November 13, 2000

9:43 AM

One, two, six, twelve, four, three, eighteen, forty-six...3 American study abroad students can't count the number of chairs in an auditorium. I've always heard that statistic that a fair number of high school students can't locate their state on a map, but this is ridiculous.
posted by gramcracker (2 comments total)

I love that show. The German media wrote that the US students bet that they would be able to properly count all chairs in the auditorium. Here babelfish's rendition of it. I find it surprising that they did not ask for a recount ...
posted by noom at 9:02 PM on November 13, 2000

Here you can watch the real video of the debacle (at the bottom of the page)...
posted by noom at 9:33 PM on November 13, 2000