MAKA’ALA MOMENT [ANSWERS]
2008-2009
15. There’s been problems in the past with the small children stumbling on Founders day so this year each of the Senior’s will carry the little ones down the aisle on their backs. (7)
14. When president elect Obama said “lets unify our country”, he didn’t mean would should start spelling it ‘TheUnitedStatesofAmerica.’ (7)
13. I’m not a big fan of cell phones and who talks on them, however I decided to not leave my wife even though she bought it. (5)
12. Hilda’s and Helga’s parents don’t encourage the kids eating in bed but it’s best to carefully eat then starving carelessly. (8)
11. My Tutu almost saw all of her savings wiped out by the recent economic downturn, but didn’t panic since she still had our old counterfeit printing press in the basement. (4)
10. The Treehugger’s are fund-raising next week and it would be unpatriotic to not buy a couple of muffins each day to show your support for Obama, or a piece of pizza for McCain. (5)
9. Watching all of these adds for the election, they make me wander about our future, and whom has lead us in the past. (7)
8. The Kealoha’s have a better looking daughter then us but we have the fastest mongoose. (6)
7. The Senior class gets to eventually decide weather they want to wear kihei’s but yet they don’t get to vote on tie dying them. (9)
6. Nowadays it seems nobodys wearing their own ID, boyfriend’s are trading with there girlfriend’s to get in touch with they’re feminine side. (9)
5. Uncle Boo knew he needed less then 9 items to go through the express line at safeway and so he squeezed all of the fruit together into a big ball before he got to the check out counter. (7)
4. The speedo wearing boys broke several rules including painting theirselves satanic red, riding little, tiny scooters on the gym floor, and they weren’t wearing they’re IDs. (7)
3. Lets try and find prom date’s this week, then we can forget about it, and focus on our English for the next seven months. (6)
2. The affects of us wearing our ID badges are: we can see whose kissing who between classes, Punahou kids can’t sneak into lunch, and terrorism in the Smith basement was reduced by half. (6)
1. The judges discovered each of the Chinese Women Gymnasts are underage when
they traded in their gold metals for POGs. (5)
2007-2008
30. As I sit here typing this last screwed up sentence I wandered if I’ve taught the boys any grammar over the passed year and how much it will help them get lucky with the chicks on the beach this summer. (5)
29. Whomever threw the bags of rubbish on Konia Field should be ashamed, because of the following reasons; the insult to the Princess, the violation of the ’aina, and other students had to pick up the mess. (4)
28. While her friends were all bored out of their minds doing other homework Nicole lays on Konia Field in ecstasy, reading “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” and dreaming of writing english essays. (6)
27. While all of the classes were effected by the potential changes in the schools’ dress code, the seniors feel particularly badly about it because this is they’re last chance to wear skimpy shorts before they go off to college. (7)
26.The movement to become a more dog friendly school, and how it affects us is a topic being discussed around campus but since the discussion consists of howling and barking, half of the school don’t understand. (6)
25. Each of the seniors should be proud of what they’ve accomplished these passed four years, then they should try and remember that senioritis is not a real disease, and accomplish even more this quarter. (5)
24. While some folks think the Punahou carnival might have had better malasadas then Kamehameha, we have better Hawaiian plate lunches, and cuter chicks. (6)
23.Cathy, whose got a bit of a temper, loaned me twenty bucks which I forgot to pay back, so I changed my name to Kimo Doe, and laid low for a couple of days. (5)
22. Having rained for forty straight days in a row, I was a little concerned when my neighbor, Noa, built a ark, and started to quietly gather up his mongeese and geckos two by two. (7)
21. At the Punahou carnival the amount of food booths Lahela went to depended on the length of the lines, and how much money she conned out of her boyfriend, Dirk. (7)
20. Having forgotten to do his Calculus homework assignment it seemed best for Micah to drop out of school, get a job, and to raise a family than to explain it to Mrs. Slagel. (7)
19. My house sits on a mountain with Kaneohe on one side, and Kailua on the other, therefore, I tell people whom ask, that I live in Kanelua which of course, means “mens room.” (7)
18. In spite of how beautiful the Hawaiian people are, the wonderful whether, and my wife having great legs, my life has been empty since June Jones decided to take the 10 million dollars, spit in my face and run off to Texas. (5)
17. All though the Georgia Bulldogs were the best team, Hawai’i has the best posture. (4)
16. Being that this is the last maka’ala moment for the semester I thought I’d help you out, and tell you that being that is wrong. (6)
15. I don’t know who Hamlet was talking to for most of the play but it seems like he sure had a lot to say for 5 acts. (9)
14. The legislature seems to have less ideas about how to solve the homeless problem then hiding the homeless; yet, they expect us to keep voting for them. (6)
13. Weather or not kids followed the rules or broke them last week, we still had much to be thankful for; including alot of candy, some exciting outfits, and having early dismissal on friday. (7)
12. Kimo realized to late that he should of boughten muffins from the TreeHugger’s last week instead of save money for college. (5)
11. You shouldn’t never ask your teacher to loan you money for senior luau tickets, if more then a couple of days have past since payday, they’re probably broke. (7)
10. At first I thought the new movie, “Resident Evil: Extinction,” was about the superferry, then I saw the poster, and realized the woman on it isn’t Local. (7)
9. Lets here it for the senior class, they’re one quarter closer to graduating, get old and look back fondly to the time when they were seniors. (5)
8. Between all of his different hobbies Kimo likes to train fighting Geckos, eating paste with his younger brother, and his girlfriend the best. (4)
7. Since a lot of the time children either forget where they put their food, or they just loose interest in eating, Lahela had to remind Alyssa that the musubi on the counter was her’s. (7)
