# martin luther king day **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 17, 2005, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765 "2005-01-17T10:55:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/1 "2005-01-17T10:55:19Z")
makes work sooooo boring… its so slow today ---
**Author:** ![VENOMevo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/venomevo/32/5959_2.png) [@VENOMevo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VENOMevo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/2 "2005-01-17T10:58:10Z")
Another day for me… ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/3 "2005-01-17T11:07:18Z")
yeah,… work is slow today… traffic wasn’t total dick this morning… so that was night… although the snow caused everyone to go about 4 mph… whatever… another day ---
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/4 "2005-01-17T11:11:58Z")
> [@whitey](#): > > makes work sooooo boring… its so slow today X2… ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/5 "2005-01-17T11:16:55Z")
drove from columbus to connect last night got in at 5am slept till 11 now sitting in class ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/6 "2005-01-17T11:57:54Z")
LMAO I’m getting paid double time and a half to be here ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha This fucking rules! ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/7 "2005-01-17T11:59:33Z")
> [@Sight N Sound](#): > > LMAO I’m getting paid double time and a half to be here > > ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha > > This fucking rules! bastard… ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/8 "2005-01-17T12:01:01Z")
so you’r emakin 10 bux an hour today? :D:D ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/9 "2005-01-17T12:03:42Z")
> [@BlueMeanieTSi](#): > > so you’r emakin 10 bux an hour today? :D:D shit that attempt at a joke wasn’t even close to x 1 pay :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/10 "2005-01-17T12:04:44Z")
> [@Sight N Sound](#): > > shit that attempt at a joke wasn’t even close to x 1 pay :rolleyes: oh so it’s 15 then :love: ---
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/11 "2005-01-17T12:05:03Z")
I’m only making $10.30 an hour today… ☹ Boss doesn’t believe in paying us more on holidays. Good thing I’m not doing much work related work. ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/12 "2005-01-17T12:08:23Z")
i _heart_ holiday and overtime pay, it pays for the car it’s weird, because of the service contract setup with the sites we deal with, i’m salary but anything after 5 is still overtime ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/13 "2005-01-17T12:16:04Z")
dont make fun of my uncle martin!:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Craig\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Craig\_King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Craig_King)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/14 "2005-01-17T12:26:26Z")
I was told I “should” come into work today, but all of the offices/positions I offer t.support for aren’t in today… so in other words, I’m getting paid to browse the web today. :bigthumb: 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![T34418L31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@T34418L31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T34418L31)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/15 "2005-01-17T12:28:55Z")
This day is bullshit. Actually, I’m just angry because the post office is closed. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/16 "2005-01-17T12:52:39Z")
today isn’t a national holiday… incase anyone was confused :tounge: ---
**Author:** ![LigonierA1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@LigonierA1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LigonierA1)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/17 "2005-01-17T12:53:57Z")
How long before the collective conscience of the USA even remembers who MLK was? ---
**Author:** ![SSsuperchargedE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sssuperchargede/32/5958_2.png) [@SSsuperchargedE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSsuperchargedE)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/18 "2005-01-17T14:55:10Z")
no 376w traffic at 5pm!!! ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/19 "2005-01-17T14:59:38Z")
Got MLK?.. Jr. Update by Tom Sunnergren on Jan. 15th, 2005 | link to this post America has been celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day for thousands of years. His contributions to civil rights, folk music, and robotics stand as an inspiration to us all whether Black, Canadian, Jewish or Gay. Most people know the basics of Martin Luther King Junior’s incredible life; his creation of the Underground Railroad, development of calculus, integration of Major League Baseball, and founding of the Lutheran Church. But what many people don’t know about MLK Jr. is that he was an important civil rights leader. Martin Luther King Junior, also known as Malcolm X, found the inspiration to end slavery and create a free and equal country in the most unlikely of places, the NAACP headquarters. He was in Birmingham, Alabama where he had just finished recording his first solo album after leaving the pop group The Temptations, when he met George Washington Carver, the first president of the NAACP. Martin Luther King took his first steps towards creating equality by becoming the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. At first he struggled to succeed because he was only allowed two strikes while all other players were allowed three, but eventually his hard work and perseverance paid off. His achievements paved the way for other ball players like Barry Bonds to take steroids and pervert the integrity of America’s national pastime. After retiring from Major League Baseball as it’s all time leader in home runs, MLK began a career in the film industry. He was determined to show the world that blacks could make better films than Scary Movie. After co-writing Scary Movie 2 and performing the hit single “Kiss from a Rose” for the Batman Forever soundtrack, he took starring roles in Virtuosity and Devil in a Blue Dress. He then went on to become the first African-American to win an Oscar for Best Actor by way of his spell-binding performance as a corrupt cop in Training Day. Things were going great for MLK Jr, until crisis struck again, this time in the form of a double murder charge. When Martin Luther King Junior’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her boyfriend Ronald Goldman were found brutally murdered, the racist LAPD tried to scapegoat MLK Jr. and tarnish his reputation, and most importantly his cause. Thankfully, money and justice won out and he was found innocent of all charges. Martin Luther King Jr. died in January of 1997, losing a grueling six month battle with colon cancer. He is gone, but in out hearts and minds he is immortalized. It’s so important that we take a day to look back on and celebrate the accomplishments of this incredible man, almost as important as it is to not take things too seriously or over-react to a stupid column written by some dumb-ass who can barely get laid. Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765/20 "2005-01-17T15:01:45Z")
Wilt Chamberlain should have his own holiday for banging 10,000 woman ☹ [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/martin-luther-king-day/171765.md?page=2)