1. "Walk" to school with a side of Bugs Bunny.
RantWoman had a perfectly lovely walk of about 1/2 hour to her Junior high. RantWoman also had a friend who lived about 1/3 of the way to school. RantWoman's STORY was that she would stop by her friend's house and walk with her friend the rest of the way to school.
RantWoman always got to her friend's house in plenty of time to do that. Friend was never ready. RantWoman got to watch a lot of bugs bunny will waiting for her friend to get ready and then friend's mother would drive us.
2. Stairwell non sequitur
A schoolmate in a stairwell "Wanna fight?"
RantWoman "No."
Schoolmate "Wanna smoke weed?"
RantWoman "No."
3. The Epitome of Nerd Cred: diagramming sentences.
One of the high points of seventh grade English, now apparently headed the way of ...
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| A classic example of a diagrammed sentence in English |
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/08/22/341898975/a-picture-of-language-the-fading-art-of-diagramming-sentences
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