It’s not too difficult to spell “AARP” — pretty intuitive, in fact — but an Arlington senior citizen proved he had more mental fiber than a bowl of bran cereal.

Michael Petrina, 66, took second place in AARP’s national spelling bee in Cheyenne, Wyo., losing out in the 39th round to a 58-year-old psychologist from Georgia, the AP reports.

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