Mental Acuity of Today's Cheerleaders

Ramblus 16

Published on August 16, 2005 By OckhamsRazor In Current Events

It seems a group of cheerleaders are in the news for helping the police solve a hit and run. Link

I just wanted to hip everyone to this amazing story of 16 girls collectively remembering 8 alphanumeric characters in sequence. Such a stunning accomplishment by today's standards, or rather "Today's" standards since it warranted the captain of the Cheerleader Squad getting airtime on the long running American morning show for it.

Who says our kids are getting dumber? Not Katie Couric!

Comments

kingbee

on Aug 16, 2005

I just wanted to hip everyone to this amazing story of 16 girls collectively remembering 8 alphanumeric characters in sequence.

and i always thought this kinda stuff only happened in drive-in movies.

Dr Guy

on Aug 16, 2005

It is sad when something like this is featured on the news shows! I would have been embarrassed to have my name and or face associated with this clap trap!

Oh, and the reason that Perky Katie does not think today's kids are stupid? They are smarter than her!

Moderateman

on Aug 16, 2005

gimmee a B,, gimmee an o, gimmee an r

gimmee an I, gimmee an n, gimmee an g

whatta got? a slow news day.

KellyW0498

on Aug 16, 2005

@MM that was good.

Moderateman

on Aug 16, 2005

#4 by KellyW.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005

MM that was good.

uh thank you! thank you very much.

MM has left the building!

Zoomba

on Aug 16, 2005

Just goes to show how our standards have fallen a long way. Used to be we expected high school graduates to know geometry, trig, algebra and maybe a little bit of calculus... Now we're just happy if they can remember an alpha-numeric sequence no longer than 8 or so letters/numbers.

I had my license plate memorized about 10 seconds after they handed it to me at the DMV. Will CNN do a story on me for being a genius?

sushiK

on Aug 16, 2005

You guys have always got to find something to pick apart.
Now you're picking on High School girls that used a manner that was familar to them to help catch a hit and run prick? At least wait until they graduate before you rip on someone's intelligence.

Mod said it best with this

whatta got? a slow news day.

OckhamsRazor

on Aug 16, 2005

I had my license plate memorized about 10 seconds after they handed it to me at the DMV. Will CNN do a story on me for being a genius?

Based on this I think you should definitely have a case for equal time...provided you can do the splits.

At least wait until they graduate before you rip on someone's intelligence.

Is that a cheerleader I detect?

(It's a joke...sheesh)

I'm not picking on the girls. I'm picking on the people that find their action to be an accomplishment worthy of television coverage. I wonder what the interview was like.

Katie So tell us about what happened

Cheerleader O-K! Well our cheerleader coach got the license plate number of a guy that hit a nearby car and drove off, then she told it to us to remember.

Katie, looking absolutely fascinated Amazing. What in the world did you do next?

Cheerleader O-K! Well, we each took a letter, and then got ourselves in a line in the order that the letters and numbers were, and we had one girl whose job it was to remember which end of the line was the beginning of license plate.

Katie looking off stage to the left at a producer or someone Are they geniuses or what?

Katie, shaking her head, looks back at cheerleader in awe Then what happened?

Cheerleader O-K! Well, we said the license plate number over and over until the police arrived.

Katie, still in disbelief over what she's heard Thank you so much for coming today and telling us this riveting account. It's amazing what youngsters can do these days. Say...can you sew? We'll talk on the break. to the camera Next up, you won't believe it, but this man successfully changed his own tire on the side of the freeway. Stay tuned for these words from our sponsors! fade to black...

Dr Guy

on Aug 16, 2005

No, we are picking apart the media that does not have as much brains as those HS girls for thinking it was somehow heroic and news.

Dr Guy

on Aug 16, 2005

Cheerleader O-K! Well our cheerleader coach got the license plate number of a guy that hit a nearby car and drove off, then she told it to us to remember.

You left out about a dozen "likes", 10 or so Umms, and 8 "for sures".

OckhamsRazor

on Aug 16, 2005

Blew a good joke. It was Kathy Lee that had the cheap child seamstress labor, wasn't it? Ah well

Inserted to avoid needless extra comments from me:

You left out about a dozen "likes", 10 or so Umms, and 8 "for sures".

My wife is an ex-cheerleader. I didn't know how far I wanted to push the giggle envelope

Dr Guy

on Aug 16, 2005

My wife is an ex-cheerleader. I didn't know how far I wanted to push the giggle envelope

Psst! So is my step daughter. BUT, that is the way adolescent female teenagers talk! For sure!

momijiki

on Aug 16, 2005

that is the way adolescent female teenagers talk! For sure!

Like, whatEV-ER! You so do not know how we talk.

Ahh.... ahem. And one time, at band camp...?

drmiler

on Aug 16, 2005

that is the way adolescent female teenagers talk! For sure!

Like, whatEV-ER! You so do not know how we talk.

Ahh.... ahem. And one time, at band camp...?

Alright, that does it....now I'm really gonna like puke, ya know?

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