'80mph Girl' Does Nothing For 'Dumb Blonde' Stereotype (VIDEO)

Huffington Post UK  |  By Alastair Plumb  |  Posted: 19/03/2012 10:38 Updated: 19/03/2012 10:38

Meet Travis Chambers and his wife, Chelsea. They were enjoying a car journey together the other day when Travis decided to ask her a tricky maths question.

It went like this: "How long does it take to drive 80 miles if you are driving 80mph?" Now, most people would say an hour. Chelsea is not like most people - not when it comes to basic arithmetic, anyway. She said... well, you'll have to click play and see, to be honest.

Now though she's not doing the age old 'dumb blonde' stereotype any favours, we've also got to take a little bit of umbrage with young Travis here. Doesn't this essentially amount to bullying? Or is it just harmless teasing? Or perhaps he just shouldn't have posted it to YouTube, all things considered?

And on a side note, is it the best of ideas to record a car conversation whilst driving down a motorway? Safety first, ladies and gentlemen, safety first. Especially when you're driving at 80mph.

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Meet Travis Chambers and his wife, Chelsea. They were enjoying a car journey together the other day when Travis decided to ask her a tricky maths question. It went like this: "How long does it take...
Meet Travis Chambers and his wife, Chelsea. They were enjoying a car journey together the other day when Travis decided to ask her a tricky maths question. It went like this: "How long does it take...
 
 
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10:21 on 04/08/2012
Wrong question. How about "if a car is travelling at 80 MPH and the idiot driving is filming at the same time, what are the chances of having an accident resulting in the death of the occupants of said vehicle and the occupants of the vehicle coming the other way?"
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14:42 on 28/03/2012
I wonder why she married this fool? Was she desperate?
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16:38 on 24/03/2012
Why be in a relationship with somebody that you don't respect? My girlfriend is far more intelligent than I am and it would break my heart if she did something like this to me. It's okay to make fun of each other but this is about humiliating his girlfriend to impress strangers.
07:21 on 24/03/2012
reminds me of Miss Teen usa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
03:13 on 24/03/2012
This is funny. But not all blondes are like this. I'm a blonde, and i already knew this. It's not that hard to understand. Not all blondes are dumb. Even though she's not helping that at all, but don't base one persons lack of intelligence, on all others that have a similar trait.
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temenos
castigat ridendo mores
03:14 on 23/03/2012
An old, blind cowboy wanders into an all-girl biker bar by mistake. He finds his way to a bar stool and orders a shot of Jack Daniels. After sitting there for a while, he yells to the bartender, "Hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?" The bar immediately falls absolutely silent. In a very deep, husky voice, the woman next to him says, 'Before you tell that joke, Cowboy, I think it is only fair, Given that you are blind, that you should know five things: 1. The bartender is a blonde girl with a baseball bat. 2. The bouncer is a blonde girl. 3. I'm a 6-foot tall, 175-pound blonde woman with a black belt in karate. 4. The woman sitting next to me is blonde and a professional weight lifter. 5. The lady to your right is blonde and a professional wrestler.
Now, think about it seriously, Cowboy. Do you still wanna tell that blonde joke?' The blind cowboy thinks for a second, shakes his head and mutters, 'No...not if I'm gonna have to explain it five times.
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paulabflat
activate the omega-13!!
14:54 on 27/03/2012
har!!

good one.
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mirola
Read between the lines
23:03 on 22/03/2012
at that
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mirola
Read between the lines
23:03 on 22/03/2012
American, we'll leave it that that.
06:40 on 22/03/2012
This Lady makes it worse
05:50 on 22/03/2012
If she is so stupid, to the point where you treat her like this, got to ask "why did you marry her?". Because you are so smart? Don't think so.
10:55 on 22/03/2012
Married her for her looks.
15:14 on 22/03/2012
not smart
21:40 on 02/12/2012
REALLY?? DEPENDS ON TASTE AND STANDARDS...
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montex
05:34 on 22/03/2012
The question I would have asked: If a truck with 22" wheels is moving at 80 mph, and is traveling next to a car with 16" wheels, also going 80 mph, which one gets to Wal-Mart first?
19:18 on 24/03/2012
Are the wheels standard and calibrated to the speedometer?
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phal4875
The world is run by cats; we just feed them.
23:22 on 21/03/2012
I don't know how to react. It is embarrassing to see the lady struggling, but it feels equally so to see her husband causing this humiliation.
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mario59
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22:20 on 21/03/2012
So showing off his wife's ignorance and lack of mathematic prowess on the internet reflects on him.....how?

Is this like breaking a bottle over your head and profusely bleeding and bragging about how brave you are?
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montex
05:14 on 22/03/2012
Mathematical prowess? Are you kidding me? How about basic English comprehension. There wasn't any math required, only understanding the concept of the question. Everyone who answered the question correctly didn't do any math at all. What a colossal failure of the US educational system.
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mario59
KSU 05/04/70 RIP never ever forget
10:59 on 22/03/2012
You missed my point by a kilometer and a half. Would you want to broadcast your loved one's lack of common sense?
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Christina Bussmann
Card-carrying, loud-mouth Liberal!
22:11 on 21/03/2012
This has to be the result of a conversation they were already having before he started recording. He wanted to be able to prove to people that they were actually having this conversation and she was saying what she was saying.

It reminds me of the old teaser puzzle that asks, "Which is heavier? A pound of forged steel or a pound of feathers?"
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phal4875
The world is run by cats; we just feed them.
23:23 on 21/03/2012
Believe it or not, I once read that the answer is not that they weigh the same. It was mentioned that metals and something else are weighed using a different definition of the ounce. I would certainly not swear that this is true.
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Max Load
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18:08 on 21/03/2012
If it's not a complete put-on, she will flog him for years for this.