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20k Leagues To Stupidity

iwz by iwz · Sep 18, 2002 · Ask eZabel · 637 views

Leagues are used to measure distance travelled under water, not depth.

1 league = 3 miles.

The earth is 24,900 miles around its equator.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a stupid story.

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88 Comments

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder

I think its a great story...

malibu malibuOG 2001

that is the weirdest thing ever. today in history we had this huge discussion on how long a league is and we had to ask all these other teachers. the universe seems to be in sync.

ekulu ekuluOG 2002

hahahaah...i was gonna post ths man shouldda known

magnum magnumOG 2001

but it sounds cool. OK!?

ekulu ekuluOG 2002

You are so wise Ian

malibu malibuOG 2001

ooooooh!ahhhhhh! adam gets to be the picture man. that is so cool!

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Hi my name is Julie and I'm easily impressed by bright shiny objects:)

malibu malibuOG 2001

hi my name is lynz and i wear cat ears but i'm human. ;)

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Hi my name is Julie and I..like to get free bags from people!!! bleh

malibu malibuOG 2001

Hi my name is lynz and i likle to mooch cheese sauce and tomato salad off other peoples moms.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Hi my name is julie and I got fat creepy 'dancer' girls on my walls.

malibu malibuOG 2001

Hi my name is lynz and i work at a coffe shop and i can't make coffee.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Hi my name is Julie and I dont have a job!

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

hi my name is lynz and i like to drive with the emergency brake on.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

Hi my name is Julie. I'm 15 and won't get my license for two years, but I own a car which I like to back up into trees!

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

hi my name is lynz. i'm a boy and i paint my ceiling black.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

Hi my name is Julie. I wish I was a boy (I'm sorry..I didn't get your reference to me being a boy) and I think that using face paint to make it look like I have a black eye is cooool!

legs legsFounder thatdarngirl

BWHAHAHAHA so low!

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

Hi my name is lynz and i am the lead singer of two fat for spandex.

sux2beme sux2bemeOG 2002 malibu

well? what happened to the rest of the bloodbath?

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

Hi my name is Julie and I can't remember the proper uses of "two" "to" and "too"!

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

Hi my name is lynz and i have to sit on a pillow to see over the dashboard of my daddy's saturn, pepe. (at first i was like when have i ever used two, to and too wrong? then i reread the fight and vanessa pointed it out to me.)

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

Hi my name is Julie and I like to wear dresses with pants!

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

Hi my name is Lynz and i copy julie by wearing dresses with pants.

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder malibu

just slap each other and get it over with.

ekulu ekuluOG 2002 rocksupastar

ooooh, girlfight!!!

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

Hi my name is Julie and I lie about stuff!!

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

Hi my name is Lynz and i am a polar bear that needs air conditioning in 20 degree weather.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

Hi my name is Julie and I tell everyone I surf even though I can't :P

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002 thatdarngirl

OH MY GOD... GIVE IT UP!!!! Hug and make up, PLEASE!!!! ;-)

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

Hi my name is Lynz and i failed gym because i don't have enough strength to run.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

Hi my name is Julie and I can't figure out simple Biology and I don't know where babies come from..can you tell me please?

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

Hi my name is Lynz and i don't like to share "mhwwiahbm mine, mine, mine the gum is all mine."

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder malibu

hi my name's matt. just stop.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

Hi my name is Julie and I don't know the difference between a flamer and a stoner..don't they both have to do with matches anyways?

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

Hi my name is Lynz and i think i am the queen of all my friends.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

Hi my name is Julie and I'm just being used by my friend Lynz. She doesn't really like me at all but just uses me to get at her boyfriend!

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

Hi my name is Lynz and i like pasty guys.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

AHHH! Hi my name is Julie and I have to watch Daren's Dance Grooves to learn how to cut a rug!

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002 thatdarngirl

Hi my name is Lynz and I like guys with small ears!

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 skaorsk8

(Ah! I'm being ganged up on) Hi my name is Julie and I wear fleece PJ pants no matter how hot it is out!

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

Hi my name is Lynz and i wear my black hooodie no matter how hot it is.

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

hahhaahha. Hi my name is Lynz and i like to sand wrestle.

sux2beme sux2bemeOG 2002 malibu

now THAT'S WHAT I'M talkin about!!!

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002 malibu

Hi my name is Lynz and I like....wait did someone say sand wrestle??? WHERE'S MY VIDEO CAMERA!

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 skaorsk8

(someone did video tape it actually...) Hi my name is Julie and I can't think of good enough insults so I have my sister and Skaorsk8 think of them for me!!!

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

Hi my name is Lynz and i am jealous because julie has friends.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

Hi my name is Julie..and I lie to myself..I really don't have friends.

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

Hi my name is Lynz and i think i am sailor moon.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

Hi my name is Julie and one of my best friends, Lindsay, yeah..she's sailor moon! cool huh?

