- ESPN's SCRIPPS National Spelling Bee

[Keith Moon]

- Oh, the anticipation...:bow3: ...this is what I live for. :bang::ontome:

[MAGO]

- Oh, the anticipation...:bow3: ...this is what I live for. :bang::ontome:


we should place bets on how many will faint!

[EtchedInCold]

i'm down for 3.

[MAGO]

i got 2

[Keith Moon]

we should place bets on how many will faint!


- I think this year, everyone will have their composure...

[MAGO]

- I think this year, everyone will have their composure...

not during crunch time :nerd3:

[Heath]

I woke up, and this was on m TV.

[MAGO]

I woke up, and this was on m TV.


i would have kept that to myself :what: ....please say you fell asleep watching SportsCenter.... :nanner9:

[Heath]

Yep, I did.

[EtchedInCold]

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o...?
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onomatopoeia.

[EtchedInCold]

Yep, I did.
1,200! yay!

[Heath]

Watching this makes me feel like an idiot.

[Keith Moon]

Watching this makes me feel like an idiot.


- Don't worry hh, it's the drama and suspense that matters... :ohnoes:

[MAGO]

did you guys watch PTI yesterday??...Kornheiser made me laugh when they were doing "over/under" on how many kids would have a mustache and he asked whether or not to include the girls!

[Keith Moon]

did you guys watch PTI yesterday??...Kornheiser made me laugh when they were doing "over/under" on how many kids would have a mustache and he asked whether or not to include the girls!


- I didn't see that, but I wish I would of...:haha:

[Heath]

This one kid was just on there breathing really hard into the mic after they gave him a word he knew. I got excited because it looked like was was gonna pass out.

[Keith Moon]

This one kid was just on there breathing really hard into the mic after they gave him a word he knew. I got excited because it looked like was was gonna pass out.


- I can't believe I'm missing it...:shame: Please keep us updated hh.

[Keith Moon]

ESPN's guide to choosing your winner:

So for educational purposes only, of course, here's your guide to picking the winner of this year's spelling bee.





1. Look for family history.
I like speller No. 225, Sonny Bandigas, whose brother Ray participated in three finals, and it's hard to avoid speller No. 84, Stacia Christine Firebaugh, whose father participated in 1967 and her brother took the stage in 1996. According to the bios of the spellers, 23 have at least one relative who has competed in previous national bees.





2. Don't pick kids with long names.
I know, you think it helps them become a better speller. But according to my data, the average number of letters of the last name of the winners in the past 10 years has been 6.3. So don't go with speller No. 264, Andrew Lokomaikai'keakua Kaleohano, or speller No. 239, Nidharshan S. Anandasivam.





3. Stay away from kids with braces.
This will rule out approximately 40 percent of the spellers. Mouth metal can only lead to a faulty slip. Don't go with speller No. 140, Megan Elaine Courtney, or speller No. 166, Alyssa Nicole Tomaskovic. Watch out for the clear braces on speller No. 199, Mallory Irwinsky.





4. Don't pick a kid that wears glasses.
This will also cross out many of the spellers on the list. According to my research, the last four winners haven't worn glasses. The last champions to sport eyewear were George Abraham Thampy in 2000 and Nupur Lala in 1999.





5. When in doubt, go with a Texan.
Texas has had more winning spellers (nine) than from any other state. There are 17 spellers this year from the Lone Star State, second only to Ohio, which has 18 entrants.





6. Go with a guy.
After four straight wins for the girls from 1996-99, the boys have reeled off five in a row. They make up 146 of the 273 spellers, or 53 percent.





7. Don't pick a sports fan. They're too nervous because they're on ESPN.
Count out speller No. 5, Jonathan C. Horton, who is a Phoenix Suns and Arizona Diamondbacks fan. Spellers No. 97 and 105, John L.T. Tamplin and Steven A. Lopez, are Red Sox fans. And No. 50, Joshua Michael Partain, is partial to NASCAR.





