Thread: Where are they now: Kids who made headlines edition.

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Wow sounds like the Kid that Dan Quayle corrected for spelling Potato right messed him up for life. Damn Republicans ;D

and the Nirvana baby is now 16 doesn't seem like that long ago.

That Kid: Who Spelled Potato Right (until the VP corrected him)

The Story: In 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle made a pit stop in Trenton, NJ, where he acted as judge in a 6th grade spelling bee. Unfortunately for Quayle, the cards he’d been handed hadn’t been spell-checked. So when William Figueroa, who’d been bused in for the event, spelled out his word correctly, Quayle told him “You’re close, but you left a little something off. The e on the end.� The press immediately picked up the story, Figueroa appeared on Letterman and Quayle’s reputation as a mental midget was solidified in the public’s mind.
The Post-Puberty Report: Not good, from what we’ve read. In 2004, a New York Times reporter met up with Figueroa, who’d since dropped out of high school, had his first child by 16, two more by age 24, and was reportedly working a low paying job.

"Garland" wrote:

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6831

Wow sounds like the Kid that Dan Quayle corrected for spelling Potato right messed him up for life. Damn Republicans ;D

and the Nirvana baby is now 16 doesn't seem like that long ago.

That Kid: Who Spelled Potato Right (until the VP corrected him)

The Story: In 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle made a pit stop in Trenton, NJ, where he acted as judge in a 6th grade spelling bee. Unfortunately for Quayle, the cards he’d been handed hadn’t been spell-checked. So when William Figueroa, who’d been bused in for the event, spelled out his word correctly, Quayle told him “You’re close, but you left a little something off. The e on the end.� The press immediately picked up the story, Figueroa appeared on Letterman and Quayle’s reputation as a mental midget was solidified in the public’s mind.
The Post-Puberty Report: Not good, from what we’ve read. In 2004, a New York Times reporter met up with Figueroa, who’d since dropped out of high school, had his first child by 16, two more by age 24, and was reportedly working a low paying job.

And to this day he is still smarter than most politicians.

"Garland" wrote:

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6831

Wow sounds like the Kid that Dan Quayle corrected for spelling Potato right messed him up for life. Damn Republicans ;D

and the Nirvana baby is now 16 doesn't seem like that long ago.

That Kid: Who Spelled Potato Right (until the VP corrected him)

The Story: In 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle made a pit stop in Trenton, NJ, where he acted as judge in a 6th grade spelling bee. Unfortunately for Quayle, the cards he’d been handed hadn’t been spell-checked. So when William Figueroa, who’d been bused in for the event, spelled out his word correctly, Quayle told him “You’re close, but you left a little something off. The e on the end.� The press immediately picked up the story, Figueroa appeared on Letterman and Quayle’s reputation as a mental midget was solidified in the public’s mind.
The Post-Puberty Report: Not good, from what we’ve read. In 2004, a New York Times reporter met up with Figueroa, who’d since dropped out of high school, had his first child by 16, two more by age 24, and was reportedly working a low paying job.

Hopefuly he has started wearing pants.

"Garland" wrote:

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6831

Wow sounds like the Kid that Dan Quayle corrected for spelling Potato right messed him up for life. gol 'darnit Republicans ;D

and the Nirvana baby is now 16 doesn't seem like that long ago.

That Kid: Who Spelled Potato Right (until the VP corrected him)

The Story: In 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle made a pit stop in Trenton, NJ, where he acted as judge in a 6th grade spelling bee. Unfortunately for Quayle, the cards he’d been handed hadn’t been spell-checked. So when William Figueroa, who’d been bused in for the event, spelled out his word correctly, Quayle told him “You’re close, but you left a little something off. The e on the end.� The press immediately picked up the story, Figueroa appeared on Letterman and Quayle’s reputation as a mental midget was solidified in the public’s mind.
The Post-Puberty Report: Not good, from what we’ve read. In 2004, a New York Times reporter met up with Figueroa, who’d since dropped out of high school, had his first child by 16, two more by age 24, and was reportedly working a low paying job.

Poor guy...scarred for life!