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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.

Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.

The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.

If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Wow.

Today's Wheel of Fortune Bonus Round.

He chose CHD and O. So he had this:

NE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

The first thing he said was "new baby buggy" - and that was it.

A-freaking-mazing.

Labels: entertainment

4 Comments:

At 10:23 AM, March 20, 2014 Mark P had this to say...: It's especially amazing since "new baby buggy" isn't what I would call a familiar saying.
At 12:09 PM, March 20, 2014 Kathie had this to say...: My initial reaction was the same as yours. Then I thought about how I'D have gone about solving the puzzle. First of all, NE_ is most likely NEW. Then I'd start cycling rapidly through the alphabet among the unused letters, starting at the beginning, so I can see how the contestant could've hit upon B-words right away. Still, it was an amazing solve (hope it wasn't rigged).
At 3:07 PM, March 20, 2014 Kathie had this to say...: "Last night’s ‘amazing’ ‘Wheel of Fortune’ guess wasn’t actually that amazing":
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/03/20/last-nights-amazing-wheel-of-fortune-guess-wasnt-actually-that-amazing/?tid=pm_pop
At 6:33 PM, March 20, 2014 The Ridger, FCD had this to say...: Well, sure, it wasn't impossible or a wild guess. But "wasn't actually that amazing" to do it in a few seconds? Yes it was.

Plus - who doesn't know about the used letter board? Sajak mentions it at least three times a week.

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You cannot leave. You cannot drop the armor now. Why? Because you are needed, more than ever. You are mandatory to keep the energy flowing, the karmic vibrator buzzing, to keep the progressive and lucid half of the nation breathing and healthy and awake and ever reaching out to the half that's wallowing in fear and violence and homophobia and sexual dread, hoping to find harmony instead of cacophony, common ground instead of civil war, some sort of a shared love of a country so messy and internationally disrespected and openly confused its own president can't even speak the language.

After all, you don't hand over all your children the first time the flying monkeys bang on your door...

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Wow.

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