8. Pick an experienced speller.
The contestants who have been under the lights before have a distinct advantage. Give a good, hard look at speller No. 238, Samir Sudhir Patel, who has participated in the last two years. If you insist on taking a girl, speller No. 146, Katharine Close, has been in the last three national bees.





9. Look for fans of "Lord of the Rings" and "Star Wars."
These guys can really spell well. Fans of "Lord of the Rings" include speller No. 19, Jason Loucks; No. 24, Evan Zachary Lawler; and No. 78, Elliott Huck. "Star Wars" fans include No. 168, Michael Christie and speller No. 220, Michael Ryan Hackett.





10. Look for spellers with interesting lives.
Speller No. 22 Kendra Guthrie Yoshinaga is "an ardent conservationist who can often be found climbing trees." Speller No. 93 Kim Meyer enjoys "decorating cakes," and speller No. 119 Nathan Harkema enjoys "fixing pinball machines."





11. Stay away from home-schooled kids.
It goes without saying that these kids don't get out of the house much. There are 34 home-schooled competitors in this year's bee, including speller No. 142 Jack Ausick and speller No. 217 Benjamin Zachary Walter. The first home schooler won in 1997 and others followed, including Thampy in 2000. But kids that actually interact with other children at school have won three out of the last four bees.


- :lmao:

[Heath]

LMAO. The judge just told this new kid a word, and he just looked up and said, "What?"

[Joga]

antidisestablishmentarianism.

I was the runner-up of my school spelling be in fifth grade. I was supposed to win, but the "winner" spelled a word that didn't actually exist, which is heighth, and the teachers let him back in because they didn't correct his pronunciation, and then I got nervous and spelled "porpucine" instead of "porcupine." :shame:

But, to my credit, I was the winner in seventh grade, and got to skip up to tenth grade English/spelling because of it.

Revere me. You all want to.

[Keith Moon]

- @ Joga: :bow3: and of course the usual :beat: :drool: :inlove:

[Joga]

:drool: KMoony... :wink: :nanner5:

[Keith Moon]

- hh, update por favor.

[MAGO]

- hh, update por favor.

i would love to see a brawl break out....

[Heath]

Only about 10-12 kids left.

[Joga]

Little nerd glasses being broken every which way, Dockers being ripped, calculators being used as blunt weapons...that would be awesome.

[Keith Moon]

3. Stay away from kids with braces.
This will rule out approximately 40 percent of the spellers. Mouth metal can only lead to a faulty slip. Don't go with speller No. 140, Megan Elaine Courtney, or speller No. 166, Alyssa Nicole Tomaskovic. Watch out for the clear braces on speller No. 199, Mallory Irwinsky.

4. Don't pick a kid that wears glasses.
This will also cross out many of the spellers on the list. According to my research, the last four winners haven't worn glasses. The last champions to sport eyewear were George Abraham Thampy in 2000 and Nupur Lala in 1999.



- :haha:

[Joga]

:laughing:

[MAGO]

:lmao:

[Heath]

I don't know how much longer I can handle updating you guys on this. I'm bored to tears.

[MAGO]

I don't know how much longer I can handle updating you guys on this. I'm bored to tears.


hang in there hh...you're taking one for the team and we appreciate it! :nerd3:

[Keith Moon]

I don't know how much longer I can handle updating you guys on this. I'm bored to tears.


- :sad: ...you did what you could. :up::five:

[Heath]

I'm trying man. Looks like a guy with glasses is about to go down.

[Heath]

Whoa, two guys with specs went down in a row.

[Joga]

Yeah, a middle-eastern kid with glasses just went down. He spelled "Perissad" wrong.

An 11-year-old is attempting to spell "farraginous"... and he did it!

[Joga]

Ten spellers still in it: three girls, seven boys.

[Heath]

Only 3 girls left. Still 7 guys.

[Keith Moon]

- Damn you job...:ontome: :shame:

[Joga]

Uh-oh... a kid with glasses and braces. Doesn't look good.

[Heath]

He got it right.

