# Student Can't Come To Class - Having Gold Bladder Removed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831 "2011-02-18T18:21:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/21 "2011-02-18T19:30:21Z")
[Reminds me of that old joke email that went around](http://www.innocentenglish.com/funny-bloopers-mistakes-quotes/funny-student-excuses.html) A couple samples > [@](#): > > "Please excuse Joyce from jim today.” > “Please excuse Roland from P.E. for a few days. He fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.” > “Karl was hit yesterday playing football. He was hurt in the growing part.” While I was looking for that, [I found this](http://forum.malazanempire.com/index.php?showtopic=19155) which I got a good chuckle out of. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/22 "2011-02-18T20:34:25Z")
Are they going to go to the hospital in an amberlamps? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/23 "2011-02-18T20:41:21Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Back when I was in high school, one student wrote that the Prime Minister of Israel was Gold In My Ear. When I was in high school, we were asked to brainstorm the names of famous people whose last names started with A. Much to my embarassment, my study group came up with Michael Angelo. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/24 "2011-02-18T20:44:20Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > \ > > While I was looking for that, [I found this](http://forum.malazanempire.com/index.php?showtopic=19155) which I got a good chuckle out of. That was awesome - any idea if that was a real exchange, or one made up for the internet? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/25 "2011-02-18T20:45:02Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > That was awesome - any idea if that was a real exchange, or one made up for the internet? Not a clue. It was my first time ever seeing it, but it was funny enough to share true or not. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/26 "2011-02-18T20:48:14Z")
**tdn** writes: > [@](#): > > When I was in high school, we were asked to brainstorm the names of famous people whose last names started with A. Much to my embarassment, my study group came up with Michael Angelo. In the 19th century, it was common to write his name as two parts, like that. Checking Google Books, I find that some people still do it: > **[Michael Angelo - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?q=Michael%2BAngelo&btnG=Search%2BBooks&tbm=bks&tbo=1)** ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/27 "2011-02-18T21:00:44Z")
This thread is so funny that my \*highlander hernie \* is making me _vomick_! (from my ER days) Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/28 "2011-02-18T21:01:29Z")
Well, either way, when my mother told me Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel on his back, I could not figure out how he could reach back there with brushes while looking into a mirror and get it done with any precision. . ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/29 "2011-02-18T21:35:08Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > While I was looking for that, [I found this](http://forum.malazanempire.com/index.php?showtopic=19155) which I got a good chuckle out of. Great. Now I’m looking at my monitor through some thin-slat window blinds. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/30 "2011-02-18T21:38:22Z")
I have a gold bladder and an iron bling. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/31 "2011-02-18T21:51:55Z")
If it makes you feel any better, one of my classmates once turned in a book report to my mother on _King of the Wind_. It began, “Man O’ War died having his baby.” ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/32 "2011-02-18T22:00:32Z")
Isn’t Gold Bladder an enemy of James Bond? ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/33 "2011-02-18T23:11:21Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > If it makes you feel any better, one of my classmates once turned in a book report to my mother on _King of the Wind_ The true story of [Le Petomane](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane). ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/34 "2011-02-18T23:44:33Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Isn’t Gold Bladder an enemy of James Bond? He doesn’t want to destroy Fort Knox. He just wants to mark it as his territory. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/35 "2011-02-18T23:45:03Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > What precious mettle. Glad to hear it wasn’t New Monia. Don’t forget Sir Rhosis. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/36 "2011-02-19T00:00:58Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Isn’t Gold Bladder an enemy of James Bond? It’s also that talcum powder for old people. Sorry, that one’s Gold Bomb. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/37 "2011-02-19T00:05:12Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > He doesn’t want to destroy Fort Knox. He just wants to mark it as his territory. “Hurry Bond, a yellow rain seems to be falling onto Fort Knox.” ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/38 "2011-02-19T00:31:43Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Yes, that was the email I got. > My student let me know they would not be able to attend class as they were having their “gold bladder” removed. It’s all Glen Beck’s fault. But at least he can send it in for quick cash. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/39 "2011-02-19T02:32:48Z")
Y’all are _killin’_ me with this Bond stuff! LOL! Q ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-cant-come-to-class-having-gold-bladder-removed/571831/40 "2011-02-19T02:45:41Z")
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