Ok Cathy. Time for a new type of quiz. This is an attempt to simulate a real world sports conversation. Imagine you are talking to Kurt and he says one of the following lines. What would your reply be. You are not allowed to use any reference materials. Ready Begin!
1) Have you seen what's going on with the Blackhawks?
2) Who do you like in the game tonight(Monday)?
3) Can you believe Northern isn't ranked #1?
4) Have you seen my pants? I think that monkey stole them.
Anyone out there can feel free to help Cathy by commenting on the post. I will grade her answers and give my response in an update to this post. Good Luck!!!
---------------Cathy's Answers-----------------
1.) "Things just aren't going as planned."
2.) "If the Bears aren't playing, does it really matter."
3.) "Are year will come, not to worry."
4.) First thing to come to my mind, "God damn monkey!!" Then I thought,
"Kurt, you have a great ass, don't worry about the pants." - Can you
actually see me saying it though?
---------------Grade--------------------------
F-. Let's start at 1 and move to four.
1.) "Things just aren't going as planned."
Things are not going as planned. They are actually winning. They plan was for them to lose and I could laugh at $bill Wirtz while telling him where to stick his season tickets. The correct response is "Give them time, they will start sucking soon"
2.) "If the Bears aren't playing, does it really matter."
This is the close to correct. I would have also excepted "I can't wait for the new episode of Wife Swap on ABC"
3.) "Are year will come, not to worry."
Points off for grammer. Our year will not come. The answer to this will help you out in many sports situations. When somebody makes a statment about how great or how bad some team is all you have to say is "You're on crack"
I think Cricket is the greatest game ever invented -- "You're on crack"
I think Nebraska will win the national title -- "You're on crack"
The Cubs would win a world series if they would just let lollar manage -- "You're on crack"
4) ----can't repeat your comment ----
Here is where you lost the most points. First of all, monkeys are great. Everything they do is awsome.(Especially the hockey monkey ) Second of all the words "great", "ass", and "kurt" must never be used in the same sentence. I think that is in the MSL style book. I guess you could use it if you said "Wasn't it great when that monkey shot kurt in the ass with a dart gun"
Your GPA has been lowered to 0.36. I'm calling your parents.
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9 comments:
Blackhawks, NIU, Kurt's Pants, and ESPN Football... I don't know if these topics make it beyond the Barrett Thanksgiving table...but a fine converstationalist you will be.
Okay Cathy, the trick to answering these questions is to think like Steve or Kurt. My hint, think distractions.
Love you!
Do I get to correct your grammar, "I calling your parents." Oh, and to my defense, I didn't use any references, and the Blackhawks, NUI and Kurt's pants were not on Sports Center recently, at least not at 1 AM.
You can not correct my grammer. I am a System Engineer. I use a highly evolved set of grammer rules. I can communicate in english, spanish, bangaloreese(Language of outsourced programmers), klingon, and Java.
Another grammar mistake... it should be accept, not except.
I think I need to give Steve a writing grade on these posts to ensure quality.
Oh, and I'm calling BS on the Klingon.
I'm the Director!!!
Can we dispute "speaking Java" as well?
I would also like to discuss my grade. This is only the second F- I've recieved, and I've gotten lots of As and Bs. (Pouty lower lip.) May I have extra credit, PLEEEEASE!
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