![]() I’m an idiot, just like the idiots on this week’s “Wheel of Fortune.” But what if it’s not just the four of us? What if the movie “Idiocracy” was a prophecy? What if the entire world is losing neuro power by the year as chemicals seep into the food supply and technology becomes a crutch? What if our brains are devolving?ĭid you watch U.S. I was trying to recall, “aquamarine.” But my brain kept whispering, “Aquaman.” The other night, I was texting with a friend and struggling to think of the word for a green-blue hue. When my daughters ask for help with a homework question - history, geography, chemistry, doesn’t matter - half the time I stammer and defer to Alexa. Now? I can barely calculate a 25 per cent tip on a $145 restaurant bill. I was winning spelling bees and reading Shakespeare. I could climb the multiplication tables well past 50x50, no problem. ![]() When I was kid, I could rattle off all the dinosaurs and world capitals. I think that’s why this “Wheel of Fortune” clip freaked me out. I know I am way dumber now than I used to be. Or as the contestants might guess, an “EPIC PAIL.”Īnd now I’m starting to wonder if there isn’t something to recent studies that found IQ is on the decline across the developed world. Good, because Laura’s next guess would have been: “Another feather in your yap.” Thomas, two turns later, finally solved the puzzle and got viewers to stop screaming at their TVs. Christopher Columbus did not discover America after someone tickled him with a duster. There are no feathers in maps, Laura! Ptolemy did not create a crude global rendering on his pillow. Now the puzzle is one letter closer: “ANOTHER FEATHER *N YO*R *AP.”Įnd this insanity, Laura. She spins, gets $700 and asks for a “P.” Ding. He inexplicably tries to buy a “D.” Sir, when you were a little boy, was there a feather in your dad? What are you thinking here? It was raining mats and logs.īack to Christopher. Suddenly, the Wheel forecast called for WTF. Surely, her synapses are firing and she can see what is obvious to everyone at home. Thomas spins the wheel and goes bankrupt.īack to Laura for her second go. He tried to buy a “G,” presumably assuming this was the well-known phrase, “Another feather in your gag.” She confidently told host Pat Sajak she would like to solve the puzzle: “Another feather in your hat.” Tuesday’s bizarre sequence involved all three contestants and nine turns.įirst up was Laura. Instead, what followed was the weirdest two minutes of “Wheel of Fortune” ever, and I’m including the time a contestant gazed at a partially revealed “Thing” clue - “S*LF-PO*T**T” - and concluded “self-portrait” was actually “self-potato.” I would have expected a third-grader to glance at the screen - “ANOTHER FEATHER *N YO*R *A*” - and blurt out: “Another feather in your cap.” The category was “Phrase.” Only four letters in this five-word puzzle remained hidden. Her job is basically 30 minutes of cardio.īut on an episode this week, Vanna was mostly standing still.Īnd looking vaguely alarmed for the future of humanity. ![]() She stiletto-steps to and fro, turning over illuminated letters, grinning and clapping, tending to the puzzle board with the care Michelangelo would give to a ceiling fresco. The ageless hostess of “Wheel of Fortune” is usually a kinetic blur. I’m surprised Vanna White didn’t lose all feeling in her gams.
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