"You're a wizard, Mr. Piculas!"

"What? I... can't be a... a... wizard... I'm just Mr. Piculus. Just Mr. Piculus."

"Well, 'Just Mr. Piculus,' did you ever make anything happen with your mind?"

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A Florida teacher may have to pull an unemployment check out of his hat after performing magic in front of students, according to reports.

Jim Piculas said he made a toothpick disappear and reappear in front of students at the Rushe Middle School in Land 'O Lakes, Fla., Local6.com reported. He said he later got a call from the supervisor of teachers, saying he had been accused of wizardry.

"I get a call the middle of the day from head of supervisor of substitute teachers. He says, 'Jim, we have a huge issue. You can't take any more assignments. You need to come in right away,'" he told Local6.com.

Piculas said he’s concerned the incident may prevent him from being considered for future jobs.

I KNEW THEY REALLY EXISTED!!!

Wizard Teacher!
Wizard Teacher on local news!

That's demented

Stupid Muggles.

But while you're on my local channels' lovely website, I suggest you check out this story: How to get into Heaven. I kid you not.

and here i always thought getting into heaven involved a few shots and some smooth lines.

That whole wizardry story is about as ignorant as it gets.

oh my

Seems like Florida is just full of old people and dummies.

Reminds me that D&D 4th edition will be out soon.

Note to self...quit doing quarter behind the ear trick. I'd hate to be branded a wizard.

Seriously. WTF?

lol that is too freakin funny, I wanna be a wizard

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Originally posted by Anim8rJB:
Seems like Florida is just full of old people and dummies.

And pastel colors, don't forget pastel colors.

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Originally posted by Anim8rJB:
Seems like Florida is just full of old people and dummies.

You read my mind JB. What backwater people. Wizardry? Jesus. I thought we left that **** behind in the Salem days.

Welcome to florida. Where's it the 15th century, every century!

Hey, not all of us are like that down here!

That said, there is an awful lot of that type of stuff down here, it goes along with the whole 'Bible Belt' thing across the South.

I think Brim is a Far Cry Witch Doctor.

Somebody save us.

This is easily filed under: STUPID HEADLINES

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Originally posted by Brimtown:
Hey, not all of us are like that down here!

That said, there is an awful lot of that type of stuff down here, it goes along with the whole 'Bible Belt' thing across the South.

Exactly! Some of us aren't here by choice! The government forced me here!

i lived in baton rouge for five years.....YES it's that bad! a church on every corner,bible thumpers in every store(it's easy to forget it's the 5th most dangerous state

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Originally posted by Anim8rJB:
Seems like Florida is just full of old people and dummies.

and um others...
I was born in New York, and raised in New Jersey and consider myself a Northerner, but that's a pretty wide generalization to make about a whole state. We did win the war, but the North owned slaves AND still managed to pull off having an elitist attitude. Skillz indeed.

Unfortunately, there is douchebaggery all over our beautiful country.

I'm not in love with Florida, but have lived here long enough to know better than to buy into a herd mentality, especially if I don't know enough about a subject. Some of the cool stuff I've found living here, definitely outweigh the bad stuff people like to point out.

I wanted to move to Seattle, Dallas, or California, but found that there are crappy things in every state. I don't wish to be depressed every day, I'm not single or work in the tech field, and I'm not rich, a porn star, or a big fan of having my house mix my coffee for me(if I drank coffee) so I chose to stay near my beaches, fairly clean air, and great weather. Bad examples of hasty generalizations, but you get the idea.

Although, I still wish you and Brook a great life in Cali with no brush fires, earthquakes, or bad actors.

Oh, and the fact that he said they used the word "wizardry" just seemed odd and even in the most back water county I doubt they're going to fire someone only for doing a magic trick: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/05/07/watercooler_stories/8296/

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However, Assistant Superintendent Renalia DuBose denied the district ever used the word "wizardry" in its dealings with Piculas and said the magic trick was far down the list of reasons the sub is not being asked back.

The district said in a letter to Piculas that he was being let go because he did not follow lesson plans, allowed students to use computers despite being told not to by another teacher, and he left a student in charge during his fifth-period class.

Now I wanna know what he did with that toothpick that scared a kid so bad they told their parents or another teacher about it. Unless he was teaching a "special" class and threw the toothpick over his shoulder.

If I was a Wizard would anyone here let me zap them?

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If I was a Wizard would anyone here let me zap them? :Winky:

Only if you put on your wizard hat.

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I'm not in love with Florida, but have lived here long enough to know better than to buy into a herd mentality, especially if I don't know enough about a subject. Some of the cool stuff I've found living here, definitely outweigh the bad stuff people like to point out.

I'm not rich, I'm not a porn star, my house doesn't mix my coffee, I've never been in a brush fire and my house has never fallen down in an earthquake... although... I must admit... one of my friends... is an actor...

You can catch him in war of the worlds getting blown up and in the upcoming jackass movie as the guy working on the production trying like hell not to be noticed by the insane stunts crew. There's a scene with a naked midget in a birthday present where he's trying like hell to look busy on the computer. This worked mostly, except for the time they got him with a cattle prod.

Have fun with your hurricanes, aligators, mosquito season, hillbillies and cuban militant groups!

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Originally posted by NBK_Sephiroth:
i lived in baton rouge for five years.....YES it's that bad! a church on every corner,bible thumpers in every store(it's easy to forget it's the 5th most dangerous state

What's the most dangerous state?

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Originally posted by Ninja_Raiden:

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Originally posted by NBK_Sephiroth:
i lived in baton rouge for five years.....YES it's that bad! a church on every corner,bible thumpers in every store(it's easy to forget it's the 5th most dangerous state

What's the most dangerous state?

Alaska. You can potentially starve or freeze to death if you're not prepared. Then theres the wild animals, and the Eskimos, and not to mention the vampires.