Recite the alphabet backwords please
The thing is you can only thing is thats the kind of thing you DO DO when you are drunk.
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I don't understand what you just said, but I couldn't recite the alphabet backwards sober!
shareYeah, I laughed when I read the op message, but yeah who can recite it backwards. I mean to prove your sobriety. Okay, this is making no sense, but I double your opionion, and I was thinking I would come off as an idiot because I wouldn't be able to say it quickly without mistakes. I mean where is the flaw that proves to the cop that, oh yeah, this guy is tanked.
shareI watched this again a couple of weeks ago, and I was able to recite the alphabet backwards all by myself! Of course, I was stone cold sober. I couldn't imagine trying it after drinking or after hitting someone with my car!
I remember an interesting friend of ours taught my son how to do this when he was 5. I'm going to have to check and see if he can still do it.
<< I remember an interesting friend of ours taught my son how to do this when he was 5. I'm going to have to check and see if he can still do it. >>
It has more to do with one's conceptual/learning style. When I was about three, we got stranded on the side of a rural road and my mom came up with the Backwards Alphabet Challenge in order to keep me preoccupied...
A minute later, she had to come up with another challenge.
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In our situation, every time this friend came over he asked Joey if he remembered how to do the alphabet backwards and he was able to do it every time. He was a very mature kid and turned out to be one of those 4.0 people with no common sense. He finally picked up some common sense a couple of years ago and will be 30 this year. Next time we're drinking I'm going to see if he can do it.
But I know what you mean about stimulating kids' brains to keep them from being bored. On long rides my daughter always wanted me to give her math problems to work out loud. I have WEIRD children. I'll bet she can't recite the alphabet backwards!
You people are missing the point. Of course it's hard to do it either way, but they're trying to see how you handle the situation under pressure. Few people will be able to say it fluently, so they will most likely be relegated to trying to figure it out on the fly. If you're drunk, you'll be struggling and slurring your words, and will probably give up, but if you're sober you'll work through it.
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