Category Archives: Education

More Bad Math

August 9, 2015 – 11:41 am

The other night Ma’am called from Thailand. I was sitting at Frank’s Bar on Fulton. the football game on the tiny TV was a distraction along with Rosa the svelte Vietnamese homegirl bartender. Before opening my flip phone I told everyone to be quiet. They knew my story and concentrated on their drinks. “Mai mii […]

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Brooklyn Tony ON MATH 101

August 9, 2015 – 10:57 am

A Math teacher asks her class: “If there are 5 birds sitting on a fence and you shoot one of them, how many will be left?” She calls on Brooklyn Tony. He replies, “None, they will all fly away with the first gunshot.” The teacher replies, “The correct answer is 4, but I like your […]

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Brooklyn Tony ON ENGLISH

February 16, 2015 – 7:49 am

Brooklyn Tony goes to school, and the teacher says, “Today we are going to learn multi-syllable words, class. Does anybody have an example of a multi-syllable word?” Brooklyn Tony says “Mas-tur-bate.” Miss Rogers smiles and says, “Wow, Brooklyn Tony, that’s a mouthful.” Brooklyn Tony says, “No, Miss Rogers, you’re thinking of a blowjob.” For a […]

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Love is Never Having to Say You’re Sorry

August 25, 2014 – 12:01 pm

Love is Never Having to Say You’re Sorry is a famous line from the 1970 film LOVE STORY. Farangs are amazed by the infrequency of times that Thais saying they’re sorry. The word does exist as Khor-Todt, whose etymology stems from two Thai words; Khor or throat and Todt or fart. Throat-fart. Sorry, but maybe […]

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The Ugliness of Free Enterprise

May 21, 2013 – 11:01 pm

Senator Elizabeth Warren has been lauded for suggesting that the interest on student loans be lowered to subsidized America’s Future, however no one is proposing free education since this country prefers free enterprise. The entire yearly debt of college owns comes to $50 billion dollars. The same cost of running the wars in Afghanistan. So […]

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