econ, p.5
- cherise: i hate the rain... it sucks.
- anastasia: aw, really? i love the rain!
- nabeel: that's because you're russian.
- szeto: OH, REALLY NABEEL? DO YOU WANT ME TO BUST OUT THE EGYPTIAN JOKES?!
- nabeel: ... did you know that the egyptians were the FIRST to realize that one full rotation of the earth was exactly 364.25 days? they were the first to use the Gregorian calendar system!
- szeto: but that's the Gregorian calendar system. named after a white european dude.
- nabeel: no! don't let those europeans take credit for everything the egyptians did! we built the PYRAMIDS!
- szeto: giant spikes pointing at the sky!
- nabeel: did you know that the egyptian language was SO COMPLEX THAT...
- ben: THAT NOBODY ADOPTED IT, NABEEL!
- szeto: see that paper that you have there, nabeel? you can thank the chinese for that.
- mr. irie: *about to interrupt the class, but stops* oh. this sounds good. i kinda wanna let you guys keep going.
- nabeel: PAPYRUS. the egyptians used PAPYRUS!
- szeto: no matter what you say, nabeel, about the egyptians, just remember: china has 1.6 billion people. we're bound to win.
- nabeel: and it's your guys' fault for creating gunpowder! look at where it got us! thanks a lot, guys.
- ben: but gunpowder is so useful! look at fireworks! very pretty.
- brandon: *after a long silence* yeah. and what's up with your skin color? it's like. tan.
- nabeel: because we're out in the sun working very hard!
- szeto: yeah. to build the PYRAMIDS! GIANT BRICKS!
- brandon: working hard, or hardly working? *laughs to himself*
- classroom: *silence*.......
- cherise: szeto, can you go back to your egyptian jokes again?
- nabeel: NO! I AM VERY OFFENDED!