[Keith Moon]

Uh-oh... a kid with glasses and braces. Doesn't look good.


- What's his word?

[Joga]

Man, a kid who forgot to comb his hair this morning just went down, on the word "retiary". :no:

[Joga]

- What's his word?

I forgot what it was, but he got it right.

[Heath]

I hope this kid misses it. I don't like him.

[Joga]

The kid on right now looks like he's wearing eyeliner and mascara. "Pepysian" just got him the boot.

[Keith Moon]

The kid on right now looks like he's wearing eyeliner and mascara. "Pepysian" just got him the boot.



- :lol: They're coming dressed to kill...you can't blame them.

[Joga]

"Laetrile" proved too much for a little blonde girl.

[MAGO]

all this spelling bee play by play stuff is quite exciting..i keep hitting the refresh key on my keyboard to get the latest info..

[Keith Moon]

"Laetrile" proved too much for a little blonde girl.



- So what is there, like 7 or 8 left...TENSE! :ohnoes:

[Heath]

This little middle eastern kid knows his word, but hasn't said it yet.

[Joga]

"etouffee," a shellfish stew, is obviously not part of the last girl's diet. They're dropping like flies.

My man Samir, the 11-year-old, knows his word. "Cholecyst." That kid is funny.

[Joga]

all this spelling bee play by play stuff is quite exciting..i keep hitting the refresh key on my keyboard to get the latest info..

:lmao: hhoneycutt, we should think about careers in play-by-play.

[Joga]

- So what is there, like 7 or 8 left...TENSE! :ohnoes:

There are SIX!!! SIX!!!

[Heath]

Commercial break. Whew, this is getting exciting.

[MAGO]

Commercial break.


*waits in suspense* :nanner9:

[paygee]

"etouffee," a shellfish stew, is obviously not part of the last girl's diet. They're dropping like flies.

My man Samir, the 11-year-old, knows his word. "Cholecyst." That kid is funny.
wow this thread is jam packed full of excitement.

my contribution:

crawfish etouffee gave me food poisoning once

[Keith Moon]

- :nanner9:

[Heath]

A kid just spelled schefflera right.

[Joga]

wow this thread is jam packed full of excitement.

my contribution:

crawfish etouffee gave me food poisoning once

:lmao:

"Schleffera" was right by the boy with glasses and braces. We used to have a schleffera plant.

This chick is going down. I can feel it.

[MAGO]

A kid just spelled schefflera right.

:pray: THANK THE LORD!!!

[Heath]

The chick just spelled domra right.

[Heath]

Rajiv is up, and spells plumassier correct.

[Joga]

:pray: THANK THE LORD!!!

I know, right?

Dammit, the girl who needs to fix her ponytail spelled the word right.

Ole' Rajiv here needs to spell "plumassier" right...and he did.

[Keith Moon]

A kid just spelled schefflera right.


schefflera:
Any of numerous evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Schefflera, having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers that are grouped in umbels. It is widely grown indoors as a foliage plant. Also called umbrella tree.

[MAGO]

i wonder if they talk trash to each other behind the scenes??...

[Heath]

Elicia is going down.

[MAGO]

Elicia is going down.


:ohnoes:

[Keith Moon]

i wonder if they talk trash to each other behind the scenes??...


- :lmao: ...I hope so.

[Heath]

Rupicaprine is gonna get her!

[paygee]

schefflera:
Any of numerous evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Schefflera, having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers that are grouped in umbels. It is widely grown indoors as a foliage plant. Also called umbrella tree.
or rubber plant

[MAGO]

did elicia go??

[Heath]

Marshall looks like he's going down too.

[Heath]

did elicia go??

Gone! Marshall is out too, on serang.

[MAGO]

Gone! Marshall is out too, on serang.

:suicide:

[Trizzak]

I'm captivated with this thread.

[Heath]

Joga here's Samir again. He just got guisto right. Only FOUR left!

[Keith Moon]

- So it's coming down the stretch?! :wired:

[Heath]

Amirag is up, and he has glasses and braces.

