Got ya in here!  :-P

Thought some of you would enjoy this…  the 1st and 14th Amendments meet in Kindergarten when SCOTUS reverses the school prayer ruling…

“Children: Pull Out Your Chickens, Now!”
    by Roland Nethaway, Waco-Tribune Herald

“Let’s quiet down, children. Now that we’ve finally gotten rid of that terrible Supreme Court decision, I can finally again lead you in prayer. So children, let’s get ready for our morning prayer. Did everyone remember to bring their holy chicken?”

“Mary, where is your chicken? That’s all right, Mary. Don’t cry. As I told you yesterday, if you can’t afford a chicken, the school is required to provide one. I’ve got plenty of extra chickens up here by the prayer mats, meditation crystals and peyote buds. Did anyone else forget to bring their holy chicken?”

“As you know from your schedule, children, today I will lead you in a Santeria prayer. That’s a recognized, ancient religion. Now I know some of you have complained that many of these prayers don’t represent your beliefs. Remember, they do represent the sincere beliefs of many Americans. I promise you that eventually we will lead the class in a prayer representing your own religion.”

“But you’ll have to be patient. There are hundreds of Christian denominations with all sorts of beliefs in the United States. And there are hundreds more nonchristian religions recognized in America. If your religion isn’t on our list, just let us know and we’ll make sure it’s added. We don’t want to leave anyone out. That’s not the American way.”

“Be thankful. Everyone knows that you have never been prevented from praying in school, but for years you were denied having teachers and principals lead you in prayer. You should be thankful, now that all that’s changed.”

"Johnnie, I don’t know what you’re doing to that chicken, but stop it. You need to straighten up and be serious. This is important. If it were not, then why did 224 Texas counties and 51 Texas cities go to the trouble to pass resolutions supporting the reinstatement of state-sponsored prayer in our public schools?

I’ll tell you why: it’s because lots and lots of people said the lack of state-sponsored prayers is what led to drug use, crime, violence, teenage pregnancy, dropouts, family disentegration, child-abuse, pornography, racism, poor academic achievement, overcrowded prisons and lots of other bad things in our society."

“Before we start, I want to remind you that tomorrow we will have a traditional Wicca prayer and we’ll try to cast a spell on the press. Remember to bring a lock of your mother’s hair. Johnnie, keep that chicken quiet. What is it Lucy? If you want me to tell you when I will lead you in a prayer of your religion, you’ll have to tell me what it is. You can’t look at someone and tell their personal beliefs. Unitarian Universalist? Let’s see, what’s coming up next…?”

“Well, coming up soon we have Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), Islam, Christian Science, Amish, Confucianism, Tibetan Buddhism, Seventh-Day Adventist, Comanche, Zoroastrianism, Church of the Brethren, Druze, Calvinist, Baptist, Unification, Hassidism, Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist Jewish, Quakers, and Deliverance Pentacostal. That one should be interesting. I think that’s when you bring a rattlesnake and a cup of poison.”

“I don’t see it coming up right away, Lucy. Let’s see, we have the Reformed Druids of North America, Episcopalian, American Vegan, Lutheran, Shanti Yoga, Evangelical, Presbyterian, Baha’i World Faith, Gnostic Orthodox, House of Yahweh, Greek and Russian Orthodox, Jews for Jesus, Agasha, Temple of Wisdom, Church of Metaphysical Christianity, Jain Meditation, Catholic Charismatic, People of Destiny, Fundamentalist Christian, Branch Davidian, Coptic Fellowship, Church of Satan and the American Ethical Society…”

“I don’t know, Lucy. It doesn’t look like Unitarian Universalism is coming up any time soon. But if we don’t lead you in a prayer of your own church or religion this year, the government requires that we lead you in a prayer of your religion at least once before you graduate. This way, it’s fair for everyone.”

“OK, kids, on the count of three, yank the heads off your chickens and I’ll get the prayer started…!”

SORRY!!!
I forgot that part.
No one knows what the other missions are. The game comes with the mission cards. We shuffle them and pass them out (we sometimes pull “occupy 18 territories with 2 or more troops” and “take out yellow” if yellow is not playing). Then we try to accomplish our mission.
We try not to let anyone know our mission - that may mean pretending to go after someone we’re not after - it’s amazing how people react if they perceive you taking out another player to be your mission - you can take any continent you want that way :). Also, we try to guess the other players’ missions in order to thwart them.
I did see one player win on the first turn (i hadn’t had an attack yet, however a couple of earlier players took out some of my units in strategic opening moves - the guy who one simply moved right through me !!!)