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I think it's from the 80s. The joke is basically about how teachers make it really obvious who the smart and dumb kids are, and it's something like: "Jenny, Irene and Thomas, you'll be in the gold group. Matthew, Phillip and Margaret, you're in the silver group, and Jim, Tony and Ashley, you'll be the brown group."

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Thursday, 2 November 2006 03:10 (eighteen years ago)

"when i was in sixth grade, they told us when we got to junior high, we'd be either in track 1, track 2, or track 3. track 1's the smart kids, track 2's the normal kids, track 3's the dumb kids. AND WHADDYA THINK I GOT? HOW DO YOU THINK IT FEELS TO BE TOLD THAT YOU'RE DUMB, IN INK, WHEN YOU'RE ELEVEN YEARS OLD?"

― the del rubio triplets (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 2 November 2006 03:29 (eighteen years ago)

haha Where did you find that quote?

― black sabbath just makes me want to take a nap (kenan), Thursday, 2 November 2006 03:56 (eighteen years ago)

dom passantino's fanfic?

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 2 November 2006 03:57 (eighteen years ago)

That joke showed up in a 1980s "Life In Hell" strip, but I don't know if Groening invented it. it's from the series where he details what each grade is like, from the elementary school years.

― Abbott (Abbott), Thursday, 2 November 2006 04:02 (eighteen years ago)

sofia coppola in vanity fair?

― estela (estela), Thursday, 2 November 2006 04:05 (eighteen years ago)

No it's from Freaks and Geeks. I was just wondering whether she transcribed it from memory or not.

― black sabbath just makes me want to take a nap (kenan), Thursday, 2 November 2006 04:21 (eighteen years ago)

i just transcribed it from youtube.

― the del rubio triplets (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 2 November 2006 04:22 (eighteen years ago)

'ere ya go.

― black sabbath just makes me want to take a nap (kenan), Thursday, 2 November 2006 04:22 (eighteen years ago)

That joke showed up in a 1980s "Life In Hell" strip

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what it is - I think I'm remembering a friend telling me about it, which is why I remember it as a comedy routine.

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Thursday, 2 November 2006 04:32 (eighteen years ago)

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