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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 04:48 PM Original message |
Miss Teen South Carolina, part of the 1/5 of America that can't locate the US on a map. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd be surprised if she could locate the nose on her face. |
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VP505 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. ? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. OMFG! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. LOL. |
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stop the bleeding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. jeebuz |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. No kidding. Words fail. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. fucking embarrassing |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. St Olaf; is she a rabid fan of "The Golden Girls" and thinks Rose Nylund is a goddess? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I want to know why she started talking about Iraq and South Africa... |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. When I first watched it, I thought she might be having a stroke. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I think they had to weigh her down so she wouldn't take flight... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Some people are stupid, so what? |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think she did go to St. Olaf. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. 1/5th of Sweden thinks Mexico is in South America |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. That is not surprising. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. And yet Americans are constantly criticized for not knowing X thing about Europe |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
60. I think the complaint is that we can't find Europe on a map. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. I can find Europe on a map ... I can find China on a map |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #67 |
82. Hell, I can't even find St Olaf on a map. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. True, but can they find their own country on a map? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. That was the available percentage I could think of -- the point is every nation has its dull edge |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. The date she had her last wax? n/t |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. She no doubt knows much more about teen culture than we do. lol n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Is there any proof of that? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. So you think Americans are inherently stupid but no one else is? |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
83. You'd be wrong about that. Europeans probably know more about us than we know about ourselves. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. No, that's logically and perceptually incorrect |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
84. In my case, anyway, you're right. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
49. I fear that way more than 1/5 of the U.S. thinks that Mexico is in South America |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Actually, no, 1/8th |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. With that phrasing, the correct answer should have been a gimme. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
69. That's not quite as egregious |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
80. How many Americans think Alabama is in South America? |
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bumblebee1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. Stupid? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. That is too painful to watch. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. It was painful |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. Just gotta have a pretty face to make it in America. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I think we are being a little hard on this young women |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
70. oh, no |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. Zero ohms between the headsets! |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. Hmmmm. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. She went to the G.W. Bush school of public speaking! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. SC had the 48th 'best' schools in the country when I lived there. Only AR&MS were worse. nt |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. Apparently she has benefited from the education system |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. That was astounding. |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. I can't help but feel sorry for her. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. Savannah River nuclear plant. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. Bush wanted to know: "Is our children learning?" Question answered. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. That's the phrase I used when forwarding the clip to friends with teenage daughters. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I'm hoping that she simply wigged out from nerves. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. "Beauty Pagents" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. Unfortunately, she's only marginally dumber than average - that's what's scary. |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'd have some sympathy for her and cut her some slack.... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
56. Vanderbilt's a Southern school. |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:59 PM Response to Reply #56 |
72. Vandy is... |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #56 |
86. She's headed to Appalachian State... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
39. oddly enough |
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Superman Returns (804 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. it's not just America |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Yah - making a point like I do when I'm high.... Except she lives her whole life like that. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. I had the exact same reaction as yours. I too noticed the "U.S. Americans" phrase |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. I feel more sympathetic - lack of knowledge hardly equals 'dumbness' or an inability to learn |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Lack of knowledge = ignorance |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
45. And South Africa. And Asia and Iraq. And such as. |
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Siyahamba (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. She was Saved By The Bell |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
47. All kidding aside |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
58. yeah, it's society's fauLt |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Well, yeah |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. yeah, weLL |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. yeah, yeah, well... |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
48. don't worry all she probably wants is some rich guy to support her |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
52. that was painfuL |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Actual pageant answer: "What is your idea of a perfect date?" |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. .. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. get OUT!!!! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. True! |
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Mutineer (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
61. since when is it news that teenage beauty queens are dense? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. This is not a "scholarship pageant" |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. no taLent, my ass! |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
71. The very forgiving responses here |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
73. Our girl, in an earlier publicity photo |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. :) |
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flying_monkeys (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
74. Hee haw, we can laugh at her FOREVER now! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
77. Well, she is in a beauty pageant. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
78. This is the danger of memorizing talking points instead of knowledge |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
79. and she won?!?! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. No lol |
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