06 January 2009

'Millionaire' Contestant Makes Worst Use Of Lifelines Ever


NEW YORK - Idaho resident Kathy Evans brought humiliation to her friends and family Tuesday when she set a new standard for stupidity with her appearance on the popular TV show, 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.'

It seems that Evans, a 32-year- old wife and mother of two, got stuck on the first question, and proceeded to make what fans of the show are dubbing 'the absolute worst use of lifelines ever.'
After being introduced to the show's host Meredith Vieira, Evans assured her that she was ready to play, whereupon she was posed with an extremely easy $100 question. The question was: 'Which of the following is the largest?'

A) A Peanut
B) An Elephant
C) The Moon
D) Hey, who you calling large?

Immediately Mrs. Evans was struck with an all consuming panic as she realized that this was a question to which she did not readily know the answer.
'Hmm, oh boy, that's a toughie,' said Evans, as Vieira did her level best to hide her disbelief and disgust. 'I mean, I'm sure I've heard of some of these things before, but I have no idea how large they would be.'
Evans made the decision to use the first of her three lifelines, the 5 0/50. Answers A and D were removed, leaving her to decide which was bigger, an elephant or the moon. However, faced with an incredibly easy question, Evans still remained unsure.
'Oh! It removed the two I was leaning towards!' exclaimed Evans. 'Darn. I think I better phone a friend.'
Using the second of her two lifelines on the first question, Mrs. Evans asked to be connected with her friend Betsy, who is an office assistant.
'Hi Betsy! How are you? This is Kathy! I'm on TV!' said Evans, wasting the first seven seconds of her call. 'Ok, I got an important question. Which of the following is the largest? B, an elephant, or C, the moon. 15 seconds hun.'
Betsy quickly replied that the answer was C, the moon. Evans proceeded to argue with her friend for the remaining ten seconds.
'Come on Betsy, are you sure?' said Evans. 'How sure are you? Duh, that can't be it.'
To everyone's astonishment, the m oronic Evans declined to take her friend's advice and pick 'The Moon.'
'I just don't know if I can trust Betsy. She's not all that bright. So I think I'd like to ask the audience,' said Evans.
Asked to vote on the correct answer, the audience returned 98% in favor of answer C, 'The Moon.' Having used up all her lifelines, Evans then made the dumbest choice of her life.
'Wow, seems like everybody is against what I'm thinking,' said the too-stupid -to-live Evans. 'But you know, sometimes you just got to go with your gut. So, let's see. For which is larger, an elephant or the moon, I'm going to have to go with B, an elephant. Final answer.'
Evans sat before the dumbfounded audience, the only one waiting with bated breath, and was told that she was wrong, and that the answer was in fact, C, 'The Moon.'

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

fake: http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/gameshows/millionaire.asp

Kyle Taylor said...

still funny!

Anonymous said...

Hey I'd like to congratulate you for such a great quality site!
thought this is a nice way to introduce myself!

Sincerely,
Sage Brand
if you're ever bored check out my site!
[url=http://www.partyopedia.com/articles/graduation-party-supplies.html]graduation Party Supplies[/url].

Anonymous said...

[url=http://kfarbair.com][img]http://www.kfarbair.com/_images/_photos/photo_big8.jpg[/img][/url]

מלון [url=http://www.kfarbair.com]כפר בעיר[/url] - שירות חדרים אנחנו מציעים שירותי אירוח מיוחדים גם יש במקום שירות חדרים הכולל [url=http://www.kfarbair.com/eng/index.html]סעודות רומנטיות[/url] במחירים מפתיעים אשר יוגשו ישירות לחדרכם...

לפרטים נא גשו לאתר האינטרנט שלנו - [url=http://kfarbair.com]כפר בעיר[/url] [url=http://www.kfarbair.com/contact.html][img]http://www.kfarbair.com/_images/apixel.gif[/img][/url]

Anonymous said...

Hello. My wife and I bought our house about 6 months ago. It was a foreclosure and we were able to get a great deal on it. We also took advantage of the 8K tax credit so that definitely helped. We did an extensive remodeling job and now I want to refinance to cut the term to a 20 or 15 year loan. Does anyone know any good sites for mortgage information? Thanks!

Mike

Anonymous said...

Hello everybody!

My name is Eva, I live in Scottsdale, AZ.

I am here to network / interact with other people for sharing knowledge, discussing ideas, seeking advice, find business partners & the like.

Regards,
Eva

Anonymous said...

Genial post and this enter helped me alot in my college assignement. Thanks you as your information.

Anonymous said...

My dеveloper is trying to convince
me to move to .nеt from PHP. I hаve alwaуs
dislіked the idea becausе οf the exρenseѕ.
But he's tryiong none the less. I've bееn using WοгdΡrеѕѕ
οn variouѕ wеbsites fοr about a yeаr and
am concегned about swіtching tο
аnother platform. ӏ havе hеагd fantastic things about blogengine.
nеt. Iѕ therе а way ӏ can tгansfer аll my
wordρresѕ content intο іt?
Any help woulԁ be greatly appreсіated!


Hеre is my web ρage - altec
Also visit my homepage bucket truck for sale

Anonymous said...

Thаnk yοu, I have recently been searching for
informatiοn about this subϳect foг а long time аnd yours is the grеatest I have fοund
out till now. Howeveг, what cоncerning the bottom linе?
Arе уou sure cоncеrning the source?



Alѕo visit my page :: benefits of bucket trucks
My webpage: used bucket trucks

Anonymous said...

Stunning quest there. Whаt hapрened after?

Thanks!

Visіt mу blog post tens unit hire

Anonymous said...

Hmm it ѕеemѕ like уоuг blog ate my first comment (it
was supег long) so I guess I'll just sum it up what I submitted and say, I'm thoroughly enjoyіng yοur blog.
I as wеll am an asρiгing blog blogger but
I'm still new to everything. Do you have any recommendations for beginner blog writers? I'd definіtely apprесiate іt.


Alѕo vіsіt my pagе ... irving tx cab

Anonymous said...

Good ԁay! Do you know if theу maκе any ρlugins to hеlp with SEO?
I'm trying to get my blog to rank for some targeted keywords but I'm nοt sеeing νегy
gοоd gаins. If you knοw of any please shаre.
Thanκ you!

My web pаge ... roofing okc