Deep thought processes

Originally posted by ivan2908

Does anyone remember that old Saturday Night Live skit called "Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey?

Here's one...

[i]If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy.[i]

Originally posted by coquette
Since you gents happen to know German, could you please remind me what the winning word was on the US National Spelling Bee about a year and a half ago? It was a word from the German language and it started with the letters "VE . . . ."

It meant the "pain" (I think) that comes from realizing the difference between reality and what "could be" (or somethin ...[text shortened]... , but I've forgotten it, and Google Language Translator hasn't been any help to me yet.

It doesn't start with "VE", but I guess you are probably thinking of "Weltschmerz": http://german.about.com/od/vocabulary/a/spellbeeger.htm

Originally posted by Nordlys
It doesn't start with "VE", but I guess you are probably thinking of "Weltschmerz": http://german.about.com/od/vocabulary/a/spellbeeger.htm

Awesome! That was IT! Now, I also know why I couldn't find it too! 🙂

Originally posted by coquette
Awesome! That was IT! Now, I also know why I couldn't find it too! 🙂

You should have done what I did - search for something like "US National Spelling Bee German". 🙂