How young children view a school system whether da teachers "religiously" forbid them from either counting on their fingers or making "one, two, three, four, cross-slash" marks on paper to more-easily figure simple math-problems, in an attempt to train said students to work out sums in their heads.
One easy way to get around da Tallyban (i.e., count up/down one numeral at a time without tipping off your teacher dat you aren't merely working out da problem in your head) is to motionlessly (don't go making any rhythmic "ticking off da numbers" motions with any part of your body, as this will let slip dat you're --- horrors! --- **counting** when you're sposta be working out da math-equations just in your head!) hold your arithmetic paper flat against your desktop with both hands and with your fingers spread apart for easier counting, and then also-motionlessly (and silently) swivel your eyes from one finger to da next in order to count up/down as needed to figure out da answer to da equation.
by QuacksO July 19, 2024
A fake-emergency radio-call that a mischievous pilot makes on the first day of the fourth month, just as a joke.
One should **never** make "Aprilday" distress-transmissions -- no matter WHAT the date --- since not only may it needlessly consume valuable resources and panic rescue-workers, but such "crying wolf" shenanigans can also cause emergency-response personnel to then incorrectly ignore legitimate requests for help, since they will merely think, "Here we go again" if said completely-genuine call comes in at around that date. It's actually happened in the past, where rescue-workers have impatiently refused to respond to a real call for help because "they thought it was just an April Fool's joke".
by QuacksO November 15, 2021
A key-operated safety-device to secure a gaming-ticket-printing/processing machine while maintenance is being performed.
I don't approve of gambling in any form or in associating with it in any way, so I would not ever have a need for a LOTTO padlock, since I would always refuse to even assemble or repair a machine that was used in any facet of game-of-chance operations.
by QuacksO March 30, 2020
Preposterous male-related status.
by QuacksO April 05, 2025
Worrying about da size or specific shape of yer family jewels is totally absirred --- if you can still father healthy offspring, dat is all dat should matter.
by QuacksO May 10, 2025
A medical experiment where neither the testers nor the subjects have any idea what they're doing or what the actual risks might be. Why, for all the testers know, they themselves might also be accidentally ingesting the substance under test and be totally unaware of this fact, as well --- NOT a healthy or safe situation.
The infamous ‘Elephant Man’ drugs-trial --- all six of the test-subjects nearly died --- is a classic case of a double-blind study gone horribly wrong --- talk about the blind leading the blind!
by QuacksO March 11, 2018
A supposedly-justifying/forgiving argument regarding a disputed action/event dat you claim occurred due to your not having da sharpest hearing capabilities.
During embarrassing questioning by da press, Prez Reagan often claimed to be hard-of-hearing --- or dat da noisy helicopter made it impossible for him to make out what da reporters were asking him --- yet he seemed to hear more-desirable queries, statements, or remarks just fine, so I'm not sure how valid a deafense this was!
by QuacksO March 22, 2023