This story is probably satire, but...

[plonq]

Being a nerd/geek myself I can sympathize with the poor kid, but on the other hand this was a serious choke.

A spelling bee finalist got tripped up on the word "girlfriend".  (See article.)

Heck, 13, gamely tried to spell “girlfriend” for several minutes, asking its origin (English), definition (“a favored female companion or sweetheart”) and for it to be used in a sentence. Bee Master Michael Winchester provided Heck with the sentence: “You will never have a girlfriend,” prompting the boy to break into tears and run off the stage.

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[shockwave77598.livejournal.com]

I can't help wonder if that's a true story or not. Anyways, yeah, I sympathize also. But I can't help laugh either, both from the cruelty of the use in a sentence and from the fact that it's easily deconstructed phonetically.

Yeah, it's mean of me. But I can't help it.

[plonq.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure its satire, but none-the-less amusing.

[plonq.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure its satire

Rather, "I'm pretty sure it's satire..."

[unciaa.livejournal.com]

no u

[plonq.livejournal.com]

no u?

[mwalimu.livejournal.com]

While writing my earlier post about the spelling bee quiz, I proofread it very carefully. It would look really bad for me to brag about doing so well only to mess it up with a simple spelling error. (Ironically, it probably would have gotten more replies.)

[unciaa.livejournal.com]

> “That’s why you’ll never see words like ‘dork,’ ‘gayboy,’...

Gayboy is a dictionary word? o.O
"We prefer not to ask them words like 'cockmonkey', 'assdolphin' and 'faggalicious'."

[farlo.livejournal.com]

Assdolphin. ROFLMAO!

"Cruising the pink waves ..."

[gedrean.livejournal.com]

I want an assdolphin

[farlo.livejournal.com]

heehee .... imagine THAT particular plushie at the local toy store ... "a widdle pink dolphin, how Kyoot ... hey, what's the tag say, OH F*K ...".

[dakhun.livejournal.com]

What a rotten Bee Master! :-/
They should tell him to get the HEck out of there!
Oh wait, he did. ;-)

[furahi.livejournal.com]

ROFL, that's so mean it's funny :P

[tzisorey.livejournal.com]

"I looked up at that kid and all I could think was: ‘You will never have a girlfriend.’ I’m sorry he took it so personally."

Hmm....

[gedrean.livejournal.com]

"It is our goal to not upset the children or remind them of their status as social outcasts,"

Oh my fucking god that was hilarious

[gedrean.livejournal.com]

Sports pickle is satire