Shoes, Sheets, and States

[Tasha--Nethilia]

> So, do *you* lie on your bed with your shoes on? Do
> members of your 
> family? Friends and neighbours? Is it a common
> custom? Is it common 
> in teen culture maybe? Is it prevalent on TV or is
> my friend nuts?
> 
> anthropologically yours,
> 
> Naama :-)

I don't. I take off my shoes the second I enter my
house/room/dorm/whatever. Or the same to others'
houses unless they tell me to put them back on. Then
again, I wear sandals everywhere. I hate socks. The
only time I wear socks is when I wear my hiking boots.


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> *chuckles*  On a related note, being from Texas, I
> get the horse comment a
> lot. (I've probably been on a horse a hand full of
> times in my life.)  

LOL! I get that too, living in Texas. I always reply
with, "Yah, I used to ride a horse, but living in the
inner city, mine got stolen. I miss Old Paint." 

> And
> yeah, we get comments about the accent thing all the
> time.  I have trouble
> on the phone when talking to people from other parts
> of the country.  They
> automatically knock about 60 IQ points off my
> intelligence and ask me to
> repeat things and spell them because of my accent. >
-Evil Flame

I'm kinda lucky. I have a mixed accent--a blend of
Midwestern and Texan. So almost no one can place it. 

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> I haven't weighed in much on this thread...but
> really, people who don't know
> New Mexico as a state?  (hope this isn't too
> political; incendio me if it
> is.)  Anyway, it seems strange that people wouldn't
> know the US states; I
> was quizzed on them several times in 4th grade. 
> That's about 9-10 years
> old.  Do some people forget that, or do they not get
> that part of education?

I found it sad that people in my college don't know
the 50 states. 

> They teach them all they should know, or at least
> they try to, but if 
> the students consider try outs for base-, foot-,
> basket-, 
> softballteams or cheerleader-troops, or results of
> ballgames, or 
> what's happening at the next Ricki Lake or Jerry
> Springer-show more 
> important than the 47th state to join the union, the
> teachers' 
> options get a bit limited.  Geography and history
> are also two 
> subjects that are at high risk of falling into the
> "why do we have to 
> do this stuff, anyway - we don't need it?"-category
> with many 
> students.  

Very true. I wonder how many adults know them.

> Jeez, no kidding. When I was in 5th grade, I had to
> memorize all the states and their capitals and
> locations;
> isn't this basic, compulsory information? And even
> if
> not, don't kids watch cartoons anymore? I learned
> all the
> capitals ahead of my class by memorizing the State
> Song
> from Animaniacs. Yeah, sometimes it pays to be a
> geek. *g*

I learned all the capitals in 5th grade, but I did it
because I was in a competition. I was the only one who
did. and I learned the 50 states in alphabetical order
from a song. It makes things easier when I'm looking
up stuff.  ^.^

--Neth

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