Current Jeopardy Champ John Presloid

A true DLer would never agree that that is true, on principle.

Being from Ohio is not an excuse for that haircut

“Perrysburg.” Even the town he’s from sounds gay.

Golden Girls fanatics are all gay? if that were true, my massive Barbie doll collection would probably indicate I'm gay too. WRONG, I'm straight, as an arrow!

He sounds like a homo.

She’s adorable.

Is he the one starting all the Golden Girls threads?

I’d blow both.

It's not so unusual.

As soon as the show ended, Frank Orlando was all over him. Keep it zipped Frank. We saw him first.

Perhaps a Dataloungers great grand child. Much too young to be a Datalounger.

Hr looks like he's gonna fly away any second.

"I'll take Cookie Aromas for $500, Alex."

Smart bottoms are so hot.

He wins big again Friday despite missing FJ. Nobody remembers poor Regis. Sad.

LOL I randomly watched Jeopardy tonight, saw him and thought he was cute.

Though he had this nervous tick that made it look like he was jerking off.

The other male contestant was cute, too.

What is cummi?

What is the Verrazano Narrows?

What is a foot candle?

What is the Theodosian Code?

He looks like he’s a first rate cocksucker.

I’ll let you know tomorrow.

Presloid kids can grow up to be quite violent.

sniff sniff

I’m proud to take Cows for $300.

[QUOTE]Smart bottoms are so hot.

Sometimes. More often they’re just incredibly obnoxious.

If only you could see what he looks like 'behind' the podium..

Another big day for John today

His winnings total up to 65 K

so is R15 John Presloid? i mean who else but him would know the outcome of Fridays show beforehand?

John is a power bottom.

I think he's cute as hell, and it looks like he's hiding a nice body under those dress shirts and sweaters.

He was pinging for me during his first appearance on the show, but his gayness was pretty much confirmed for me on the second show when he admitted he was a Golden Girls super fan.

I love him and want him to keep winning!

Lifesaver?

Major gay face, but still a total cutie:

Johnny was a l'il chub in his school days:

Is there anywhere I can watch Jeopardy online?

Is he of the homosex persuasion?

R31 You can find the current episodes on YouTube.

Thank you, r33.

Check John out a the :39 mark.

You are too kind, r35.

John sounds kind of like Ed Burns, without the Long Island accent. His Twitter page gives his gayitude away. If I hadn't seen that, I could have gone either way. The Tintin haircut is, of course, one in our favor.

Oh honey, as soon as Alex mentioned The Golden Girls, John was outted. There was no going back.

John just mentioned this thread on Twitter! We adore you, John!

Yes! Well, if John knows Datalounge, I think we have confirmation, kids!

Now that we know John's watching this thread, I'd like to ask him to remove his shirt during his next Jeopardy appearance.

John can be our new Dylan Geick, only not a used-up whore.

Did Trebek mention he was once on an episode of the GG ?

R42 Yes; in fact, he asked John that same question on the last episode, and John said he actually watched that episode on his flight out to tape Jeopardy.

And the categories for this more difficult round of play are:

Structural Engineering

Photometry

Roman Law

Systems of Nonuniform Motion

Electromagnetic Phenomena, and finally,

Gum.

Rose, once again you get to select first.

I think I have all the evidence I need to make an informed opinion, thank you.

So John, are you a bottom?

If John is reading this thread: Good luck! You might be the best thing to come from DL.

John has risen from the tawdry slums of Datalounge to make something of himself.

The DL loves you John!

He’s no Bonnie Franklin.

Yet!

I’m not seeing cute at all - he looks Appalachian to me.

Haven't any of you notice the wedding ring?

R53, bottoms can be married nowadays.

He has made my list of top three sexiest Jeopardy! contestants: Alex Jacob, Buzzy Cohen and now John Presloid.

I wish he'd press his loid against me.

R55, what about Tom the Bartender?

"Don't you.... forget about me!"

R58, damn, that was fine. I kept that episode on my DVR for months.

Here's another hottie!

Thanks for the link, r38.

Our boy is versatile! (If I read emojis correctly.)

I think you do, r62.

This is fun!

and Hello to John.

He’s gay for days.

What is he replying to in saying married but not dead? I know people were asking if he's married (at least in the Jeopardy thread they were assuming you a woman!) but what's the not dead part. Does it involve Frank? Lol. That he still likes to have fun?

Very smart. Sorry he didn't know me.

