HissyFit

Seven digits are sufficient if I'm calling a number with the same area code, even if the actual phone is a cell phone in another state. I'm sure that won't last. Decades ago, when our small state went from one area code to three, there was a one-year grace period during which numbers "worked" with either their old or their new area codes. One day I took a call at work from an out-of-state business rep who needed our fax number. I recited it, using the new area code. She was silent for a beat, then asked, "Your fax machine has a different area code than this number we're talking on?" "Oh, yeah," I told her. "It's waaaaaayyyy down the hall."

I'm lousy at European history but quite good with colors. So ... French blue, Prussian blue, got it!

A recurring pet peeve just raised its noisy head. Apparently somebody in my normally quiet neighborhood secured a hefty supply of 4th of July fireworks today. Yes, they're illegal in the city limits. Yes, some were set off tonight. Yes, I'm anticipating eight nights of this.

The contestant who missed out on that extra $600 was Grace. I was surprised she wasn't reminded that she could wager up to $1,000.

Bwaaahahaha!!!

If that's the case, I stand corrected. I didn't hear the extra N, only the different pronunciation of the last syllable by Buzzy. Thanks, @ams1001.

Totally agree on Palatine. Veronica didn't add a syllable or a letter. Given the spelling, how would a book-learner know whether the last syllable should rhyme with Valentine or quarantine?

And his fabulous voice! I'd buy an audiobook of the property tax rolls if Sam Elliott narrated it.

I wish he had mentioned "higgledy-piggledy." ( @dankesean probably does, as well.) It was one of the many silly-sounding words my grandmother delighted in using. Until I was grown, I mistakenly thought she made them up to make me laugh.

My answer in the "Come hell or high ..." category to the clue "Like pell-mell, it's a hyphenated rhyming term for confusion" was "higgledy-piggledy." What say ye, forum judges?

The name Christiaan Barnard would not come to me, but I did know immediately that the doctor's name had an unusual spelling with "aa" somewhere. I wish phrenology could explain my brain's filing system.

My peeve today: People who respond to questions on product reviews when they have nothing of value to contribute. I was looking for a treadmill mat to protect my carpet. Because I have to click to expand a topic to get all the answers, then click back (on a slow device), I wasted time on these and other gems: Will this mat stain my carpet? "I don't know, I use mine on a concrete garage floor." "Probably not, but I've only had it a week." "It's called a 'treadmill mat,' so it shouldn't." "Ours is from a different manufacturer, but we haven't had a problem." "Hasn't stained our wood laminate." "Bought a yoga mat from this brand last year. Love it!" and "Not knowing what color your carpet is, I couldn't say."

Even when a person's last name is accepted as correct, I like that Aaron usually gives the first name in his response. Another opportunity to learn.

Since J! is recorded so far in advance, there should be time to edit and correct the closed captions. Some are really cringeworthy, but any errors are embarrassing on a show of this caliber.

He didn't. I was curious, too.

Why??? It seems that half of the channels on my cable lineup are sports channels that I do not watch. So why can't one or 37 of THOSE channels carry the March Madness tournament instead of pre-empting Jeopardy!?

Whoo-hoo! Shout out to @Bastet, who "appeared" on Jeopardy! today! And I was pleased to learn the origin of your name. ETA: $2,000 clue in Crass Warfare: Legend says the Battle of Pelusium ended badly for this army, freaked out by their cat goddess Bastet painted on their foes' shields

Turner Classic Movies recently featured several 1940s movies starring actor Dennis Morgan. Except for the hairstyle, he looked very much like a 1980s Alex Trebek.

Modern potatoes are bred to be fairly uniform in size and shape. Good for cooking but boring as cheap toy bodies. Decades ago, my brother and I would fight over misshapen spuds that would make unusual characters. I remember a particularly gnarly favorite we played with until it began to sprout. Usually, before they were that far gone, they were boiled, chunked, and fed to the dogs. No waste.

It's pastry chef Duff Goldman. He's on the Food network a lot.

I was pleased, too, that Ken explained that difference rather than merely saying, "You left off the 'the'."

Jeopardy! pre-empted. Not on any other channel available to me. But that's OK. I can watch the hunky firemen. The steam coming from my ears has set off the smoke alarm.

What if her first answer had been correct and then she replaced it with an incorrect one? Has that ever happened?

My local station aired J! at the regular time. I think maybe they were responding to bomb threats if J! had been pre-empted. No, I didn't make them. Honest.

Peeve: The Weather Channel's "Local on the 8s" is now the "Local on the 8s Maybe." And I don't consider the tiny crawl info across the bottom of the screen to be an acceptable substitute. It's far too small for someone who doesn't have (or want) a TV the size of an aircraft carrier.