[Summer 2014] Leonard267: A Report on the Place of Marriage
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leonard267
FAKKU Non-Writer
WRITE A REPORT ON THE PLACE OF MARRIAGE
As with any assignment title that is presented before my eyes, I felt as if someone was shouting the words at me, demanding that I comply to whatever that is contained within the title. As often as I tried to entertain the adage, "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words could never hurt me", I could not help but to feel threatened and even hurt by that title!
There are very good reasons for feeling that way. Failing to comply with the requirements of most assignments would mean a good tongue lashing from my teacher, the admonishment of my parents, the head-shaking of my peers and the ostracisation of society in general. However, this assignment was different. Allow me to furnish you with the details:
Search websites and my brain for information pertaining to these topics:
1. The role of males and females in marriage
2. Divorce rates
3. The impact for celebrity divorces and marriages
4. Religious or secular wedding ceremonies
5. Pre-nuptial contracts
6. The average age of married couples
7. Fly in / Fly out marriages
It felt like a loaded question designed to make sure that I could never give an answer that properly reflected what I thought. To make matters worse, it was not a topic that I am familiar with in the first place being young, carefree, distant from the worries of the world and of an age where I still have to complete school assignments and couldn't care less about impregnating some woman and forced to be by her side for the rest of my life.
Furthermore, it was a Moral Education assignment which is itself an oddity of sorts. Right and wrong can't be taught by regurgitating textbooks and listening to teachers, not least by doing an assignment! If it were a Sociology assignment though, I might accord it with more respect. Since it isn't and since it is very patronising and rude (never mind that all assignment questions are like that), I am going to respond in kind:
1. The role of males and females in marriage
Male impregnates the female. Female gets impregnated by the male. Both of them would then breathe down each other's necks for the rest of their lives unless one of them dies first.
2. Divorce Rates
They could be high; they could be low. They are existent anyway. Though if you throw away the concept of marriage, there couldn't be divorce to begin with, let alone divorce rates.
3. The impact for celebrity divorces and marriages
Man or woman on TV gets married. Nothing to do with me. What impact?
4. Religious / Secular Wedding Ceremonies
One ceremony is religious while the other is secular. Next question.
5. Pre-nuptial contracts
They are contracts that are pre-nuptial. I can't go any further. Do you really want me to talk about arranged marriages between children?! I don't want to go off sounding like a paedophile!
6. Average age of married couples
See answer to No. 2. and replace "divorce rates" with "average age of married couples". I don't see why you have to ask this though. Are married couples sensitive about their age like virgin schoolgirls?
7. Fly in / Fly out Marriages
I feel like picking up accounting or commerce after reading this. Is it some variant of the First in, First Out method of accounting? Well, both of them have the acronym FIFO!
I have doubts whether Fly in / Fly out marriages are about marriage since flying is involved. If you are married, especially with children, chances are you cannot go on a holiday whenever you wished. Then again, going by its name, it appears that things go in and go out in that marriage. Are you referring to intercourse by any chance?!
END OF ASSIGNMENT
With that, I submitted the assignment feeling very smug. For some reason this was assigned to me just before the holidays were about to begin. This means I would not be hounded by whoever that assigned me to do this at least till the holidays end.
Could someone tell me how long would it take for the man on the street to forget the contents of this answer?
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leonard267 wrote...
Failing to comply with the requirements of most assignments would mean a good tongue lashing from my teacher, the admonishment of my parents, the head-shaking of my peers and the ostracisation of society in general.
You forgot a whipping if in conservative religious school.
1. The role of males and females in marriage
Male impregnates the female. Female gets impregnated by the male. Both of them would then breathe down each other's necks for the rest of their lives unless one of them dies first.
Male impregnates the female. Female gets impregnated by the male. Both of them would then breathe down each other's necks for the rest of their lives unless one of them dies first.
Hence it's something to be proud of to have a 30-year marriage, because you managed to survive the spouse for a significant piece of your life.
3. The impact for celebrity divorces and marriages
Man or woman on TV gets married. Nothing to do with me. What impact?
Man or woman on TV gets married. Nothing to do with me. What impact?
Apparently it causes a disturbance in the force.
END OF ASSIGNMENT
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That is what it would be rated in a school, and you'd also get a visit to the principle for saying the no-no word "pedophilia". If I was a teacher however, I would've given it a B+ for simplicity.
Could someone tell me how long would it take for the man on the street to forget the contents of this answer?
5 minutes because plebeian.
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leonard267
FAKKU Non-Writer
Shikinokami wrote...
END OF ASSIGNMENT
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That is what it would be rated in a school, and you'd also get a visit to the principle for saying the no-no word "pedophilia". If I was a teacher however, I would've given it a B+ for simplicity.
Not an A+?
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leonard267 wrote...
Shikinokami wrote...
END OF ASSIGNMENT
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That is what it would be rated in a school, and you'd also get a visit to the principle for saying the no-no word "pedophilia". If I was a teacher however, I would've given it a B+ for simplicity.
Not an A+?
No, the man doesn't appreciate when you try to fite the power.
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the picture is basically one funniest part in this essay. it's nice. could be bit longer and elaborate where you provide mind-wrecking bits though :D
for example, if I didn't really answer the question all that seriously, I would meander in the next few paragraphs thinking about perverted things and writing something grotesque while at the same time insert things that matches the point while the rest basically have no point! though if you're writing this, you'd prolly take a different approach anyway.
for example, if I didn't really answer the question all that seriously, I would meander in the next few paragraphs thinking about perverted things and writing something grotesque while at the same time insert things that matches the point while the rest basically have no point! though if you're writing this, you'd prolly take a different approach anyway.
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leonard267
FAKKU Non-Writer
high_time wrote...
the picture is basically one funniest part in this essay. it's nice. could be bit longer and elaborate where you provide mind-wrecking bits though :Dfor example, if I didn't really answer the question all that seriously, I would meander in the next few paragraphs thinking about perverted things and writing something grotesque while at the same time insert things that matches the point while the rest basically have no point! though if you're writing this, you'd prolly take a different approach anyway.
If I made it long, CO2 wouldn't read it and I wouldn't be able to submit an entry for the event given how slow I write!
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leonard267 wrote...
If I made it long, CO2 wouldn't read it and I wouldn't be able to submit an entry for the event given how slow I write!
ah I see :D
well can't be helped with jobs and stuff which kinda drains ya a lot :)
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Was this an actual assignment you had for a class? Or did you just make this up? I honestly can't tell.
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leonard267
FAKKU Non-Writer
d(^_^)(^_^)d wrote...
Was this an actual assignment you had for a class? Or did you just make this up? I honestly can't tell.It was an assignment someone asked me to do for him. I gave that person two answers, one serious and very banal, while this was the other one.
I would say that the views in this report are not what I feel towards the subject matter. I loved making it sound serious though, with suggestions that divorce wouldn't exist if marriage didn't, most pre-nuptial contracts are most likely to be between children and they would marry once they sexually mature, to fool readers.
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i suppose i want to submit an entry, but I feel too lazy to do so atm so I tried compiling the opening sentences of many chapters in my old works in some nonsensical order to make the least sensible nonsensical monologue that will make up as the most pointless entry ever written.
now brace yourselves, i hope ya don't mind that I'm sabotaging this thread :D
on a site note, i probably can even murder or poison someone with that writing! :D
now brace yourselves, i hope ya don't mind that I'm sabotaging this thread :D
Spoiler:
on a site note, i probably can even murder or poison someone with that writing! :D
