Too funny. She's TRYING to say something that she thinks they want to hear. Mentioning of impoverished countries, mention Iraq, the children, the future.... I'm assuming this is from a beauty pageant?
The poor girl! I wonder how long she will live with the shame of answering a question so poorly? Can you imagine the stress of being coached to touch on all the important topics, paraded around in front of an audience and tv cameras, and then getting stumped with a doozy like why cant Americans read maps? Maybe she was fighting the urge to say "Americans are stu...uh, i mean, don't have maps...". Also in her defense, I have recently been in front of a TV camera, and while I faired better than this attractive young woman, I felt nervous and could very easily have spoken like an idiot had I any more camera time or further questions. Sure it is very funny, but at the same time "awww, you poor thing" comes to mind, no? I don't mean to spoil your fun, I just think we could find better ways of amusing ourselves than mocking pagent contestants. (Mocking me for example; have at 'er)!!
yeaeeeeah, but,, she did sign up for this. That's the problem I had with Rick Mercer's American test on Canadian facts. Anyone can go and ask random people questions, and edit in the silliest answers. An American comedian could do the same thing to Canadian citizens. That kind of humour preys on the good nature of peolple's willingness to answer. She did however, know that she was to be put on the spot.
though when i was her age, i pursued empty things too. not that i've stopped, necessarily.
spectacularly bad answer, though. someone should tell her the wolfboy rule of public speaking-- never have a script. always be ready to improvise. and to improvise, you really gotta know yr stuff. two weeks of reading the newspaper would have prepared this young lady to answer this or any other similar question.
so she didn't prepare.
but we still shouldn't make fun of her.
argh.
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I fear that her beauty might make it easier to ridicule her. If you saw the announcer a moment before she went on, it sheds a bit of light on the pressure she's under. I would be willing to bet she's not as dumb as she appears here.
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oh.
oh my.
you know-- the Iraq. And, uh, the helping the U.S., uh, South African children...
i think maybe Dubya wrote this speech for her? it's definitely in his style.
Too funny. She's TRYING to say something that she thinks they want to hear. Mentioning of impoverished countries, mention Iraq, the children, the future....
I'm assuming this is from a beauty pageant?
My favourite 'line':
"...everywhere like, such as and..."
Everywhere, Like, Such As And.
Perhaps the title for ALFA blog's first collected works?
LOL!
I'm almost crying...
Love it...absolutely, let's patent that title.
:)
The poor girl! I wonder how long she will live with the shame of answering a question so poorly? Can you imagine the stress of being coached to touch on all the important topics, paraded around in front of an audience and tv cameras, and then getting stumped with a doozy like why cant Americans read maps? Maybe she was fighting the urge to say "Americans are stu...uh, i mean, don't have maps...". Also in her defense, I have recently been in front of a TV camera, and while I faired better than this attractive young woman, I felt nervous and could very easily have spoken like an idiot had I any more camera time or further questions. Sure it is very funny, but at the same time "awww, you poor thing" comes to mind, no? I don't mean to spoil your fun, I just think we could find better ways of amusing ourselves than mocking pagent contestants. (Mocking me for example; have at 'er)!!
=)
On top of that, where would we find a better title for our first publication if it weren't for her ingenious poetry?
Everywhere, Like, Such As And.
yeaeeeeah, but,, she did sign up for this.
That's the problem I had with Rick Mercer's American test on Canadian facts. Anyone can go and ask random people questions, and edit in the silliest answers. An American comedian could do the same thing to Canadian citizens. That kind of humour preys on the good nature of peolple's willingness to answer. She did however, know that she was to be put on the spot.
and in pursuit of what?
though when i was her age, i pursued empty things too. not that i've stopped, necessarily.
spectacularly bad answer, though. someone should tell her the wolfboy rule of public speaking-- never have a script. always be ready to improvise. and to improvise, you really gotta know yr stuff. two weeks of reading the newspaper would have prepared this young lady to answer this or any other similar question.
so she didn't prepare.
but we still shouldn't make fun of her.
argh.
Book Title:
Everywhere Like Such As And:
ALfA's first 3000 posts
(w/ unabridged comments).
my guess (though it's based on nothing but this post):
this young lady got by up to this point in her life on sheer physical beauty.
perhaps after this, she will seek the development of her mind/spirit/soul.
or perhaps she just got nervous.
Ms. South Carolina.
anyone know her name?
I think this experience and the aftermath will either:
a) prompt her to become a better person.
b) have no effect whatsoever.
You guys are amazing!
LOL!
And as per the title, it's a keeper.
I fear that her beauty might make it easier to ridicule her. If you saw the announcer a moment before she went on, it sheds a bit of light on the pressure she's under. I would be willing to bet she's not as dumb as she appears here.
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