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1.    TrIsTaN, on March 5th, 2009 at 6:34 pm Said:

   Is anyone else sad that Freakonomics only comes in a thirty dollar hard-cover editioin? I mean sure its a great book but i find it hard to beleive it’s worth 30 dollars. Only Harry Potter is worth that much. Or the bible.

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   Ethan Singer Reply:
   March 5th, 2009 at 8:02 pm

   @TrIsTaN, Read it with gloves on, take notes, and return it. That’s what I’m doing…maybe minus the gloves. And the bible is not worth 30 dollars…I got a pocket one for free from the old guy in the leather jacket who hands them out at the corner by the school.

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   Stejones Reply:
   March 5th, 2009 at 8:43 pm

   @Tristan,
   The Hawaiian Pigeon Bible is totally worth $30 bro.

   (I find it funny that the anti-spam word I had to enter in for this comment was “spamlles3″… like SPAM-WOW)

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   Mr. Eldridge Reply:
   March 6th, 2009 at 12:22 am

   @Stejones, That’s PIDGIN. A pigeon is a flying rat.

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   Ethan Singer Reply:
   March 6th, 2009 at 5:46 pm

   I must agree, the pidgin bible is totally worth $30, brah. =) It’s surprising, though, that people back there actually do speak like that. Many places, people talk with an accent or in a certain dialect, but can write in comprehendable English, but not in Hawai’i. Many actually write in the exact mocking of how they speak which, to most non-islanders, comes out as a jumble of mispelled, foreign, and made-up words. This conglomerate of languages has lead to very low overall testing scores in the area of English and Reading and prevents students from entering one of the more exclusive schools in Hawai’i, such as Obama’s Punahou. It’s quite disappointing as the school was originally founded to accomodate anyone seeking knowledge, as way back in the mid 1800s the ancient Hawaiians had an insatiable appetite for learning, whether it be math, reading, or the English language itself. Some of the royalty studied to such an extent that they were able to fluently speak English in less than a month.

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   Mr. Eldridge Reply:
   March 8th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

   The book you all want is the 25th Anniversary Edition of Peppo’s Pidgin to da Max. It’s a lovely primer on Pidgin–it’s best piece of advice: If you’re a Haole, don’t try to speak Pidgin!

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2.    KIRSTEN white, on March 8th, 2009 at 12:39 pm Said:

   yeah i know right!!!
   all the other books were like 15$ and i was really FLABBERGASTED that they wanted us to pay that much for that book…(sorry< always wanted to say that word)
   but that must mean its really good right???
   oh, and btw, no one should have to pay for the bible i dont think.
   Tats just ridiculous!!!lol
   =)

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