Topic: How Stupid is Our Nation?

[Giff me dat fill-em!]

I've watched the TV series "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader" for quite awhile. And I have surmised that the USA is either a: one of the dumbest nations on the planet, or b: an average one being exploited for entertainment value.

Is there a Stooge contingent thought on this line of reasoning?

[Dunrobin]

I've watched the TV series "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader" for quite awhile.

And what does that say about you, Giff?   

I saw a commercial for that show the other day.  I wonder why any adult would even go on that show; what if you lost?  Would you really want to go on national television and reveal that you are stupider than a fifth-grader?   

[Curly4444]

And what does that say about you, Giff?   

I saw a commercial for that show the other day.  I wonder why any adult would even go on that show; what if you lost?  Would you really want to go on national television and reveal that you are stupider than a fifth-grader?   

If theres a chance someone could win money, people would do anything. I love watching the show, but would never go on it.

[Dr. Hugo Gansamacher]

If theres a chance someone could win money, people would do anything. I love watching the show, but would never go on it.

Perhaps; but I would say rather: if there is a chance of being on national television, people will do anything.

[falsealarms]

I don't remember getting those kind of questions a 5th grader.

[Boid Brain]

they ask the 5th graders questions that they just had in class last week....that show is shit.

[Giff me dat fill-em!]

And what does that say about you, Giff?   

I saw a commercial for that show the other day.  I wonder why any adult would even go on that show; what if you lost?  Would you really want to go on national television and reveal that you are stupider than a fifth-grader?   

It says that I am AT LEAST as smart as a 5th grader ... they watch the show too.   

[Boid Brain]

You know what I like? The "Jay Walking" segments on Leno. The stupidity of the average young adult in this country is staggering. My fave was when Jay asked this NYU grad how many planets there were in the Solar system and she said 28....then he asked her to name a few and she started with the Moon!

[Curly4444]

You know what I like? The "Jay Walking" segments on Leno. The stupidity of the average young adult in this country is staggering. My fave was when Jay asked this NYU grad how many planets there were in the Solar system and she said 28....then he asked her to name a few and she started with the Moon!

Yeah, but that jay lenno crap is bullshit. You know they interview lots of people and pick only the stupidist idiots.

[Boid Brain]

Yeah, but that jay lenno crap is bullshit. You know they interview lots of people and pick only the stupidist idiots.

Yeah, you're probably right.