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Thu Jun-03-04 01:22 PM
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Boy Collapses at Spelling Bee, Nails Word |
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"The National Spelling Bee took a scary turn Thursday when a 13-year-old Colorado boy appeared to faint and collapsed on stage, drawing gasps from an audience packed in for the finals. Akshay Buddiga gathered himself after a few seconds, stood up and, to the amazement of the judges, immediately started spelling his word: 'alopecoid.'" http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=1&u=/ap/20040603/ap_on_re_us/spelling_bee_13http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=events/lf/060204spellingbee&a=&tmpl=sl&ns=&l=1&e=1&a=0&printer=
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Thu Jun-03-04 01:29 PM
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1. These kids are amazing. |
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A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, amazing.
There was a math competition on The Deuce this morning, and holy cow, those kids were freaky geniuses. They had the answers before the guy finished reading the question (they had monitors on which they could see the questions while the guy read them).
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Lavender Brown
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Thu Jun-03-04 01:31 PM
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2. There's a great movie about the National Spelling Bee |
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Spellbound. The kids are so driven, its scary.
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Thu Jun-03-04 01:48 PM
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3. I don't understand these competitions. |
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Aren't the kind of y'know, useless?
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Thu Jun-03-04 01:53 PM
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5. Oh, yer in trouble now! |
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Soon you will be accosted by every DUer who was ever picked on as a kid, and become the object of their long-festering resentment. It's over for you, bully boy! The nerds will have their revenge! Revenge, I say! Reveeeeeenge! :evilgrin:
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Thu Jun-03-04 01:52 PM
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That's right. They're freaks. To each his or her own, I guess, but they're still little freaky-freaks.
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Thu Jun-03-04 01:57 PM
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6. Funkin' whiz kids - singing the whiz kid blues |
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'little freaky-freaks' - I'll have to write that one down for use at a later date
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Thu Jun-03-04 03:29 PM
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Thu Jun-03-04 04:27 PM
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8. Thanks for ruining that |
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So much for high suspense on CSPAN...
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Thu Jun-03-04 04:51 PM
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Thu Jun-03-04 04:53 PM
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11. You do a great service |
NicoleM
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Thu Jun-03-04 09:07 PM
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For reals? It's the freakin' spelling bee!
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Thu Jun-03-04 04:35 PM
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9. "'faint'...F-A-I-Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn" |
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Thu Jun-03-04 09:08 PM
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13. did they show the fainting? |
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I just recorded it on ESPN, but didn't see the part where he fainted. But the coverage seemed to start partway into it.
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