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The more you say this the more it’s sounding like some kind of bizarre sexual fetish. I’m not sure I want to even hazard a guess as to what it might mean. 
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“He who looks at a woman’s carpet with lust has already committed hot water extraction with her in his heart.” - Jesus Garcia, Steamatic Franchise Owner
[QUOTE=Omegaman]
The more you say this the more it’s sounding like some kind of bizarre sexual fetish. I’m not sure I want to even hazard a guess as to what it might mean.
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“Yeah, I head about this guy, eh?, they kicked him out of the library last Wednesday, eh?, my friend Bob who works there said he was a real carpet shampooer, and he was still drippin’ as they shoved him into the cop car…”
[QUOTE=Omegaman]
The more you say this the more it’s sounding like some kind of bizarre sexual fetish. I’m not sure I want to even hazard a guess as to what it might mean.
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Up here in Canada, we have Coit vans all over the damned place. You know, for cleaning common coital carpet contaminations.
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]
Great, just what we need. Yet another poster who glosses over my smileys and doesn’t read the rest of my posts to the thread before responding. 
Sincerely,
OneCentStamp
probably farther South than you
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Well, okay. 
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy]
“He who looks at a woman’s carpet with lust has already committed hot water extraction with her in his heart.” - Jesus Garcia, Steamatic Franchise Owner
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That sounds downright biblical–I’ll bet that’s in proverbs somewhere. 
Good luck with this guy–it’s been my experience that these people don’t listen to opposing views or reasoned discourse. And buy lots of dino T-shirts–kids love dinos!
(wasn’t it GA that made the textbooks have some kind of sticker on the front re evolution a few years back?) :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd]
Up here in Canada, we have Coit vans all over the damned place. You know, for cleaning common coital carpet contaminations.
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Oh, I know ALL about it. Big and black, just the way I like them, and Oh so seductive. I’ve seen them around.
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd]
Up here in Canada, we have Coit vans all over the damned place. You know, for cleaning common coital carpet contaminations.
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Gives a whole new meaning to Coit Tower.
[QUOTE=TommyTutone]
Still, we have a non-kid, parent only meeting tonight at the school, and if he is there, and I am there, and he brings it up, I may not be so polite.
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I’m probably too late with this advice, but my suggestion, if he got belligerent would be to say, “That’s OK, you seem to have issues: I’ll pray for you.”
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]
If you and Telperien do anything involving booze, wickedness and carpet, I fucking well better be invited. :mad:
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Get in line, bub.
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy]
“He who looks at a woman’s carpet with lust has already committed hot water extraction with her in his heart.” - Jesus Garcia, Steamatic Franchise Owner
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Hey, it sure beats “Open Other End” - Anonymous
The OP should get “the hated guy” to ban books from the library. Like the one that includes fratricide, incest, murder, rape, idolatry, adultery, and a father sacrificing his daughter for victory in battle.
Just got back from the evening conference (and several glasses of wine at dinner) and of the 20 kids in his class, only ten sets of parents were there, and crazy guy wasn’t one of them. I did not bring up the whole evolution thing, but looking at the curriculum, as well as talking to the teacher in general, I am not too concerned and am excited not only at him starting ‘real’ school, but also going to be mystery reader now and then. I’ll take him on when the time comes.
My new concern is seriously, what the fuck. Admittedly, we’ve only had our kid for a little over two years, being adopted from Ukraine, but a couple of kids it sounds like read well and one is already writing cursive? I feel like a horrible parent for not having my kid know calculus already!
Oh, and I’ve had this handle for a long long time, having been a fan of one-hit wonders, although as I’ve gotten older (I’m sooooo old), I learned that those that I thought were one hits, like Thomas Dolby and Men Without Hats, actually had two or more. And tramp stamp vacuums? How YOU doin’?
[QUOTE=Marienee]
Too late. I have no idea if this is the county in question but it is a case which has been fairly high profile in Metro Atlanta the past few years – so even if it is not the same county, all the other school boards are keenly aware of how it turned out. So they are unlikely to step into this particular pool of muck again anytime soon.
It is devoutly to be hoped, anyway.
