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davenotdead 04.03.2008 05:43 PM

5th grader catches smithsonian
 
.... they got schooled

thats kinda sad...

!@#$%! 04.03.2008 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by davenotdead
.... they got schooled

thats kinda sad...


nothing sad about it! i think it's great the kid was smart enough to know this and report it. i have hope in our schools again.

floatingslowly 04.03.2008 06:13 PM

despite what the smithsonian may want people to believe, you KNOW they are pissed off at this. people who think they are intelligent do not like being told otherwise (or even having it inferred).

in a galaxy far far away, I was once held after class for explaining (to a class that was just told otherwise) that no, the US did not win WWII due to B-fuckin'52's. omg it's a b52 for fuck's sake.


ps: I'm huge fan of the Before Christ.

Sonic Youth 37 04.03.2008 06:19 PM

It's not like it was anything big. Just a slight misnaming.

floatingslowly 04.03.2008 06:22 PM

dude, do you know any nerds?

there's no slightly misnaming shit when yr the fucking smithsonian.

Sonic Youth 37 04.03.2008 06:26 PM

Yeah, I know quite a few nerds, actually.

The Smithsonian just added "era" to it, indicating that it is finite with a distinct beginning and end.

There's bound to be at least 100 more significant errors in the Smithsonian that no 5th grader would ever find.

Rob Instigator 04.04.2008 09:15 AM

While no previous visitors to the museum had brought up the error, it has long rankled the paleobiology department's staff, who noticed it even before the Tower of Time was erected 27 years ago, said Lorraine Ramsdell, educational technician for the museum.

Lurker 04.04.2008 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor
The best part of the story is the Smithsonian addressing the letter to Kenton Slufflebeam......the kids name is Kenton Stufflebeam. You know he spelt his name correctly when he completed the comment form : )



Stufflebeam! That's a brilliant name! I'm changing my name to that!


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