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The Rubberband Man by The Spinners!

That reminds me: As a life-long resident of Illinois, did any of us know this state had a holiday in honor of Pres. Reagan? No? Me neither. I do know the East-West Tollway was renamed in his honor. Maybe because I can see it from my house.

WEEK 23 — TWO asterisks 111. Primetime TV. “Complications” was a suggested title for this ABC drama that was renewed for a 15th season in 2018. 112. Islands. 650 miles off the U.S., it was the site of a 1609 shipwreck of colonists bound for Jamestown that may have inspired “The Tempest.” * 113. Poets. He gave his pets names like Wiscus, Pettipaws, George Pushdragon & Jellylorum, the last of which he used in a poem. * 114. Colorful Geography. Named for a soldier killed in 1846 at the start of a war, it was in the news again as a port of entry to the U.S. in 2018. * 115. 19th Century Inventors. He spent his life improving a plant-based substance he described as a “vegetable leather” or “elastic metal.”

Is Trebek the only human in the United States who has never heard of nor knows how to pronounce Livonia, that city in Michigan? Good god, I couldn't even recognize what city he was talking about until the player said it correctly. What, he doesn't proofread his cards before he reads them? Or does he think everything should be pronounced with some weird inflection? Never mind. I answered my own questions.

I immediately thought of Carver, then immediately thought NO! The vulcanized rubber guy. Vulcan = Spock. NO! Rubber = city in Ohio = Akron. No, that's not a guy's name. Who invented vulcanized rubber ... Too late, time's up. Never in a zillion years would I have come up with Goodyear, which makes me feel better. This from TheJeopardyFan.com: As best as I can tell, Eric is the 7th straight 4-time champion to lose in going for win #5. Also, as best as I can tell, Eric is the 9th person since Austin Rogers’ run to win on Monday through Thursday, and then lose on Friday. Today was one of those games where the strategy leaves you scratching your head a bit. But the winner is the one with the most amount of money at the end, and that’s all that matters.

LOL! I want to be part of your family. Good for them! *drink* Well, maybe make that a SOFT drink kind of drink. This made me laugh, so thanks for that. There is a rumor that some want to build a wall around New Jersey, so it might have been accepted.

Happy End of Summer, @Browncoat!

Here is a little something I found for @Browncoat and anyone else who wants to take a cyber trip south. WAY south.

If he didn't have a mouth IRL, we'd have to cancel the "STFU Trebek" drinking game. And I'd be okay with that.

That would be cool, but there have been so many of them. We'd have to go back ages to get all The Cursed Ones included. Although I'd guess many of The Wise Ones here could help recall most of them. Maybe start with poor Opportunity?

I do pay attention and have not heard Brownsville in the news at all. Going back a few days, learning Bermuda is in the middle of the Atlantic all by itself was news to me. I always "ass"umed it was down there with Jamaica and the Bahamas. So where is the Bermuda triangle? That's what Inquiring Minds really want to know.

Holy cow, @teebax, with the show taking care of you that way and the PAs loving you, you are already a winner IMO. That's remarkable luck that you got in the tournament. Just getting an expenses-paid trip to LA (and per diem!) is golden. Becoming the Jeopardy Teachers Tournament Champ is just icing. Oh, wait, am I jumping too far ahead? I don't think so! I know you will rock it, girlfriend. Is your mom or partner going with? If one of those people were me, you wouldn't be able to pry me away from going with. TOO EXCITING FOR WORDS! Heck, I don't live anywhere near you and wish I could go with. (Lucky for you I won't though.) p.s. You are going to be so famous in your town and school. And what's up with your jerk-face student who wanted you to tank? I hope he is allowed to watch your episodes from detention.

Many times it's there the same day. I always catch missed episodes via YouTube.

I have no problem admitting that's exactly what I thought as well. Add the Mars rover Opportunity to the list of victims dead from the Jeopardy Curse. RIP Opportunity, 2/13/19. I couldn't come up with FJ for the life of me, even after the answer was revealed. All I could think of was Nogales, where I crossed into Mexico, except that's not a color. However, it would work if the clue referenced edible cacti. I also thought Tijuana/San Diego but knew that was wrong, too. So ... I got nothin'. I usually do not agree with other posters who think a player looks like someone famous, but now all I see is Fred Willard as the champ. Long may Mr. Willard reign!

Sorry, that was no Airstream. Airstreams are bullet shaped and made of riveted aluminum, shiny, no square corners. They've been built the same way since 1936. Here is Nicky's trailer: Here is a 1960s Airstream, outside and inside (round!): Nicky's trailer is more like this vintage one below. There are dozens of models like this. None of them look anything close to an Airstream. I'm thinking the shrubbery around the back of Nicky's trailer hides the back of the trailer being gone so they can easily film inside. Like when Kevin replaces the ceiling tile on the FLAT ceiling!

