Comments on: I made you a prank, but I eated it.

By: Odelia

Odelia — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:19:05 +0000

People should read this.

By: Iqra’i: Virginia is for lovers; DC is for bloggers.

Iqra’i: Virginia is for lovers; DC is for bloggers. — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:04:24 +0000

[...] not really working for MoveOn (I think some people didn’t notice the date). Rather, I’m interning [...]

By: Nicola

Nicola — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:49:48 +0000

One of my high school friends had spent a couple of days with actual yak herders in Mongolia and offered to hook me up. Ah, networking.

By: David Wagner

David Wagner — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:50:36 +0000

I know nothing about yaks, but I actually have been to Mongolia, which I suspect is what few of you can say, so in case any of you want to pursue these impostures further, I can coach you in local color to make you more convincing.

For one thing, the felt tent the nomads live in is called a “ger” (hard “g”). The word “yurt” is Russian, and today’s Mongolians are trying to get a away from the Russian influence of the past.

By: Adam (Rodriques, that is)

Adam (Rodriques, that is) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:15:47 +0000

One of the teachers at my high school has recently returned from spending a year teaching in Mongolia. In preparation for this, he actually erected a yurt in the courtyard behind our school and taught there for a semester. I’m not kidding.

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:29:02 +0000

Are you kidding? To be a yak herder, you need post-graduate work.

By: Nicola

Nicola — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:30:58 +0000

Silly — doesn’t she know it’s yaks in Mongolia?

(True story: I told my high school guidance counselor that I wanted to become a yak herder, so I didn’t need to apply to colleges. She threatened to call the school shrink.)

By: Adam R. Solomon

Adam R. Solomon — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:19:57 +0000

You know, I *actually* had a girl in JE believing that I spent my vacations in Mongolia poaching llamas for the entirety of freshman year.