After suffering the recent and oh-so-painful humiliation of discovering that my pop culture prowess has lost its prow (ouch) you can imagine my joy when I tuned into Jeopardy this afternoon to see that it was Teen Week. I actually said to Ron, "Oh, goody. We'll know most of the answers." Alas. More agony of defeat was imminent, I just didn't know it yet. Yes, we knew a majority of the answers. I got all of the Presidential Library questions right. I did not know that Grover Cleveland had a secret operation to remove part of his jaw because of cancer. Seriously, show of hands - how many people knew that? Well, the freshman from St. Louis Park, Minnesota knew it. And a whole bunch more. But the girl in the middle that we didn't like knew it all. That's why we didn't like her. She, however, did not know that another word for a throng of people that's also a type of infatuation was "crush." I did know that answer. She lost $4,000 on that one (a daily double). And she blew the Final Jeopardy question. The answer was "What is a panda" and she answered, "What is a black panda." Too much information, Meryl. It cost her some money, but she still won.
I'll watch again tomorrow, of course, hoping to boost my ego and beat Ron to the punch. The thing about Jeopardy is that a lot of the times they give huge clues to the answer. Like last week there was a question about the philosopher whose theories included the idea that all diseases were not divine (or something like that; don't quote me). "Who is Hippocrates." The big clue: diseases. If you look at the key words (and dates) a lot of times you'll be able to figure it out.
Our sweet friends, Tom and Leah, came over tonight. They brought their beautiful babies, Wyatt and Cassidy, with them. We spent the evening on the porch, laughing, solving the worlds problems and giving Tyler advice about his upcoming departure to college. It was one of those evenings that ended up with Ron and I doing the dishes and reflecting, again, that life doesn't get any better than this. Word.
5 comments:
word, mamma!
this one really cracked me up. "more agony of defeat was imminent, i just didn't know it yet." WELCOME TO MY WORLD!
i think the only categories i beat kate to the punch during the world series of pop culture was cult movies and the lyrics of songs. "she had dumps like a truck, truck, truck."
you kids and the music you listen to!
you're the best, janet. your home and your company are two of the best things in the city. thank you! and the next time you're thinking about aspen leaves give me a call.
i knew that grover cleavland had a secret operation! thanks travel channel. they have the tumor in the mutter museum in philly
Mutter, as in, "Why in heavens name would anyone want to see that?"
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