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Kaiser-Machead
11/11/08

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Heh, this could be potentially very cruel for the poor bastard this gets attached to.

Jill is sitting on the bus talking with friends

Wrist bracelet flashes an alert, scrolling across, reading: "PUMPKIN, I REPLACED THAT SOILED BEDSHEET FOR YOU! YOU LIKE BABY BLUE, RIGHT? LUV MOM =)"
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GadgetPlayPissedSomebodyOff
11/11/08

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The closest thing to cheating I did was to write papers for college students. I charged $50 (on delivery) and a case of beer (up front, to get me through the actual writing). Before the outrage begins, be aware that I would tell them that they'd better know the material in case the prof got suspicious, and then I'd go over it all with them so that they actually DID learn the material. I especially enjoyed doing papers on subjects of which I had little or no previous knowledge. Win win!

The worst grade I got for anyone was a "B" on a paper on an influential President. The professor did not like that I criticized FDR's handling of the economy (turning a severe recession into the Great Depression), even though I heaped praise on him for his handling of the war. It was all I could do to not march over to Pitt and confront him.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/11/08

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: I charged $200 for the paper I wrote for someone, because I had to read through 5 books (several select chapters in each) and then write up a 50 page report in a single night. To this day I don't know how I did it, but it got an A, and I do believe that any ability to excel was sucked away in that one night, forever cursing me to academic mediocrity, for a mere $200. Bought a lot of pizza though, and that rocked.
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thefutureisnow
11/11/08

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It needs something more. Please don't hate me for saying this but I think it needs an electric shock device built into it.
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AmishJohn
11/11/08

@thefutureisnow: I was thinking that too. Less display, more Invisible Fence.
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Rabid Penguin
11/11/08

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Son, you know not to get into a stranger's van without your slap bracelet... something could have happened.

No... the best use for these is to travel back to the early 90's and give them to kids to send messages to one another during math class.
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GOKOR
11/11/08

@Rabid Penguin: I used a watch to cheat on all my tests...I'd write the answers into it and pass it around to all the kids I'm cool with.
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Curves
11/11/08

@Rabid Penguin: My friends and I learned the basic sign language alphabet for that. Worked pretty good too.
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Rabid Penguin
11/11/08

@GOKOR: @Curves: I'm surrounded by cheaters ;c)

I never cheated on a test... though I did fail a history test once because my teacher thought I was cheating and I couldn't convince him otherwise... good times.
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Rabid Penguin
11/11/08

@Rabid Penguin: It made me mad, so I decided to get back at him by chewing gum in class...
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/11/08

@Rabid Penguin: I had a college prof that failed me for making him admit he was wrong in class.
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Curves
11/11/08

@Rabid Penguin: Would you feel better knowing that with the exception of math class, I was the one who was giving the answers to them?

I also had a chewing gum Nazi teacher, Mr D in health class, first period my freshman year. His idea of punishing this horrid crime was to put the gum on our nose and stand facing the class the whole period. I swallowed a few pieces of gum as opposed to doing that more than once, and contrary to popular school bus myths, I dont think it stayed in my system for 7 years either.
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Rabid Penguin
11/11/08

@Curves: My teacher never made me put the gum on my nose (that's just weird), but he was a gum Nazi, that's for sure. Of course, that's not as bad as my third grade teacher... who I think was a real Nazi - or at least a Nazi sympathizer. He would push kids against the chalk board, slap 'em in the face, he was crazy... and eventually fired. I'm not sure what his policy on gum was.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/11/08

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Sweet! Slap bracelets have made it into the 21st century via handwavium! These will be a great marketing gimmick at my plant lamp store.
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Dr. H. F. Danger
11/11/08

@Lite: Thats what I thought when I saw that too. Lets hope the quality is better with these. It sucked when they would wear out and the metal would end up cutting you.

Quality
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11/11/08

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So yelling out the window isn't good enough anymore?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/11/08

@Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...: But dad! I'm Jesus Christ!
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TheBusDriver
11/11/08

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MY wife was talking about the need for this. I run marathons and she said she wants a way to send me messages during the race (not just the 4 times or so she can catch me as I go by). Seems like it might work.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11/11/08

@TheBusDriver: Or maybe not if she sends you messages like, 'Run Faster' and 'You know where you're sleeping tonight if you don't win..'
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/11/08

@TheBusDriver: That's if you notice there's a message on your wrist, etc.
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