Howdy fellow commenters, it's once again time for your favorite afternoon comment roundup. We hope you're able to take a break from anguishing over picking that Gonzaga-Davidson first round matchup to take a look at the best and brightest from last week's comments.

This week's comment of the week comes from boondoggle, who has a test of his own for DCPS, after they fired 98 employees and most of them (unsurprisingly) cried foul:

DCPS math quiz
Name:
Date:

Calculators will not be provided. Please show your work.

After the jump, you're probably breaking some sins that the Catholic Church just made up.

Photo by jim_darling.

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You know what, there are so many funny comments in what we'll call the "Pope thread to end all Pope threads," that you knew we'd have to include it in this here roundup. Just read the whole darn thing.

But business really starts to pick up when the conversation turns to Jesus.

[Comment roundup writer slowly puts down his ten-foot pole.]

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We're glad to see that somebody - drew in adams morgan - understood the real concern behind the post about Amsterdam Falafel accepting Euros:

Who carries coined money these days? To the bars, no less. Euros aren't easy to get out of the pockets of my slim fit jeans.

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The commenters were sure to chime in on the importance of renter's insurance after last week's massive fire in Mount Pleasant. Unfortunately, they also came with stories about how the building had recently begun proceedings to update the building infrastructure when the fire hit.

As a reminder, you can find ways to donate to the victims of the blaze in many different ways.

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So you say that there's pharmacutical drugs in the water, eh? Let's see how our people can spin this one.

WHAZZUP?

OMG DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE SOUNDS LIKE A TERRORIST PLOT OH WAIT IT'S JUST WATER LOLOLOLOL

the heckle?

This study is crap. If there are so many anti-inflammatory drugs in our drinking water, then why does my knee continue to hurt. I say, up the damn dosage.

Also, adding some "fun" drugs might be worth it.

Of course, we don't really have any better PR associate than the esteemed monkeyrotica:

Yo, yo, YO! This ain't H-town. This ain't Strong Island. This Chocolate City. We drink "drink." We smoke loveboat. We eat barbecue lead paint chips. We throw rocks at white folk. And we get wings-and-mambo sauce from a Vietnamese joint called Pho Shizzle. Straight UP.

You know, that really doesn't have anything to do with drugs in the water.

Wait. Yes it does.

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Most people still have no idea about how they're getting to the new stadium. Shocking.

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The most sophisticated cab debate we've seen yet? Could be.

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After he motioned for the D.C. Council to table a bill that would place restrictions on noise levels of protests in residential areas, Councilman Jack Evans found some good old community irony at his doorstep. DC1974 with a treatise on the joy of protesting:

We live in DC. We should expect to be the seat of democracy and to accept and support protestors. Just because other cities have curtailed the right to protest, doesn't mean that we should too. And yes, other cities, those that see their role as important in terms of the right of citizens to protest the actions of their government put up with this stuff all the time. Not just noise, but full on shut down of the streets. Nothing brings out the neighbors like a good protest in San Francisco, for instance. You probably will be able to get out of work. And you know what? Not all those people are from SF (good lord, many are from Portland!) and it's accepted. Because that's what SF stands for. It has long and proud history of protest, demonstrations and riots. (A "Paris of the West" as they say, with a whole new meaning.) And they are proud of it. We should be too. We are the seat of democracy, and considering the criminal activities of the last 7 years, I don't see any reason that the whole city shouldn't be brought to a halt on at least a weekly basis.

But HCE just wanted to dance, baby:

90 dbs?! That's it? It's time to bring on the noise and the funk.

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A Wilson student suspension brought out an argument about punishing kids for things they do outside of school, but then get put on "the YouTube" without their permission.

smittydc thinks the whole thing is pretty overblown:

If he said that to a teacher or at school - kick him out.

And whatever happened to detention? Everything seems to deserve suspension nowadays?!? Make the kid sit in a room and do math problems or something. Sending him home to play Guitar hero for two weeks isn't punishment.

while ces12 just wanted to channel his inner Christian Siriano (it's okay, we all do it):

im going to speak for the gays and say:

This conversation is a hot tranny mess.

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IMGoph, has some fascinating insights into the, uhh, women whose pictures we feature for classical and jazz music posts. Okay...

alright, that settles it. there are always such beautiful women in the
photos for upcoming classical and jazz shows in dc. why the hell am i
wasting my time going to indie rock shows when i can be around such
gorgeous people at these more high-brow shows.

and they smile! everyone at the black cat looks like someone just killed
their black cat.

We'd argue if we could, man.

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Finally, some awards! This week's Avatar Award for Achievement in the Field of Avatars belongs to none other than Big L, whose image of the Uptown Theatre's facade has a certain photographic quality that often difficult to achieve in such a limited pixelated space. Thanks for trying to bump up the aesthetics of the award, Big L!

And this week's Username of the Week is dcistlurker. Because, really, we like the idea that someone feels the need to lurk around our little blog home. Be afraid, all those who dare to tread broadly within our sights!

Don't forget to check out our Top Users page, where we celebrate the amount of free time people manage to squeeze out of their office job.