# The National Spelling Bee is later this week

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**Created:** [May 22, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-national-spelling-bee-is-later-this-week/755383 "2016-05-22T18:24:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-national-spelling-bee-is-later-this-week/755383/4 "2016-05-27T03:41:50Z")

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I watched the finals this evening, and fast-forwarded my Tivo once it got down to the last two boys and I realized they knew all the words. At that point, it wasn’t particularly interesting.

I also noticed something else. I did not see a single obese, or even really chubby, youngster among them, at least the ones who were shown on television, and not much of that in the audience either. 😕 Maybe some of them lost weight because they knew they would be on TV; IDK, but I’ve observed that in past years too.

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