[Joga]

Ooooh, glasses/braces is up again...

EDIT: hh beat me...

[Joga]

"Ornithorhynchous" was spelled correctly.

[Heath]

Wow, he just got a word right that was too long for me to type.

[Heath]

Ponytail girl is up again.

[MAGO]

Wow, he just got a word right that was too long for me to type.

:bow3:

[Joga]

Bad ponytail girl is up again.

Did she spell "gallipot" right?













































































Yes.

[Heath]

She spelled gallipot right. Last girl still left.

[Heath]

Come on Rajiv!!

[Keith Moon]

Wow, he just got a word right that was too long for me to type.


- :haha: ...but still, wow. Amazing.

[Joga]

"Mucedinaceous"...damn.

[Heath]

Rajiv just spelled mucedinaceous right. YES!

[Heath]

Samir knows his word! Uh oh.

[MAGO]

Rajiv just spelled mucedinaceous right. YES!

:nanner6: !!

[Joga]

Alright, my man Samir knows his word again "lochetic."

[Heath]

Glasses and braces kid is up again. Spelled aigo right.

[MAGO]

Glasses and braces kid is up again.

:sniper:

[Heath]

Bad ponytail girl is up. She's spelling brunizem, and got it right. Damnit.

[Heath]

Rajiv is up! Come on buddy! Spelling tontiner, and he got it right!!

[Keith Moon]

"Ornithorhynchous" was spelled correctly.


- That word is not even in Meriam-Websters dictionary...brilliant. :what:

[Heath]

Samir is hilarious. Entrecote.

[MAGO]

Rajiv! Rajiv! Rajiv! Rajiv!

[Keith Moon]

Bad ponytail girl is up. She's spelling brunizem, and got it right. Damnit.

- I like the made up names hh...:haha:

[Heath]

Glasses and braces kid just grabbed his mouth out of shock when he heard his word, and the word is angolotti. Damnit he got it right.

[Heath]

Bad ponytail girl spelling nopalry. Damnit, she got it right, and is still in it.

[Joga]

Samir should win. He's awesome. He looks like he's seven.

[Joga]

Come on, Rajiv...don't let me down. Odylic. NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! He spelled it WRONG!!!!!!

[Heath]

Rajiv again! Odylic got him. Only THREE now.

[MAGO]

how many kids had a mustache? :what:

[Keith Moon]

- It seems that you guys are pulling for Rajiv, so I'll root for him...he better not get the bell. :ohnoes:


- EDIT: He's out...:argh:

[MAGO]

- It seems that you guys are pulling for Rajiv, so I'll root for him...he better not get the bell. :ohnoes:

he's gone... :suicide:

[Heath]

Samir is up. Spelling akaryote, and he got it right! Yes sir!

[Joga]

Samir, bad ponytail girl, and glasses/braces are the only ones left now.

[Heath]

We're on the championship words now. God help us all.

[Joga]

KMoony, I'm totally pulling for Samir.

[Keith Moon]

Samir, bad ponytail girl, and glasses/braces are the only ones left now.



- :laughing: I'll root for Samir, then.

[MAGO]

We're on the championship words now. God help us all.

:ohnoes:

[Heath]

Glasses and braces guy is up, spelling peccavi, and he got it right.

[Heath]

Here's bad ponytail girl, spelling canitist, and she got it right. Still in damnit.

[Joga]

Come on, Samir, don't let me down.

Onomasiologic.

[Heath]

Come on Samir!! He's spelling onomasiologic. Samir! Samir! Samir!

[Joga]

Yeah!

[Heath]

Glasses and braces guy, spelling ceraunograph. He got it.

[Joga]

Bad ponytail girl is going DOWN. I can feel it.

[MAGO]

all this suspense is too much to handle!..

[Heath]

Bad ponytail girl now. Spelling eminentissimo, and she got it right. Damnit damnit damnit!

[Joga]

Dammit.

[Heath]

Samir! Samir! Samir!

