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Agendaforthisweek:

MondayFriday:Finals!Goodluckeveryone!

"It'sbecausewehavealotoffuninternallyhere.Withourselves."~Anonymous

The Bathroom Reader!

Thisweeksweatherinjellybeans!Monday,March12: 65/45

(IsolatedThunderstorms)

Tuesday,March13: 65/49

(PartlyCloudy)

Wednesday,March14: 75/58

(PartlyCloudy)

Thursday,March15: 68/55

(Showers)

Friday,March16: 70/57

(Showers)

Saturday,March17: 69/57

(PartlyCloudy)Sunday,March18: 67/52

(PartlyCloudy)

SoImgoingtoslightlychangetheformatofthereaderforalittle

whileuntilIfigureoutwhichwayIlikebest.Sorryifitconfuses

youduringyourearlymorningbathroomstoponMonday.But

yes,thetimehascome.Itisfinalsweek.SoIhopeeveryonehas

enoughcaffeinatedbeveragesandmotivationalmusicplayliststo

getthemthroughtheweek.Imsureeveryonewillbeasttheir

finalsthough!AsJamesGarfieldsaid,Apoundofpluckisworth

atonofluck.Ihavenoideawhatheisreferringto,butit

rhymes!

Best,

Mattie

P.S.Haveanawesome,fantabulous,andrelaxingspringbreak!:]

Zylmanisms!

InRussia,welikedtousethecorkscrew

ruleinsteadoftherighthandrule.Iguess

welikedtoopenbottlesmore.

~YuliyaPeet(mathprofessor)

28givesmetheheebiejeebies!

~IsabelleOrrico

"ShurnaandIwouldhavegiganticbabies!"

~StephanieHemmelgarn

Slivkan1:"There'sanothernameforit.It's

calledBallsSoHard.

Slivkan2:"...Can ourballsbehard?"

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TheSlivkanshavespoken!

Soheresthedealguys.Apparently,Isabelle

hasbeenhavingthisargumentwithherbest

friendbackhomeforyearsnow.Whichnumberisbetter:27or28?Well,ifyousaw

thepollIpostedontheSlivkaFacebook

page,Iaskedyouguystochoose!Imean,

whatbetterwaytosolveaproblemthanto

askyourhandy-dandySlivkans?!Sohereare

theresultsofthepoll!

27:23votes

28:23votes

Sobasically,wedeterminednothing.Mybad.

SorryIsabelle,wedidnotsolveyour

argument.

:[

TongueTwisters

Trytosaythesephrasesasquicklypossible!

(Caution:Donotyellthesewhileyouarein

thebathroombecausethenpeoplewilljudgeyou.)

o Islitthesheet,thesheetIslit,and

ontheslittedsheetIsit.

o UniqueNewYork.

o IsawSusiesittinginashoeshine

shop.Whereshesitssheshines,and

wheresheshinesshesits.

o SunshineCity.

o Toyboat.(x10)

o Pleasantpheasantflyingpluckers.

ConundrumsfortheMind!

Whenyourbathroombreaktakesalittlelongerthanexpected,

trythesepuzzles/riddles!

(Answerstoriddlesareupsideatthebottom)

Itsamaze!!Doit!!

Riddles!!

1. Iamthebeginningoftheend,andtheendoftimeand

space.Iamessentialtocreation,andIsurroundeveryplace.WhatamI?

2. Therewasagreenhouse.Insidethegreenhousethere

wasawhitehouse.Insidethewhitehousetherewasared

house.Insidetheredhousetherewerelotsofbabies.

Whatisit?

3. Howmuchdirtisinaholethatis3ft.deep,2ft.wide,and

4ft.long?

Answers!

1.Thelettere.End,timE,spacE,Everyplace

2.Awatermelon

3.None,itisahole.