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WoF Seven Swans

#1 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:36 pm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/2 ... 40428.html

Still trying to figure this one out
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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#2 Post by Beebs52 » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:39 pm

Whew. Did not lose my mind again yet.

She got screwed. A lot of peeps say the "ing" sound like an "eeng" sound, however, she could have been pronouncing it very precisely with a very short i sound and the g falling closely behind. She was precise in her letter requests during gameplay, so she got hosed.
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#3 Post by JoeBobBillyWayneTucker » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:42 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/2 ... 40428.html

Still trying to figure this one out

What in tarnation!?!?!?

That thar soljer got jiptid!!!!
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#4 Post by earendel » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:44 pm

Who ended up winning the game? If it was Renee then the only quibble would be the amount of money. If it was Amy then that's a different story. However I can't fault the WoF people - the same thing would have happened on J!
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#5 Post by Beebs52 » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:44 pm

JoeBobBillyWayneTucker wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/2 ... 40428.html

Still trying to figure this one out

What in tarnation!?!?!?

That thar soljer got jiptid!!!!
JoeBobBillyWayne, you are such a pretty man. I'm in lurve.
Well, then
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#6 Post by littlebeast13 » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:47 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
JoeBobBillyWayneTucker wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/2 ... 40428.html

Still trying to figure this one out

What in tarnation!?!?!?

That thar soljer got jiptid!!!!
JoeBobBillyWayne, you are such a pretty man. I'm in lurve.

It must be the wardrobe malfunction peeking out of those overalls....

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#7 Post by Beebs52 » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:48 pm

earendel wrote:Who ended up winning the game? If it was Renee then the only quibble would be the amount of money. If it was Amy then that's a different story. However I can't fault the WoF people - the same thing would have happened on J!
I can't be certain from the clip that she didn't say the g. That was my point.
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#8 Post by earendel » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:49 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
earendel wrote:Who ended up winning the game? If it was Renee then the only quibble would be the amount of money. If it was Amy then that's a different story. However I can't fault the WoF people - the same thing would have happened on J!
I can't be certain from the clip that she didn't say the g. That was my point.
I didn't hear the "g". And I think Renee understood what happened, although I don't think she liked the decision.
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#9 Post by Beebs52 » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:51 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:
JoeBobBillyWayneTucker wrote:

What in tarnation!?!?!?

That thar soljer got jiptid!!!!
JoeBobBillyWayne, you are such a pretty man. I'm in lurve.

It must be the wardrobe malfunction peeking out of those overalls....

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#10 Post by zachhoran1 » Sat Dec 22, 2012 2:23 pm

On Friday 12/21's episode, a contestant won $69300 in the maingame, without winning the bonus round, a new maingame record.
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#11 Post by jarnon » Sat Dec 22, 2012 7:25 pm

ABC World News just had a good story about this fiasco:



Here's a video of the WoF round:


JoeBobBillyWayneTucker wrote:What in tarnation!?!?!?

That thar soljer got jiptid!!!!
She's a sailor, ya varmint!
earendel wrote:Who ended up winning the game? If it was Renee then the only quibble would be the amount of money. If it was Amy then that's a different story. However I can't fault the WoF people - the same thing would have happened on J!
Amy went on to win $45,000 in cash and prizes, including a Jeep Cherokee and a trip to Hawaii. This happens on J! all the time, but I've never seen it on WoF.
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#12 Post by jarnon » Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:55 pm

Renee is the third contestant in the last week (after Andy Pickens and Kristina White-Chagani on Millionaire) to be ensnared by seemingly easy questions about Xmas song lyrics.
TPTB wrote:Let's throw in some questions about Xmas songs, on shows that will air right before Xmas. That should put the viewers in the holiday spirit!
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#13 Post by ontellen » Sun Dec 23, 2012 1:44 pm

I just watched this on my PVR last night and the minute she said it, I knew she was toast. The G was up there and she didn't say it.
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#14 Post by ne1410s » Sun Dec 23, 2012 6:12 pm

"Midwesterners have no use for an ending "g".

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#15 Post by jarnon » Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:34 pm

It happened again! And this time, the contestant lost a chance at a million bucks!



Julian Batts, an Indiana University freshman, was lucky when the wheel landed on the tiny $1M wedge, and he was able to solve the puzzle: MYTHOLOGICAL HERO ACHILLES. But he lost his chance for big money when he mispronounced Achilles.

After a cool million slipped through his fingers, you know Julian wasn't a-chillin'.
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#16 Post by littlebeast13 » Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:51 pm

jarnon wrote:It happened again! And this time, the contestant lost a chance at a million bucks!



Julian Batts, an Indiana University freshman, was lucky when the wheel landed on the tiny $1M wedge, and he was able to solve the puzzle: MYTHOLOGICAL HERO ACHILLES. But he lost his chance for big money when he mispronounced Achilles.

After a cool million slipped through his fingers, you know Julian wasn't a-chillin'.

Pernunciation is my achilles heel....

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#17 Post by ten96lt » Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:56 pm

Should I comment on this one? lol
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