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Why do so many people, particularly younger folk, believe that a narrative answer to any question should begin with the word 'so'? jeopardy interviews...
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bomtr wrote:Why do so many people, particularly younger folk, believe that a narrative answer to any question should begin with the word 'so'? jeopardy interviews...
so I think it's just a way of speaking colloquially.
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bomtr wrote:Why do so many people, particularly younger folk, believe that a narrative answer to any question should begin with the word 'so'? jeopardy interviews...
Could be worse. They could all begin their responses with "Okay";

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hcIioa5fUQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftlycUi6pds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-z2WhPSuGQ
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I know that "Okay, so ..." is also very common.

But, yes, it drives me batty.

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...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.

If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
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And anything is better than saying 'like' every other word.
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Some of you might appreciate this.
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Baseball ticket dynamic pricing can be unintentionally hilarious.

Green Monster tickets for April/May Fenway games went on sale today. Cubs games? $450-650. More expensive than opening day!
Meanwhile, Orioles the day after? $200 at most. (I'm not counting standing room only)

Madness...
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I used to be AWSOP but wanted to be more theatrical.
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2009 J! champ Noam Osband recently found himself in a video on the front page of Reddit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehh8ZdIMMj4
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seaborgium wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:24 am 2009 J! champ Noam Osband recently found himself in a video on the front page of Reddit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehh8ZdIMMj4
I've never rode a bike nor been sympathetic towards cyclists given their general behavior in the Bay Area, but that video was infuriating. All those pedestrians deserve to be run over several times over by hooligan cyclists worse than the Italians in Breaking Away.
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I know that some of you are members of the Only Connect Questions group on Facebook. I put up a sequence that I think you'll enjoy.
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When did this become acceptable as a golf club?!
https://www.rockbottomgolf.com/golf-clu ... ed-putter/

(Meanwhile, TV viewers are allowed, nay, encouraged, to rat out players who misspot a ball by even an inch...get it the hell together, golf.
https://deadspin.com/tv-viewer-snitches ... 1793951326 )
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Volante wrote: Sun Apr 09, 2017 9:40 pm (Meanwhile, TV viewers are allowed, nay, encouraged, to rat out players who misspot a ball by even an inch...get it the hell together, golf.
https://deadspin.com/tv-viewer-snitches ... 1793951326 )
That is something that golf never, EVER should have allowed.
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Congratulations to Todd Gross for his NYT, Thursday, April 27 crossword puzzle. I solve on paper with pen and got burned going for a TV clue with no crosses. You've been warned.

I'll leave the daily post to Rex Parker although it's not hard to predict some of his comments ahead of time. Especially how he'll react to this at 50A:

"Hey, buddy!" (5 letters)

The Thursday trick was easy enough to work out and set up nice hints for all four quadrants.

For those of you that don't see it until the newspaper tomorrow morning or delays in other papers, enjoy it.
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MarkBarrett wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:49 pm Congratulations to Todd Gross for his NYT, Thursday, April 27 crossword puzzle. I solve on paper with pen and got burned going for a TV clue with no crosses. You've been warned.

I'll leave the daily post to Rex Parker although it's not hard to predict some of his comments ahead of time. Especially how he'll react to this at 50A:

"Hey, buddy!" (5 letters)

The Thursday trick was easy enough to work out and set up nice hints for all four quadrants.

For those of you that don't see it until the newspaper tomorrow morning or delays in other papers, enjoy it.
Very creative, Todd, and well-done as always! Damn, I want to write one sometime. Definitely on my to-do list.
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alietr wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:00 am
MarkBarrett wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:49 pm Congratulations to Todd Gross for his NYT, Thursday, April 27 crossword puzzle. I solve on paper with pen and got burned going for a TV clue with no crosses. You've been warned.

I'll leave the daily post to Rex Parker although it's not hard to predict some of his comments ahead of time. Especially how he'll react to this at 50A:

"Hey, buddy!" (5 letters)

The Thursday trick was easy enough to work out and set up nice hints for all four quadrants.

For those of you that don't see it until the newspaper tomorrow morning or delays in other papers, enjoy it.
Very creative, Todd, and well-done as always! Damn, I want to write one sometime. Definitely on my to-do list.
Yup, good one Todd!

I, however, have no desire to write a crossword puzzle. I'll just appreciate others' efforts.
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When I get an email I am more likely to see the subject header before the sender's name.

This one had me do a double take:

Subject: Who is...your Mom?

It was from the jeopardystore advertising things for Mother's Day. Yeah, as if I could order today and have it by Sunday anyway. :roll:
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I was working the crossword puzzle and half listening to WoF when I heard this to make my ears perk up:

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The wrong response shown in the CC and the correct answer would both be considered hoity-toity.
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MarkBarrett wrote: Thu May 11, 2017 10:43 pm I was working the crossword puzzle and half listening to WoF when I heard this to make my ears perk up:

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The wrong response shown in the CC and the correct answer would both be considered hoity-toity.
The correct answer would be ... ?
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dhkendall wrote: Fri May 12, 2017 6:04 pm
The correct answer would be ... ?
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