Jeopardy Diary

[Matty]

I think you are! At what time is the magic happening tomorrow?

 

[Mudcat]

I am here safe in my hotel room in Revere, Mass.

The thing starts at 9 am tomorrow, about 10 miles away in Boston.

Wanna see me list all the presidents in order? Cuz I can.

 

[Matty]

In reverse order?

 

[fiveteamer]

Presidents of Mozambique?

 

[Matty]

Presidents of Mozambique?

No one cares about that ethnic shit.

 

[MonkeyF0cker]

I would really think about morning traffic, Muddy. Get an early start. Boston traffic is horrific.

 

[Mudcat]

In reverse order?

I guess I could do it reverse order too. It would take a little longer but I would get there. SPOILER ALERT - It ends with Washington.

I don't get why I have to do this. They should just cut the crap and put me on the damn show. Don't they know who I am?

 

[Archie]

Muddy, do you have a favorite president fact or favorite obscure president?

 

[Mudcat]

I would really think about morning traffic, Muddy. Get an early start. Boston traffic is horrific.

Yeah I'm getting up early and taking a cab over. I'm not going to fart around with it.

 

[MonkeyF0cker]

Taft getting stuck in the bathtub has to be up there.

 

[Mudcat]

Muddy, do you have a favorite president fact or favorite obscure president?

I like Andrew Johnson, the man who followed Lincoln. Main reason: I know a guy named Andrew Johnson. We went to high school together and partied together a lot and did a lot of sports pools. I am still in contact with him sometimes.

His nickname is Junior.

 

[MonkeyF0cker]

He was a pretty controversial President.

 

[fiveteamer]

Yeah wasn't he the one that invented slavery or someshit?

 

[Mudcat]

In reverse order?

That was interesting. I just looked over at sporcle and they have a quiz about naming the presidents in reverse order. I never noticed that before. I have looked at the regular one quite a few times where it shows the dates of their terms and you can name them in any order.

Anyway, I did them in reverse order in about 2 minutes, only a little longer than it takes me to do them in order.



At the start of this post I said, "That was interesting," but perhaps that was an exaggeration.

 

[Matty]

I can do the alphabet in reverse order, like, very quickly.

 

[MonkeyF0cker]

Fillmore and Pierce are always two that escape me.

 

[Mudcat]

Why did Andrew "Junior" Johnson take over from Lincoln anyway? Generally the vice-president takes over when a president dies in office. And I happen to know Lincoln's VP because he had quite a distinctive name. Hannibal Hamlin.

Why wasn't there a President Hamlin I wonder?

There's something I don't know. Seems like something I could probably look up on the internet though.

 

[Mudcat]

double post - man this connection is horrible