If you’ve ever watched the Australian classic, The Castle, you may recall the son, Dale Kerrigan, is super stoked with having a dug a hole.

“Dale dug a hole”, says proud as punch dad Darryl, and everyone nods in approval of this immense achievement.

That’s basically what’s happening across the pond in the US at present, as President Donald Trump cannot stop talking about how he aced his cognitive test by remembering five words in a row.

Good on ya, Donnie, but here’s the thing – the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test, which is the test he took, is supposed to be easy, and rather than measure intelligence, it is a way to look for signs of cognitive impairment.

On Sunday, during an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News, Trump spoke about the test.

Watch from the 20-second mark below:

Following that interview airing, Trump was widely ridiculed, but he tweeted anyway:

Here’s the thing – given that Trump spends most of his day watching cable news, or golfing, in what his handlers dub ‘Executive Time’, you know he saw people mocking that interview.

So what does he do during an interview with Fox News’ Dr Marc Siegel? He starts talking about the cognitive test again, but now he’s really going into detail.

“Person, woman, man, camera, TV” – what next, ‘I love lamp‘?

Off we go:

Oh my god. pic.twitter.com/hP3h20Oxuc

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 23, 2020

You can see the full clip here.

Dr Marc Siegel, frozen on the spot, with his inside voice screaming ‘Donald, please, stop talking about the test’.

More than 140 000 Americans have died from COVID-19, but sure, the test.

You can take it yourself here, but let’s hear from the inventor of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test, Dr Ziad Nasreddine, via the Huffington Post:

“This is not an IQ test or the level of how a person is extremely skilled or not,” Nasreddine explained. “The test is supposed to help physicians detect early signs of Alzheimer’s, and it became very popular because it was a short test and very sensitive for early impairment.”

The mind boggles.

Were there jokes? Yes, many, with these tweets from a list compiled by Mashable:

Person, woman, man, camera, TV is Daft Punk’s unreleased fourth verse on Harder Better Faster Stronger

— Aaron (@BobbyBigWheel) July 23, 2020

Four score and seven years ago, person, woman, man, camera, TV.

— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) July 23, 2020

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. In that order. pic.twitter.com/wrADJQc148

— ElElegante101 (@skolanach) July 23, 2020

Let’s stop there.

Person, woman, man, camera… TV!

Go me.

[sources:huffpost&mashable]