Hey @teebax, here's a Two-Guns Teebax logo for you: And for the rest of yous guys, here's a Happy Valentine's Day treat from our favorite game-show host. Wait ... I guess Pat Sajak wasn't available. So you get this instead. Better than a box of chocolates, right?

I think that qualifies as part of the "STFU Trebek" drinking game, so go ahead and chug. Since "gob" is mouth, what is the root of one of my favorite words (and @Clanstarling's too) -- gobsmacked? I picked it up from reading Scottish newspapers.

No, just trying to lay some guilt on name snarkers. Still, it COULD be true. Just sayin'. I'd say she explained quite well why the cruise sucked. Yeay! All our rooting for you did not jinx you ... yet, anyway. May you get all your favorite categories. Many will be education based I am guessing. Can't wait! Let us know your wardrobe choices. Be sure to bring enough clothes for a week so you don't have to run out between tapings and buy something. Like a big, gigantic pendant necklace. I think those are being sold out of the back of a van in the studio parking lot. Be sure to write TARA with a big heart drawn over it as a shout out to us so we know which Tara is you. (Because I doubt the black, gay, left-handedness will be enough.) I dare anyone here to make fun of THAT. Meanwhile: To me a goblet is made of metal, not glass. So no way would I have gotten that TS even with the picture. Harry Potter's Goblet of Fire would have broken immediately if it were made of glass.

@opus, will you accept this rose? Oh wait ... wrong thread. Never mind.

I really need to open that bottle of wine or one of those Leinenkugel's that have been sitting here for two years ... If you had posted that link yesterday, I would have gotten FJ today.

I tried to click a Like AND a Laugh at this but this site will not allow me to do both. So I'll do it here. *heart* Ha ha ha ha, good one. Consider this: He put the smiley dot on his i as a tribute to and to say "Hi" to his younger sister who is in hospice and not expected to live much beyond his stint on Jeopardy. He only appeared on the show because she insisted he go and not give up his chance because of her. Feel guilty yet? Well yeah, if I were writing for a sailing magazine and had done that article, FJ would have been a no-brainer for me, too. I'll be back at ya when FJ is about dog shows or antique tractors since I write articles for those magazines. IEWYKI. Everyone here who knows Eliot had cats as pets raise their hand ... *crickets* Yeah, that's what I thought. Because of the weird FJ names I immediately thought of Rabbie Burns, but the names were not weird enough. So I went with the guy who wrote Jabberwocky and settled on Lewis. Feel free to point and laugh because Lewis wasn't a poet either. I've never seen Cats and wouldn't have remembered the cats' names if I had, so the same-named felines mean nothing to me. You got it, Babe! Meanwhile, Trebek hijacks an interesting personal story about geocaching (which is quite fun) and takes all the time to tell us his kids use the GPS app on their phones. Like that's some big huge discovery equal to life was just discovered on Mars. WTH Trebek, even I know cars and phones can give spoken driving directions, they've been doing it for maybe a decade now, dumbass.

It was the airport where they left their warp-speed time-travel machine. Not to nit pick but you mean Griffin Dunne. I am guessing, however, you were a fan of Power, Privilege, and Justice. As am I! In my mind that bottle Nicky took out of the fridge and shook was a beer, then he remembered being told Kevin is an alcoholic so put it back out of respect to Kevin. BUT! Do people shake beer in a bottle before opening? I didn't think so but what do I know.

Same here. The Nicky story actually rings true, or at least true in the world I live in. I'd like to see more Nicky/Kevin and WAY less Kate. Change that to NO KATE. Or Toby. Randall can pop in every once in a while. You know, when he isn't busy saving the world. As for touring your old house, sometimes memories are better kept as they are than destroyed by what's new. But I still say it should be YOUR childhood home you are visiting, not some rando house built years later on the burned-out lot.

Yes, that is true. But what if your house burned down and was no longer there, yet you still had to go into the house that was built on that site and had nothing whatsoever to do with you or your family? Even Randall said that, the house was gone but the yard and neighborhood were still there, and that's why they were going, to "tour" the neighborhood. Then all of a sudden that house was "the Pearson house" and it never burned down? And they HAD to be let in? I didn't get it. I wish the family had said, "But we build this house 10 years ago, no one else has ever lived here but us. So ... WTH? Get lost, creeps!"

I think that's a good point. Because I can't imagine that if he started drinking he would have stopped and left some in the bottle. Sort of like can you eat just one potato chip or one M+M if no one is there and you are crazy starving for junk food/chocolate? I like the idea that he imagined drinking it, which accounts for no whiskey smell on him or drunken behavior/speech. I hope you are right!