Miss South Carolina is hella dumb!

While we're at it, is there really any difference between Maryland and New Jersey?

Originally posted by bnyced0:


but both south of the mason-dixie, so same thing <hides>

Right, I apologize to all the residents of TN…another question, do we really need two Carolinas, is there really that much productivity, diversity, and uniqueness to justify this, I mean they were both in the confederacy right? And while were at it, those damn Dakotas…..Sorry, was doing some electoral math, and think there should be some serious consolidation and maybe we could stem the tide of apathy, or maybe not. [/QB]

Originally posted by 6949:
How well do you know the U.S. American states?

This is awesome!

I passed with flying colors, but it was a little frustrating that some of the states seemingly needed the names to be dropped at specific points in the border to register.

Originally posted by bnyced0:

Originally posted by 6949:
How well do you know the U.S. American states?

This is awesome!

Originally posted by bnyced0:
As sad as it is, why the phuck do we even have a Teen USA? That's probably the saddest thing of all.

maybe this will be the death of miss teen contests… i mean, as pushy as those parents are, who wants risk their daughter looking like that on national TV? like alcohol, being a professional ditz should be limited to those who can make informed, adult consent.

Originally posted by bnyced0:
another question, do we really need two Carolinas, is there really that much productivity, diversity, and uniqueness to justify this, I mean they were both in the confederacy right? And while were at it, those damn Dakotas…..Sorry, was doing some electoral math, and think there should be some serious consolidation and maybe we could stem the tide of apathy, or maybe not.

:) ever been to the dakotas? beautiful country, but based on your criteria of productivity, diversity, and uniqueness, there isn't enough for one, let alone two. i say roll it all into montana, or lease them to canada.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
While we're at it, is there really any difference between Maryland and New Jersey?

MD has better crab cakes, and a football team playing within its boundaries that actually represents one of its cities. NJ has highways everywhere with no left turns and no self-service gas stations (both crimes against humanity). otherwise, they're pretty much interchangeable. i'll let you know which one has the most lackluster threesomes.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
While we're at it, is there really any difference between Maryland and New Jersey?

We have to pump our own gas and we are the official home of Good Charlotte.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
While we're at it, is there really any difference between Maryland and New Jersey?

New Jersey has character.

As long as fat Mid-Western parents whose own hopes and dreams for their own future have crashed around them keep giving birth to pretty children, there will always been child beauty pageants.

Oh, and pedophiles. Don't forget the pedophiles.

Originally posted by sweetcell:
maybe this will be the death of miss teen contests…

Originally posted by bnyced0:

Originally posted by sweetcell:

Originally posted by bnyced0:
Absolutely, and I bet on a second to second basis. This is TEEN USA right, how arduous do you really think the competition was in TN? I'm not going to turn this into the everybody south of the mason dixon is an idiot rant, because it's not true.

she was representing SC, not TN…

but both south of the mason-dixie, so same thing <hides>

Right, I apologize to all the residents of TN…another question, do we really need two Carolinas, is there really that much productivity, diversity, and uniqueness to justify this, I mean they were both in the confederacy right? And while were at it, those damn Dakotas…..Sorry, was doing some electoral math, and think there should be some serious consolidation and maybe we could stem the tide of apathy, or maybe not.

by that logic - should we have 2 californias? :)

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
While we're at it, is there really any difference between Maryland and New Jersey?

New Jersey has character.

But you know what New Jersey didn't have until a couple of years ago? A drive-in!

You'd think a state that's flat, has a lot of cars and is, well, filled with Jersey people would have at least a half-dozen drive-ins. I would have thought New Jersey would be the drive-in capital of the East Coast. It's not. Maryland has Bengie's. Even Delaware has one.

Brian

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
While we're at it, is there really any difference between Maryland and New Jersey?

New Jersey has character.

Yeah, here's some New Jersey characters

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Maryland isn't named after some pokey little island in the middle of the English channel who's occupants collaborated with the Germans during the war.

Originally posted by sweetcell:
does anyone seriously believe that she is truly that stupid, on a day to day basis?

I would venture to guess that she couldn't point out the United States on a map.

Originally posted by 6949:
How well do you know the U.S. American states?

Is this a joke? I sat there with close to half of my time left and only Maine left to put on the map and dragged it to virtually every pixel in that state and it refused to accept it.

Originally posted by Julian, good manners AFICIONADO:

Originally posted by 6949:
How well do you know the U.S. American states?

Is this a joke? I sat there with close to half of my time left and only Maine left to put on the map and dragged it to virtually every pixel in that state and it refused to accept it.

I ran in to the same problem with Maine. I think it's just bad programming.

