Wheel of Unfortunate
May 30, 2007
So yesterday when Kelly and I were getting our nails done we happened to glance up at the episode of Wheel of Fortune on TV. One man was spinning the wheel as he attempted to solve the following puzzle:
Category- Before & After (When two word phrases that share one word in common are put together to make one silly phrase)
P_RIFIE_
WATER
BUFFALO
He spins the wheel and guesses, "C!" What??? Kelly, me, and the woman in the chair next to me all laugh and scream, "Purified Water Buffalo, you idiot!" (Which is a great and fun thing to scream.)
An incredulous Pat Sajak passes the puzzle on to the next woman, who solves it correctly.
A bit later on we catch a glimpse of the next puzzle the contestants are working on:
Category- Food & Drink
_UTTERSCOTCH
_ROW_IES
Unbelievably, the woman with control of the board guesses an incorrect letter and loses her turn, because apparently 10 seconds isn't long enough to choose between all of the words that end in "utterscotch." At this, we are in disbelief.
"What is this, 'Stupid People Week' on Wheel of Fortune?" I ask.
"Yeah, I think they're doing a special Low IQ theme," Kelly answers.
The show goes to commercial, but when it comes back on a few minutes later we are paying attention. We watch as the camera sweeps by a smiling Vanna and focuses on Pat, then zooms out again to reveal that Sajak is standing in front of a gigantic, colorful sign. The sign reads--and I am 100% NOT lying here--"TEACHERS WEEK."
as if the grammar shampoo bottle post wasn't enough, this is terrific, and on the day of the Scripps Howard Spelling Bee.
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Posted by: bloggadocio | May 31, 2007 at 04:27 PM
i am a teacher. this is true. most of my colleagues are idiots.
at a math workshop i once sat across from a teacher who could NOT copy a drawing of a cube on graph paper. it was right in front of her and she couldn't figure out how to copy it. she kept just trying to draw a square. it was amazing.
Posted by: teacher | Jun 01, 2007 at 05:56 PM
this makes me scared to have children. kelly, will you teach my kids through all their grades?
Posted by: EmGusk | Jun 02, 2007 at 11:16 AM
I work with teachers and they are, in fact, some of the stupidest people I have ever had the misfortune to deal with. It is truly scary.
Posted by: | Jun 04, 2007 at 04:41 PM