we don't use much anymore.
I miss it,
like Grape Nehi
and horn(ed) rimmed glasses.
From the Martin Bell RMP page, added recently:
- archaeology is cool but why do we need to know alot of details. bell needs to kick rocks really strict about duedates and being on time. take carberry instead heard hes way easier and misses class alot .
- Professor Bell's personal fitness class taught me to respect myself and others' self. And I love the joke about the tractor!
- He was the most amazing Astronomy professor I've ever had. He explained how blue stars make the grey alien's eyes so big. I've always wondered....
- His intro basket weaving class is very popular, so sign up early. It is definitely worth it. He is real hands on in the classroom, showing each student different patterns and knots to suit your individual style and the reeds you like to use. He'll help during class, but the final is really hard - you have to weave an air-tight bottle out of straw!
In this age of over-specialization, Martin Bell is a true Renaissance Man (as, I should note, is our own beloved Dick Tingle).
ReplyDeleteI actually wouldn't mind encountering a wiseacre or two now and then; wiseacres at least recognize the value of knowledge, even if they're faking the actual possession of it. But I think wiseacres are more likely to arise in times of prosperity; their attitude requires a certain degree of confidence in oneself and one's place in the world. Most of us these days, students and proffies alike, are feeling unsettled and uncertain and vulnerable, and that seems to lead to finger-pointing and cries of unfairness more than bluff and bluster.
Horn-rimmed glasses are also fine, on the right person (and I see them now and then). But Grape Nehi (or grape-"flavored" anything)? Yuck!
Funny, Glithorkon the anal probe master told me that the grey aliens have big eyes because their home world, Zorbos Gaaqikkksssthhhpppcack, orbited a brown dwarf star and they evolved in a dank semi-darkness....like our Vikings, life sucked so bad they HAD to build the dimension-hopping saucers, the anal probing was optional.
ReplyDeleteYou can't spell "wiseacre" without "i care." As long as you rearrange the letters.
ReplyDelete@Strel: Bubbles the chimp rips the ears off Greys. He's never been the same since the experiments on the toxicity of Grape Nehi versus Fanta Grape.
ReplyDeleteI feel so proud of myself. Richard Tingle picked my review of Prof. Bell!
ReplyDeleteI feel so proud of myself. Richard Tingle picked my review of Prof. Bell!
ReplyDeleteYep. Mine too!
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ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for noticing, Prof. Tingle! I feel proud to be in the esteemed company of New England Natalie and AdjunctSlave.
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