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RE: Re: Lame? Stupid? Newbie?by nuance (Hermit) |
on Aug 04, 2000 at 14:35 UTC ( [id://26162]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
What shut up and ask?
Reminds me of a scene from the young ones - bambi - when Neill is testing Rick on history on their way to university challenge. Neil: Oh, I wish we'd missed the train after all now. I'm just not going to be able to answer anything, I just know it. Rick: Oh, come off it, Neil, you little swotty-pants. Just look at you, swotting away for teacher like a total spazmo. You're just an utter creep, really, aren't you? You've done loads and loads of work on it and I haven't done anything, nothing at all. Go on, test me. Go on, test me! Neil: You just said you hadn't done anything. Rick: Don't be clever, just take the book. [Rick throws his notebook at Neil] Neil: Alright, but verbatim regurgitation is against my principles. Rick: I'm asking you to test me on it, not throw up on it! Right, do it properly and don't skip bits. Neil: [reading the title of the notebook] "O-Level History Notes"? Rick: Yes, bit of pretty bloody billiant luck, eh? We're doing exactly the same period as I did for O-Level! Neil: [Reading from the notebook] "Prick is a wonker. Signed, the rest of the class." Rick: Ah, yes, now, that was a sort of "in joke" that we had in my form. Actually, I was incredibly popular and everyone thought I was great. Neil: "...I agree with the rest of the class. Signed, Teacher." Rick: Just test me on the stuff, will you? [Indicating a different page] There! Neil: Alright, alright, don't get uncool and heavy. "Crop rotation in the 14th century..." Rick: Right. [reciting] "Crop rotation in the 14th century was much more widespread..." Neil: "Considerably". Rick: What? Neil: It's "considerably more widespread", not "much more". Rick: Well? Neil: Well, you said, "do it properly." Rick: Well, not that much, you stupid bloody hippie! Neil: You said, "do it properly and don't skip bits!" How was I to know that wasn't important? Rick: Well it wasn't important, alright? Shall we just get on and stop wasting time like this? Right. "Crop rotation in the 14th century was _considerably_ more widespread...after..." God, I know this...don't tell me..."after 1172." [Neil is silent] Well, was I right? Neil: No, but I didn't think it was important. Rick: Well, what was it, then? Neil: You just said not to tell you. Rick: I bloody well did not! Neil: Yes you did! You said, "Don't tell me" just before you said, "1172." Rick: But I only meant for a minute! Neil: What, a minute from now, or a minute from then? Rick: Look, just shut up and tell me the answer! Neil: Shut up AND tell you the answer? Rick: JUST TELL ME THE ANSWER! Neil: John. Rick: Thank you..."John"? Neil: Yeah, "John" is the answer. Rick: "Crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after John?" Neil: "...Lloyd invented the patent crop rotator." Rick: Oh, yes, I knew it, I bloody knew it! Neil: You didn't, you didn't, you said "1172"! That's not a bit like "John". Rick: [hysterical] You spiteful bastard, Neil! Just because you've done loads and loads of work for this, just because you're a creepy little swot you've done about 15 million tons of work for this, like a girl, and I'm so hard and street and cool that I've done absolutely bugger all, and you've done loads, look at it, loads and loads, loads and loads... [he starts making a mess of Neil's papers] Neil: Stop it, Rick! It's only University Challenge, Rick, it's only University Challenge! Rick: ...loads and loads, loads and loads... Nuance
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