Did he hook up with the other cute guy that was on with him the other night?

R67, he addresses that on his Twitter feed.

Doable

[quote]Did he hook up with the other cute guy that was on with him the other night?

We can only guess (or, should I say, fantasize). . .

R37 Oh honey, he was outed the minute he looked into the camera.

He should do a chaturbate session. Pretty please?

R71 right he has the face where you think, that’s a gay on sight.

Not so much the face as the faces he makes. At the end of Friday's ep, he turned to the woman and did a whew with his tongue sticking out. Definitely homoseshual.

his guns and his skin tight vneck sweater confirmed his preference. very cute.

" Preference," Mr. Pence?

Long may he wave!

Love this guy so much!

He’s married to a guy named Chad R53

Sounds like Chad is a lucky guy.

"I'll take 'Methods of Anal Lubrication' for$400, Alex."

I would dry hump his leg.

He’llbe forgotten as soon as he loses.

"What was the hurricane episode, Alex?"

John’s mad that no one is talking about him anymore.

He's very cute. Bottom boy does good.

R83 Speak for yourself bitch! There will always be a place in my heart for sweet, beautiful John.

Our John knew the Madonna "Like a Virgin" answer!

I LOVE John... seems so sweet and hot as hell!!! yummmmmmy!!

He is def a bottom.

"My husband would kill me Alex."

Not after another big win tonight John.

[R90] Per Twitter he's vers

He just said his husband would kill him if he did a true daily double

He did a true daily double R93. Alex wanted him to do a second one betting 27K. He declined but got the answer correct.

Oh John, dear John, John, John. How you do mess with me.

John, you're adorable!

John is so cute. I love him. All the good ones are taken.

Yes, he did make the husband comment...BUT HORRORS...he missed the Final Jeopardy (but still won the game) category of Broadway Musicals! Ohio...

I seriously might be in love with John 😍

I know, MARY!

r88 Jeopardy gives each contestant a packet of answers and questions to memorize...

Anyone who knows John IRL is lucky to have a good guy in their circle! Wish I was one of them.

Nice body, boring Instagram. Wonder what his husband looks like.

Oh wait, this looks like his husband

[Quote] Anyone who knows John IRL is lucky to have a good guy in their circle! Wish I was one of them.

I want to know John in real life. And biblically.

r76.

you made me laugh

So does he stump for Trump???

You fraus would lose your curlers.

Well isn’t he from Ohio? Screams repub.

His husband must be a nice guy as Johnny boy all but confirmed he had some after show fun with another cute contestant from last week.

R108, I suspect he was joking.

Interview

John is as hot as hell.

r108, where did you read that?

Also, we're assuming that because he's married to a man that he's gay, but he may be bisexual.

Lol. The eye rolls will give it away. Every time.

His sticking out his tongue thing is annoying. He does that alot.

His Twitter, R112.

R107 Scroll through his Twitter .... he's definitely not a repub.

R112 I think R108 was talking about one of John's tweets, which you can see at R70.

R114 as long as he knows what to do with it, I'm good.

r116, thanks for the info.

I don't read anything into his statement. He's clearly very light-hearted and jokey on his twitter.

He's from Northern Ohio, which is solid blue. The redneck farmers and Cincinnatians give the state the red hue.

I was joking too, r109

I'm sure the tongue thing is a signal to the hubby. You know, like Carol Burnett's ear tug.

Yes, probably. He mocks Trump and Caitlyn Jenner.

And he follows “Best of Grindr” on Instagram.

Broadway Musicals for Final? So I'm guessing Rupaul's Drag Race or Housewives tomorrow?

After the Daily Double, he needs to try a Daily Double Penetration.

Get your hankies ready boys................

Don't be quite so narcissistic, John 126

I missed the Broadway Musicals question, too. Now I can't remember what it was.

Thanks for your research, John.

The answer was Jersey Boys R128

Thanks, r130. I'm not surprised I didn't remember, r130. Jersey Boys hardly counts as a musical.

Do you remember what the answer was?

He's extremely cute and obviously very intelligent. Perfect BF material. Where can I meet a guy like him to date? I don't find quality, relationship-minded guys like him on grindr or in the bars.

R131. "Premiering in 2005, its story is divided into spring, summer, fall & winter, each narrated by one of the 4 male leads"

He's so clean cut looking. No visible tattoos or piercings. He would have been a winner in my generation. I no longer become sexually aroused by anyone, but he sure reminds me of the olden days of my youth.