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I’ve heard about that one. I definitely will change my position, and go with the blowing him away option. If accomplished by dinosaur shirt, even better.
Perhaps an appropriate sticker can be designed for over this guy’s mouth?
[QUOTE=John Mace]
…And by his own admission, that parent seems to be in a tiny minority (since everyone is going to hate him).
Given that, I wouldn’t worry too much. He’s not going to succeed in removing evolution from the school. He’ll just end up making a fool of himself…
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Even from the small amount the OP relates it’s pretty easy to imagine that this guy revels in being in a hated minority.
It’s hard to emulate your founder (and demonstrate your piety) by suffering for your religion these days.
No matter how much you openly worship your god and practice your beliefs, everyone just goes right ahead and lets you, dammit.
You end up having to resort to attempting to do seriously dumbass and annoying things in the name of your religion so you can suffer and work and show what a devoted little godbootlicker you are.
Picketing funerals of soldiers and vociferously pursuing attempts to have your creation myths recognised as fact seems to work pretty well.
[QUOTE=Princhester]
It’s hard to emulate your founder (and demonstrate your piety) by suffering for your religion these days.
No matter how much you openly worship your god and practice your beliefs, everyone just goes right ahead and lets you, dammit.
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Good point, I’d not considered that to explain some folk’s behavior.
[QUOTE=TommyTutone]
My new concern is seriously, what the fuck. Admittedly, we’ve only had our kid for a little over two years, being adopted from Ukraine, but a couple of kids it sounds like read well and one is already writing cursive? I feel like a horrible parent for not having my kid know calculus already!
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Wouldn’t worry about it overmuch; kids develop at their own pace. My Number One Nephew has two years to go for kindergarten, yet, and can already read pretty well on his own. But he’s 9000 thumbs when it comes to anything physical. His bestest little friend, however, was doing chinups (seriously) at 3, and is still uninterested in reading at almost-5.
When one of those annoying über-parents starts bragging at you about what their Little Darling has already accomplished, simply look surprised and concerned, and say “Oh, my goodness! I’d heard that causes cancer! Are you sure he’s okay? Have you had him checked out by a doctor?”
[QUOTE=TommyTutone]
My new concern is seriously, what the fuck. Admittedly, we’ve only had our kid for a little over two years, being adopted from Ukraine, but a couple of kids it sounds like read well and one is already writing cursive? I feel like a horrible parent for not having my kid know calculus already!
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This happened to me when my son first started school. Don’t worry, most of the parents are lying. Even for those who aren’t it’s no big deal. With your help and support he’ll catch up and be ahead in no time.
My son was an early reader – it runs in the family; my mom, my sister and I, and both my sisters’ kids and my kids were all self-taught readers by age 4 – but was also physically about as inept as they get. He really had to struggle to even color in the lines by kindergarten. So don’t worry; each child progresses at their own pace, and not all their mental/physical skills develop in tandem. And it seems that extreme advancement in one area often suggests a lag in another.
And especially if you’ve only had your son for two years, you shouldn’t compare him to the others. It’s not fair to him or to you. Enjoy him being in school and be an active parent, and you’ll all have a great time.
[QUOTE=Omegaman]
The more you say this the more it’s sounding like some kind of bizarre sexual fetish. I’m not sure I want to even hazard a guess as to what it might mean.
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It’s a short distance from Stanley Steamer to Cleveland Steamer, my friend.
DiosaBellissima, I’m a bit of a dirty old man. If you’ll let me nail you from the back, I’ll go in and rent you a carpet cleaners, but tell them it’s for me. It’ll just be our little secret, baby. Oh yeah.
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth]
DiosaBellissima, I’m a bit of a dirty old man. If you’ll let me nail you from the back, I’ll go in and rent you a carpet cleaners, but tell them it’s for me. It’ll just be our little secret, baby. Oh yeah.
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Tempting, but it’s so illegal! You’re a naughty, naughty, dirty, old man! What if you were to be caught? What THEN? I mean, what would you do if you could never again rent from the Safeway?
No. I couldn’t do that to you, my love. T’would be a pain far too great.