Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Dumbest person on the planet?

I am struggling to see how this can be true - but if it is God help us all...


NEW YORK - Idaho resident Kathy Evans brought humiliation to her friends and family Tuesday when she set a new standard for stupidity with her appearance on the popular TV show, "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire."

It seems that Evans, a 32-year-old wife and mother of two, got stuck on the first question, and proceeded to make what fans of the show are dubbing "the absolute worst use of lifelines ever."

After being introduced to the show's host Meredith Vieira, Evans assured her that she was ready to play, whereupon she was posed with an extremely easy $100 question. The question was:

"Which of the following is the largest?"
A) A Peanut
B) An Elephant
C) The Moon
D) Hey, who you calling large?

Immediately Mrs. Evans was struck with an all consuming panic as she realized that this was a question to which she did not readily know the answer.

"Hmm, oh boy, that's a toughie," said Evans, as Vieira did her level best to hide her disbelief and disgust. "I mean, I'm sure I've heard of some of these things before, but I have no idea how large they would be."

Evans made the decision to use the first of her three lifelines, the 50/50. Answers A and D were removed, leaving her to decide which was bigger, an elephant or the moon. However, faced with an incredibly easy question, Evans still remained unsure.
"Oh! It removed the two I was leaning towards!" exclaimed Evans. "Darn. I think I better phone a friend."

Using the second of her two lifelines on the first question, Mrs. Evans asked to be connected with her friend Betsy, who is an office assistant.

"Hi Betsy! How are you? This is Kathy! I'm on TV!" said Evans, wasting the first seven seconds of her call. "Ok, I got an important question. Which of the following is the largest? B, an elephant, or C, the moon. 15 seconds hun."

Betsy quickly replied that the answer was C, the moon. Evans proceeded to argue with her friend for the remaining ten seconds.

"Come on Betsy, are you sure?" said Evans. "How sure are you? Puh, that can't be it."
To everyone's astonishment, the moronic Evans declined to take her friend's advice and pick 'The Moon.'

"I just don't know if I can trust Betsy. She's not all that bright. So I think I'd like to ask the audience," said Evans.

Asked to vote on the correct answer, the audience returned 98% in favor of answer C, 'The Moon.' Having used up all her lifelines, Evans then made the dumbest choice of her life.

"Wow, seems like everybody is against what I'm thinking," said the too-stupid-to-live Evans. "But you know, sometimes you just got to go with your gut. So, let's see. For which is larger, an elephant or the moon, I'm going to have to go with B, an elephant. Final answer."

Evans sat before the dumbfounded audience, the only one waiting with bated breath, and was told that she was wrong, and that the answer was in fact, C, 'The Moon.'

12 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:50 am

    Maybe she has a problem..

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  2. Anonymous12:50 pm

    A peanut-brain lady!

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  3. Anonymous12:25 am

    Acually, that's fake.
    http://www.hoax-slayer.com/elephant-moon-quiz-question.shtml

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  4. Anonymous1:44 am

    hi im emily i think its normal. i really don't like all the other comments and don't like the way other people speak to you. and by the way i am a kid.

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  5. Anonymous7:35 am

    wow even i got that one......

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  6. Anonymous10:08 pm

    you think this is normal????
    righttt

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  7. Anonymous10:11 pm

    i'm trying to be offensive emily

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  8. Anonymous10:27 pm

    Emily,i want to tell you a secret,
    you and your friend Evans is is is not telling you

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  11. Anonymous9:44 pm

    ok.......stop making fun of Emily! Im a kid as well! Everyone has a right to say what they believe. But i have to say that this is the stupidest thing i have ever read!!!!! She has to have SOME problem.......

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  12. In fairness, she might have a problem - but why is she on TV with it? I suspect this is a fake video. But that doesn't stop it being funny..

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