I would love to be on it but for the memory problem but even then I might
risk it but while they may take blind contestants my wheel chair would not
make it to the area and even if it could my legs would not fit. Now since I
have that excuse it is easy to say I would if I could because I know I won't
have to follow through. Sorry if I seemed to push others to do what I know
I cannot be pushed to do. I just feel so many people underestimate their own
talents and knowledge.
for those who want to try let me give you a clue to Shakespeare and other
lit. Don't go by their own definition of their work. The Merchant of Venice
may have been a comedy in his day but anyone who tries to deal with it as a
comedy will fail. But there is one place where we misjudge many writers,
esp. the Bard. For his day he was not an antisemite. That he recognized
Shylock's humanity and the fact that he was wrong first was far beyond the
writers or thinkers of his day. There were not many Jews in England and
after the religious battles of Henry VIII and his children his attitude
toward Shylock was mild. And set at a different time altogether.
Shakespeare questions I have heard so far do not demand too much knowledge
of the language. I have never heard a question requiring the contestent to
know that Hamlet telling Ophelia to "get thee to a nunnery" was essentially
telling her to be a prostitute. After all, this was Protestant England where
the Catholics tried to have Elizabeth murdered and replaced by Mary Queen of
Scots.
Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Monica Willyard" <plumlipstick@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 12:21 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: Jeopardy
I'm with Kellie on this one. My daughter used to suggest that I try out for Jeopardy because I know most of the answers when we watch the program. I wouldn't feel good about being on stage though and would freeze up.
I got in trouble last week when I said that the crocodile hunter guy was knowingly doing something dangerous and died because of it. To me, risk is usually a four-letter word of the unpleasant variety. For me, trying a new dish at a restaurant is adventurous. Watching Fear Factor with my daughter is as risky as I care to get, and I wouldn't even watch that if she didn't want to do it.
Monica Willyard
On Saturday 9/16/2006 09:24 PM, Kellie wrote:Not me--I wouldn't enjoy the attention even if I won. You're talking to the
girl who thought she wanted to be a singer--until she realized she hated
performing publicly. <lol> I can do it, I just hate it. No, I'll wait for
the episode with Brian or Kasondra or Cindy or anyone else from this list.
I'm also not a risk-taker--if I were to play Millionaire I would take what I
had and walk rather than risk everything on an answer I wasn't confident
about. That would make me a pretty boring contestant.
To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
