The Post That Almost Wasn't

[Evil Queen]

You can still do COD?! Really?!? Man, I think America stopped doing that in the early 90s!

[Broomjockey]

Why?

Well, from my experience, most Canadians tend to lose their crap every time Canada's mentioned even peripherally on a US program, and as for people from the US, well, again, Canada isn't mentioned often in American media, so something we bandy about here often showing up on something like Jeopardy is funny. Especially seeing someone pronounce it incorrectly. It's not exactly a great mystery, Ree.

[Red_Dazes]

Ok, seriously, even my cat is smart enough to walk away after experiencing the bitter taste of failure once or twice and I can hear the wind if I hold her head up to my ear.

...As a proud owner of a feline with less brain cells than cantaloupe... this made me giggle so ridiculously that the ferrets actually all woke up to check on my mental status.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Well, from my experience, most Canadians tend to lose their crap every time Canada's mentioned even peripherally on a US program, and as for people from the US, well, again, Canada isn't mentioned often in American media, so something we bandy about here often showing up on something like Jeopardy is funny. Especially seeing someone pronounce it incorrectly. It's not exactly a great mystery, Ree.

Being Canadian, I want to argue against this... but you're right. It's like a romantic teen comedy where the nerdy-but-cute girl who's too uptight/smart/rebelious for dating falls apart when the captain of the football team smiles at her... "Ohmygodhejustlookedatme!!!"

Right. Just a little weird.

SC: “I’m looking for the one and only”

[Ree]

Well, from my experience, most Canadians tend to lose their crap every time Canada's mentioned even peripherally on a US program

Hmmm...I must be an exception, because that stuff doesn't excite me at all. To each their own, I guess. Thanks for clearing that up, then.

It seemed like an odd way to waste an entire night's sleep.

I guess, if we all had the same interests and the same sense of humor, it would be a pretty boring world.

[Jester]

If the caller had not been looking for a woman, I would have said that "the one and only" she was looking for was none other than GK himself. He is, after all, the one and only Gravekeeper.

Perhaps he has a long lost sister that is being trained in the ways of the headset, some day to save the galaxy.....or some such muckety muck.

[Sunflash]

Hmmm...I must be an exception, because that stuff doesn't excite me at all. To each their own, I guess. Thanks for clearing that up, then.

It seemed like an odd way to waste an entire night's sleep.

I guess, if we all had the same interests and the same sense of humor, it would be a pretty boring world.

Sorry for the late reply, I've had a crazy weekend. :X

Alot of my comment was morbid curiosty spiked with sarcasm. I've never HEARD of Nunavut outside of GK's post, so the fact that it was on Jepordey of all things struck me as odd.

And for the record, I didn't ACTUALLY stay up all night looking for it. Hyperbolic sarcasm is a bad habit of mine, sorries. >.>

[Becks]

I’m sure there’s some extraordinary set of circumstances that gives that proclamation some sort of context that would actually make sense.

But that would probably take the fun out of it.

[Andara Bledin]

SC: “THE CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!”

IS A LIE!

Sorry. Couldn't stop myself. >.>

Right, that’s it. I’m not waiting for the appointment. Screw it, I’ll do it myself. How hard can it be? I mean what do you need? A soldering iron and a stapler? Maybe a hand mirror?

And just think of how much you'll save not having them make a house call.

SC: “<SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP>”

Ouch. That was so painful to read that my ears are ringing.

SC: "Yeah, I can't sign into Windows. I forgot my password."

And your solution to this is to place a $700 emergency service call with us? Right-o. Your boss is gonna love you come Monday morning.

Wait, is this the same guy that called over and over again to get help logging into Outlook? Does he still have a job?

The client had to cap COD orders at $1000. Thats how bad it is. I can't imagine what the ratio of unpaid returned merchandise is.

They must get enough people who can scrape the money together to make up for all of the idiots who can't.

^-.-^

[Pagan]

Speaking of Nunavut, (and it just wouldn't be a GK post if Nunavut wasn't mentioned ), just this past week, it was the correct response to a Jeopardy clue.

Yeah, I saw that, too. Started giggling when I heard the clue.

Hmmm...I must be an exception, because that stuff doesn't excite me at all. To each their own, I guess. Thanks for clearing that up, then.

It seemed like an odd way to waste an entire night's sleep.

I guess, if we all had the same interests and the same sense of humor, it would be a pretty boring world.

I think it has to do with the fact that a lot of us have never heard of the place outside of this website. And then you factor in GK's stories. It just makes it amusing that it's the question to an answer on "Jeopardy".

[ArcticChicken]

I am so naming my next throwaway Star Wars character "Tuntess Whrgle"

[SG15Z]

Honestly, GK, I sound like I'm freaking 10 on the phone (my voice hasn't changed in the last 13+ years) but even I know how to place an order!

Do it online!

Your size hasn't either.

[Broomjockey]

Your size hasn't either.

You're doomed. You know that, right?

[Pagan]

Your size hasn't either.

To quote the guy from my new favorite pod cast:

"Oh, shit, it's on."

[Magpie]

Well, from my experience, most Canadians tend to lose their crap every time Canada's mentioned even peripherally on a US program, and as for people from the US, well, again, Canada isn't mentioned often in American media, so something we bandy about here often showing up on something like Jeopardy is funny. Especially seeing someone pronounce it incorrectly. It's not exactly a great mystery, Ree.

I had thought that there was a requirement that every show have at least one Canadiana question. That Trebek required it or something. (I've never been sure if that's true or not).