[Joga]

My man Samir knows onychophagy!!!

[Keith Moon]

- What's the bad ponytail girls name?

[Heath]

Onychophagy! He got it. This kid is a machine.

[Trizzak]

Go Samir!

[MAGO]

Samir! Samir! Samir!

:bow3:

[Heath]

Glass and braces is Anurag.

[Trizzak]

all this suspense is too much to handle!..
*smack* dammit man! get a hold of yourself!!

[Joga]

Oh the drama!!! the letter "S" from "scripps" just fell off the wall!!! The auditorium is in an uproar!!!

[Heath]

The S in Scripps just fell off the sign.

[MAGO]

*smack* dammit man! get a hold of yourself!!

:ohnoes: i need to use the bathroom!

[Joga]

- What's the bad ponytail girls name?

Aliya.

[Heath]

Bad ponytail girl is Aliya. She's struggling.

[Heath]

Epideictic. Damn.

[Keith Moon]

http://www.spellingbee.com/05bios/238.jpg

[Trizzak]

Good lord! It's been invaded by the Crips! And they brought an extra "P"!!!!

[Heath]

Samir! Samir! Samir!

Sobornost. Wow, he's good.

[Heath]

Glasses and braces kid is up now. I couldn't keep up with his word, but he got it right.

[Joga]

http://www.spellingbee.com/05bios/238.jpg

:inlove:

[Keith Moon]

Good lord! It's been invaded by the Crips! And they brought an extra "P"!!!!


- :lol: ...oh the excitement; gangs and the final three spellers.:nanner10:

[Heath]

Bad ponytail girl, spelling trouvaille WRONG! It's Sumir and glasses and braces kid now!!!!

[Trizzak]

Bad ponytail girl, spelling trouvaille WRONG! It's Sumir and glasses and braces kid now!!!!
Fuck yeah!

[Joga]

Aliya went down and took her bad ponytail with her. Now it's up to Samir and glasses/braces.

[Joga]

Samir!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[Heath]

Samir! Samir! Samir!

No, he spelled Roscian wrong!! NO NO NO NO NO!

[Trizzak]

The excitement is too much *holds Joga*











*snuggles*

[Heath]

Glasses and braces kid needs to get one right though.

[Joga]

The excitement is too much *holds Joga*











*snuggles*

:inlove:

[Keith Moon]

Samir! Samir! Samir!

No, he spelled Roscian wrong!! NO NO NO NO NO!




- :jaw: :faint: :crying:

[Joga]

Anurag is about to win.

[Trizzak]

Samir! Samir! Samir!

No, he spelled Roscian wrong!! NO NO NO NO NO!
It's not supposed to end this way!!!!

[Joga]

Man, I even know the last word. Easy.

Appoggiatura.

[Heath]

He's trying to spell appoggiatura for the win, and he did it.

Poor Samir.

[Keith Moon]

- But if the braces/glasses kid spells it wrong, Samir is back in...:pray:







- EDIT: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! !!!! :faint:

[Joga]

Anurag won. It's all over, folks. Nothing to see here.

[Keith Moon]

- Alright, back to work...:ontome:

[Trizzak]

Dammit Samir! You'll never work in this town again!!!!

[Joga]

:lmao: I can't believe it. she interviews him, and when she asks him what's going through his head, he says "ecstaticness. Oh, I mean ecstasy." Priceless.

[Keith Moon]

:lmao: I can't believe it. she interviews him, and when she asks him what's going through his head, he says "ecstaticness. Oh, I mean ecstasy." Priceless.


- :laughing: ...poor Samir. There's always next year. He'll have a lot to think about during his offseason.

[Trizzak]

- :laughing: ...poor Samir. There's always next year. He'll have a lot to think about during his offseason.
He's a restricted free agent this summer, but he's a very coveted prospect. He may end up signing elsewhere.

[Keith Moon]

He's a restricted free agent this summer, but he's a very coveted prospect. He may end up signing elsewhere.


