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	rekall 2007-04-11 04:31 am UTC (link)
	2. I don't want to get into the whole Darwin thing, but there is only about a 2% difference in our DNA and the DNA of monkeys. Monkeys are vegans. After watching 'Are You Smarter than A 5th Grader' for a few weeks now, a comment like that really doesn't surprise me anymore. is still in shock over that woman who didn't know that Canada was the country north of the US (Reply to this)(Thread)

	iwanttobeasleep 2007-04-11 04:37 am UTC (link)
	that woman who didn't know that Canada was the country north of the US Suddenly all my problems with geography seem so much smaller. . .God that's just amazing. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	warrioreowyn 2007-04-11 04:54 am UTC (link)
	is still in shock over that woman who didn't know that Canada was the country north of the US WHAT. Please tell me you're joking. Or that they go through America looking for all the dumbest people to be on the show. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rachel_pi 2007-04-11 05:23 am UTC (link)
	I think the second option is pretty likely. The show would be less entertaining if all the contestants WERE smarter than the kids. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue 2007-04-11 05:36 am UTC (link)
	Either that or they find relatively moderate people, spin them around a bunch and play a pinata game, make them watch Adult Swim for a few hours, and then give them lots of booze before filming. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rekall 2007-04-11 08:23 am UTC (link)
	Any Geography question is instant fail on that show. I've only ever seen like two people who know that subject. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ealusaid 2007-04-11 05:18 am UTC (link)
	You know, I'd watch that show way more often if it didn't take them five minutes to do one. single. question. Were it faster-paced, it would be really quite amusing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rekall 2007-04-11 08:13 am UTC (link)
	Oh god yes! After every freaking question there's a commerical and then there's all this stalling while the person tries to figure out what country pandas come from (Japan apparently. China? What country is that?). I've started taping it and use fast forward. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	amymccabe 2007-04-11 12:31 pm UTC (link)
	You know, I took an online geography quiz the other day and could only place 10 African nations. I felt stupid and vowed to educate myself a bit more. Now I don't. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sashenka 2007-04-11 02:16 pm UTC (link)
	Can I call vegans 'monkey people' from now on? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cookie_love 2007-04-11 03:07 pm UTC (link)
	We're south of Mexico, don't ya know? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bangoskank 2007-04-11 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	That show amuses me greatly. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dragonfangirl 2007-04-11 10:54 pm UTC (link)
	I feel better about the fact that I can't label all the Canadian provinces now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

soupspooks
2007-04-12 05:15 pm UTC (link)

I bet I could get all the American states right if I had a map to look at. I tend to remember them by appearance more than actual location (you have some very weirdly shaped states. Most of our provinces I'm pretty sure were divided with a ruler until someone's hand got tired.).

BritishColumbiaAlbertaSaskatchewanManitobaOntarioQuebecNewBrunswickNovaScotiaPrinceEdwardIslandNewfoundlandNorthwestTerritoriesNunavutYukonTerritory.

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	caito 2007-04-12 01:43 am UTC (link)
	That's why I feel smarter after I started student teaching fifth grade. I can say with confidence that all thirty-eight kids I see on a daily basis are smarter than my grown-up roommate. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Monkeys are vegans. marciamarcia 2007-04-12 03:19 pm UTC (link)
	Someone needs to tell the chimpanzees that they're monkeys and that they need to stop killing/eating other animals. Not it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	aerobot 2007-04-13 05:54 am UTC (link)
	... I have never heard of this show before but now I desperately need to watch it. That sounds HILARIOUS. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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