R134. Yes, absolutely. A good, christian boy we can bring home to mother!

You can tell he's a good person because his Instagram isn't just pictures of himself.

Thanks, r133. I had no idea. The Four Seasons made music in my childhood. I wouldn't have thought of them as a musical if I had sat there all night.

[quote]You can tell he's a good person because his Instagram isn't just pictures of himself.

What the fuck does that mean?

[quote]Perfect BF material.

Except for the fact he has a husband.

John looks like he gives a fantastic blowjob,

How do I get John to be my friend? I guess he's right there on Twitter so nothing stopping me from contacting him, but it's never that simple.

He's a cutie pie. His husband is sure one lucky fella.

He was inspired by Louis Virtel to go on the show

Where are the nudes?

JP, are you a self-described "lurker" because you are new here and aren't able to post yet? That will resolve itself in a few days as long as you keep checking the site routinely. However if you choose not to post, then I'm sure you have a reason. Respect.

Hopefully you don't mind that I'm putting your tweet here for those on the thread who aren't Twitter-capable.

For r92 John confirms that he both catches and pitches.

For r106 & r107 He somewhat emphatically denies Trump support or Republican affiliations.

For r112 He confirms he is not a switch-hitter. Gay all the way I would say.

For r113 & r114 John acknowledges the eye rolls and tongue sticking out happen a lot.

For r117 & r140 He playfully confirms that he doesn't get many complaints in that department.

For r125 He also playfully.... well... not sure about that one.

For r143 He clarifies that Louis (who famously gave a big finger snap while he was on Jeopardy) inspired him to casually mention having a husband during the episode - not that Louis was his inspiration to go on the show.

DL can be a really rough place, but I think the guys that read a Jeopardy thread are less likely to be rude. But even if they got out of hand, you seem like the kind of guy that could roll with it and not be too bothered.

Either way, I think it's great to know that you are at least reading what we have to say about you.

John my friend, any time the posts get especially nasty, just know those self-same posters could never in a million years be at your level. Now smile and say cheese.

He's equally cute/hot. Seems to be indeally bottom boyfriend material.

The top of John's hair looked a little bit shorter last night - less Tin-Tin like.

Not that it matters. He looks hot either way.

Is this the first time in Jeopardy history we have confirmation of a gay contestant’s sexual position (versatile) while his episodes are still airing?

Poor John got bitch slapped on Jeopardy tonight. Oh, dear Johnny. That nasty dyke can't hurt you! Come over to daddy and let me comfort, poor thing.

Damn smart lesbian! At least John got 'Cabaret' correct. He would have been run off the gay internet in shame if he missed that question.

I don't understand why he didn't bet big, he's not risk averse and seems like the kind of guy who would know comics decently, even if the question wasn't uncharacteristically easy as it was (I guess after two episodes in a row of everyone missing the final they went with an easy one).

I suppose he was conservatively banking on his opponent getting it wrong, at which point he would automatically win if he got it right. Didn't count on such an easy question. He's not a conservative player though, that true daily double yesterday. I don't get it!

Alternatively, if he had bet almost everything he would have won, because she strangely bet big but not big enough to assure victory. It's much easier to analyze when you see how it plays out, do many moving parts to it all.

Go soft butch smartie!!

She sure had that swagger thing down pat.

Filthy Dyke!

Fuck that stinking dyke. Sorry John. Stay on DL and post cock pix. Thanks.

John didn’t seem sure of himself on Cabaret. Tell us you’ve seen it, John!

We'll always have the memories of his arms in those tight shirts.

Our boy was low energy today. Seemed to be over it.

Don’t they record episodes back to back over a couple of days? Maybe he was tired of standing there answering dumb questions?

They film multiple shows in one day.

Soft butch???

Seemed like he wasn't really trying, letting easy questions go by without trying to answer. Maybe he was ready to go home.

JOhn had a great run and earned a nice chunk of change.

I am glad that at least he lost to a fellow LGBTQ member, keeping it in the family as it were.

I'm sure neither of them is BTQ.

I blame his husband, who apparently warned him not to bet too extravagantly.

In mourning today 😞

There's always YouTube.

R167 and John’s twitter and Instagram accounts!

Sorry he's gone but happy he's replaced by a lesbian

R169 Replaced with a lesbian? You can never replace a versatile gay with a lesbian. Oh, Mary!

He’ll be forgotten a less than a week.

Who will, r171?

