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MarleysGh0st
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by MarleysGh0st » Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:11 pm
This column turned up in my Google News alerts for a WWTBAM reference.
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/op ... /12689119/
A bit early for the evening news, I tripped across a program called “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” This surprised me. When I was a kid, back in 1955, there was a program called “The Millionaire,” in which some dude named John Beresford Tipton dropped a mil on some unsuspecting boob.
He was surprised by seeing this show? Not like "is that show still on?" but like he'd never heard of it before?
What rock has he been living under since 1955?

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TheConfessor
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by TheConfessor » Thu Jul 17, 2014 1:36 am
MarleysGh0st wrote:This column turned up in my Google News alerts for a WWTBAM reference.
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/op ... /12689119/
A bit early for the evening news, I tripped across a program called “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” This surprised me. When I was a kid, back in 1955, there was a program called “The Millionaire,” in which some dude named John Beresford Tipton dropped a mil on some unsuspecting boob.
He was surprised by seeing this show? Not like "is that show still on?" but like he'd never heard of it before?
What rock has he been living under since 1955?

A) Plymouth Rock B) Rock of Gibraltar
C) Chris Rock D) Ayers Rock
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earendel
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by earendel » Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:44 am
TheConfessor wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:This column turned up in my Google News alerts for a WWTBAM reference.
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/op ... /12689119/
A bit early for the evening news, I tripped across a program called “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” This surprised me. When I was a kid, back in 1955, there was a program called “The Millionaire,” in which some dude named John Beresford Tipton dropped a mil on some unsuspecting boob.
He was surprised by seeing this show? Not like "is that show still on?" but like he'd never heard of it before?
What rock has he been living under since 1955?

A) Plymouth Rock B) Rock of Gibraltar
C) Chris Rock D) Ayers Rock
I'd like to phone a friend.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
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mrkelley23
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by mrkelley23 » Thu Jul 17, 2014 1:07 pm
earendel wrote:TheConfessor wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:This column turned up in my Google News alerts for a WWTBAM reference.
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/op ... /12689119/
He was surprised by seeing this show? Not like "is that show still on?" but like he'd never heard of it before?
What rock has he been living under since 1955?

A) Plymouth Rock B) Rock of Gibraltar
C) Chris Rock D) Ayers Rock
I'd like to phone a friend.
You may, but if you phone President Obama he will disavow any knowledge of option D)
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman