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"Uh... I don't know. I'd be a lot better off, if I would've studied more, when I was growing up, you know? But, you know, the day where it all went wrong, was the day they started the spelling bee."
"'Cause up until that day, I was an idiot, but nobody else knew, you know?"
"Then the spelling bee day, you know, popped up."
""Alright kids, up against the wall. It's time for public humiliation. |teacher"
"Spell a word wrong, sit down in front of your friends." Yeah, that's great for little egos:|Brian"
""Hey, look at me, I'm a moron!|kid"
"I wasn't even close! I was using numbers, and stuff!"|kid"
"That's why I admired that kid who spelled it wrong, on purpose, so he could sit down, you know|Brian"
"He knew he wasn't going to win, so why stand there for 3 hours?|Brian"
"First round,'Cat' |teacher"
""K-A-T, I'm outta here." |Kid"
"Then, as he passed you, |Brian"
""I know there's two 'T's!" |kid"
""Brian, what's the 'I before E' rule?" |teacher"
"Um... I before E... ALWAYS. |Brian"
""What are you, an idiot, Brian?" |teacher"
"Apparently! |Brain"
"So, she says, "No, Brian, it's I before E, EXCEPT after C, AND when sounding like A, as in neighbor, and weigh, and on weekends, and holidays, and all throughout May, and you'll always be wrong NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY!" |teacher"
"That's a hard rule. That's a— that's a rough rule. |Brian"
"Plurals were hard, too. |Brian"
""Brian, how do you make a word a plural?" |teacher"
"Um... You put a 'S'… you- you add an ‘S’ at the end of it. | Brian"
""When?" |teacher"
"Uuhhhh... On weekends, and holidays, and,... |Brian"
""No, Brian. No, let me show you.” |teacher"
"So, she asks this kid, who knew everything, Irwin. |Brian"
"“Irwin! Irwin, what is the plural for ox?" |teacher"
"'Oxen. The farmer used his oxen.' |Irwin"
""Brian?" | teacher"
"(chuckling) What? | Brian"
""Brian, what’s the plural for box?" |teacher"
"Boxen. I bought 2 boxen of doughnuts. |Brian"
""No, Brian, no... Let's try another one. Irwin, what's the plural for goose?" |teacher"
"'Geese. I saw a flock... of geese.' | Irwin"
""Brian!" | teacher"
"(Chuckling)'Wha-at? | Brian"
""Brian, what's the plural for MOOSE?" |teacher"
"MOOSEN! I saw a flock of moosen! There were many of 'em. Many much, moosen. Out in the woods—in the woodes—in the woodsen. The meese want the food. Food is to eatenesen! THE MEESE WANT THE FOOD IN THE WOODENESEN! AND THE FOOD IN THE WOODYENESEN! |Brian"
""BRIAN! Brian... You're an imbecile." | teacher"
"Imbecilon! |Brian"
""What are you speaking, German, Brian?" | teacher"
""German, Jermaine! Jermaine, Jackson! Jackson Five! Tito!"
""Brian, what the hell are you talking about!?" |Teacher"
"I don't know. I don't know, really... |Brian"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.