Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 11310667)

Marxists and socialists - are you sure that wasn't my undergrad History department? A history prof once told me to stop cracking French jokes, as it was "bad for the UN". I almost got myself thrown out of the History major that day.

This same guy said in a lecture that the French won a war. I asked if he was sure about that. :D

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 11310731)

My school had a prof get arrested for his connection to a domestic terrorism plot in the mid-70's. Something about his knowledge re: some bombings that were foiled. And also back in that day, we had a prof that reportedly taught in the nude. This is an institution that passed an ordinance limiting building heights to be no higher than the treetops, maaaaaan. Because, you know, like trees, they're awesome. It's also a college where the Young Republicans club does not have a faculty sponsor because no faculty member will put their name to it. There's an avowed Communist on the criminal justice faculty, and there was serious talk a few years ago that the school's business majors should be eliminated because business should not be taught at a liberal arts school. And yes, tax dollars underwrite this nonsense, as it is a New Jersey state school.

Originally Posted by rkkwan (Post 11310739)

Can you ask him what brought down the Concorde? :p

Originally Posted by rkkwan (Post 11310739)

Can you ask him what brought down the Concorde? :p

Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 11310747)

Let's see - replace "foiled events" with "giving state funds to an extremist African group" and remove criminal justice faculty (because liberal arts colleges don't have criminal justice) and I was an administrator at the Maryland corollary. ;) And no, I'm not kidding.

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 11310731)

ETA: Ooh, how bout that. One mile of posts.

Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 11310800)

You're off a couple of feet. Did anyone besides me get your post?

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11310580)

Our summer vacation is planned:

• Three nights at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11310580)

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 11310821)

Nope. I edited post #5,280 to say that - 5,280 feet are a mile, at least on the ground.

Night, Box - lunch with my favorite NCL sales rep tomorrow. Gotta get up at a decent time.

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 11310731)

Welcome one and all to the Soviet Socialist Republic of New Jersey.

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 11310731)

And yes, tax dollars underwrite this nonsense, as it is a New Jersey state school.

Originally Posted by Gargoyle (Post 11310770)

Why in the world would the French name a plane "concorde"? You'd think they'd name it after a French grape, like Cabernet or Grenache. Concorde is a New England grape. (developed in 1849 by Ephraim Wales Bull in Concord, Massachusetts.)