- Should be interesting to see who picks him up...

[Trizzak]

- Should be interesting to see who picks him up...
He's worth the two first round draft picks the team would lose.

[paygee]

:paygee:

i cant believe this thread is 6 pages long :lmao:

[Joga]

Sad, isn't it?

This thread is proof of how bored I am almost every day at work.

[Heath]

The really sad thing is, I'm at home.

[Keith Moon]

:paygee:

i cant believe this thread is 6 pages long :lmao:


- It's almost as good as the Super Bowl...:what: :nanner6:

[EtchedInCold]

this thread is longer than the NBA basketball one, in the middle of one of the best series the league has seen in a while... :shame:

go pistons!

[Trizzak]

this thread is longer than the NBA basketball one, in the middle of one of the best series the league has seen in a while... :shame:

go pistons!
Once hockey comes back, my posts per day will double. The hockey thread might as well be called "The official Habs thread" cause all you're gonna hear is play by play game announcements, prospect reports, and personal bias on the Canadiens from me. The hockey thread will grow rapidly.

So why did I quote you to say that? No reason... other than to say basketball sucks.

[Bruce]

How the fuck have I overlooked this thread? Genius. Pure genius.

[MAGO]

i just want to thank all involved in this thread.....i've never had so much excitement in my life! :bow3:

[Heath]

It was exciting stuff, let me tell ya.

[EtchedInCold]

Once hockey comes back, my posts per day will double. The hockey thread might as well be called "The official Habs thread" cause all you're gonna hear is play by play game announcements, prospect reports, and personal bias on the Canadiens from me. The hockey thread will grow rapidly.

So why did I quote you to say that? No reason... other than to say basketball sucks.
shit, i'll be right with you on that one.

[Keith Moon]

i just want to thank all involved in this thread.....i've never had so much excitement in my life! :bow3:

It was exciting stuff, let me tell ya.



- It was pure bliss, wasn't it.... :nanner6::ontome:

[Heath]

Better than the Superbowl.

[Bruce]

http://www.sportspickle.com/features/volume3/2004-0609-spellingbee.jpg


Spelling Bee Finalist Eliminated on the Word “Girlfriend”

Christopher Heck, a finalist at last week’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, was eliminated when he was unable to spell the word “girlfriend.” Bee champion David Tidmarsh then clinched the title by successfully spelling “autochthonous,” a word meaning “indigenous.”

Heck, 13, gamely tried to spell “girlfriend” for several minutes, asking its origin (English), definition (“a favored female companion or sweetheart”) and for it to be used in a sentence. Bee Master Michael Winchester provided Heck with the sentence: “You will never have a girlfriend,” prompting the boy to break into tears and run off the stage.

Heck’s mother, Bonnie, who homeschools her three children in the dining room of their Peoria, Illinois home, said this is not the first time her son has been tripped up by a seemingly simple word. “Last year in the Illinois state competition he was knocked out when he failed to spell ‘popularity’ correctly,” she said. “It was a word he had no concept of or experience with.”

Spelling Bee officials say it is an unwritten rule that Bee Masters do not ask spellers words that may have negative emotional connotations for the children. “It is our goal to not upset the children or remind them of their status as social outcasts,” said Beth Riley, director of the Spelling Bee. “That’s why you’ll never see words like ‘dork,’ ‘gayboy,’ ‘nerd,’ ‘wedgie,’ or ‘loser’ in a spelling bee. These kids hear those words enough on a day-to-day basis and don’t need to deal with hearing them in the one place their special talents are celebrated.”

Riley also stated that while such words may be simple for most people to spell, they can provide an enormous challenge to even the best child spellers. “You have to realize what these kids go through each day in school,” she said. “If you ask them to spell an easy word like ‘queerbate’ or ‘retard,’ a lot of them will freeze up because of all the emotional baggage they have tied to a word like that. They’re completely unable to spell it, and many of them will wet their pants upon hearing such words. I’ve seen it happen.”

