Infinite MonkeysThe video of the tragically stupid Miss Teen USA contestant is making the rounds, which I won't link, but Rachel Lucas probably had the best analysis:
Last time I encountered anything so completely devoid of brains, I was eating it because it was a carrot.
JUDGE: "Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can’t locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?"
MISS TEEN SOUTH CAROLINA: "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because-uh some-uh people out there in our nation don’t have maps, and I believe that our education, like such as South Africa and the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S, should help South Africa, and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future."
Posted by JamesPh. at August 27, 2007 03:38 PMWho needs smarts when you have such fabulous ... er, hair?
Posted by: H.L. Monkey at August 27, 2007 09:16 PMGo ahead, say it.
Boobies.
See, don't you feel better now.
Boobies.
I know I feel better.
Posted by: JamesPh. at August 27, 2007 09:19 PMNo, I was thinking of her eyes, but then I got distracted by something... Iraq, or maybe South Africa? And so I said hair.
Posted by: H.L. Monkey at August 28, 2007 12:23 AMPffft!
Posted by: JamesPh. at August 28, 2007 08:54 AMI showed the video to my senior Rhetoric class and their teacher. They happened to be working on impromptu speeches last week. One student collapsed in laughter, one hid his face in disbelief, the majority just looked bemusedly befuddled, and one student's head exploded.