# That was...discouraging

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-discouraging/336485
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 20, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-discouraging/336485 "2005-12-20T18:06:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-discouraging/336485/1 "2005-12-20T18:06:54Z")

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I have my hardest final exam coming up in twenty-five minutes…and when I went to purchase new batteries for my calculator five minutes ago, I gave the cashier eight dollars (a five and three ones) for a $6.36 purchase.

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### Author: ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-discouraging/336485/2 "2005-12-20T18:09:31Z")

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Ahh, don’t sweat it. I remember being all addled during finals waaaay back when. It’s only ominous if the exam is in math. 😃

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### Author: ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-discouraging/336485/3 "2005-12-20T18:20:05Z")

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> [@swampbear](#):
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> I remember being all addled … waaaay back when…

\<snerk\>

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### Author: ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-discouraging/336485/4 "2005-12-20T18:20:56Z")

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> [@swampbear](#):
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> Ahh, don’t sweat it. I remember being all addled during finals waaaay back when. It’s only ominous if the exam is in math. 😃

Or accounting.

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### Author: ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-discouraging/336485/5 "2005-12-20T18:22:20Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> \<snerk\>

Gimme a break! It was a final in advanced cave wall drawing! It was hard!

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### Author: ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-discouraging/336485/6 "2005-12-20T18:28:25Z")

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> [@swampbear](#):
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> Gimme a break! It was a final in advanced cave wall drawing! It was hard!

Nah, I was \<snerk\>ing at the thought that your days of addlosity were in some distant past… 😛