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Did you go to school, stupid?

Started by Jim Johnson, October 05, 2014, 05:47 PM NHFT

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A few years ago, the Dummer Academy finally changed its name because being the dummer school made it too difficult to recruit.

Dummer Academy Name Change Sparks Outcry
Associated Press ^ | Feb. 22,2005 | JAY LINDSAY,

Posted on 2/24/2005, 1:07:48 AM by kingattax

NEWBURY, Mass. - Governor Dummer Academy, the country's oldest independent boarding school, was founded before the Revolution. Jokes about its name have been around roughly as long.

There's "Dumb and Dummer," "Getting smarter at Dummer," or students who go in "come out Dummer."

More: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1349939/posts



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