He found us

Well, he had a hot ass, but he had to lose sometime.

Another gay man who plays video games and isn't repulsive?

Okay, so which one of you is Shane Sparks?

How do we know the new champ is a lesbian? I didn't hear her talk about anything personal.

^^^^^ Oh dear. For the same reasons we pegged John. If it quacks and all. It's probably why John threw the game - to toss the crown to a sister and keep the momentum going.

The lesbian is strong with this one.

[quote]How do we know the new champ is a lesbian?

Because some of us have eyes.

[quote]How do we know the new champ is a lesbian?

[quote]Because some of us have eyes.

Yes, the eyes have it! Here's Haley Zapal photo.

If the eyes didn't, the haircut sure did

Haley after winning last night.

I could see her topping our boy. They could Jeopardy fuck to a sploogy final!

R183 Oh wow. Rebel Wilson finally lost the weight.

Seriously...nobody knew who Elsie the cow works for? Lucerne???? Are you kidding me?

First John, then Haley, now the champ’s rainbow sweater, the gayness lives on!

Why did Alex say "boo hiss" when the male contestant missed FJ. Was he rooting for the male to win?

R181 That's some major cane face.

Haley seems to have checked out for most of the game. She was thinking of her upcoming soccer match maybe.

You guys said he is married, but he posted on Instagram that “while I still have my 13 seconds of fame, I guess I gotta #ShootMyShot right? @guskenworthy call me!

R191 He mentioned his husband to Alex on one of his episodes.

R192 But he is publicly begging Gus Kenworthy for dick...

I would be a jealous hubby fo sho

The regular non-John Presloid Jeopardy! discussion is over here...

Wait, why does this guy need two threads?

John's as gay as a picnic basket.

R197 is an imposter, the real Sophia would have called him a “fancy man”.

R191 John's a whore dear.

R191 John has a sense of humor, which you clearly don’t!

R200 The SLUT!!!

[quote]He’ll be forgotten a less than a week.

Damn right.

No one will remember him in a week.

With his newfound fame, John is going to leave his husband for Gus Kenworthy!

John's a downgrade from Matthew Wilkas though

He tried out for a semi-pro soccer team but cheekily admits he “didn’t have the ball skills”. Oh I bet you do, John, don’t be so modest.

He was annoying. Goodbye. NO TOC for you.

He actually tweeted replies to this thread with a line-item approach. Which made me play along at home immediately seeing what he was replying too, and then promptly become horribly self-conscious about anything I said he didn't reply to.

Yeah, I posted it at R173

Well now I feel even more self-conscious

John, if you're reading this thread, I'm still your fan, happy for your victory. Hopefully you'll build a lasting presence on air and online!

Go on Amazing Race with the hubby.

Well Kentworthy left his longtime boyfriend as soon as he came out and got famous, so maybe he and John will get along.

How come no one has asked the classic DL question — is he cut or uncut?

Because he's a nice WASPY boy from Ohio. He's cut.

For his sake and the world’s, I pray that he will continue to pursue necessary scientific research and not try to become a reality TV star. John, please, please don’t degrade yourself. Please don’t do it. No Dancing with the Stars, no Big Brother. No LOGO bachelor-whore. Please no.

R216 Not to worry. He’ll be forgotten in a week, if that.

I’ll remember John forever. My favorite Jeopardy contestant of all time!

Gus and Matt had not broken up as of December, 2018, r213.

Was talking about the secret bf he had for years before he came out, who went with him to the Olympics when he medaled and kept his his mouth shut about gus' sexuality until gus was ready, r219. As soon as kenworthy came out and got recognition, he left the bf and started hoeing.

Not surprised you didn't know of the first bf.

Now back to John.

R220 Is that the guy Gus had all the dogs with? I do recall him now. I thought he was the cutest one of the three of them. Except for maybe one or two of the dogs.

If John and Aaron had been on the same night, I think I would have fainted!

Sophia at r197 is right about John:

Poor John, losing to that Lebanese woman.

r217: Eat dirt and die, trash.

Forgotten? They said that about Tom the Bartender too, and many of us still remember him.

John just referenced this thread on Twitter and confirmed that he’s cut. LOL

Later tonight John will present hole on this thread.

John, if you're still here, you haven't arrived until we see the dick pix. Extra points for hard-ons and including your adorable mug, preferably with the tongue wag.

