Comments | tharp42: DING DONG THE SHEIK IS DEAD (go ahead and celebrate, it's okay)

tharp42

DING DONG THE SHEIK IS DEAD (go ahead and celebrate, it's okay)

May 03, 2011 14:36

I got the news the way I get almost any important, shocking news these days: via text message, while teaching a class. I glanced at the screen and these three words were seared into my eyes: BIN LADEN DEAD!!!

I stopped my class and quickly relayed the message to my adult students, who were as gobsmacked as me. When I ran to the teachers' room and ( Read more... )

death, busan, korea, bin laden

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fitfool June 1 2011, 04:43:05 UTC

> I got the news the way I get almost any important, shocking news these days: via text message, while teaching a class.

I was amused by this line. My boyfriend's been buried in studying for an exam and he had asked me recently, "Anything happening in the news?" And I replied, "I don't know. Work's been busy so I haven't been hanging out on LJ."