Petaluma Regional Spelling Bee, Corona Creek School, Petaluma, CA, March 14, 1988. The word: “nephridium”
Brenna Pierson, 11, McNear School: “N-e-p-h-r-i-d-i-e-m, ‘nephridiem.’”
proctor: “I’m sorry, that is incorrect.”
Brenna Pierson, 11, McNear School: “Oh. Well then fuck me, I guess.”
HAHAHA!
Progressive School, Never ending Spelling Bee
student #1: “N-e-p-h-r-i-d-i-e-m, ‘nephridiem.’”
proctor: “ Technically, that is incorrect, however, in the interest of fairness, you were close and you tried hard and we really dont want to destroy your confidence… So , that is correct.
Would you, please, use it in a sentence?
the word you will be spelling correctly or incorrectly is nephridium. nephridrium.
No, I meant the “fuck me” part
Didn’t Jeff just do that?
Why do I get the feeling that this is really a childhood memory???
Heh. This kid must have been home educated.
Hmmmm.
“Nuklr”
“Nucklr”
“Nuelkr”
….
“The BOMB dammit!”
heh.
Rae,
“Heh. This kid must have been home educated.”
Agreed, cause I went to public school and it would go a bit differently there…
Moderator: The word is “nephridium”
Gekko: “You’re shitting me, right? Seriously, you made that up…”.