Final Jeopardy
Make sure you final answer is in the form of a question.29 total reviews
Comment from John Ciarmello
Ha! Terry, you are something else! This is hysterical. I love reading your work early as it gives my day a happy kick in the nonmotivational ass, lol. Thanks for sharing, it was brilliant! Best, JohnC
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Ha! Terry, you are something else! This is hysterical. I love reading your work early as it gives my day a happy kick in the nonmotivational ass, lol. Thanks for sharing, it was brilliant! Best, JohnC
Comment Written 09-Oct-2022
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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LOL, John, I am happy to give the Story of the Month Winner, a kick in the ass! Thank you for reading. Terry.
Comment from Wendy G
Very different and the ending took me by surprise - didn't see it coming. It's a thought-provoking piece, even though it also has humour. Many think about scoring points with God. He doesn't test us though, fortunately, and give us points or a ranking He simply recognised the problem, provided a solution, and offered it freely to all who were willing to accept it. Well written and engaging story.
Wendy
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Very different and the ending took me by surprise - didn't see it coming. It's a thought-provoking piece, even though it also has humour. Many think about scoring points with God. He doesn't test us though, fortunately, and give us points or a ranking He simply recognised the problem, provided a solution, and offered it freely to all who were willing to accept it. Well written and engaging story.
Wendy
Comment Written 09-Oct-2022
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Wendy, thank you for reading and your insightful review. Terry.
Comment from Wayne Fowler
Great concept. I'll bet it'll have readers thinking and wondering all day.
Very well written, too.
A nice final touch might have been for Kevin's wife to have dropped some sort of hint that could be taken either way - "paradise is this way", "Don't forget your book, Paradise Lost", or ...
Best wishes.
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Great concept. I'll bet it'll have readers thinking and wondering all day.
Very well written, too.
A nice final touch might have been for Kevin's wife to have dropped some sort of hint that could be taken either way - "paradise is this way", "Don't forget your book, Paradise Lost", or ...
Best wishes.
Comment Written 09-Oct-2022
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Wayne, thank you for reading and your review. I did toy a bit with the ending. I thought maybe having St. Peter and Gabriel talk about what it was like now that Alex showed up, but I decided against it. I like your idea. Terry.
Comment from karenina
I swear, Terry, you have that rare ability to take an ostensibly silly idea and present it with BOTH humor and serious morality (not to mention MORTALITY) undertones!
Admittedly I love Jeopardy...not nearly as much as when Alex was hosting, but I digress...
(As long as I'm degressing, props to Ken Jenning! Bialik annoys me...)
Where was I!
Phone a friend?
Nope...
Oh!
Right!
I fell hook line and sinker for the ending!
This NDE was a Near Dream Experience!
In case your muse takes a nap here's a prompt for you:
Write a short story about....
(wait for it......)
Strawberry paper Shoes!
Ready?
GO!
(SMILE)
Karenina
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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I swear, Terry, you have that rare ability to take an ostensibly silly idea and present it with BOTH humor and serious morality (not to mention MORTALITY) undertones!
Admittedly I love Jeopardy...not nearly as much as when Alex was hosting, but I digress...
(As long as I'm degressing, props to Ken Jenning! Bialik annoys me...)
Where was I!
Phone a friend?
Nope...
Oh!
Right!
I fell hook line and sinker for the ending!
This NDE was a Near Dream Experience!
In case your muse takes a nap here's a prompt for you:
Write a short story about....
(wait for it......)
Strawberry paper Shoes!
Ready?
GO!
(SMILE)
Karenina
Comment Written 09-Oct-2022
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Strawberry paper Shoes...umm. Thank you for reading and your review. Terry.
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That was a "prompt" I was given Freshman year of college ...
By my Speech Professor.
I had to "riff" a five minute speech from that.
(Clearly I never forgot the experience!)
:)
Comment from nomi338
Wow! What a way to have a near death experience. After you change your soiled underwear, you can begin giving thanks that it was a near death experience and not the real thing. The next step is to prepare to live the rest of your life in such that a win is assured.. This was a good fun read.
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Wow! What a way to have a near death experience. After you change your soiled underwear, you can begin giving thanks that it was a near death experience and not the real thing. The next step is to prepare to live the rest of your life in such that a win is assured.. This was a good fun read.
Comment Written 09-Oct-2022
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Nomi, thank you for the review and reading my story. Terry.
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Hey listen, it should be clear by now I do not intend to miss anything that you post.
Comment from Jay Squires
Terry, you have a quality I would love to have. I swear, you can take any subject and make a dang good story out of it. Your stories are entertaining, and like this one, has subtext that lingers in the mind after the story is over. I'm thinking of Barney, the dog, and the protag's business partner. You are indeed an asset to FanStory.
Jay
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Terry, you have a quality I would love to have. I swear, you can take any subject and make a dang good story out of it. Your stories are entertaining, and like this one, has subtext that lingers in the mind after the story is over. I'm thinking of Barney, the dog, and the protag's business partner. You are indeed an asset to FanStory.
Jay
Comment Written 08-Oct-2022
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Jay, thank you for the wonderful review. I am delighted you found it entertaining. Terry.
Comment from Debi Pick Marquette
Oh. Boy, I fell for this one completely. I didn't see that ending coming and yet your story gave me lots to think about. As I read this, I had some flashbacks of my own. Things I know I've been forgiven for, but still they happened. This was the spookiest jeopardy game I ever heard of, yet since Alex died of the same thing my mom did, and she was such a big fan of the show they are maybe playing a Heavenly version right now. And she is saying to him, I always wanted to meet you, but it's not such a big deal now after meeting God! .Lol! This may have been a little spooky, but fun at the same time, and very clever and I loved the ending!
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Oh. Boy, I fell for this one completely. I didn't see that ending coming and yet your story gave me lots to think about. As I read this, I had some flashbacks of my own. Things I know I've been forgiven for, but still they happened. This was the spookiest jeopardy game I ever heard of, yet since Alex died of the same thing my mom did, and she was such a big fan of the show they are maybe playing a Heavenly version right now. And she is saying to him, I always wanted to meet you, but it's not such a big deal now after meeting God! .Lol! This may have been a little spooky, but fun at the same time, and very clever and I loved the ending!
Comment Written 08-Oct-2022
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Debi, thank you for the generous six stars! I appreciate you reading my story and very pleased you found it entertaining. Terry.
Comment from lyenochka
Lol! That's cute! And I liked the mixing up with Jeopardy plus the lifelines. At first, after Jacob was introduced, I wondered if there would be a ghost of Christmas past and future, too. I liked the considerations of scorekeeping in the game of life. Thank the Lord that Jesus won it for us so we don't have to worry about our score staying on the positive side!
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reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Lol! That's cute! And I liked the mixing up with Jeopardy plus the lifelines. At first, after Jacob was introduced, I wondered if there would be a ghost of Christmas past and future, too. I liked the considerations of scorekeeping in the game of life. Thank the Lord that Jesus won it for us so we don't have to worry about our score staying on the positive side!
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Comment Written 08-Oct-2022
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Helen, thank you for reading my story and its fictional look at Jeopardy and life. Terry.
Comment from Teri7
This is a very interesting and well written post about Final Jeopardy. You used very good descriptive words and very good imagery with your words. I enjoyed reading and reviewing this. Teri
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This is a very interesting and well written post about Final Jeopardy. You used very good descriptive words and very good imagery with your words. I enjoyed reading and reviewing this. Teri
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Comment Written 08-Oct-2022
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2022
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Teri, thank you for reading and for reviewing my story. Terry.