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Quickies: Gay Bar• In legal news, the Philadelphia Bar Association has come out against the PIMP Act — that’s the “Pennsylvania Marriage Protection Act” — which would ban same-sex marriages in the commonwealth. Good for them. It’s hard out here for a PIMP Act, &c. [KYW 1060] • So why did the cops shut down a party at Transit two hours early? Nobody seems to know. [fiftyone:fiftyone] • The New York Sun — kind of the Evening Bulletin of New York — reports that Scooter Libby testified President Bush okayed a leak to the New York Times, putting Bush directly in the chain of events that led to the leaking of Valerie Plame’s name. Like, whoa. [Gawker (the Sun website is down)] • Can someone (seriously) explain this anti-Jeopardy! piece? I’m totally baffled. [Early Word] • In honor of Jimmy Rollins’ 38-game hitting streak, here’s a statheaded look at both his and Joe DiMaggio’s streaks. Very good piece. [Sportszilla] • City Council President Anna Verna is the first person to get angry at Rick Mariano! Of course, she’s just mad that he sent a letter home saying his office would be “fully staffed.” Guess the councilwoman doesn’t want people to know that you can do her job from prison. [KYW 1060] |
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Anna Verna, City Council, Jeopardy!, Jimmy Rollins, Phillies, PIMP Act, Police, President Bush, Quickies, Rick Mariano, Transit
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I… I just can’t get my head around that Jeopardy thing. Are they mad at the format? Just now? With the show having been around for 42 years?
And “Price Is Right,” why do you have people guessing how much ketchup costs when in real-life no one would actually try to guess that?
And “Wheel of Fortune,” nobody spells their words out-of-order like that. C’mon.
Now, did anyone catch the editoral in the Inquirer about ultra-sexist catchphrase “Git-R-Done”?
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/14256078.htm
Makes the Jeopardy thing look downright logical.
If we’re talking about baffling commentaries, then let’s talk about Steven Well’s mini-tirade against NPR in this week’s PW.
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=11900
If you don’t feel like reading it, I’ll paraphrase it here:
“WHYY really sucks, except for the show’s that I really like… so actually, it doesn’t suck.”
What’s the point?
uh-oh. didn’t mean to be baffling with that Jeopardy! piece. Here’s my point: Those things Jeopardy calls “answers” often aren’t real answers to any question. Nobody would answer “What is a peanut?” with “Former President Jimmy Carter, winner of a Nobel peace prize, raised this subterranean legume.” Yet that’s what Jeopardy! does. Not knocking the show; just thought this observation might amuse. Thought flipping the situation using a grammar school would make the point better than saying it straight out. Guess I was wrong. I’ll take a crack at improving it later. Thanks for the feedback.