Thursday, May 29, 2014 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

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MTGcollegestudent wrote:
Vanya wrote:
opusthepenguin wrote:
MTGcollegestudent wrote:(Sorry guys, but this is one of those "butt frustrated" moments for me)

Seriously...it's aggravating at a point. It's like a ton of bricks fell on the men, AGAIN. :roll:
I know, buddy. Come here. Let me hold you and whisper that you're still special and that superiority is your chromosomal birthright. We'll get through this.
We need MTGcollegestudent as a counter-balance to Arthur Chu.
What's that supposed to mean?! :?
Arthur is a vocal feminist. For whatever reason, some people on this board have the crazy idea that you're not a feminist.
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lieph82 wrote:Arthur is a vocal feminist. For whatever reason, some people on this board have the crazy idea that you're not a feminist.
That's the reason? And here I thought it was because Arthur is an excellent poster.
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Golf wrote:
lieph82 wrote:Arthur is a vocal feminist. For whatever reason, some people on this board have the crazy idea that you're not a feminist.
That's the reason? And here I thought it was because Arthur is an excellent poster.
Then MTG is an excellent counter-balance, non? ;)
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dhkendall wrote:
Golf wrote:
lieph82 wrote:Arthur is a vocal feminist. For whatever reason, some people on this board have the crazy idea that you're not a feminist.
That's the reason? And here I thought it was because Arthur is an excellent poster.
Then MTG is an excellent counter-balance, non? ;)
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MTGcollegestudent wrote:Someone should do this to the other contestants that face Julia to GET THEIR HEAD IN THE GAME! :evil: :
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billy pilgrim wrote:FJ! was easy if you know what a bromeliad is, if not it''s pretty difficult.
Ya THINK!?

This is another example of what I've said all season: the writers have lost the ability to write FJs of appropriate degree of difficulty. It's either "Heck, everybody knows that!" or "WTF?!"

Mark me down as another "never in a million years heard of bromeliad or could make any linguistic connection from that word to anything else." Needless to say no hope on this FJ.

Meanwhile many congrats to the champ.
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jeff6286 wrote:Fruit
It's the only commerciallly important edible fruit of the Bromeliad family.

What is pineapple? Feifei said the quince; Julia said the pear.
Was Feifei's response intended as a shout-out to Gloria Clemente?
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John Boy wrote:
billy pilgrim wrote:FJ! was easy if you know what a bromeliad is, if not it''s pretty difficult.
Ya THINK!?

This is another example of what I've said all season: the writers have lost the ability to write FJs of appropriate degree of difficulty. It's either "Heck, everybody knows that!" or "WTF?!"

Mark me down as another "never in a million years heard of bromeliad or could make any linguistic connection from that word to anything else." Needless to say no hope on this FJ.
I knew it right away because I know what a bromeliad is. However, during the Think Music, I said to myself, "Wait -- I got it because I know what a bromeliad is, but what if you don't know? How is this a gettable FJ? Well, I guess if you thought to yourself, 'Since this fruit is the only one of its family, let me guess what kind of commercially popular fruit is unlike any other. That rules out any berries, any citrus fruits, and any pomes. What other fruits will I find in my local supermarket? Bananas? Well, plaintains are like bananas, and pretty popular. I can't think of anything else that fits but "pineapple".'"

Note that pomes includes both quince and pears, so those are ironically bad guesses because they rule each other out.

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I more or less agree with that reasoning, and some boardies said they got it without knowing "bromeliad" by just thinking "Which fruits are strange?"

However, if you know nothing about the classification of plants, some other fruits that might strike you as "weird" or "strange" might include coconuts, avocados, kiwi fruits, tomatoes, and grapes. (Looking it up, it appears that grapes as well as avocados are counted as berries, but they still might be plausible guesses for people who aren't up on their plants.)
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Rex Kramer wrote: I knew it right away because I know what a bromeliad is. However, during the Think Music, I said to myself, "Wait -- I got it because I know what a bromeliad is, but what if you don't know? How is this a gettable FJ? Well, I guess if you thought to yourself, 'Since this fruit is the only one of its family, let me guess what kind of commercially popular fruit is unlike any other. That rules out any berries, any citrus fruits, and any pomes. What other fruits will I find in my local supermarket? Bananas? Well, plaintains are like bananas, and pretty popular. I can't think of anything else that fits but "pineapple".'"
This is pretty close to my thought process, except I settled on figs.
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No one has mentioned coconuts.
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harrumph wrote:No one has mentioned coconuts.
Yes, they have-
http://www.jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1& ... ts#p119155
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