John W. wrote:
> On Apr 4, 10:07 pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I want to give kudos to the phrasing of the above. Since I doubt our
> social 'circles' will ever inersect I plan on using that so I, too,
> sound witty and clever.

Quoting with attribution is always fine with me.

> But the worst of all is that ESPN (the US sports network, for those
> who don't know) shows the US Spelling Bee. But I guess it is
> competitive (and I had to write that word twice before I got the
> spelling write).

But they also show NASCAR, right?  Brightly colored cars that can only 
turn right for 500 miles and are driven by people who think two straps 
on their bib overalls is haute couture.  It's even an IQ lowering 
experience for anyone not born and raised in a double-wide trailer up on 
blocks over a coal slag heap.

Maybe the Spelling Bee is penance.

-- 
CL