Name the seven countries that end in the letter 'y': I cannot always remember them and it bothers me. For reference, they are Uruguay, Paraguay, Norway, Turkey, Germany, Italy and... yes, that's right, I always forget one of them, besides Uruguay and Paraguay. This time I had to look up Hungary. Thanks, four years of middle school Spanish, for making me "the tits" (to use the vernacular) at Central and South American geography.
The Letter People: I began kindergarten at some point between 1972 and 1990, which means I watched THE LETTER PEOPLE as a part of my taxpayer-supported education. You know, "come and meet the letter people..."
No? Well then, you're an ignorant slut. You probably don't get that one either. Anyway, here is a clip:
According to the internet, the rights to the Letter People went to someone else and they turned the Letter People all PC, so they no longer make references to junk food and there are more women and problem-solving skills. However, BACK IN MY DAY (to be heard in your head all kinds of curmudgeon-like, which incidentally is one of my favorite words), all the constants were Mister _ (i.e. Mister M, with the Munching Mouth), and all the vowels were Miss _ (Miss O was Obstinate!). I moved in the middle of kindergarten and missed a couple of episodes. To this day, I am perplexed at how they managed to reconcile Y sometimes being a vowel with this gender scheme. Was Mr. Y a hermaphrodite? I think Y being a drag queen would be more appropriate. In Eris Greenberg's gritty reboot of the Letter People, RuPaul will be Y. It is more fun to complain than simply watch old videos, FYI.
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