Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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This was the painting used for the Orient Express:
https://www.art.com/products/p560887003 ... n-1883.htm
...still not sure how we're supposed to get from A to B on that one.

Also skunked on the final...knew I should know it but couldn't process it. *sigh emoji*
CyrusChan wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 10:12 pm I tried to search, "Achilles" on J archive, but was re-routed to a google search of it and j-archive.

Is that happening for anyone else? I thought the search pulled up tags/words
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This was likely the best set of boards for me in a long time. Part of that is due to categories like The Trojan War, Science and Museums for Foodies that are firmly in my wheelhouse. FJ was also an Instaget as Johnny Mercer is Pavlovian for Moon River. The TOM of Holly Golightly just cemented it.
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CyrusChan wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 10:12 pm I tried to search, "Achilles" on J archive, but was re-routed to a google search of it and j-archive.

Is that happening for anyone else? I thought the search pulled up tags/words
Yeah. It's been that way for weeks. Don't know what's up with that.
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Woof wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 10:30 pm
MarkBarrett wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 2:49 pm Guess what day it is: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7360

Where did the writers come with DJ!0? Curious if LSV knows what seems to me a $4000 clue.
Instaget for me. Both Steller’s Jays and Sea Cows are known to me.
I have no idea what the notation "DJ!0?" means, but if it's that clue it was an instant for me, too, Would have gotten it if either just the jay or just the sea cow were referenced.

Nice of the show to throw a bone to the octogenarians with that FJ clue. :D
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BigDaddyMatty wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 10:55 pm
CyrusChan wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 10:12 pm I tried to search, "Achilles" on J archive, but was re-routed to a google search of it and j-archive.

Is that happening for anyone else? I thought the search pulled up tags/words
Yeah. It's been that way for weeks. Don't know what's up with that.
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This Is Kirk! wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 11:06 pm I have no idea what the notation "DJ!0?" means...
(Typo: DJ10 ... MarkB just held shift down one extra key on accident)
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Volante wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 11:11 pm
BigDaddyMatty wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 10:55 pm
CyrusChan wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 10:12 pm I tried to search, "Achilles" on J archive, but was re-routed to a google search of it and j-archive.

Is that happening for anyone else? I thought the search pulled up tags/words
Yeah. It's been that way for weeks. Don't know what's up with that.
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This Is Kirk! wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 11:06 pm I have no idea what the notation "DJ!0?" means...
(Typo: DJ10 ... MarkB just held shift down one extra key on accident)
OK, I've never even seen that notation used here before, but at least that makes sense. Thanks.

I'd prefer spreadsheet notation, making it DJ B5 but that's coming from a poor sap who has to use Excel more or less daily. :)
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This Is Kirk! wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 11:14 pm
Volante wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 11:11 pm
(Typo: DJ10 ... MarkB just held shift down one extra key on accident)
OK, I've never even seen that notation used here before, but at least that makes sense. Thanks.
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opusthepenguin wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 11:47 pm
This Is Kirk! wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 11:14 pm
Volante wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 11:11 pm
(Typo: DJ10 ... MarkB just held shift down one extra key on accident)
OK, I've never even seen that notation used here before, but at least that makes sense. Thanks.
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Today was PB&J on Wonder Bread for lunch as soon as I completed the post with the game link indicating the ep. was archived. No surprise I did DJ!0 instead of DJ10. I'm glad many of you knew what I meant.
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opusthepenguin wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 11:47 pm
This Is Kirk! wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 11:14 pm
Volante wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 11:11 pm
(Typo: DJ10 ... MarkB just held shift down one extra key on accident)
OK, I've never even seen that notation used here before, but at least that makes sense. Thanks.
You don't vote in the Fourth Podium polls?
Huh, I do but I guess I'd never noticed that notation used. :shock:
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36 right.

Lach Trash: Edam & Gouda, St. Vincent

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I had a couple of stumbling blocks that almost kept me from the correct response.

1. I thought BaT was later, closer to mid 60s.
2. I had it in my head Moon River was an older song, no idea it was original to the movie.

