I'm ecstatic that someone on my list of Facebook friends linked to this hilarious YouTube video of a woman (a contestant on the show "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?") who didn't seem to understand that Europe isn't a country.
This, folks, is why people from other countries think Americans are inbred rubes. (Of course, the reply to such scorn is simple: Judge us by our rubes, and we'll judge you by yours.)
Were I in Korea right now, I'd use this video in my English class. Jeff Foxworthy, the game show host, even takes a moment to rib women and their tendency to listen selectively.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
thank you, Facebook friends
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Very entertaining, and horrifying -but I call BS. Just look at her. She knows all about the camera. She's acting. She's doing a Marilyn.
ReplyDeleteIMO. (And we Brits are always far too eager to buy into American stoopidity.)
Besides, no one could be both so savvy and that dumb.
The contestant is Kelly Pickler, a former American Idol contestant. Back when she was on Idol, she developed a reputation for being a total airhead. How much of that was part of her act and how much was real, I cannot say... but she did (and evidently still does) manage to convey the aura of the Compleat Fucktard better than most of those 15-minutes-of-fame chuckleheads.
ReplyDeleteBasically, they are really states now that they are part of a bigger Union.
ReplyDeleteAnd, I wouldn't expect someone from Hungary to know where Idaho or Vermont are or look down at them for not knowing. There's more to life than geography.
Personally, I don't think I'd use that exact video in class as strength was spelled "strenght."
Mmmkay, thx Elisson. Asking "How stupid is Kellie Stickler?" - This is what Google gets me.
ReplyDeleteYikes. *Pickler
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