How did I not know this!???!! Thread

There is an arrow next to the pump on your dashboard that tells you the side of the gas tank.

 

Listening to a podcast today — “Killing Me Softly With His Song” was about the songwriter’s emotion about her seeing Don McLean at a concert.

 

This was a $250,000 question on Who Wants to be a Millionaire about 20 years ago. The guy used his phone-a-friend lifeline and the the guy got it right, but the dude not only didn't listen to his friend, he threw out his own "final answer" and lost, dropping back to $32,000. A friend, for whom I was a phone-a-friend, was next up. He said the guy was catatonic and had to leave on a gurney.

 

So, the guy was eight miles high, and falling fast?

 

My friend who was next in line said he thought the whole thing was staged for dramatic effect, because nobody would do something that stupid. If so, though, Meredith Viera's shocked reaction was well acted. My buddy said he was a little shaken having to follow that and had to blow a lifeline on a pretty easy question early. I won him $32k with my Googled phone-a-friend answer. Never saw a penny in gratitude.

 

Should have made a deal up front for a piece of the action before agreeing to do it.

 

That the letter "Q" is the only one in the alphabet not included in any of the 50 states.

 

Never thought I'd get called. There were five of us standing by, including his brother, who has two Ph.Ds. The show went over before he got into the chair, so three people couldn't get back. When he got in, they ran out of time and it went over a weekend. I wound up as the only one left. Luckily, I got an easy question to Google.

 

It's not Qentucky?

 

I find this fascinating. One freaking tree.

 

I don't know where things stand now, but in the past there have been different stories.

The music business, same as it ever was.

 

old fucker and things that stick in his head

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