[quote]Actually I’m thinking maybe a vacation to Italy or Australia and then adoption or surrogacy

John, I’ll adopt you! Or be your surrogate. I’m male but we could try!

R227 Holy Shit!

Does the "💍but not ☠" comment infer that he and his husband have an open marriage..? why would someone share that to complete strangers?

Did you all not hear me? John's a whore dear.

Here are John's two Daily Double questions from Monday's show. This is where he also mentioned his husband.

John is cute.

John is good at Jeopardy!

John arguably overshares on social media...I mean, I don’t mind knowing he is versatile and cut, but that’s really quite a decision to publicize. So he’s an emotional exhibitionist...that does make me wonder whether he’s a physical one, too? If so, yeah, he’s destined to become a reality TV character on Big Brother or something. (I hope he studies the crash and burn life of Steven Daigle before he commits.)

And finally, this seems like a kind of mean thing to post online. Maybe he and his husband have an understanding and joke about it or something, but it seems like a lot of shadiness directed at his partner for no reason:

“When I bought my last car I brought hubby with me because he’s somewhat of a shark. After I signed the dealer shook my hand “I’ll tell you what, your dad really kicked my ass on this deal!” I almost had to bite my tongue off to keep from laughing 😂”

Actually, that’s pretty funny. A sense of humor is a good thing.

R236, HI JOHN!!

He seems a bit stuck on himself...but he is very cute.

It’s nice to see the homos here consider a cute but relatively average guy appreciated as attractive. Usually we only see porn stars and similar looking Instagram whores appreciated.

Thought I heard him make a reference to "my husband." Anyone else hear it?

R240 No. He’s a straight pussyhound.

R240 Uh, yes - twice!

R240 He tweeted that he mentioned it. He also tweeted confirmations that he is versatile and that he is circumcised. Evidently these are not the factoids producers told Trebek to read, but ones that he wants the world to know anyway.

I wonder if he’s on the Grindr?

She’s a funny, sassy little sex kitten. Nudes are definitely on the way.

Does John’s husband appreciate him like we do - like any stranger on the street does? If John confronts him about it, does the husband yell back at him like Christina that he is not one of his FANS?!?

Instead of that snoozeworthy intro about his being a microbiologist, why didn't Alex introduce John with the info that John supplied to the show?... "John is an artist with an incredible body. He runs his own museum, speaks Chinese, and hopes to sail around world before he turns 30?" Now that would've been so much more interesting.

I thought his intro was, “Don’t let John’s midwestern upbringing or his geeky profession fool you: John has a nasty side—and he’ll show it to you on OnlyFans for $12.99 per month.”

Is his 15 minutes up yet?

R247 THIS should have been his intro:

Alex - next we come to John Presloid, a microbiologist who describes himself as circumcised and versatile. Tell us a little about that.

John - well Alex, I'm currently involved in studying Lyme disease.....

Alex - and where does the versatile part comes in?

John - *sticks tongue out, rolls eyes*

Ha R250

What's the deal with him and Frank Orlando?

Who is Frank Orlando?

The hot guy he beat.

He beat a lot of people, r254. What was the date?

Steve-O looks like he might be fun.

Frank Orlando. Not that hot.

Frank has gay face for days

r249 is cunty Barbara Thorndyke

I bet he would choose Barbara Thorndyke over his Ohio friends.

Frank looks like a porn twink.

John, dear, I'm dedicating my next novel to you. "So Condescending the Eye Roll in Perrysburg, Ohio."

Does John know Cindy Lou Peeples, Susan Armstrong, and Kim Fung Toi?

John Presloid...you're cuter than...an interuterine.

John, call me. I have an extraordinary TV show pitch made just for you, a mashup of Glee and Golden Girls called G3, about three gays in the other Miami—University in Ohio!

R265, is John Rachel or Rose?

R266 John is obviously Kurt/Rose at night and Artie/Dorothy at work. He’s like a superhero, except with much lower stakes than in a comic book world. We, the audience, learn this through his therapy sessions. People see him as an unassuming researxh scientist and professor, but he has at least two distinct personae, one of which is hyperintellectual and the other is a naive midwestern girl with a blasting falsetto.

But will there be nudity, R267?

R268 Depends who picks it up. If it’s a network, only a glimpse of buttcheeks during sweeps week. If it’s FX, lots of ass. If a streaming service, plenty of sitting around with dicks out will be mandatory.

Has anyone made a GIF yet btw? John says his eyerolls are a metaphor. For what we do not know.

