madden2014
Los Gatos, United States
Today, I had to put up with a student who stubbornly insisted that King Solomon was, in fact, a Pokémon. FML
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OP here. For those of you who are curious, I work at a public high school teaching English. The class of interest here was my Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition class (made up of SENIORS). The issue came up because a sample practice objective test I passed out had referenced some biblical stories and a couple of students had questions on it. He still thinks Solomon is in one of his Pokémon games.
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forchane 9
King Solomon! Use mine!
MegaError101 10
He is thinking of Salamance
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TaliaAmaraS 13
I am sad....how can a kid NOT know all the pokemon?! Just because they have added on a few hundred more is no excuse
NeighSoulSister 6
A FEW hundred?? There's over 600 Pokémon now! I'm pretty sure even the people who love the newer Pokémon can't name them all.
JaegerMayCry 13
Ugh I can't believe some people mixing up names of pokemon with people. At least I know my Ghandi pokemon will never let me down!
SammyS2012 21
Pssh, Im amazing at parties with my Jesus pokemon. Everyone loves his wine move. It's a crowd gatherer
BrotherPhil 35
Ghandi used passive resistance. Empiremon became confused.
raccoon1234 3
King Solomon used Cut. It's super effective!
John_in_Oz 12
King Solomon IS a character in the Pokemon Universe. As well as the historical figure you're thinking of. AS the Pokemon wiki says: "King Solomon (ソロモン王, Soromon-ō) is one of the kings in the world of the Arabian Nights who appears in the Secret Rings Saga. He is apparently the king that sealed creatures like the Ifrit Golem in ancient times." It sounds like a conflict between two self-righteous bigots, each with insufficient knowledge, and each insisting that only their viewpoint is right. It's a shame, this could have been a great teaching moment about why they might have chosen to call a Pokemon Universe character by that name. How many of his classmates will come to hate school because their teacher stubbornly refuses to listen to what they're saying?
Catahoulaqueen_fml 17
I think you broke Wikipedia.
LennyComa 39
So King Solomon is not a Pokemon, Just a character in Pokemon lore....The kid is still wrong and way to into Pokemon to make that connection.
Schiffy 18
That's not the Pokémon Wiki, that's from some offshoot called the "Sonic Pokémon Wiki" which has (limited) information on both the Pokémon series as the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The article you were looking at, if you bothered to read more than the opening paragraph, was about a character from the Sonic series, not Pokémon. sonicpokemon.wikia.com/wiki/King_Solomon There is no King Solomon anywhere in the Pokémon series.
NoFlippinWai 24
45- You win. And it was legendary. You should have your own pokemon.
joopjoop 19
how odd this FML came up just now, I played Pokémon tonight for hours and I didn't see any King Solomon but I did catch a Hoothoot!
simsgirlgem 25
I agree with #14 I really hope this is elementary school cause that's just gonna hurt if its middle or high school
sythe511 28
He was the richest man who has ever lived, not to mention the wisest.
Spider_Web 11
Richest man for his time and up to that point, not of all time
Rewan_fml 12
I'd have just pulled up serebii or bulbapedia and simply told him "prove me wrong and I'll give you 20 bucks, or we can just pretend this never happened"
jw90 18
Go King Solomon! Use your Book of Demons!
Angel_of_Night 10
That kid needs some sense knocked into him. Seriously! King Solomon and Pokemon have absolutely nothing in common.