Another quiz

Originally posted by bnyced0:
Right, I apologize to all the residents of TN…another question, do we really need two Carolinas, is there really that much productivity, diversity, and uniqueness to justify this, I mean they were both in the confederacy right?

You're treading on thin ice there.

North Carolina can lay claim to – among other things – the music scene of Chapel Hill (Superchunk, Archers of Loaf, Ben Folds Five, Southern Culture on the Skids, etc.).

I can't think of much to say about South Carolina that's positive, but it's definitely unique. The highways all have those yield-no-merge-area entrance ramps, and people all drive at 65 mph no matter what the speed limit is. (Work area, speed limit 40 mph = everyone drives at 65 mph. Non-work area, actual speed limit of 65 mph = everyone still drives at 65 mph.)

Oh, and to drive on the South Carolina interstates, you'd think its chief industries were peaches and fireworks.

Originally posted by Christine Moritz:

Originally posted by bnyced0:
Right, I apologize to all the residents of TN…another question, do we really need two Carolinas, is there really that much productivity, diversity, and uniqueness to justify this, I mean they were both in the confederacy right?

You're treading on thin ice there.

North Carolina can lay claim to – among other things – the music scene of Chapel Hill (Superchunk, Archers of Loaf, Ben Folds Five, Southern Culture on the Skids, etc.).

I can't think of much to say about South Carolina that's positive, but it's definitely unique. The highways all have those yield-no-merge-area entrance ramps, and people all drive at 65 mph no matter what the speed limit is. (Work area, speed limit 40 mph = everyone drives at 65 mph. Non-work area, actual speed limit of 65 mph = everyone still drives at 65 mph.)

Oh, and to drive on the South Carolina interstates, you'd think its chief industries were peaches and fireworks.

Well there are many states that have an oasis of relevance amongst an otherwise forsaken and non-descript landscape, (ie. Austin, Las Vegas, Chicago, etc) so I can give you Chapel Hill, but beyond that why the hell should we have two Carolinas, does the population numbers support it?

Wouldn't the world be a better place if we rolled a bunch of these red states into one and they could have their own industries, elections, same-DNA marraige laws, guns for all, etc.

I'm thinking The carolinas, virginias, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia (special dispensation for Atlanta), Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa, The dakotas, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, would have enough in common for a kind of defacto secession, and we could even let them keep the handful of professional sports franchises they have, though I'm sure they'd prefer to establish a Queer-shooting league and expand NASCAR with indoor tracks so they could go year round.

Then come election time to avoid disenfranchising anyone we could give them say an electoral vote for every point they add to the overall GDP. Separate but equal, the founder fathers would be proud. :p


Now before anyone launches a tirade against my suggestions, I kidd because I love, I was born in a red state, as were my folks, and I seem to be dating women from red states lately so I mean no disrespect, really…… :roll:

Originally posted by bnyced0:

Now before anyone launches a tirade against my suggestions, I kidd because I love, I was born in a red state, as were my folks, and I seem to be dating women from red states lately so I mean no disrespect, really…… :roll:

I love subliminals.

She finished 3rd.

Originally posted by sweetcell:


the real travesty is that she is cut off just as she was about to throw in the clincher: "build up our future… for our children". that always wins the contest.

Apparently she's going to try to redeem herself Tuesday morning on the Today show.

At least the expectations will be low…

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http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20053437,00.html

Don't know much about … geography?

Lauren Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA, whose mangled response to a pageant question has become an Internet sensation, will have a second chance to answer it on Tuesday morning's Today show.

"I didn't do anything wrong," she told South Carolina's The State newspaper. "I wasn't expecting [the question]. I lost my train of thought."

She added she "completely misunderstood" the question, which she'll get a second stab at on Today.

The beauty contestant's video on YouTube has received more than 2 million hits thanks to her amazingly off-the-mark answer at Friday night's pageant, when she was queried about why Americans are so bad at geography.

Specifically, she was asked why one-fifth of Americans can't find the United States on a map.

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps," she ventured.

During her meandering response, she also tossed in out-of-the-blue references to "the Iraq" and "Asian countries" and their need for the support of the American educational system in identifying the United States on the map.

Upton is described as a varsity athlete and student leader at Lexington High School, where she graduated in June with a 3.5 GPA.

Despite the on-camera gaffe, Upton finished as third runner-up.

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You're ignoring her point! Some people in this country don't have maps! Can't we have a benefit concert or something?

She couldn't even formulate a coherent response along the lines of what she originally seemed to be going with, i.e., geography ignorance being due to lack of maps.

It still would've been a "WTF?"-inducing response, but anyways…

I wonder how much coaching she's getting prior to tomorrow's TV appearance??