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MarleysGh0st
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by MarleysGh0st » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:14 am
I'll be watching
5th Grader tonight, because--well, if I don't post a report about it, who will?
But I do hope that Annie will fill me in on
Greatest American Dog!

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earendel
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by earendel » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:24 am
MarleysGh0st wrote:I'll be watching
5th Grader tonight, because--well, if I don't post a report about it, who will?
But I do hope that Annie will fill me in on
Greatest American Dog!

If you wish, I'll post a AYSTA5G report since I'll be watching it.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
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christie1111
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by christie1111 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:27 am
MarleysGh0st wrote:I'll be watching
5th Grader tonight, because--well, if I don't post a report about it, who will?
But I do hope that Annie will fill me in on
Greatest American Dog!

Ever heard of a VCR? How about DVR?
I don't have Tivo.
and...........
I can't believe you are still watching that show!

"A bed without a quilt is like the sky without stars"
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ulysses5019
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by ulysses5019 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:34 am
I think secretly, Marley wants to be on this show.
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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MarleysGh0st
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by MarleysGh0st » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:34 am
christie1111 wrote: Ever heard of a VCR? How about DVR?
Yes, I've heard of a DVR but I don't have one. I haven't wired up the splitters and whatnot to tape a program on my VCR simultaneously with watching another.
Ear, I appreciate your offer, but there are some things that are too important to delegate to someone else!

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MarleysGh0st
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by MarleysGh0st » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:35 am
ulysses5019 wrote:I think secretly, Marley wants to be on this show.
I don't even have a dog!
Or do you mean the other one?

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by christie1111 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:43 am
MarleysGh0st wrote:ulysses5019 wrote:I think secretly, Marley wants to be on this show.
I don't even have a dog!
Or do you mean the other one?

That cracked me up!

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earendel
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by earendel » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:56 am
ulysses5019 wrote:I think secretly, Marley wants to be on this show.
I openly would like to be on the show. If they come to this area for tryouts, I'll be there.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
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by MarleysGh0st » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:03 am
earendel wrote:ulysses5019 wrote:I think secretly, Marley wants to be on this show.
I openly would like to be on the show. If they come to this area for tryouts, I'll be there.
Of course, I'd like to be on
5th Grader. It'd be an easy $500K, before I recited the requisite "I am not smarter than a 5th Grader" sign-off, along with a disclaimer that not gambling it all on a questions sight-unseen is a perfectly smart decision.
However...
While I continue to hold the tiniest shred of irrational hope that TPTB might some day let me slip into the Hot Seat on WWTBAM, I
know, with the utmost conviction, that they'd never, ever cast me to stand up there with Jeff Foxworthy.
<sigh>
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by Bob Juch » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:25 am
ulysses5019 wrote:I think secretly, Marley wants to be on this show.
Who of us won't win the million on the show?
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Rexer25
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by Rexer25 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:31 am
Bob Juch wrote:ulysses5019 wrote:I think secretly, Marley wants to be on this show.
Who of us won't win the million on the show?
None of us, unless we're independently wealthy. You have to risk $475,000 on a category. I am not prepared to take such a chance.
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!
That'll be $10, please.
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by thguy65 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:33 am
MarleysGh0st wrote:... not gambling it all on a questions sight-unseen is a perfectly smart decision.
Don't knock it until you've tried it.

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MarleysGh0st
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by MarleysGh0st » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:38 am
thguy65 wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:... not gambling it all on a questions sight-unseen is a perfectly smart decision.
Don't knock it until you've tried it.

We've discussed risk toleration many time, usually when I'm ranting about some SyndieBAM contestant who has walked on a 50/50 in the middle tier. If your level of risk toleration is high enough to put $475K against any undisclosed, obscure factoid they might dig out of any 5th grade textbook, good for you!
As for me...just talk TAYSTA5GPTB into giving me the chance and we'll see.

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by ulysses5019 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:45 am
thguy65 wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:... not gambling it all on a questions sight-unseen is a perfectly smart decision.
Don't knock it until you've tried it.

I tried it.
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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by peacock2121 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:47 am
ulysses5019 wrote:thguy65 wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:... not gambling it all on a questions sight-unseen is a perfectly smart decision.
Don't knock it until you've tried it.

I tried it.
Did you like it?
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earendel
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by earendel » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:48 am
MarleysGh0st wrote:thguy65 wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:... not gambling it all on a questions sight-unseen is a perfectly smart decision.
Don't knock it until you've tried it.

We've discussed risk toleration many time, usually when I'm ranting about some SyndieBAM contestant who has walked on a 50/50 in the middle tier. If your level of risk toleration is high enough to put $475K against any undisclosed, obscure factoid they might dig out of any 5th grade textbook, good for you!
As for me...just talk TAYSTA5GPTB into giving me the chance and we'll see.

I'm with you, Marley. I'd take the $500K and be happy to say "I am not smarter than a 5th grader".
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
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by mntetn » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:17 pm
Rexer25 wrote:You have to risk $475,000 on a category. I am not prepared to take such a chance.
If it was math, I'd do it. Otherwise ... no.