Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for August 23, 2021

That’s nothing compared to the bad spell of whether we’re having today

I looked it up: diziealso dzie

to cease all cardio-respiratory, metabolic, and neural functioning; to die“I ain’t never gonna dizie!”

Made him wig out.

I’d bill him double.

Don’t forget the resulting sting from the spelling bee.

The Pride of St Louie, Dizzy Dean

Isn’t that how they spell it – way down South in Dizie Land?

He’s had vertigo ever since.

He keeps reliving that fatal day when he misspelled the final word…

hearing Tommy Roe now ♬

I could have won my 6th grade spelling bee, but I was too shy to compete (winning word was CARBOHYDRATE)

Now that’s a bad spell.

…and who are you going to call? Spell Busters!

Funny, he doesn’t look like Roger Kaputnik.

I misspelled code in sixth grade. I was so nervous is spelled it c-o-a-d.

He never got over it.

“W – H – E – E – A – H -T – I – R -R”

“That’s the worst spell of weather we’ve had in a long time.”