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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
I'd Like to Buy a Vowel
I don't watch Wheel of Fortune that much, but if I happen to catch it after watching Jeopardy I tend to get so frustrated with the contestants that I want to immediately turn it off. Honestly, I feel like some of the stupidest people are contestants on the show. I know sometimes it takes a few extra letters for people to solve the puzzle, but someone please answer this question for me. Why do contestants waste their prize money buying a vowel ($250) when they clearly already know what the puzzle is? This phenomenon of wasting money never ceases to amaze me.
I mean take the example below (the clue is Around the House).
So Contestant 1 spins the wheel and picks the letter F and the puzzle now looks like this.
SOL_D WOOD COFF_ _ T_ _L _
Are you with me, have you figured out the puzzle yet? Ok, if you have and you just want to get your greedy hands on some more money, then you do what? You would take a chance and spin the wheel again right? Wrong, if you are Contestant 1 you ask to buy a vowel and which vowel would you choose? You choose the "i".
So now the puzzle looks like this:
SOLID WOOD COFF_ _ T_ _L _
Hello, Contestant 1 you obviously knew that word, correct? You just wasted another $250 to complete a word you already knew. But why stop there, go ahead and buy another vowel like the "e".
SOLID WOOD COFFEE T_ _L E
Another $250 so Vanna can buy herself a new evening gown. And then, what does Contestant 1 do? He says, "Pat, I'd like to solve the puzzle."
SOLID WOOD COFFEE TABLE
Awesome Contestant 1! Way to go! You just wasted $500 completing words that you already knew. I mean couldn't you have just solved the puzzle before you wasted the money, or are you as unsure of yourself solving the puzzle as a teenager about to lose their virginity?
The next thing you know you will see Contestant 1 driving down the road with their new Thunderbird with the vanity plate on the front, "BUY VOWL," talking on their Motorola bag phone because they wasted $500 on vowels when they could have spent that on an iphone.
I'd Like to Buy a Vowel
I don't watch Wheel of Fortune that much, but if I happen to catch it after watching Jeopardy I tend to get so frustrated with the contestants that I want to immediately turn it off. Honestly, I feel like some of the stupidest people are contestants on the show. I know sometimes it takes a few extra letters for people to solve the puzzle, but someone please answer this question for me. Why do contestants waste their prize money buying a vowel ($250) when they clearly already know what the puzzle is? This phenomenon of wasting money never ceases to amaze me.
I mean take the example below (the clue is Around the House).
So Contestant 1 spins the wheel and picks the letter F and the puzzle now looks like this.
SOL_D WOOD COFF_ _ T_ _L _
Are you with me, have you figured out the puzzle yet? Ok, if you have and you just want to get your greedy hands on some more money, then you do what? You would take a chance and spin the wheel again right? Wrong, if you are Contestant 1 you ask to buy a vowel and which vowel would you choose? You choose the "i".
So now the puzzle looks like this:
SOLID WOOD COFF_ _ T_ _L _
Hello, Contestant 1 you obviously knew that word, correct? You just wasted another $250 to complete a word you already knew. But why stop there, go ahead and buy another vowel like the "e".
SOLID WOOD COFFEE T_ _L E
Another $250 so Vanna can buy herself a new evening gown. And then, what does Contestant 1 do? He says, "Pat, I'd like to solve the puzzle."
SOLID WOOD COFFEE TABLE
Awesome Contestant 1! Way to go! You just wasted $500 completing words that you already knew. I mean couldn't you have just solved the puzzle before you wasted the money, or are you as unsure of yourself solving the puzzle as a teenager about to lose their virginity?
The next thing you know you will see Contestant 1 driving down the road with their new Thunderbird with the vanity plate on the front, "BUY VOWL," talking on their Motorola bag phone because they wasted $500 on vowels when they could have spent that on an iphone.
Maybe the contestants are told to do that so the slow pokes at home can catch up. Or go nuts and yell at the TV . LOL
Thank you, Niki! You're gonna love it!!
"I'll take the sneakers for $400....and I guess the ceramic beagle for $1100, Pat."
It seemed like everything was WAAAY over priced when the poor contestant got to go shopping.
I checked out a DVD on game show classics. Had an episode of To Tell the Truth, I've Got a Secret, Queen for a Day, can't remember the others. They were fun to watch. I like Match Game too and once in a while hit it on the Game Channel. Mostly I watch TCM and some HGTV and rarely now FoodTV. The rest are DVDs from the library or bought old shows like Remington Steele or The West Wing. I'm sure there are good shows on now--just none I care to watch. :)