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17 February 2009

Kind of sad. (But also kind of funny.)
College kid misses first question on Who Wants to be a Millionaire.→[More:]
Bonus videos (all tagged with the keywords "wheel", "fortune", and "idiot"):
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post by: Atom Eyes at: 15:34 | 8 comments

D) It is not written.

posted by seanyboy 17 February | 16:53

Wait - my Dad told me once't that the reason you don't put your fingers in the electrical sockets is because you don't want to loosen the dam.

He was wrong! My paw was wrong!

posted by Lipstick Thespian 17 February | 17:34

I feel sympathy for the folks who screw up on the first question. They're usually not stupid, just flustered by the lights and the time limits and the pressure, you know? Or at least running on caffeine and adrenaline like the student in the OP.

It's the people that are stubbornly, consistently, willfully ignorant that really deserve the laughs. The people that INSIST on being idiots despite all advice to the contrary. People like this guy.

posted by Rhaomi 17 February | 18:03

Richard Hatch (yeah, the naked guy who won Survivor series 1) became the first person to win the grand sum of $0 on Australian Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (celebrity special).

Learn your times tables, kids!

posted by goshling 17 February | 18:30

Holy cow, Rhaomi—that guy in your second link...GAHH! Just...G-GAHHH!! (I'm chokin' on my own rage here!)

posted by Atom Eyes 17 February | 18:35

Adverbs move the verbs, everybody knows that.

posted by trinity8-director 17 February | 19:08

It's the people that are stubbornly, consistently, willfully ignorant that really deserve the laughs. The people that INSIST on being idiots despite all advice to the contrary.

Oh, Republicans.

posted by stilicho 18 February | 00:09

I had no idea that show was still on.

posted by loiseau 18 February | 00:49

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