Phillies One Win From Championship

The Rays may have given the Phils a spanking, but the Phillies hit a bunch more home runs than Tampa did, and they won 10-2. Unbelievable. Phillies lead the series 3-1 and are one win away from the elusive local sports title. Yes, this will mean writers all across the nation will have to find some other Philadelphia sports stereotype to write about. Wins all around! Let’s go Phils!

[Photo from front page of MLB.com via Chrissmari]

Parental Guidance From 1997 Sci-Fi Movie

From Phillyblog comes the end of the debate about how to make Philadelphia schools better. The solution: Parents should spank their kids! From a user we’ll call RuggerAl, since that is his username:

My parents hit me when I messed up bad, the total number of times could be counted on two hands or less. And as a direct result, the thought went through my head before I did something questionable… “Am I going to get a whopping for this?” My sister, much wiser and four years younger, learned many a lesson through me. To quote my dad quoting my grandmother “A soft head makes a soft behind.”

Okay, fair enough. But, I mean, do you have any reasoning for it besides of the fact you were hit? Oh, you do? Carry on, then.

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But what will our kinkier teachers do?

It’s good to know our state government is right on top of the really pressing issues.

Spanking Banned in PA Schools [6 ABC]