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TranscriptThe Jeopardy host stands in front of a puzzle that reads: IS THIS YOUR FL_SHLIGHT?

In the lower right hand corner a Picture-in-Picture view shows a contestant tugging at his collar and sweating over how to answer. His score is $10,000

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[–] jonathan7luke@lemmy.zip 57 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 9 points 2 months ago

"People who annoy you"

[–] probable_possum@leminal.space 26 points 2 months ago

Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but every once in a while... it's a dildo. Of course company policy is never to imply ownership in the case of a dildo. We have to use the indefinite article: a dildo, never your dildo.

-- Fight Club

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That is indeed my flushlight!

[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The 'u' is already up there

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

fuck

So it is your fleshlight, then

[–] ddplf@szmer.info 11 points 2 months ago

Is this why we need the Γ¦?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i want to know how he got the question mark up there

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

If there is punctuation in a puzzle it is revealed immediately.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That is simple, Fleshlight is a product and would be an uppercase at the start while flashlight is lowercase at the start ... simple πŸ‘€

[–] Tiral@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Not necessarily. Is fleshlight an actual brand or the general name of the product?Because if there's other brands all labeled as "fleshlight" then it's lower case.

Like dildo is lower case because that's the general name, there's no Dildo brand Dildo as far as I've seen.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

lol I was making a bad joke about how it's all uppercase regardless so my advice is completely useless

you do have a point though ... we take name brands sometimes and put it into our regular lexicon many times I think xerox is a good example as well.

[–] HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Xerox the first aid instructions about putting Vaseline under your Band-Aid and wiping away the excess with a Kleenex before securing with Bubble Wrap. Then you can return to playing Frisbee on your Jet Ski. Remember to bring your Thermos (you can secure it with Velcro and remind yourself with a Post It). Get all the trash to the Dumpster when you're done.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Dude, I didn't realize how many of those were brands ... you blew my mind.

[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

I'll write that down with a Biro.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

On wheel of fortune, all letters are upper case.

[–] Bongles@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

It's a brand.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Makes sense, then you've got me over here saying I need a band-aid and never paying for the name brand... And my spouses family asking for a coke and actually wanting a Sprite.

Slaughtering English is an american passtime

[–] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

what is the problem with saying: is this your flashlight?

[–] bridgeburner@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if joking or u really don't know what the other word is lol

[–] HuePony@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] bridgeburner@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Look up what a flEshlight is

[–] Foxfire@pawb.social 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Is it too late to ask the host if the category is tools, or toys?

[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Toy flashlight, or?

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Um flashlight? That's what Americans call torches, right? Even though they don't flash and are usually a constant beam...

[–] bridgeburner@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

U really don't know the other possibility?

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am aware of it, it isn't something I'd think of without prompting though.... why is it that guy's first thought? πŸ€”

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Why isn't it your first thought??? What is wrong with you?

[–] CannedYeet@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

In the early days of flashlights they would flash them on and off to extend battery life.

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Category: Questions you don't want to be asked after a crunch in the dark

I'd like to buy a vowel

[–] DonkeyStar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

One of those β€œemphasis can be placed on any word” sentences.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Is there enough of an audible difference between flash and flesh?

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago

Here I was about to suggest that there might be a water-saving Welsh toilet product spelled "flwshlight", but they spell "flush" as "fflysi...", (which is basically a borrowing from English with Welsh orthography) so "flwsh" would be highly non-standard (and frankly smacks of a clueless Saxon aping their language... which is fairly apt as it happens, given this comment.)