Technology being what it is ... perhaps this is on the horizon? Our 5 yr. old big screen came with not one but TWO remotes. Apparently TVs are now so complicated that one just won't do - horrors!
What am I carrying on about? Jeopardy contestants, that's who.
Alex is a delight with a gentle, kind sense of humor, never putting a contestant down. He's not the problem. The contestant that nearly makes my hair spontaneously explode in flames are the women - and it's always women -- who have this extremely annoying speech tick.
They drop the "ed" at the end of a word. Example, "Alex, I'll wager four hundr-ED" - dropping the ED in tone. It sounds snotty (and is) studied, artificial and phony as hell. Clearly it drives me crazy. Short trip, I know.
There's one competing now and every night I root for her to lose and ignobly at that. "Bet it all, bi ITCH! and loos-EH"
The studied, dilletantish, languid, superior tone is enough to make me subscribe to a research fund for "real interaction with your TV." I'll buy the first prototype that works! Inventors - call me!
UPDATE
Hah! She lost last night which is just as well. Richie doesn't like it when the "Jeopardy" theme starts playing and I start growling like a Rottweiler.
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