But Heck said he was unable to spell “girlfriend” simply because the word is foreign to him and because girls think he is weird, not because he is taunted about it. “My mother homeschools me because she says I’m special and that the normal kids at public school would be a detriment to my educational well-being, so I don’t get ridiculed too much – except when my family takes its monthly trip to the shopping mall,” he said. “Then I get my share of abuse if I stray away from mother or father.”

Heck claims the Spelling Bee was only the second time he ever heard the word “girlfriend.” “I once heard it on television when I was staying at my cousin’s house while my mother was giving birth to my little sister, so I know what it means,” he said. “But that was the only time. We don’t have a television at my house because my parents say TV is for proletariat ignoramuses.”

Riley said the Bee Master Winchester has been reprimanded about his choice of context sentence for Heck’s word.” “Not only did he use a word that is a bit risky with most of these kids,” said Riley, “but the sentence he used to describe it was highly inappropriate. I can assure you it won’t happen again.”

“I apologized to Heck about making him cry,” said Winchester. “I didn’t mean to do it, I just couldn’t find the paper with the context sentence, so I simply said what came to my mind first. I looked up at that kid and all I could think was: ‘You will never have a girlfriend.’ I’m sorry he took it so personally.”


Yes. This story is fake. (http://www.sportspickle.com/features/volume3/2004-0609-spellingbee.html)

[Joga]

Spelling Bee officials say it is an unwritten rule that Bee Masters do not ask spellers words that may have negative emotional connotations for the children. “It is our goal to not upset the children or remind them of their status as social outcasts,” said Beth Riley, director of the Spelling Bee. “That’s why you’ll never see words like ‘dork,’ ‘gayboy,’ ‘nerd,’ ‘wedgie,’ or ‘loser’ in a spelling bee. These kids hear those words enough on a day-to-day basis and don’t need to deal with hearing them in the one place their special talents are celebrated.”

:lmao:

[Keith Moon]

How the fuck have I overlooked this thread? Genius. Pure genius.


- It's okay...I'm thinking it was the SCRIPPS in the title that threw a lot of people off, cause I don't even know what it means... :shame: There's always next year, Byrche.

[Bruce]

Yep. I'm thinking season tickets for 2006. :rock:

[Keith Moon]

Yep. I'm thinking season tickets for 2006. :rock:

- I recommend getting in line early...:yes::what:

[Keith Moon]

- It's that time again... :woo: :what:

[Trizzak]

I may be able to watch this time. If not, I'm gonna rely on you guys to give me the play by play again.

[Trizzak]

The excitement is too much *holds Joga*











*snuggles*
*unsnuggles*

It's only temporary Joga. I figure a good shower and a change of clothes will benefit the both of us for this years competition.

No one else snuggle Joga while I'm gone!*



*Kmoony may snuggle Joga, but only if I can watch.

[breastnorton]

my money's on an asian kid

probably indian

[Keith Moon]

- Give me updates, plz'kaythx.

[dionysusolympus]

hellzth.
no.

[Keith Moon]

- :dio2:, how did you do? What words were you given?

[dionysusolympus]

ass & hole.

[Keith Moon]

- :five:

[Trizzak]

I'm watching it right now. After 8 rounds 8 remain

[Trizzak]

I'm watching it right now. After 8 rounds 8 remain
Make that 9!!!! Someone was reinstated!!!

[Joga]

*unsnuggles*

It's only temporary Joga. I figure a good shower and a change of clothes will benefit the both of us for this years competition.

No one else snuggle Joga while I'm gone!*



*Kmoony may snuggle Joga, but only if I can watch.

:inlove:

[Joga]

my money's on an asian kid

probably indian

Wrong and wrong.

White blonde girl. From New Jersey.

[breastnorton]

yeah, i was shocked

and the other girl in the final two was white also! insane

[Trizzak]

yeah, i was shocked

and the other girl in the final two was white also! insane
and canadian.

Sara Houkes should have won

[Keith Moon]

- Thread failed...lel.

[Trizzak]

Only cause you weren't here.