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5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:21 pm
by MarleysGh0st
The 5th Grader web site has changed its message board so that you have to register before you can read it. Feh!
So this recap will be from memory only.
The first contestant was billed as the world's biggest Boston Celtics fan. Supplementing the 5th Graders was a visiting class of five Celtics cheerleaders. For all the help they gave him, they could have stayed home.
He walked with $100K, IIRC, after declining to guess in what decade Moby Dick was published.
The second contestant was Miss Plus America. I thought it was odd that they started her run with only five minutes left in the show; surely Jeff could have dragged out the first contestant's run for that much longer. But the reason for this became apparent when she flunked out on her first question, a True/False Math problem:
The sum of the digits in 678 is 22?
Fifth Grader Bryce also answered "True" and couldn't save her.
Re: 5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:23 pm
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
You don't want to register for that site?
Re: 5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:28 pm
by MarleysGh0st
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:You don't want to register for that site?
Despite being the prime mover of 5th Grader discussions on this Bored, I've never yet posted a comment on that site. If you've ever lurked there, you'd know most of those posters are about as bright as their contestants.
I could register, but the general principle of the change make me grumble.
Re: 5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:30 pm
by Rexer25
So, can you tell me
why you're still watching this show?
Re: 5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:30 pm
by peacock2121
I can't believe you are still watching this show.
Re: 5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:33 pm
by MarleysGh0st
peacock2121 wrote:I can't believe you are still watching this show.
Thank you, pea!
Would you believe that MarleysDad is a bigger fan than I am?
Re: 5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:34 pm
by peacock2121
MarleysGh0st wrote:peacock2121 wrote:I can't believe you are still watching this show.
Thank you, pea!
Would you believe that MarleysDad is a bigger fan than I am?
Actually, I can believe that. His demographic is who I expect to still be watching.
Re: 5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:35 pm
by MarleysGh0st
Rexer25 wrote:So, can you tell me
why you're still watching this show?
There's entertainment value in a certain amount of blood-boiling.
Re: 5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:35 pm
by peacock2121
MarleysGh0st wrote:Rexer25 wrote:So, can you tell me
why you're still watching this show?
There's entertainment value in a certain amount of blood-boiling.
You like the punishment.
There is a word for that.
Re: 5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:04 pm
by earendel
peacock2121 wrote:I can't believe you are still watching this show.
I still watch it, too. It elevates my heart rate, so I count it as exercise.
Re: 5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:10 pm
by mntetn
MarleysGh0st wrote:... she flunked out on her first question, a True/False Math problem:
The sum of the digits in 678 is 22?
Fifth Grader Bryce also answered "True" and couldn't save her.
Seems she did not remember what "sum" means. But Bryce should have been able to save her. Perhaps it's just me being cynical, but he did not seem too disappointed in himself. I thought I detected a devilish look on his face.
I can't believe you are still watching this show.
Though this wasn't directed at me, I'll answer pre-emptively: my wife, a former classroom teacher, likes the show as well as Jeff.
We record it and then play it back quickly. We record it, and then, play it back, quickly.
Re: 5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:15 pm
by peacock2121
mntetn wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:... she flunked out on her first question, a True/False Math problem:
The sum of the digits in 678 is 22?
Fifth Grader Bryce also answered "True" and couldn't save her.
Seems she did not remember what "sum" means. But Bryce should have been able to save her. Perhaps it's just me being cynical, but he did not seem too disappointed in himself. I thought I detected a devilish look on his face.
I can't believe you are still watching this show.
Though this wasn't directed at me, I'll answer pre-emptively: my wife, a former classroom teacher, likes the show as well as Jeff.
We record it and then play it back quickly. We record it, and then, play it back, quickly.
You watch it twice?!?!
Re: 5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:21 pm
by mntetn
peacock2121 wrote:You watch it twice?!?!
No ... it just feels that way.
Re: 5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:22 pm
by mntetn
peacock2121 wrote:You watch it twice?!?!
No ... it just feels that way.
Re: 5th Grader thread
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:23 pm
by frogman042
peacock2121 wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:Rexer25 wrote:So, can you tell me
why you're still watching this show?
There's entertainment value in a certain amount of blood-boiling.
You like the punishment.
There is a word for that.
The masochist says 'Hurt me - I want to feel pain now!' The sadist responds with a simple 'No.'
---Jay