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

Hi my name is Lynz and one of my best friends, Julie, can really dance it out in her fleece pj's. isn't that rufus?

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

Hi my name is Julie..and..-sob- I use words like rufus!!! I'm so ashamed.

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

Hi my name is Lynz and i sneeze like a mouse.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

Hi my name is Julie and I like to eat everyone's left over cold slaw! (how gross is the word 'slaw'?)

malibu malibuOG 2001 thatdarngirl

(when was it ever leftover?) Hi my name is Lynz and i eat tons of doritos at all hours of the day.

magnum magnumOG 2001 malibu

cant u guys just jello wrestle already?

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002 magnum

YES! Please! Much Jello wrestling!

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002 malibu

And the problem with eating tons of Doritos is.....?

malibu malibuOG 2001 delliott101

not a problem, that she eats them all hours of the day and has spicy breath.

sux2beme sux2bemeOG 2002 malibu

mmmmmm, doritos!

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crazygirlOG 2001 malibu

wow!!! dont be dissin to fat for spandex.your crossin the line...i sing to.

malibu malibuOG 2001 crazygirl

heather, you are crazy. you don't know what you're talking about. its like malea and the drop kick murpheys. too fat for spandex is a band that lynz, vanessa, sammie, and i created. silly girl.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 malibu

No you're silly Julie. Heather and I used to talk about this like two years ago but it never seemed to work and it was kind of just a joke..though I think we liked the name Sakura best then because it was cute and meant Cherry Tree.

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002 malibu

I want Heather to jam with us... work on those drums, crazygirl!

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002

You know what Ian, in that book didn't they go into the earth's core?? Like, deeper down? (Like that Jamiriquoi guy...ahem). Anyway. Perhaps I am confusing this with Journey to the Center of the Earth. It's entirely possible.

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002

Yeah, you're thinking of Journey to the Center of the Earth

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder

okay so it's not realistic, but no need to be dissing jules verne man

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

never read the story. i thought it was an under water sports world. guess i was wrong. talking about sports... i wanna play french handball. it's so hott. you have this ball. and then you have your hand and you dribble three times jump and score. it's amazing.

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder

theres this other cool sport called "jump over a bush and then punch ty in the neck", sure it might be self explanatory, but it's also quite the fun

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

aww thats so cute. as much as i love to haver your soft supple woman hands punch my neck i'll pass. AND SEE YOU ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, CHUMP !

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder

BRING IT ON!!!!!!!

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

hey did you work on new CHEERS to cheer on our squad or are you going to be our H20 coordinator...?

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002

That is some mighty fine H2O you have there...

malibu malibuOG 2001

no matt is what we all like to call a bench coordinator.

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder

whatever, i'm an all star

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002

And here I though we were going to discuss the "Justice League" cartoon and say how stupid some of it is...

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fionnaOG 2002

no one was talking about that. comments are supposed to enhance the ongoing discussion.

deanh77 deanh77Founder

haha. I love this old Phil Hartman SNL skit. sooo funny. haha.



Kirk Douglas's character: Wow, we're going 20,000 leagues under the sea? man that's pretty deep


Captain Nero: No, leagues is a measure of distance, not depth, we're travelling 2 and a half times around the earth.


KD: right, but we're gonna be 20,000 leagues deep?


CN: you fool, if we went 20,000 leagues down, we'd go through the center of the earth and come out the other side!


KD: OK, so we're going 20,000 leagues under the sea, through the center of the earth? WOW.

deanh77 deanh77Founder

I guess I'm the only one who's seen that movie and then seen the SNL skit and then thought it was funny.. oh well.

iwz iwz

haha, i've seen the movie, seen the skit, and thought it was very funny. don't feel so slighted, you're special too. :P

sux2beme sux2bemeOG 2002

i thought it was metric leagues

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nine9starOG 2001

so the earth is theoretically 8,300 leagues in circumference?

If the circ is 8,300 then the diameter is 2642(4 sig. fig.) using d=C/Pi

That gives us 2642 leagues (7926miles)so 20,000 leagues under the sea is TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE lol

deanh77 deanh77Founder

ughghgh. ITS 20,000 leagues, AROUND the earth(Aprox 2.5 times), while under the SEA!!! why can no none understand this???? go read my comment above of the funny SNL skit. maybe that's why no one laughed, because they identify with the fake kirk douglas character.

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nine9starOG 2001

yeah deano i did know that - i was just bored okay!!!!!!!!!!!!! take a chill dudas

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder

awww poor sam!!!!!! its ok!

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nine9starOG 2001

cheers HB ;) knew i could rely on u

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder

no problem commander, thats what im here for **salutes**

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002

Hey Ian, you forget that Verne foretold the advent of the submarine in this book!

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