Top Comments: Did You Know...Part 2

Important update before I begin: Go here and help Gilda Reed! She's a great candidate! Go Recommend and then come back here........you haven't gone yet? Hurry up!

I thought I'd continue the History education of the readers of Top Comments. A few weeks ago I put together a diary based on a little book I bought recently. Here's what I said about that book:

The other day I bought a small little book, Ignorance Is Blitz, by Professor Anders Henriksson. It begins by talking about the job of a historian and then takes the reader on a trip through history through the eyes of some pretty interesting college students. I'm wondering how these students ever got into college, and I'm hoping none of them passed without some pretty serious hard work. This book is hilarious though. I figured I'd offer up a few excerpts and then we could get to the top comments.

Consider tonight Part 2! Add any individual funny student stories in the comments!

From Chapter 3: The Mists of Antiquity: The Joy of Flooding:

Civilization woozed out of the Nile about 300,000 years ago.

(Yes, you read that right. We "woozed"...and I nearly peed myself laughing when I read this. Don't tell anyone that! I should also note here that all spelling and grammar comes directly from the book.)

There was Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Lower Egypt was actually farther up than Upper Egypt, which was, of course, lower down than the upper part. This is why we learn geography as a factor in history.

Mesapatamia was squigged in a valley near the Eucaliptus river. Flooding was erotic.

(A bit later in the chapter...)

Zorroastrologism was founded by Zorro. This was a duelist religion.

The three gods were "Good," "Bad," and "Indifferent." These beliefs later resurfaced among the Manatees.

(Anyone celebrating Passover? This is for you...)

The history of the Jewish people begins with Abraham, Issac, and their twelve children. Judyism was the first monolithic religion. It had one big God named "Yahoo."

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Moses was told by Jesus Christ to lead the people out of Egypt into the Sahara Desert. The Book of Exodus describes this trip and the amazing things that happened on it, including the Ten Commandments, various special effects, and the building of the Suez Canal.

Forty centuries later they arrived in Canada. This was the promise land of milk and chocolate. Noah's ark came to its end near Mr. Arafat. David was a fictional character in the Bible who fought with Gilgamesh while wearing a sling. He pleased the people and saved them from attacks by the Philipines.

Dizzy from all this book-learning? Some students out there somewhere certainly were! Zorro and the Zorroastrologists - what a hoot!

From cultural worker:

From Mogolori. Ah, Creeque Alley! Good times.

From sardonyx:

Though cskendrick's very brief diary was only written to keep his head from exploding; that's what he says, and who am I to gainsay him? his tip jar has the perfect one-word criterion for being the next President. lineatus's criterion is the same as mine is, so by definition it's tops in my book.

snafubar says Here's a line to make you all cry: and then gives us the line and so much more, in BarbinMD's front-page post Propaganda War:  The Aftermath.

In droogie6655321's excellent and painful diary I can't afford my calling anymore. there are too many good comments to get them all:

golightly21 on how having a calling is supposed to be its own reward.

DustyMathom on Brain drains occur in lots of fields.

expatyank on some realities of comparative salaries in print media.

nobody at all on adjunct faculty university salaries and other low-paying projects.

From noweasels:

purplepenlady on the economic destruction of two of our most important professions in droogie6655321's thought-provoking diary on the death of one aspect of the American dream.

And droogie6645321 has, um, photographic commentary on the Clinton campaign.

From Elise (omg - that's me!):

Kab ibn al Ashraf exposes Kos' ties to Bill Ayers. Damn...I guess everyone is connected to Bill Ayers!

Super delegates would do well to read this comment, by silent no more.

Muzikal203 has a pic of Hillary - she's talking nukes now? Wow.

And this one is dedicated to taylormattd and his, "These should be sig lines!" series - DrWolfy recalls a classic sig line.

Tips to sardonyx for collecting your Top Mojo!

Top Mojo excluding search-identifiable tip jars, first diary comments, and Cheers and Jeers:

 1) TJ? not sure I follow by teacherken — 241
 2) Thanks for your hard work today... by sheddhead — 132
 3) I gotta Believe this poll: 2338 Sample Size by Steven R — 111
 4) Hillary +1.5 would be devastating and crushing... by jabbausaf — 105
 5) asdf by droogie6655321 — 94
 6) Newscorp by dehydratedcracker — 92
 7) It's a worthy topic. by SquirmyRooter — 88
 8) Thanks John by CollinMcDonnell — 88
 9) At This Point by sesquioxide — 80
10) He truly brought up his time by pamelabrown — 78
11) Beat me by 1 minute and 16 seconds by Walt starr — 77
12) In Tulza, escaping sniper fire nt by smash artist — 76
13) Some Obama supporters criticized by TomP — 75
14) I'm still so damned angry that more by PittsburghPete — 75
15) "maybe you voted for my brother" by Ruth in OR — 75
16) Brilliant first diary. I highly recommended. by Setrak — 71
17) Good on you. Although just one man, by Lisa Lockwood — 71
18) DO. NOT. DELETE. by The Termite — 69
19) Chuck Todd pretty much said this by ratmach — 68
20) An excellent diary by State Rep Mark Cohen Dem PA — 68
21) Obama just raised expectations by RoCali — 66
22) Don't delete. by mspicata — 65
23) My son's a life long Republican by foxsmartchicago — 63
24) Anything under 10 is a win for Obama. by joy sinha — 63
25) KO knocked her hard on Scaife by realwischeese — 63
26) It's a shame that such an important skill by SquirmyRooter — 62
27) Average w/ SUSA and it's Hillary +1.5... by Steven R — 62
28) Committee membership by BriVT — 62
29) he is best when inspiring us to do better by tomkertes — 61
30) "If Barack Obama Can't Win Guam... by DHinMI — 60

Top Mojo with No Exclusions:

 1) Tip Jar by John Kerry — 996
 2) Tip Jar by TallJames — 789
 3) I'm sorry to take up space... by droogie6655321 — 500
 4) I strongly recommend by Granny Doc — 458
 5) Tips for not by Mahler3 — 373
 6) First Diary, Tips Please! by Trepanator — 326
 7) tip jar for those so inclined by teacherken — 313
 8) tip jar by recoveringrepub — 306
 9) tips for change! by Cronk — 303
10) Tips for not being a crazy person. by turnover — 299
11) tip jar.. by GlowNZ — 252
12) TJ? not sure I follow by teacherken — 241
13) tips for single digits! by poblano — 237
14) IMO, this is the reason why . . . by nyceve — 233
15) So get onto the mybarackobama.com website by Seneca Doane — 225
16) Tips??? and Links comming by ourhispanicvoices — 221
17) Tips for Office Fans by Steven R — 214
18) Tips Jar by kubla000 — 194
19) Tips.... by the million by Hlinko — 187
20) hmm by zenbowl — 137
21) Thanks for your hard work today... by sheddhead — 132
22) I could give you my review by droogie6655321 — 118
23) tip jar by ttujoe — 114
24) I gotta Believe this poll: 2338 Sample Size by Steven R — 111
25) Hillary +1.5 would be devastating and crushing... by jabbausaf — 105
26) asdf by droogie6655321 — 94
27) Newscorp by dehydratedcracker — 92
28) The over and under on the Squirmy Rooter... by JeffLieber — 91
29) It's a worthy topic. by SquirmyRooter — 88
30) Thanks John by CollinMcDonnell — 88