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- [Brian] I don't know.
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I'd be a lot better off if
I would have studied more
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when I was growing up, you know?
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But you know where it all went wrong
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was the day they started the spelling bee.
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'Cause up until that day, I was an idiot,
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but nobody else knew, you know?
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Then the spelling bee day popped up.
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"All right kids, up against the wall.
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"It's time for public humiliation.
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"Spell a word wrong, sit down
in front of your friends."
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You know, that's great for little egos.
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"Hey, look at me, I'm a moron.
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"I wasn't even close.
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"I was using numbers and stuff."
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That's why I admired that
kid who spelled it wrong
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on purpose so he could sit down, you know?
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He knew he wasn't gonna win
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so why stand there for three hours?
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First round, cat, K-A-T, I'm outta here.
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Then as he passed you, "Haha,
I know there's two Ts."
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I remember my teacher asked me,
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"Brian, what's the I before E rule?"
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"Huh.
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Um, I before E always."
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"What are you, an idiot, Brian?"
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"Apparently."
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So she explains it, "No
Brian, it's I before E
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"except after C, and when sounding like A,
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"as in neighbor and weigh,
and on weekends and holidays
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"and all throughout May,
and you'll always be wrong
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"no matter what you say."
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"Oh, that's a hard rule.
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"That's a rough rule."
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Plurals were hard too.
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"Brian, how do you make a word a plural?"
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"Oh.
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"You put a S.
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"You put a S at the end of it."
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"When?"
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"Huh.
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"On weekends and holidays."
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"No Brian, no. Let me show you."
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So she asked this kid who
knew everything, Irwin.
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"Irwin, Irwin, what is the plural for ox?"
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"Oxen. The farmer used his oxen."
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"Brian?"
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"What?"
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"Brian, what's the plural for box?"
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"Boxen.
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"I bought two boxen of donuts."
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"No, no, Brian. No.
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"Let's try another one.
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"Irwin, what is the plural for goose?"
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"Geese. I saw a flock of geese."
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"Brian?"
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"What?"
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"What's the plural for moose?"
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"Moosen! I saw a flock of moosen!
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"There are many of 'em, many, much moosen,
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"out in the woods. In the
woodes, in the woodsen.
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"The meese wanted food.
Food is to eat nizzit.
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"The meese wanted food
in the woodingizzit.
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"In the food in the woodingizzit."
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"Brian, Brian, you're an imbecile."
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"Imbecilen."
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"What are you, speaking German, Brian?"
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"German. Germane! Jermaine Jackson!
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"Jackson Five, Tito!"
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"Brian, what the hell
are you talking about?"
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"I don't know. I don't know really."