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Top Colorado speller emerges from duel (FR Member's politicket's Son)
Rocky Mountain News ^ | March 21, 2005 | Ann Carnahan

Posted on 03/30/2005 10:06:27 AM PST by Graybeard58

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To: MotleyGirl70

Now that's cool!! Thanks!


21 posted on 03/30/2005 10:25:44 AM PST by politicket
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To: politicket
Ooops, way to go to your son.
22 posted on 03/30/2005 10:26:53 AM PST by kassie ("It's the soldier who allows freedom of speech, not the reporter..")
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To: afraidfortherepublic
It's a good thing that my son doesn't hang out on DU! He would have misspelled his word: Stupid Faces

;-)
23 posted on 03/30/2005 10:27:05 AM PST by politicket
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To: politicket

Congratulations!


24 posted on 03/30/2005 10:31:43 AM PST by talleyman (E=mc2 (before taxes))
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To: Graybeard58
"If you're nervous and don't know the word, just remember there are only 26 letters to choose from."

That makes it down right easy when you think of it that way.

25 posted on 03/30/2005 10:38:30 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Spec.4 Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: politicket
;-) Let's just say: "White men can't jump!". You can actually see a 3 minute video at the link a few posts up.

If you can't jump, it must be reaaaaaalllllllyyyyyyy slllloooooowwwwwwww motion video to last 3 whole minutes...

26 posted on 03/30/2005 10:38:33 AM PST by r9etb
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To: Graybeard58
The two battled for 45 minutes, correctly spelling words like querimonious and prestidigitator.

Prestidigitator!

No, you prestidigitator!

I'm not gonna press it, you press it!

Congratulations Josiah!

27 posted on 03/30/2005 10:41:38 AM PST by workerbee
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To: r9etb

The video is actually a synopsis of the oral rounds of the bee. It does show my jump, but you have to have REALLY good eyes because its time duration can be measured in microseconds....


28 posted on 03/30/2005 10:42:17 AM PST by politicket
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To: politicket

ROTFLOL!


29 posted on 03/30/2005 10:43:29 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic (" I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. " A. Lincoln)
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To: workerbee

LOL!! That brought back fond memories of the Marx brothers!


30 posted on 03/30/2005 10:44:05 AM PST by politicket
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To: politicket; lightingguy
First, Third, Fifth, and Sixth. That wasn't too bad of a showing considering that fact that there were only 7 homeschoolers out of the original 263 kids.

Wow. Said that way, it's even more impressive. Congratulations to your son!

31 posted on 03/30/2005 10:44:13 AM PST by agrace
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To: Graybeard58
In Colorado, once you win the state bee, you can never enter it again.

Did he sign with an agent?

32 posted on 03/30/2005 10:44:39 AM PST by GSWarrior
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To: 2Jedismom

Homeschool ping - FReeper's son wins state spelling bee!


33 posted on 03/30/2005 10:45:06 AM PST by agrace
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To: ironman73; smaagee

Why couldn't you guys spell like that when you were that age?


34 posted on 03/30/2005 10:45:24 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Spec.4 Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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I used to play the chionablepsia in high school band.


35 posted on 03/30/2005 10:45:48 AM PST by Drawsing (Congress doesn't need to see the light...they just need to feel the heat..Ronald Reagan)
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To: Graybeard58
stupefacient, meaning "bringing about a stupor

Alex, the answer is "What does Ted Kennedy do?"

36 posted on 03/30/2005 10:45:48 AM PST by Osage Orange (I can explain it to you.....But I can't make you understand it.)
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To: politicket

Congratulations to your son!

(Another home-schooled spelling bee winner. Hmmm...)


37 posted on 03/30/2005 10:50:44 AM PST by Redbob
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To: politicket

Congrats to you & the boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


38 posted on 03/30/2005 10:55:08 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance
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To: GSWarrior
Did he sign with an agent?

LOL!! The REALLY funny thing is that I was his spelling coach, and he won IN SPITE of that!
39 posted on 03/30/2005 10:56:37 AM PST by politicket
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To: politicket
LOL!! The REALLY funny thing is that I was his spelling coach, and he won IN SPITE of that!

You just answered the question I posed to my sons in reply #34.

(I was their coach) Thought I'd better get this in before one of them zings me with the obvious answer.

40 posted on 03/30/2005 11:01:15 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Spec.4 Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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