I'm sitting here addressing envelopes for invitations to our customers and I come across this name: Ms. Alba Tross.
For real? It's like an intellectual version of Ben Dover.
I don't claim to be a literary nerd, but I do remember this poem distinctly from Mr. Goodenough's Senior English class. Actually, I didn't remember the poem; I remembered that we had to write a "burden" on a piece of paper and wear it around our necks for the day.
The Rime of the Acient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
So apparently I am a nerd who got a kick out of this. I mentioned it to someone in our office and she said, "Isn't that the prison in San Francisco?"
For real? It's like an intellectual version of Ben Dover.
I don't claim to be a literary nerd, but I do remember this poem distinctly from Mr. Goodenough's Senior English class. Actually, I didn't remember the poem; I remembered that we had to write a "burden" on a piece of paper and wear it around our necks for the day.
The Rime of the Acient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Ah ! well a-day ! what evil looks
Had I from old and young !
Instead of
the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung.
So apparently I am a nerd who got a kick out of this. I mentioned it to someone in our office and she said, "Isn't that the prison in San Francisco?"
7 comments:
You make me laugh!!
Anytime I need to take a break and refocus, I can always count on you or Bobby for a good one on the blogs!!
Love you, Kathy
I'm sorry, what was your teacher's name? Good'nough?
that is too great! haha.
LOL! The second I read "Ms. Alba Tross", I thought of wearing that piece of paper around my neck. Interestingly, I can't remember my burden, but I can remember which shirt I was wearing.
Good ol' Goodenough. He did have a knack for making things memorable.
I'm with Jen! Isn't the main irony is that your teacher's name was Goodenough?
If it makes Alba feel any better, I went to High School with Anita Dick. No lie.
Speaking of English... did you mean the Ancient Mariner instead of the Acient Mariner? :)
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