I’m no surfer, but I live near the ocean, and visit often. I don’t think that’s true, at least with ones who know what they are doing. They stand up at the top of a wave. They do around here (So California), anyway. Maybe it’s different in Detroit.
I want to be a fly on the wall when Mr. Spaetzle calls Mrs. Caulfield after her son is treated for concussion. “You see, Caulfield was surfing the janitor’s mop and funny thing happened…” Where’s your mop surfing helmet young man.
Daring Caulfield seems to be showing a cautious streak. He can’t always predicate the outcomes of his classroom ploys and he wants to launch his next wave from a safe stance.
My parents are both music teachers, and they’ve taught students of all ages. If you were ever one of my parents’ students as a kid, you probably got to sing “The Noble Duke of York.”
The Noble Duke of York
He had ten thousand men
He marched them up the hill
and marched them down again
And when you’re up you’re up
and when you’re down you’re down
but when you’re only halfway up
you’re neither up nor down
But you didn’t just sing it; it was really a squats workout, decades before Crossfit. And the most Crossfit part of all was “and when you’re only halfway up,” when you’d hold it there mid-squat while my mom or dad took their sweet time getting around to finishing out the song. It was great fun, and a great lesson: Being neither up nor down isn’t something you want to do for too long, not literally, not metaphorically. That’s the lesson I took from it, at least. Your experience may vary. But I still live by it. The secondary lesson is that even holding a half squat was way more dignified than that “I’m a Little Teapot” song.
GreasyOldTam over 5 years ago
I’m no surfer, but I live near the ocean, and visit often. I don’t think that’s true, at least with ones who know what they are doing. They stand up at the top of a wave. They do around here (So California), anyway. Maybe it’s different in Detroit.
KenTheCoffinDweller over 5 years ago
Don’t really want to get any more of that Detroit River water on you than you have to.
asrialfeeple over 5 years ago
Mop surfing? Somehow, I don’t think that’ll catch on.
cervelo over 5 years ago
I want to be a fly on the wall when Mr. Spaetzle calls Mrs. Caulfield after her son is treated for concussion. “You see, Caulfield was surfing the janitor’s mop and funny thing happened…” Where’s your mop surfing helmet young man.
sandpiper over 5 years ago
Daring Caulfield seems to be showing a cautious streak. He can’t always predicate the outcomes of his classroom ploys and he wants to launch his next wave from a safe stance.
colcam over 5 years ago
Why do I get the feeling we should be getting used to
Congressman Caulfield said—
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Yakety Sax over 5 years ago
Wipeout!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p13yZAjhU0M
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
Frazz16 hrs ·
My parents are both music teachers, and they’ve taught students of all ages. If you were ever one of my parents’ students as a kid, you probably got to sing “The Noble Duke of York.”
The Noble Duke of York
He had ten thousand men
He marched them up the hill
and marched them down again
And when you’re up you’re up
and when you’re down you’re down
but when you’re only halfway up
you’re neither up nor down
But you didn’t just sing it; it was really a squats workout, decades before Crossfit. And the most Crossfit part of all was “and when you’re only halfway up,” when you’d hold it there mid-squat while my mom or dad took their sweet time getting around to finishing out the song. It was great fun, and a great lesson: Being neither up nor down isn’t something you want to do for too long, not literally, not metaphorically. That’s the lesson I took from it, at least. Your experience may vary. But I still live by it. The secondary lesson is that even holding a half squat was way more dignified than that “I’m a Little Teapot” song.