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    Quote Originally Posted by Seedler View Post
    I used this poem in my english summative as an example of found poetry
    Did you get a good mark.

    What's "found poetry" btw.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPaul View Post
    As we know,
    There are known knowns.
    There are things we know we know.
    We also know
    There are known unknowns.
    That is to say
    We know there are some things
    We do not know.
    But there are also unknown unknowns,
    The ones we don't know
    We don't know.
    That's a Rumsfeld quote, I believe.
    "Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."

    -Mark Twain

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPaul View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Seedler View Post
    I used this poem in my english summative as an example of found poetry
    Did you get a good mark.

    What's "found poetry" btw.
    14% out of possible 15%. Assignment was an English IB summative worth 15% of Three semesters of work. So that's like, 45% of my mark this semester?.

    And found poetry:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_poetry

    Wow, they even had that Rumsfeld quote on there
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    In the Nuts (unground), (other than ground nuts) Order, the expression nuts shall have reference to such nuts, other than ground nuts, as would but for this amending Order not qualify as nuts (unground) (other than ground nuts) by reason of their being nuts (unground).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chip Monk View Post
    In the Nuts (unground), (other than ground nuts) Order, the expression nuts shall have reference to such nuts, other than ground nuts, as would but for this amending Order not qualify as nuts (unground) (other than ground nuts) by reason of their being nuts (unground).
    Everyone knows that.
    "Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."

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