6. Being that each of the Seniors want laptop computers for their own it would probably be best for the seventh graders not to go up the hill for a few weeks. (7)
5. Gideon’s visit with the Hanneman’s last night lead to a couple of revelations; he wanted to eventually change his name to Mufi, and become the Mayor of Laie. (6)
4. Theirs no reason to feel badly about the amount of times your late for chapel, you should just pray for a new alarm clock, moving on with your life. (6)
3. I’m not saying we were tougher then the big island campus but they seem to call school off if you even mention the word hurricane. (6)
2. Although Makoa didn’t feel the affects of hurricane Flossie he did get crushed two year’s ago when his aunt Flossie tripped, and fell on him. (6)
1. Thank god summers over, now we can get back to the purpose of life learning grammar. (4)
2006-2007
30. Now that the school year is ending it means that our juniors should start reading “Hamlet” for next years English Class, working on a date for Senior Prom, and hide food for Song Contest. (6)
29. Having almost studied the Hawaiian Language for a year now it seems to me you could spend a lot of you’re time looking for a “x” or a “q,” and never find one. (8)
28. While neither Albert Wendts short story, “Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree,” nor his novel, “Pouliuli,” were set in Hawaii they both have this in common with local literature; issues of familial responsibility, and local politics. (7)
27. Although Uncle Frank sometimes gets confused, and licks the mailbox instead of licking the stamp, he still functions pretty good so Aunty Flo decided to keep him around for another year. (5)
26. Before coming to school in the morning, Odell’s teeth need to be brushed, my wife has to dress me, and I have to unknot my hair, which gives me enough time to barely get there. (4)
25. Although The TreeHugger’s make a lot of money both by selling muffins and selling pizza, I thought maybe next year we’d set up a kissing booth with Odell but my wife thinks that’s a bit to much like prostitution. (6)
24. Popping throughout Ho`ike, the students whom brought the balloons in the Blaisdell during Song Contest failed to show the respect the performers deserved but for the most part, the kids behaved pretty good. (6)
23. Because of their incredible maturity, the Senior class is two to one favorites to sweep Song Contest, in addition, the other three classes have had less years to practice then them. (6)
22. The amount of times I’ve tried to demonstrate the difference among “amount” and “number” are staggering, but yet students whom daydream during the Maka’ala Moments, and I’m mostly talking about you Kimo, still confuse them a lot of the time. (8, maybe 9)
21. Like we’ve told you before TreeHugger’s muffins are not only nutritious and healthy for you, but they also make great gifts for that special some one in your life, especially the cornbread ones. (8)
20. During the half time show at the Super bowl Prince was sorta freaky, however it isn’t as freaky as an astronaut in an adult diaper driving cross-country to eventually kill a romantic rival with a mallet, and a pellet gun. (9-- yikes)
19. Its alright to fall in love with the most handsomest of two potential boyfriends, then get an affectionate, loving dog for the other one. (7)
18. We have learnt from past experience, that cheating hurts the cheater, however, beating them over the head with a bag of rocks hurts a lot more. (6)
17. Mom and dad told Kimo as well as Lahela to remember and bring their grass skirts when they go to the mainland, I hope they were being sarcastic. (6)
16. Although neither Christmas or New Years Day are traditional pre-contact holidays, Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama have decided to formally celebrate them by giving all students A’s for the first semester, and serving ice cream this friday.(7)
15. Neither Logan, a tall Hawaiian Cajun woman whom loves to eat pizza, playing volleyball, and tall Hawaiian Cajun men nor Odell understand me when I say “ich glaube in der traube.” (8)
14. In the bible it says “Blessed are the jugglers”, although sadly, there’s less Christian jugglers around today then in christ’s time. (9)
13. My Grandmother used to always say that “Whomever lays down with dogs ends up scaring cats”, but I never understood what that crazy woman meant. (6)
12. When I mentioned Abby’s, Linnea’s, and Kelsi’s relative state’s of undress last week I didn’t mean to infer that they were criminals, I was just pointing out that anyone can act bad from time to time. (6)
11. Kelsey, Abby and Linnea received detention on Class Color day for the following violations, respectfully; wearing a shirt promoting vandalism, pants that didn’t extend to her fingertips, and not being fully clothed on her lower body. (5)
10. Having seen her share of inappropriate halloween costumes over the years it was apparent Mrs. Martin had to reluctantly make the following rules; no crack-heads, no satanists, and she won’t allow the exposure of any naughty bits whatsoever. (8)
9. The Rolling Stones are coming to town and my Grandma, whose older then God is going to try and see them. (7)
8. Neither the amount of times Mr. Vinta has run out the classroom screaming, nor where he scurries off to are as important as the fact that he eventually comes crawling back. (5)
7. Since the girls from Kamehameha are so much more hotter then the mainland, Kimo decided to skip Harvard, and raise mongooses behind Akahi instead. (6)
6. Pua thought that between Kaipo forgetting they’re anniversary or kissing other girls, the forgetting is worst, she really liked roses. (6)
5. Ambrosia means food of the Gods but muffins, if our sales last week is any indication, tastes well enough for Kamehameha Students. (8)
4. Although Mrs. Mauna liked her two son-in-laws equally good she favored the one who didn’t run his truck into the pedestrian overpass, and backed up traffic for twelve hours. (5)
3. I brought my drug sniffing dog Odell, to the dance on friday, he didn’t find any drugs, but managed to sniff out two pieces of pizza and a bag of doritos. (6)
2. If I remember right, our marriage vows were a quote either from The Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus 2006-2007 High School Student/Parent Handbook or Sophocle’s Oedipus Rex. (5)
1. A guy looks a lot more sexier with his sunglasses and hat on in the hallways, but it wears off once they enter the classroom. (4)