# The latest assessment essay gems **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736 "2014-04-23T03:21:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/121 "2015-05-10T03:02:53Z")
## Everything changed when her mom and mine had a squirrel. \* ## You aren’t comfortable with a man until you wrestle. I want to get my teaching cordenshels. * * * \*Can you guess what this was supposed to be? ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/122 "2015-05-10T03:09:35Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Everything changed when her mom and mine had a squirrel. \* > > \*Can you guess what this was supposed to be? Quarrel? ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/123 "2015-05-10T03:25:24Z")
These are great! Thanks so much for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/124 "2015-05-10T04:54:54Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Quarrel? Score! Either that or a squabble. Or a hybrid of the two. :o ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/125 "2015-05-11T12:20:20Z")
Haha, I always love this thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/126 "2015-05-11T13:05:01Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Haha! > > I always enjoy this thread. 🙂 > [@EmilyG](#): > > Haha, I always love this thread. 🙂 I find these posts redundant, as if they said the same thing and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/127 "2015-05-11T13:28:48Z")
It’s deja vu all over again! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/128 "2015-05-11T13:31:51Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Everything changed when her mom and mine had a squirrel. \* > … > > \*Can you guess what this was supposed to be? Love child? flipper baby? (you need to know _Kids in the Hall_ movies to get this reference) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/129 "2015-05-11T14:16:38Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > ## Everything changed when her mom and mine had a squirrel. \* > > ## You aren’t comfortable with a man until you wrestle. > > I want to get my teaching cordenshels. > > * * * > > \*Can you guess what this was supposed to be? Depending on the case, either leaving Spell Check on automatic or not using it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/130 "2015-05-11T14:20:31Z")
Maybe this is a case of bestiality and it IS supposed to be ‘squirrel’. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/131 "2015-05-11T15:34:22Z")
That must have hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/132 "2015-05-11T15:37:27Z")
These came up on my ‘stupidest things people say/write’ calendar last week: [ul][li]Socrates did not want to go to another city because he was afraid of being ostrichized.[/li][li]Plato’s ideal state is bound to fail, for a listless end of reasons.[/ul][/li]_Gathered from papers market at Western University, London, Ontario_ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/133 "2015-05-11T15:46:57Z")
Eh. Socrates was just putting his head in the sand. Nothing to be afraid of… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/134 "2015-05-11T15:54:11Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > … Plato’s ideal state is bound to fail, for a listless end of reasons … This just might be the most profound description of a politically failed state that I’ve ever read. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Teach-me-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Teach-me-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach-me-not)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/135 "2015-05-11T16:42:04Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Maybe this is a case of bestiality and it IS supposed to be ‘squirrel’. Nah, they just got hooked on squirrel meat, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/136 "2015-05-11T18:01:12Z")
> [@Teach-me-not](#): > > Nah, they just got hooked on squirrel meat, that’s all. Cannibalism! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/137 "2015-05-11T19:53:39Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Everything changed when her mom and mine had a squirrel. \* > > \*Can you guess what this was supposed to be? The book “The Squirrel has Two Mommies” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/138 "2015-05-11T19:59:23Z")
Speaking of squirrels, [this sign](https://www.flickr.com/photos/13776994@N08/3264644496/) was just asking for it. ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/139 "2015-05-12T18:34:55Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Not at all. You simply have to modify the main deflector dish to emit an inverse field of de-photonized tachyons and infuse the subspace matrix ratio converter with a prime frequency modulation. Who knew it was so easy! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736/140 "2015-05-14T18:25:27Z")
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