Your National Spelling Bee Open Thread
Yeah, this is going to get MURDERED by the Finals tonight. But the Spelling Bee really is the tits. ESPN's coverage is a million times better this year, with Sage Steele instead of Erin Andrews (at least in the early rounds), and now they don't spoil the words for you before the kid starts to spell.
Hop in here during NBA breaks to leave your gradeschool bee memories, your favorite words, and your faintly lecherous and/or racist comments about this year's contestants.
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