However, the Holly TOM screamed WECIB and won out in the end. 8-)
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Musical interlude:
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Mayim asking Adriana what it was like growing up in Texas reminded me of this:



No guess on FJ.

Mayim said this was the longest run since Mattea? So in the seven games since she lost, this is our first three day champ? Wow.
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Woof wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 10:30 pm
MarkBarrett wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 2:49 pm Guess what day it is: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7360

Where did the writers come with DJ!0? Curious if LSV knows what seems to me a $4000 clue.
Instaget for me. Both Steller’s Jays and Sea Cows are known to me.
Likewise... well, maybe not insta-, but before she finished reading.
Can we get this one polled?

No need to poll this, but I figured out what MB was trying to type too.

TBH, I remember "Moon River" more from a Frank Jacobs parody in MAD Magazine, "Chopped Liver," which began:
Chopped liver
Onions on the side
My social life has died from you

My friends shun me
They outrun me
The smell of my breath is slow death, sad but true
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twelvefootboy wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 10:05 pm
I have fact checked this the best I can, and my replay shows our Neuroscientist host pronouncing philanges as "philanjiz".

I had no path to the FJ. I transposed Johnny Mercer with Johnny Mathis and guessed "Chances are".
Mayim others herself with her pronunciations, e.g. singer.

Here is a handy tip sheet for distinguishing the two Johnnys:

Mercer - singer-songwriter
Mathis - singer

Mercer - southerner
Marhis - westerner

Mercer - dead
Mathis - living

Mercer - white
Mathis - black

Mercer - straight
Mathis - gay

Mercer - alcoholic
Mathis - temperate

Mathis - sang "The Shadow of Your Smile"
Mercer - thought it was about a lady with a mustache
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floridagator wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 5:22 pm
twelvefootboy wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 10:05 pm
I have fact checked this the best I can, and my replay shows our Neuroscientist host pronouncing philanges as "philanjiz".

I had no path to the FJ. I transposed Johnny Mercer with Johnny Mathis and guessed "Chances are".
Mayim others herself with her pronunciations, e.g. singer.

Here is a handy tip sheet for distinguishing the two Johnnys:

Mercer - singer-songwriter
Mathis - singer

Mercer - southerner
Marhis - westerner

Mercer - dead
Mathis - living

Mercer - white
Mathis - black

Mercer - straight
Mathis - gay

Mercer - alcoholic
Mathis - temperate

Mathis - sang "The Shadow of Your Smile"
Mercer - thought it was about a lady with a mustache
Hmm, never knew Johnny Mathis is gay. But I guess since he’s probably over 80 he must’ve had to hide it most of his life.

Far more interesting facts about Mathis: he was a near Olympic level high jumper and has scored nine holes in one. Also he is a songwriter in addition to being a singer. He’s even in the songwriter HOF.
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I also thought "WILD swing in FJ difficulty from Tu. to Wed." Which was a most pleasant surprise.

Had no clue on Tuesday and thought I would be standing-and-staring on Oscar songs as well. But Moon River was complete instaget.

Wow. I got and Oscar song FJ. What next? Get a rap FJ right? Naaaahhhh.
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I thought it was interesting that the TV COMEDIES BY SIBLINGS clue about Malcolm in the Middle used the last name Wilkerson; the family's last name was never mentioned in the show's dialogue. Linwood Boomer created them with the last name Wilkerson (the original pilot script had a scene where a kid asks Malcolm his last name, and is confused when Malcolm replies "Wilkerson," because from hearing his parents talk about Malcolm's family, he understood them to be the "Pariahs"), but decided not to use it on the show (although it does appear on oldest brother Francis's military school ID badge in the pilot). Some promos and DVD material used Wilkerson anyway.
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BobF wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 5:48 pm
Far more interesting facts about Mathis: he was a near Olympic level high jumper and has scored nine holes in one. Also he is a songwriter in addition to being a singer. He’s even in the songwriter HOF.
Mathis is not a songwriter. He was recognized by the Songwriters' Hall of Fame as a hit making recording artist.
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floridagator wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 5:22 pm
Mayim others herself with her pronunciations, e.g. singer.
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