Responses in the form of a Trina Rap.
Liquid responses.
Responses shouted from the sideline of a child’s travel soccer game.
Soliloquies.
Reponses that include a SASE.
Responses in the transcendental form.
Scantrons filled out in pen.
Responses spanning the range of the dramatic form.
Camouflage responses in the form of whatever they're sitting on.
Poses.
British responses in the sixth form preparing to take their A-levels.
Responses in Colorforms.
Vlogs.
Responses that had a funny thing happen to them on the way to the form.
Vegetarian responses in the form of a hotdog.
Smoke Signals.
All responses written into the first three boxes of IRS form 1040.
Original songs.
Responses in the form of light.
Adapted screenplays.
Responses in the non-material abstract form.
Responses in letters cut of out magazines.
Punches.
Any excess carbohydrate responses stored in the form of a polysaccharide.
Responses in the form of a loaded question.
Liturgical chants.
Anything written on a “How I Met Your Mother” message board.
Responses in the form of a loaded baked potato.
Melted chocolate responses poured into a form.
Responses that transform from a 1984 Freightliner Semi into a fighting robot.
Gaseous responses.
Silence.
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Responses in the form of a Relationshape
@@serenityfound Responses in the form of comments about how you don't "get Relationshapes and they really aren't that funny and why do they run them every week anyhow? I mean, I just don't get it, you guys."
@melis Responses in the form of comments wanting to like them because everyone else seems to, but feel like they're missing something.
@melis @ilikemints I...actually feel exactly the same way about Relationshapes. It was the first thing that came into my head for some reason, though.
@@serenityfound Oh dear, then you're EXACTLY THE TYPE OF PERSON I WAS MOCKING MERCILESSLY.
@melis *should have an excuse for failing to see that mockery but has none*
@melis Just out of curiosity, do you ever mock someone mercifully?
@@serenityfound Do you like Edward Gorey, and particularly his cartoons (? series? idk) that are like, twenty panels of people making comments about umbrellas, or the like? Because I love those things and think they are perfectly absurd, but I definitely understand why some people wouldn't; and I also thought relationshapes was the most hilarious thing I've ever seen (it was the first thing I read on the hairpin!) and I posted it on my facebook and no one said anything and I think it made them uncomfortable.
@@LaLoba I do enjoy Gorey, actually! And there are some Relationshapes that I find funny, but, as a whole, they just...don't do it for me.
@@serenityfound That's... how I feel about this article, actually.
How about mumbles under my breath from my couch, then after the answer is given, shouts of "I SAID THAT!"
Responses in the form of a Friday Bargin Bin.
Answers in the form of a love potion slipped to Alex Trebek during a commercial break.
@leastimportantperson Responses in the form of writing "answers in the form of" for some reason :(
Responses in the form of vague passive-aggressive facebook status updates.
Responses from Sean Connery in the form of something about doing stuff to Trebek's mother.
This is off topic, but there is one thing that always bothered me about Jeopardy. The premise is that you are given the answer and guess the question. But if you really did ask the question, the answer would not make sense in most cases, or the question would be nonsense as a question.
@graffin Oh, DITTO. In order for it to work correctly, the answers should really be one-word answers, like "sheep." And then contestants would have to guess the actual question based on the category. So "where does wool come from?" would be an appropriate question for a category titled "fabrics and fibers" or "barnyard animals," but not for "cooking" or "1960s children's programs."
@Xanthophyllippa And then maybe a jury (or the audience, I suppose) gets to vote on the best one? Like that one party game whose name I don't know. I WOULD WATCH THIS SO HARD.
@Achyvi Apples to Apples?
My brother was on Jeopardy! He lost. He said Trebek really likes beavers (!?)...or maybe it was otters?
@allofthecrafts HA! The revelation that Trebek likes beavers is no revelation at all! Ka-WINK!
@tortietabbie But maybe he's into otters and a big ol' gay scandal is just waiting to happen? There's a lot going on here.
@allofthecrafts Well, Trebek IS Canadian, and we know how much those Canadians chase beaver...
Responses in the form of a vague sense of mustache nostalgia.
@elephony Fact: My first self-made AIM buddy icon (c. 2003) was a closeup of Alex Trebek's mustache.
"Scantrons filled out in pen"
I literally shuddered. It's been almost four years since I've filled out a Scantron and I can't believe I had such a visceral reaction to the idea of filling one out in pen.
Preteen love poetry in the form of a music video:
http://www.youtu.be/2LIbkYdkZI