The human mind

[northcat_8]

I found this odd, but am happy since I can't spell very well...Just read on...

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.


I freakin knew all that English class stuff was buslihlt

[Devanshu]

i've read about this...i think it has something to do w/ deccusation of the optic tracts but i'm not sure

[MackemX]

waht a laod of fikncug bishllut!

, yeah I've seen it before and it's true as it's rather easy to read . Text message words would be much more fun to write too

[northcat_8]

The english teacher's do not appreciate it when I distribute this to the student body

Can you believe that I've actually had an english teacher go to the principal and complain that I was trying to "undermind" her subject area Ah well, that lady sucks at life anyway

[Shadowmistress]

I see hooked on phonics didn't work for you after all.

j/j

[Webster]

The english teacher's do not appreciate it when I distribute this to the student body

Can you believe that I've actually had an english teacher go to the principal and complain that I was trying to "undermind" her subject area Ah well, that lady sucks at life anyway

Like they say, the only truth is in mathematic, the rest are just inventions to keep you busy.
Northcat, you are having too much free time on your hand to piss off other teachers just for kick :P

[northcat_8]

I'm working on another practical joke right now...it's an on going joke.

There is this science teacher, her room is a long way from a phone. So about 3 times a week I call the main office and ask to speak to her, the immediately page her, a few minutes later I'll see her walk past my door and I hang up.

She stopped by my room on the way back from the office last week bitchin up a storm...she said "some SOB keeps calling me but by the time I get to the phone they've hung up" I said "well maybe it just takes you too long to get to the phone or they think they've been disconnected" she said "I doubt it, but that is possible, I guess I should be a little more patient and understanding." I can't wait to call again and see if she runs by my room

[Webster]

I'm working on another practical joke right now...

Northcat, you are one sick MF :P
You better hope they don't have caller ID
or that one of your students rat on you

[AlecWest]

I can't wait to call again and see if she runs by my room

(evil grin) Do you know someone who can mimic George W. Bush? Have a wife or girlfriend (someone the teacher doesn't know) record a brief soundbyte saying:

Hello, Ms. (whatever her name is ... with a second's pause afterward giving her time to answer)? This is the White House secretarial service and I've got a recorded message from the President!

...followed by some electronic humming noises, then...

Ms. (whatever her name is), this is President Bush. I apologize for this recording. I did try to reach you earlier a number of times but was apparently disconnected. I just wanted you to know that tabulated votes among peers have nominated you as science educator of the year. Congratulations. My secretary will be contacting you by mail shortly to arrange your trip to Washington to accept your award, which I'll personally give to you during a press conference. Again, congratulations and do watch for the mailing. (click)

Then, for the next week, she'll be crowing around that she's been chosen as the science educator of the year. But (sigh) the mail will never come...

[Shadowmistress]

Alec, I never realized you truly devious you are.

[AlecWest]

Alec, I never realized you truly devious you are.

Mwah-hah-hah-hah (grin). When my Navy ship was being decommissioned back in 1971, I had a wreath delivered during the ceremony. There was no note with the delivery but it was a wreath of carnations dyed black with the words "Rust In Peace" on a memorial banner. Rear Admiral Bergner was not amused (grin). But, I paid in cash and gave a false name.

On another occasion, I worked for a medical insurance company. My supervisor was a real sourpuss. One day, she chewed out this one lady close to retirement age because she couldn't keep up with younger claims analysts ... and did so in front of peers. So, I went to another florist. I paid in cash giving a false name (again) and had them deliver her a dozen yellow roses in an ornate vase. The note read, "Lighten up." I never revealed this prank to any of my coworkers (or to the supervisor) ... and the origin of those flowers remained a mystery to her. But, she did lighten up.

[edit]fixed misspelled word[/edit]

[Shadowmistress]

Interesting tactic on the supervisor. I'll have to remember that one

[northcat_8]

Caller ID?? *67 + cellphone...Northcat too crafty for that

Calls are made before students arrive and no one knows but me

I prank students sometimes too. Had a girl looking all over the school for a chalk sharpener a few years ago. Have left a student asleep in my room and switched classrooms with another teacher, and set the clock forward about 3 hours.

<ah...wipes tear> have had many laughs

[AlecWest]

When I was transferred from my decommissioned ship to Guam, there was an electronics technician there who had a British wife. It was very easy to recognize her voice. And, she'd taken vacation alone to visit relatives in England.

One weekend day, the telephone in our transmitter site's admin office rang. No one was there (being the weekend) but we all had access to the room. So, a friend of mine answered the phone. It was the tech's wife, calling to say she'd returned on an earlier flight, and asking that her husband be notified so he could pick her up at Agana International Airport. The friend said, "That's odd. I just saw him down at the commissary eating lunch with some woman. They've been eating there together all week. Thought that was his wife. Oh, well, I'll see he gets the message." (click)

Another time, also on a weekend, the phone rang ... and we were supposed to answer it, "Building 51 ops, (name) speaking, may I help you sir?" Instead, a friend answered, "Yeah, whaddaya want?" The gruff voice on the other end, obviously an officer, said, "Who am I speaking to???" My friend answered, "You don't know? Bye." (click)

[AlecWest]

Interesting tactic on the supervisor. I'll have to remember that one

It's amazing what can be said with flowers, hehe. There was one lady at work I wanted to send flowers to but didn't. But, I was thinking about sending her a bouquet of red roses with the note, "I found that light bulb you were looking for."

Here's the scenario. A janitor was doing his work one night when he opened up a maintenance closet to get cleaning supplies. When the door opened up, he caught one of our Managing Directors half-naked in the arms of a female supervisor trainee (also half-naked). For some reason, the woman blurted out, "We were looking for a light bulb."

The janitor was brought into the admin office and told that if word of the incident leaked out, he'd be fired ... that it was supposed to be kept quiet and that discipline against the two fraternizers would be handled privately. But, he'd apparently spoken to a few people before being called into the office ... and, where I work, stuff like this spreads like wildfire, hehe. My area supervisor even called my entire unit into a meeting to tell us, "There's a rumor spreading around the office right now ... and anyone caught spreading the rumor will be fired." At the time, I'd not heard about it. So, I raised my hand and asked, "So many rumors are spread in this office. How are we supposed to know which rumor were not supposed to spread if we don't know which rumor you're talking about?" She gave me a stern look and said, "Just don't talk about it!"

A buddy who knew the janitor told me later ... and the janitor never did get fired. But, the rumor did spread to one worker who happened to be the Managing Director's sister-in-law. Ahem. His wife divorced him. The Director is still working in the same place as is the supervisor trainee. But, they don't see too much of each other anymore (and I mean that in both senses of the word, hehe).

[ZAPPER]

I have pulled a few pranks myself, not too many as planned out all that far in advance. I think that I will start a new thread to avoid a hijack