Spell 'rigged', as in "this competition is rigged".
Spell 'whether', as in "I don't know whether the weather will be fine today".
Spell 'intransigence', as in "the little girl's intransigence cost her the college of her choice".
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The 'whether' part is really evil.
It's from The Simpons. Lisa and the Spelling Bee.
"YOU'RE an idiom!"
Cromulent
Thanks for embiggening me.
I remember watching that episode as a kid in Ukrainian dub and being very confused because we don't have nearly as many fucked up spelling cases to warrant an entire competition just for that.
I don't get it either, we don't do them where I live either.
Do any other counties have spelling bees to the same degrees as the USA?
I think it's only the US. In other countries spelling is a thing you are expected to be able to do it, not something you get a trophy for.
Other languages are spelled the way they sound.
Many, yes, but there are other english speaking countries too, and still the US is the only one with wide-spread spelling competitions.
Spelling bee? Easy:
Bee
Ee
Ee
Release the bees... of triumph!
I was in a band called Bees of Triumph. We mostly played jazzzzz
This joke hasn't generated a lot of buzz.
It stings a little but I'll drone on regardless 🤷
I’m rooting for space man with the file cabinet.
That'd get me to watch.
Bees aren't aggressive enough for that.
They are if they're hungry.
Some are absolutely super aggressive, they're just not usually kept by beekeepers.
Each contestant agrees to be slathered in pollen before the event. Contestants with allergies get double points on successful spelling.
Normal honeybees still wouldn't sting you. You'd have to get them pissed off first.
All contestants have to wear shirts with the text "wasps are better than bees"
You monster!
Give em the ol’ shakey shake.
Not if you slappin the nest before releasing them
Nothing a large helping of BEES won’t help!
"Where are all the 'boo's??"
Suddenly the crowd starts booing the contestant & the boo & the bees mix together on stage exciting everyone.