Hello hello,
I watched Jeopardy! today and man, I like that show, but parts of it just make me laugh. Alex Trebek came out at the start today and his first comment was how he was the only person onstage whose last name didn't end in the letter L. See, now why do people act like Jeopardy is for smart people when the main topic of discussion is the fact that all the contestants' last names end in the letter L?
See, that's my other problem with Jeopardy! (you can't forget the exclamation mark after it!), how it's supposed to be for really smart people, but it's totally not. Like, they throw in that ridiculous thing about phrasing everything in the form of a question, but who actually forms questions that way! I'm not a smart guy (or handsome, well-spoken, nice smelling.. the list goes on), but when someone asked me "Who is Barney Miller?" I don't say "Abe Vigoda's short-lived series Fish was a spinoff of this sitcom!". (By the way, the fact I used a Barney Miller spinoff as my example for a Jeopardy! question insteaed of some bit of Greek mythology should show you exactly how bad I would be on Jeopardy!).
Anyway, so yeah, I guess my point is, if you want to have some cheap fun, whenever someone asks you a question, phrase your answer like a Jeopardy! clue. Examples:
someone: "Bash and Pop, who are they?"
me: "This band from the mid 90s was formed by the bass player from the Replacements and released only one full album"
someone: "what is that stain on your shirt?"
me: "this icing was left by one of the many cupcakes Andrew ate today"
Okay, I can't really come up with very good examples, but you get my general drift eh?
Okay, in other news, I ate a lot of cupcakes lately, but maybe you guessed that. I'm going to watch tv now and possibly eat one or more cookies - I'll keep you updated!
01:38:05 - 2001-01-26