If at first you don't succeed
try, try and try again

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8347164.stm

and again, and again, and again, and......
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Fri 6 Nov 2009, 18:54, 7 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

An inspiring story, follow your dreams, never say never, etc, etc,
But how do you fail a multiple choice quiz 949 times? She only needed to get 30 right! The odds against this must be enormous!
To put this in perspective...
(Paolo Nutini's Bikini Better than Frederick Fleet's optometrist, Fri 6 Nov 2009, 19:16, Reply)

Probability of passing any given test =
(assuming four answer choices per question and that the lady is employing guesswork)

.25 to the power of 30
x 50! (factorial)
divided by 20!

= about ten trillion scoobies

So there you go.
(raymond "three griddle pans" luxury yacht lovin' the christmas action, Sat 7 Nov 2009, 14:19, Reply)

okay serously, are we supposed to applaud her for being stupid?
because after failing once I would've made sure I fucking studied well hard to make sure I passed the fucker
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 6 Nov 2009, 19:31, Reply)

There's flogging a dead horse
and there's brutally beating its partially decomposed corpse after the glue-boiler has already done his stuff.
( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Fri 6 Nov 2009, 21:36, Reply)

women drivers eh?
Tchah!
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 7 Nov 2009, 5:44, Reply)

Just a thought
But doesn't anyone else think she shouldn't be fucking well allowed to drive?!
(The Apeface Cherub is not a cunty-uber-cunt, Sat 7 Nov 2009, 11:28, Reply)

I think she should be made to take the test again
Just to prove she wasn't lucky last time.
(Paolo Nutini's Bikini Better than Frederick Fleet's optometrist, Sat 7 Nov 2009, 12:27, Reply)