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PCIntern

(28,582 posts) Mon Aug 26, 2019, 01:40 PM Aug 2019

Trump is a Moronial: When I was a kid in the Fifties,

There was the Weekly Reader Children’s Book Club. In one of the science books it said that there was a superstition that if you fired a shotgun at a waterspout or hurricane, it would disrupt it so that it ceased to exist.

As a five year old I knew that was ridiculous. This guy is an utter moron. Thus the term...

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Trump is a Moronial: When I was a kid in the Fifties, (Original Post) PCIntern Aug 2019 OP

Well, I doubt he read the same Weely Reader, since he doesn't read... Frustratedlady Aug 2019 #1

My favorite was PCIntern Aug 2019 #2

I still can't decide between Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Machine and Old Bones the Wonder Horse! hedda_foil Aug 2019 #4

THERE'S a blast from the past!!! FiveGoodMen Aug 2019 #6

My favorite was Danny Dunn, Invisible Boy. Aristus Aug 2019 #7

Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint! PCIntern Aug 2019 #8

Good old Weekly Reader. Wellstone ruled Aug 2019 #3

Kind of like 'windmill cancer' eh? The guy is an utter moron (and so are those that work for him). SWBTATTReg Aug 2019 #5

A list of his idiocy would be long treestar Aug 2019 #9

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)

1. Well, I doubt he read the same Weely Reader, since he doesn't read...

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Mon Aug 26, 2019, 01:47 PM

Aug 2019

but stranger things have happened.

I remember the Weekly Reader. Loved it.

PCIntern

(28,582 posts)

2. My favorite was

Reply to Frustratedlady (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 26, 2019, 01:51 PM

Aug 2019

Castaways in Lilliput

hedda_foil

(17,014 posts)

4. I still can't decide between Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Machine and Old Bones the Wonder Horse!

Reply to PCIntern (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 26, 2019, 02:49 PM

Aug 2019

And I still remember a few of the stories in the weekly "paper." Amazing!

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)

6. THERE'S a blast from the past!!!

Reply to hedda_foil (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 26, 2019, 03:51 PM

Aug 2019

I read most of the Danny Dunn books during 4th grade.

Aristus

(72,519 posts)

7. My favorite was Danny Dunn, Invisible Boy.

Reply to hedda_foil (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 26, 2019, 04:06 PM

Aug 2019

I had a crush on Irene.

PCIntern

(28,582 posts)

8. Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint!

Reply to Aristus (Reply #7)

Mon Aug 26, 2019, 04:32 PM

Aug 2019

Or DD and the Homework Machine! Forecasting computer use in schools!

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

3. Good old Weekly Reader.

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Mon Aug 26, 2019, 02:36 PM

Aug 2019

Ton's of fun stories. The Book Club was a hoot.

SWBTATTReg

(26,399 posts)

5. Kind of like 'windmill cancer' eh? The guy is an utter moron (and so are those that work for him).

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Mon Aug 26, 2019, 02:55 PM

Aug 2019

treestar

(82,383 posts)

9. A list of his idiocy would be long

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 26, 2019, 04:33 PM

Aug 2019

A new one every day!

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