Guy that fainted at the spelling bee

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spliffstar69

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Originally posted by: iliopsoas
Originally posted by: spliffstar69
I think he did it to buy time.

searched for Bee ,Spelling and fainted so... i dont think its a repost
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Nah, he wasn't biding time. Look at this eyes before he fainted. Pretty darn obvious he was about to faint.

Not only that, he didn't require much time to get back on his feet and spell the word correctly.
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yea most likely not, he lost balance then on the way to the floor looking up the letters all came together.

lol I kid
 
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TallBill

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Originally posted by: jliechty
Originally posted by: pulse8
God that first few minutes were BORING.

How can anyone sit through those competitions. They sit there for half an hour just asking the same questions over and over again.

Isn't spelling just something you either know, don't know or could possibly just make up?
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Proper spelling could be especially important to writers. You can't depend on a spell checker to save your behind, because sometimes you might misspell a word that is actually another word spelled properly, and the computer could miss it. But I digress... Anyway, what I never could understand the usefulness of were geography bees. Why the fell should I have to memorize tens of thousands of facts bordering on (or definitely in the league of) nothing but trivia? I was never forced by my parents to do that, and never felt like participating in any competitions, so maybe that's why I can't see the point of it, but whatever... (btw, while I think proper spelling in general is important, I don't see the point of needing to know the exact spelling and definition of every word ever invented in the English language, not to mention most of the rest of the words that came unmodified from other languages)
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Spelling bees are just as useless as geography bees. But its to promote education, so who cares.
 
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notfred

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Originally posted by: Psycho14
Originally posted by: Nanotech
He probably locked his knees causing him to pass out.
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Most likely.
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Locking oyur knees doesn't cause you to pass out, it just causes you fo fall flat on your face or back if you do pass out. If you pass out when your knees aren't locked, then you crumple into a pile and your body cushions the fall for your head. When your knees are locked you just tip over like a tree.
 
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GonzoCircus

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I saw a better video of it from another angle on the news last night. The look on his face just as he falls over was really funny, considering he's ok of course.
 
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v3rrv3

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I would hate to have to sit though that. It took him for ever to spell that word let alone "autochthonous"
 
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Smithy18

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Ya locking your knees isnt fun. I did it a few times while standing on the marching band field my freshman year. Its so hot and you stand for so long you forget about it. First I felt really light headed then everything got all sparkly and I fell. It all happens pretty fast.

Regards
 
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Childs

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HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

That was great. He probably did lock his knee and lost his balance...I don't think he passed out. It is strange that he went into bonus time, fell over, then all of a sudden knew how to spell it.
 
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Imdmn04

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Seemed liked a lil bit of acting to me, you guys notice how his eyes opened really big right before he fell? I thought that only happens in the movies, in real situations people just faint without exaggerating their facial expressions.
 
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