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Slog Happy Is Thursday! With the First Ever Slog Happy Spelling Bee!

Megan Seling
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Ooh, I might have to come for that. Perhaps I can avenge my undeserved loss in the eighth grade, when I was struck out on "besmirched" even though I spelled it correctly, as the pinhead judge admitted immediately afterwards. "I'm sorry, there's nothing we can do". A lifetime later and it still burns.
Fnarf on July 6, 2010 at 3:19 PM Report this
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PS: if I could spell "Spangenthal-Lee", I think I can cope with "Grandy".
Fnarf on July 6, 2010 at 3:21 PM Report this
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Damn, wish I weren't getting my hair cut. I must commend the misspelling of "Star Anna" in the post, though... well played.
leek on July 6, 2010 at 3:23 PM Report this
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That's Brandy, Fnarf.

If you can't spell the names of your liquor, we'll have to cut you off.
Will in Seattle on July 6, 2010 at 3:24 PM Report this
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Is Sole Repair air conditioned?
Jakey on July 6, 2010 at 3:28 PM Report this
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@3 That's my fault. Fixed! (Obviously I will NOT be participating in the bee.)
Megan Seling on July 6, 2010 at 3:28 PM Stranger Staff
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Look, everybody, Will @4 made a joke! It didn't make a lick of sense, as usual, but he gets points for trying, doesn't he? No? Oh well.

Fuck off, Will.
Fnarf on July 6, 2010 at 3:32 PM Report this
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@5 I'm told that it DOES have AC! Hooray!
Megan Seling on July 6, 2010 at 3:34 PM Stranger Staff
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this is weird, because i'm pretty sure that bryan glynn and i run the drunken spelling bee at linda's, and i have no idea who peter lowe is. like, i literally just hosted it last night. with bryan. and no one named peter.

i've only been on the scene for three bees at linda's, so . . . did he used to run it, maybe? out-of-date info?
hydrozoa on July 6, 2010 at 3:39 PM Report this
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i used to run it/helped start it. ask bryan.
highfives on July 6, 2010 at 3:51 PM Report this
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i don't need to ask bryan--i believe you. it was just alarming when three people sent me this link in the space of five minutes.
hydrozoa on July 6, 2010 at 3:54 PM Report this
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TIME TO AVENGE THAT RUNNERUP BULLSHIT I GOT IN 4TH GRADE! I'M YELLING AND I DON"T KNOW WHY!!!!
wisepunk on July 6, 2010 at 3:56 PM Report this
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4th grade revenge!!

Wow, how many of us were runners up to a spelling bee in elementary school? And why does it haunt our dreams to this day?
Enigma on July 6, 2010 at 3:59 PM Report this
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Actually, I won the ones I entered.

Remember, don't spell it Brandi.

And no fair using Australian words.
Will in Seattle on July 6, 2010 at 4:05 PM Report this
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@9 I have changed the language of the post so it is less confusing. Apologies for the misinformation.
Megan Seling on July 6, 2010 at 4:08 PM Stranger Staff
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thanks, megan. i'm sorry if this comes off as petty--we just work really hard on that show, and it was jarring and kind of creepy to see someone else being credited.

anyway, i'll be at this bee, for sure.
hydrozoa on July 6, 2010 at 4:13 PM Report this
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"if"?
gloomy gus on July 6, 2010 at 4:15 PM Report this
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i'm excited! we never had any spelling bees in school (at least, that i was aware of) but i've always had it in my head that i would do well. now to practice--

R-I-Y-A B-H-A-T-T-A-C-H-A-R-J-E-E
Cook on July 6, 2010 at 4:15 PM Report this
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M-A-D-R-A-S-S-A ... now we've been schooled.

Good thing we're not bylining what Megan's selling.
Will in Seattle on July 6, 2010 at 4:19 PM Report this
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6th grade - the teacher giving us the words mispronounced my word: she said "mischievious" when the word is actually "mischievous." I spelled it the way she said it, with that extra "i," because I didn't remember that "i" being there but thought I must be wrong because she was a TEACHER... and I was eliminated. I think I came in 6th. I've forgotten her name, but the little piece of my soul she crushed that day has not forgiven her.
this guy I know in Spokane on July 6, 2010 at 4:39 PM Report this
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Bitches, I won in 5th grade. Y'all are going down.
care bear on July 6, 2010 at 5:29 PM Report this
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Ironic that this particular venue was chosen to host the SLOG Spelling Bee...
COMTE on July 6, 2010 at 8:37 PM Report this
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So, is it really going to be held at something called 'vitaminwater social club'? I mean, I see the big display ad they bought on slog today, but really?
gloomy gus on July 6, 2010 at 9:04 PM Report this
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They could call it Super Happy Fun Time ....
Will in Seattle on July 7, 2010 at 11:28 AM Report this
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Um Will, I think that name has already been claimed by the speakeasy all-ages rock club downstairs from my theatre...
COMTE on July 7, 2010 at 8:07 PM Report this

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