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    950th Time's The Charm

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    Image of thesciencegirl thesciencegirl
    11/06/09

    In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
    My first thought is: Does she have a literacy issue? #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    11/06/09

    In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
    A woman, an old person, and an Asian, all rolled into one person who took forever to pass a driving test?

    Assholes are going to have a field day with this one. #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of bluetrain84 bluetrain84
    11/06/09

    @morninggloria: I know, I saw the title alone and thought, uh oh... #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of hello.kitty hello.kitty
    11/06/09

    @morninggloria: Like my 17 year old son. He barks out all sorts of epithets when he's driving. Ugh. #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of lilyHaze lilyHaze
    11/06/09

    In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
    To be fair, the driver's license exams are extremely difficult in South Korea. The written exam has 100 or so questions and you have to get most of them right in order to pass. The practical (driving) exam is also difficult and definitely requires more than the average US exam. At least that's what my parents (who immigrated a long time ago) and friends have said.

    It depends on the state, but I think US exams should more more difficult as a whole.
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    11/06/09

    @lilyHaze: You have to get 60/100 right according to the article. Still, I would think that after the first 500 or so tries you'd take a week off and really cram for the test. #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of boxspelunker boxspelunker
    11/06/09

    In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
    I wonder what the problem is - does she have trouble reading the questions? Does she not know the vocabulary used? Are the issuing a new test every time that has questions made of nonsense? It seems like after you've seen the test a certain number of times, you can remember the answers. Maybe they never told her which ones were right and which were wrong?

    I want to be happy for her, but I have so many questions! #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of linnyt is a walking cliché linnyt is a walking cliché
    11/06/09

    @boxspelunker: I know! I was wondering if she has a learning disability or gets severe test-taking anxiety. #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of siboney siboney
    11/06/09

    @boxspelunker: The driving test is really hard in South Korea, much more than the ones in the U.S. #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of boxspelunker boxspelunker
    11/06/09

    @siboney: Is this in any way normal, though? Do most people need to take it hundreds of times? It's the sheer number that really blows me away. But hey! She never gave up, so that is a good thing.

    @linnyt is a walking cliche: Test-taking anxiety would really do that to a person, I suppose! #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    11/06/09

    In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
    The law of averages says she should have passed before now just on guesswork alone. #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    11/06/09

    In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
    one of her names is "soon"?
    the irony #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of FurrierAndIves FurrierAndIves
    11/06/09

    @Ailatan: Heh! Not soon enough! #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of mbprice mbprice
    11/06/09

    In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
    You know, something about this seems fishy. So, she's been applying since 2005? That's ~4 years, so 208 weeks. 950 tries/208 weeks = 4.6 tries per week. So she's more or less been taking this stupid written exam every single weekday (or so) for four years? I'm sorry, just don't buy it. #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    11/06/09

    @mbprice: Ah. And it says right in the article "nearly-daily attempts." That'll teach me to rtfa. Oops.

    Still, wtf? #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of cate3710 cate3710
    11/06/09

    @mbprice: Maybe it become part of her routine. You know, wake up, shower, eat breakfast, brush your teeth, take your driver's test, go to work... #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of NellMood NellMood
    11/06/09

    @mbprice: Yeah, I have a lot of questions. Is the test impossibly hard? Is she able to read? #womanpassesdriversteston950thtry
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    Image of par3 par3
    03/13/09

    In reply to Peanuts Parents Secret Revealed • Ann Coulter's Book Sales Slump
    • A new survey suggests that fathers are better at giving driving lessons than mothers, who tend to panic, while dads just swear.


    my mom actually, to this day, pumps the brake with me in chicago traffic...on the passenger side (i'm closer to 30 than 16).

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    Image of The Queen of No The Queen of No
    03/12/09

    In reply to Peanuts Parents Secret Revealed • Ann Coulter's Book Sales Slump
    An awesome man who was also Morgan Freeman's doppelganger taught me how to drive. He put me on the freeway my first day out and he would tell me bizarre stories about the mail-order brides he had to teach to drive quite often. He left a true lasting impression because I was terrified of learning to drive and he taught me that it ain't no thang.
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    Image of Gretchen is a new kitten mom! Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
    03/12/09

    In reply to Peanuts Parents Secret Revealed • Ann Coulter's Book Sales Slump
    My dad taught me how to drive in a 1965 Chevy pickup that had the shift on the column instead of the floor. That sucker was built like a tank. We lived in the country and he had me drive to my grandparent's house and back down the lane through the fields before I was allowed to use the road. I was 12 - phone service was iffy on our party line and my parents decided I needed to know how to drive in case of an emergency.


    They were pretty wise about this and my dad was pretty calm, but the lane was a bad idea. The hill on that sucker was a real bitch and that was where he taught me how to use the clutch....

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    Image of That_little_attention_whore That_little_attention_whore
    03/12/09

    In reply to Peanuts Parents Secret Revealed • Ann Coulter's Book Sales Slump
    the plunger: the tool of choice for broke-ass band geeks who don't want to spring for a wah-wah mute.


    sidenote: plunger/wah-wah mute on the trumpet gives "the stripper" extra sleazy goodness

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    Image of Gretchen is a new kitten mom! Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
    03/12/09

    @That_little_attention_whore: The wah-wah mute is basically a plunger, isn't it? They've always looked like one to me.


    The brass players I knew in music school used to buy a couple of different brands of plungers and removed the handles, then would find the one they liked the best. The cost was still less than one of the 'real' mutes.

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    Image of keldo keldo
    03/12/09

    In reply to Peanuts Parents Secret Revealed • Ann Coulter's Book Sales Slump
    My dad gave me the keys to his Fiat - a stick shift - and because I said I could drive, he let me take the car. Everytime I came back to say the car stalled, he said he'd have to look at the engine. Eventually I learned how to freakin shift and all was well. MUCH better than driving in the seat next to me!
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    Image of Cleopatra Cleopatra
    03/12/09

    In reply to Peanuts Parents Secret Revealed • Ann Coulter's Book Sales Slump
    What's an Ann Coulter?
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    Image of Hamsterpants Hamsterpants
    03/12/09

    @Cleopatra: Oh man. Do a google search, you'll find out soon enough.


    You're not from...here...are you?

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    Image of Gretchen is a new kitten mom! Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
    03/12/09

    @Cleopatra: I have several sassy and crude quips at my fingertips for a reply, but I think it would be best for you to google.
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    Image of Bunsen Honeydew Bunsen Honeydew
    03/12/09

    In reply to Peanuts Parents Secret Revealed • Ann Coulter's Book Sales Slump
    I'm really not surprised Coulter's book isn't selling well. How many times can you reheat and serve "Liberals are all gay satan worshipers, trust only in the white elite. Btw, Rush Limbaugh makes me wet." before it's just the same old hate speech, even to those who believe it?


    I can't believe I typed that about Rush Limbaugh. I need to shower now.

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    Image of Hamsterpants Hamsterpants
    03/12/09

    @Bunson: It's true. She just rehashes the same tired bullshit over and over. She needs to branch out, write herself into some Rush/Hannity slash fic, with a side of Palin as a female wolf furry or something.
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    Image of la.donna.pietra la.donna.pietra
    03/12/09

    In reply to Peanuts Parents Secret Revealed • Ann Coulter's Book Sales Slump
    My mom and I both have abnormally low blood pressure. As in, we are prone to mad wooziness, cannot donate blood without fainting (not frightened of needles or blood; we just apparently need every drop), and freak out nurses every time they do a routine blood pressure check.


    The only time my mother's blood pressure has ever registered as normal was when I drove her to the doctor's office at age 15 as part of "driver's training."

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