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Interesting response on my phonics test today... (imgur.com)

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[–]s0n1c800m 40 points41 points ago

Ancient torture device. Yep, pretty gross.

Edit: Ancient execution device. Still gross.

[–]Pindane 5 points6 points ago

Funny thing. I was playing Condemned 2 and taking photograph of one of those torture devices when I read your comment. These odd coincidences keep happening.

[–]Phoneix27 0 points1 point ago

wooo! Condemned 2!

[–]yellownumberfive 43 points44 points ago

Mark that incorrect, there certainly are not 144 crosses there. Nor is it a representation of income before expenditures.

The correct answer is PLoss, phonetically speaking.

[–]sheetman 4 points5 points ago

Gross could be taken to mean pre-tax...

[–]yellownumberfive 14 points15 points ago

Nah, taxes are never involved when crosses are in play.

[–]aJarofDirt 4 points5 points ago

"Gross torture device"?

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[–]plutooo 3 points4 points ago

Render unto Caesar.

Edit:^ deleted? Why? LoL. Kooky.

[–]KimDaebak[S] 1 point2 points ago

Believe it or not I felt bad. I felt the post I deleted (albeit mild) would lead toward a gross insult of christianity. As I check in now... this subreddit has proven its worth by not going there.

[–]rothgnar 3 points4 points ago

the person was actually counting the 144 pixels that made up the image

[–]KimDaebak[S] 5 points6 points ago

funny - witty - thanks for the laugh.

[–]firefae83 13 points14 points ago

Was the correct answer "pOSSible, but not probable?"

[–]treebus 7 points8 points ago

I think crosses probably exist.

[–]firefae83 4 points5 points ago

Well... it is possible, I suppose... Fine. You win this round, stranger!

[–]shyjobard 11 points12 points ago

I want to know how you get brown from a black and white picture.

[–]KimDaebak[S] 12 points13 points ago

Quite simply, my students are Korean.

[–]allthesaved 5 points6 points ago

OH, you're a teacher, everything makes sense now!

[–]RadiatedMutant 4 points5 points ago

I had the same reaction. "If he can post this to Reddit, I'm pretty sure he's old enough for better handwriting..." It all makes sense now.

[–]RhiaMellwyn24 0 points1 point ago

I was wondering... It seemed like this might not be the best place for kids quite THAT young.

[–]MySonStinks 0 points1 point ago

Wait, so what was the correct answer?

[–]Rosenfrez 1 point2 points ago

drown

[–]the__itis 3 points4 points ago

The blood and gore that are represented by the cross could be considered gross.

[–]Viking_Lordbeast 4 points5 points ago

Why, from your title, it looks like you've improved on your phonics quite a lot.

[–]Squalor- 6 points7 points ago

"t" is for "toss," right?

[–]Italian_Barrel_Roll 16 points17 points ago

You must construct additional pylons.

[–]PineappleSlices 3 points4 points ago

Well, it is a horrifying torture device.

[–]09112001 2 points3 points ago

Bravery level: Saganite

[–]MidniteSandwich 1 point2 points ago

That's a cross.

[–]Dannyden 1 point2 points ago

Why am I still on this subreddit..

[–]FrizaAngelo 6 points7 points ago

Because you like to bitch and complain about how bad r/atheism is? I dunno man, I'm making wild guesses.

[–]akppve 0 points1 point ago

the correct answer was clearly albatross. god made the skies just like he made the fish in the seas. therefore, this is an albatross.

[–]CallMeAnEngineer 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, right.

[–]byoonbyoon -1 points0 points ago

This doesn't even make sense.

[–]scott210 0 points1 point ago

AlbatrOSS

[–]TimofeyPnin -1 points0 points ago

He replaced an unvoiced velar plosive with a voiced velar plosive.

I'm not sure I'd call that interesting per se...

[–]petorius 0 points1 point ago

Dross

[–]xternal7 2 points3 points ago

'Gross' would be Jesus on the cross. Jesus would be 'net', and the cross by itself is 'tare'.

[–]muffins_ -2 points-1 points ago

We also would have accepted "Dross"

[–]unrecognizedtruth 0 points1 point ago

your phonics test? what do you mean, are you a teacher giving this test? why is there a cross on a public school test?

[–]ItsTHC 1 point2 points ago

Because america seems to think everyone should be a christian

[–]koavf -5 points-4 points ago

What does this have to do with atheism?

[–]Loli_Popped -1 points0 points ago

mark it Loss, as in loss of sanity and reasoning.

[–]shabba7 -5 points-4 points ago

just add a little line to the lower right portion of the o imo.

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