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10 Jun 2010 11:23

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Offbeat: Japanese students get bored, recreate Mario in classrooms

  • Protip: If you want us to post a video of something you’ve done, just add Mario. It’s like an instant draw for some stupid reason.

26 Apr 2009 21:51

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Music, Offbeat: The PS22 Chorus: An “Eye of the Tiger” you can get behind

  • It’s official: This guy playing the guitar is the coolest teacher in the history of awesome. If only we had this teacher, we’d be less pathetic than we are.source

20 Mar 2009 12:52

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Offbeat: What’s a fart between a classroom of friends? A suspension.

  • A kid got booted from school for passing gas. The Lakeland County, Florida teen did it intentionally and repeatedly to amuse his classmates, but it was no laughing matter to the school, who suspended the kid under a rule against disruptive behavior (which they stretched out to gastrointensively disruptive behavior in this case). The kid’s dad says the district went too far and is appealing the decision. His argument? “Pull my finger,” of course! source