By Mike McCarty
“Grotesque.”
Alicia spells the word correctly and smiles at the other finalist in the spelling bee at the middle school.
“Perseverance.”
Teddy spells his word properly and nods at Alicia at the adjoining lectern. Competitive streaks do not impede their friendship.
“Anonymous,” the pronouncer says.
Alicia is about to respond when Teddy whispers, “Don’t answer.”
“Why?” Alicia asks Teddy, then spells her word, “a-n-o-n-y-m-o-u-s.”
“Incorrect,” the pronouncer states and poses the word to Teddy.
Teddy clears his throat, and Alicia whispers, “Your fly is open.”
“Oh,” Teddy says. He looks down, shrugs, and spells, “a-n-o-n-y-m-o-u-s.”
“Incorrect. The next word is ‘distraction.’”
Ha! Cute 🙂
Clever. Nicely done.
Love, love this! So clever!
A fun read.
lol!
Sorry–I’m missing the joke! Could someone explain it to me?
me too.
Because “Why?” = Y and “Oh” = O, so both are judged to have used one letter too many. Tit for tat.