JEOPARDY: a daily reminder that I’ve reached a perfect balance of genius and idiot
Dear Canada, (hang with me, I promise there’s a connection)
Here is a comprehensive list of everything I know about you: snow, French, expensive, Niagra Falls, hockey, bacon, useless coins, syrup, Eskimos, eh? Pathetic, I know. So when I was watching Jeopardy—one of my summer obsessions—I got slapped twice with the dumb stick in response to this question in the category Canadian Provinces: The answer is an unscrambled version of IN A ROOT. I shouted out “Toronto!”–the only Canadian place I know.
Yep, to the list of subjects that are NI (Needing Improvement for those of you who forgot what report cards were like before A’s and F’s), go ahead and add Spelling. I think it falls right under Geography. Not only are there a few letters difference between Ontario—the correct answer—and Toronto, but Toronto is not a province. It’s a city. Humbling, eh?
O Canada! O Canada! I’m not worthy to share a border with you,
Ignorant American
