I can't speak and spell. Have to write it.
I've always hated spelling bees. I spell fairly well, generally speaking. Bees were torture and hell.
Mal: Hell, this job I would pull for free. Zoe: Can I have your share? Mal: No. Zoe: If you die, can I have your share? Mal: Yes.
'The Train Job'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
P.M. Marc - May 31, 2007 11:59:27 am PDT #233 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Steph L. - May 31, 2007 12:06:26 pm PDT #234 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I love Buffistas. Of COURSE we all remember what word we spelled incorrectly in the spelling bee! (Grade 6, city-wide bee, "smorgasbord." I thought it had an "A" in the "b-o-r-d" part.)
Any idea what is objectionable about a spelling bee?
According to one of the Spelling Bee blogs I've been following, "the contest has drawn a good sized crowd of protesters who are demanding an increase in the number of words that are spelled phonetically. I kid you not."
I think this picture says it all. I wish this were a joke, but it's not.
I can't speak and spell. Have to write it.
Man, ever since grade school, my friends and family have used me as walking, talking spellcheck.
P.M. Marc - May 31, 2007 12:08:57 pm PDT #235 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Man, ever since grade school, my friends and family have used me as walking, talking spellcheck.
I only function as that if I have a notebook and a pen with me.
Aims - May 31, 2007 12:09:26 pm PDT #236 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I think this picture says it all. I wish this were a joke, but it's not.
Boy, does the thread title fit that picture.
Kathy A - May 31, 2007 12:09:34 pm PDT #237 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
No thunderstorm up here, just a lot of blowing wind and overcast skies.
Laga - May 31, 2007 12:11:20 pm PDT #238 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
we all remember what word we spelled incorrectly in the spelling bee
Not me. All I remember is that it was a homophone and I didn't ask for a definition. Doh!
aurelia - May 31, 2007 12:12:19 pm PDT #239 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The Lord of the Rings musical set tried to eat an actor.
Ouch. Is it wrong that I want to know the details about the scenic mechanism?
§ ita § - May 31, 2007 12:13:00 pm PDT #240 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can write in my head and then read the spelling aloud. But please don't interrupt me.
I crashed and burned (okay, came 2nd) because I spelt it refridgerator. I know it's wrong to this day, but it still looks all comfy and stuff.
Kathy A - May 31, 2007 12:13:05 pm PDT #241 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Oh, the other thing I remember about that third grade spelling bee is that I'm a real softie. The person manning the dictionary looked really bored (nobody had asked her for a definition at all!), so I asked for a definition of "raincoat" to give her something to do. My friends mocked me afterward, but I felt so sorry for her feeling useless!
tommyrot - May 31, 2007 12:13:22 pm PDT #242 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is it wrong that I want to know the details about the scenic mechanism?
It was probably made from a robot lawnmower.