you okay mom?

[michlan]

after the kids returned from football & cheerleading practice tonight they wanted to sit and watch tv for a few minutes while they finished their ice cream and berries. "can we watch double dare?" uh, okay.

many of you are probably familiar with double dare. we were watching the family version, with 2 teams comprised of 2 adults and (presumably

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[fich]

> what are the names of the other 2 branches?

I knew that.

> what is the penalty for holding?

I didn't know that.

> -p. griffin

For a second, I thought you meant the "Theory of Blackjack" guy.

[michlan]

For a second, I thought you meant the "Theory of Blackjack" guy.

i bet those two get mixed up all the time. :P

[jpmassar]

-- out of 2 families of 4, not one person was able to /name/ the branches of our government.

Whether members of a family each know the answer is probably correlated,
so the result isn't as bad as it might seem at first.

It's probably not true that less than 1/8 of the US population over the
age of 12 (or however young the kids are on this show) doesn't know
the answer. It's probably closer to 1/7.

(-:

[michlan]

it's funny. in rl i always go around feeling like the super-cynic. on (in?) lj i'm like the hopeful one.

1/7? /shudder/

jerrod responded similarly, which provided me no remedy for my fit of disbelief. and forced me to make the original entry. :)

[sabyl]

Amazing - simply amazing. And very disheartening.