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Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear? (Original Post) MiddleFingerMom Sep 2013 OP
I remember once when I was in high school ... spin Sep 2013 #1
Nice catch. I bet I was the only studeny at my Catholic highschool to ever flunk Religion. MiddleFingerMom Sep 2013 #2
Catch 22 was one great book. ... spin Sep 2013 #3

spin

(17,493 posts)
1. I remember once when I was in high school ...
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 12:45 PM
Sep 2013

a teacher asked, "Any questions."

So I asked, "Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?"

I had just finished reading Catch-22

1. Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?

A question posed by Yossarian in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 to find out why so many people were working so hard to kill him.

This seemingly rhetorical question is what one asks when one feels that everyone else is asking stupid questions and one wants to join in and/or point out how obviously stupid their questions are. Or, merely, because one wants to find out why so many people are working so hard to kill oneself.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Where%20are%20the%20Snowdens%20of%20yesteryear%3F


MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
2. Nice catch. I bet I was the only studeny at my Catholic highschool to ever flunk Religion.
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 03:08 PM
Sep 2013

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The priest teaching it was pretty cool and had me do a book report on Catch 22.
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I'm surprised there haven't been LOTS of "Snowdens of yesteryear" allusions in GD.
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spin

(17,493 posts)
3. Catch 22 was one great book. ...
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 04:24 PM
Sep 2013

I plan to reread it in the near future. I've downloaded it to my Kindle.

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