"Professor Panini" was the story we all shared today. Impressive writing from all as well as a great discussion over what history means to us. History is an ongoing book being continuously written--each moment a page, each era a chapter, each of us a character.
Where did you get that story. Don't you think that it's a bit farfetched?
ReplyDeleteTruly a farfetched story...yes...but one that added intrigue when read cut into its paragraph components. I found it on a website of online contemporary humorous short stories. I read many, and this one was the only one that 'fit' the purpose of the history lesson (albeit a humor scifi story of a man and his talking toaster :) )
ReplyDeleteI thought it was really funny and well written too.
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I really liked the assignment! It was very interesting to see how different things will seem if you don't know the background. It really taught me that in order for something to make enough sense for you to care about it and make it stick in your memory, you really need the whole story, not just a snippet. Like if I were to take a page out of a book and start reading it, it really wouldn't seem interesting- but if i were to read it from the beginning, it would be an amazing thing! Thanks for the neat- and not boring- history lesson Miss Coake!
ReplyDeleteYa, totally with Ping on that one.
ReplyDeleteInteresting story, yes. But will we really see talking toasters with defective voice chips manufactured by a greedy, money-hungry company in about a decade? I don't think so (unless someone is smart enough to do it...). Well, I enjoyed the story. It has good humor, and yet just the right amount. Plus, there is an aspect of seriousness thrown in too! Well written and funny. (Sorry if you weren't expecting a comment like this, but I wanted to share my thoughts.)
ReplyDeleteYes, Xuan, this is a fabulous comment...just what I'm looking to see :)
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ReplyDeleteI thought that the story is kind of like those "Why I was Late" stories you read about in books where the kid says,"Well, I was just walking to school, minding my own business when suddenly a pack of cannibals in spaceships comes running down the street and I had to hide but I stumbled into a cave with a T-rex..." it goes on and on and on with no real end.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the back story is that is was a cannibalistic toaster that arrived in his home via spaceships...
ReplyDeleteIf there only was a cannibalistic toaster that arrived via spaceships that would be fine but if you added more crazy things it stops being funny and starts being boringly far-fetched. I have a feeling that we disagree on this...
ReplyDeleteAnne, there's nothing really wrong with farfetched. It just brings you out of reality until you shut the book, or turn off the television, or walk away from the story teller. I'd be prepared to bet that the Human race would still be wearing leopard skins in caves if it wasn't for that farfetched mind who made things better. Actually, I probably wouldn't be typing if people stuck to what they knew and never went into the beyond. A long time ago, somebody thought a car or a computer was farfetched. I think more people need to look into the beyond about looking into the beyond, and maybe somebody WILL come up with a talking toaster and a Mind-swap machine.
ReplyDeleteWait if the cannibalistic toaster that arrived via spaceships REALLY came from spaceships then it would be the alien cannibalistic toaster that arrived via spaceships and since it's cannibalistic it eats other aliens.
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Either way, I wouldn't like it.
ReplyDeleteya this is getting a little to far-fetched.
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Who's excited to invent things.
Me!!!! I thought of this great way to make things look futuristic!!! You just wrap it in aluminum foil!!!
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