R279 HI JOHN!

R271 There is no 279 yet...

Take a shot every time he rolls his eyes!

John, you're a sweetheart !

I once knew a John from Kenosha. Could this be the same person?

Adorbs!

Is that John's husband?

It's John's sug daddy

Love you John! If you’re reading, don’t pay attention to some of the bitches on here!

Such a flirt

Presloid. That's Jewish, isn't it?

Aww sweet, sweet John. Nice story 😊

If the man in r276 is really John’s husband, the John is the new Patron Saint of DL.

Hey, John: green, orange, yellow, white or green giant?

Gimme a shout @ 284.

John's husband is in R103

What if he’s not gay at all? What if it was all a big plot to land him a feature in Lgbtqnation.com?!

We’re onto you, John! First lgbtqnation.com, next your own E! reality show, ass implants and mobile apps!

R276

Alligator - Emotional support? Heh, heh, heh. Time for a tub daddy. Burp.

R286 John does NOT need ass implants, believe me..

We’ll believe it when you show us your ass, John.

Well excuse me for living Anita Bryant!

John has officially won me over by declaring on Twitter that his favorite movie is My Cousin Vinny.

I wonder if John is a fan of Miss Angie Dickinson.

R291 Funny but that's where he lost me.

John, how big is your Johnson? Cryptic Twitter reply, please.

How could My Cousin Vinny be anyone's favorite anything? I never hated the Brooklyn/Long Island accent before that, and I went to George Washington U in the '70s.

R295 GWU is in DC. What does that have to do with an NY accent?

The freshman dorm was known as the Embassy of Nassau County, r296.

R297 What did you study? And was it as expensive then as it is now? I went to George Mason University a half hour away in Virginia and studied English. I considered GW, but tuition where I went was at the time about $12k per year and at GW was $45k per year.

Now I walk around Foggy Bottom and see kids wandering around and think HOLY SHIT SOME OF THESE CHILDREN ARE PAYING SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR FOR FOUR YEARS TO GET A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ENGLISH. It’s unfathomable. I pathologically resent rich people, but I really hope those kids are rich and not taking out $250k in student loans for a four-year degree they could get at any state university.

r298, I was one of those English majors. But the cost was in the $4000-4500 range. That's total cost, including room and board, not just tuition. I chose to go there because I wanted to be in DC during Watergate, and had heard from the queeniest man in Pittsburgh that men walked down Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown holding hands.

I chose it over Georgetown because Georgetown was SO Catholic, and I had been the victim of a Catholic education (still am in lots of ways). When I went to visit schools, the girls were required to wear dresses and skirts at Georgetown, vs. the trashy Nik-Nik/bellbottom/platform shoe uniform so prevalent at GW.

Also, in 1974, my roommate and I took in his Jewish HS friend who'd gone to Georgetown, and was being harassed on a daily basis by the goyim. Just a horrible school, Georgetown. A bullies' paradise.

Oh, and while Watergate provided a marvelously entertaining set of distractions, gay men walking around holding hands was not one of them.

R299 Very interesting. I grew up holding Georgetown in very high esteem because of the neogoth building and just the brand name in general. I am from a working-class family—first generation to graduate from college, etc.—and the whole preppy dressing, old building, crew on the river lifestyle was so alluring and felt aspirational. I was barely even aware that it’s a Catholic/Jesuit institution.

Anyway, as I got older, I began to see through the glamours. First, I had the opportunity for a study abroad (just a summer) at Cambridge and saw the authentic model—punting on the Cam river, dozens of actually ancient college buildings, not just one manufactured to look old, etc. The education was incredibly rigorous. I was then invited to do a year at Oxford and turned it down because of the cost. And at that point, I guess I felt worthy enough and the high institutional esteem began to deflate.

Just walking around (commercial part of) Georgetown, I’d always see little herds of the mini-Kavanaughs strutting around drunk, yelling out obnoxiously, and I could palpably feel the trouble they were looking into. It wasn’t until recent years that I realized they can get away with literally any crime they commit by virtue of family wealth and influence.

And now I associate Georgetown Hospital with the university, and it’s a nightmare. My mother had a histerectomy there in 1998 because of cervical cancer. When she came out of the operating room, the hospital had overbooked post-op, and so they filed her away in the long-term care ward with cancer and AIDS patients. She woke up groaning and then screaming in agony because she didn’t have any pain medication. Seriously. The nurses apologized and said that that floor didn’t have a morphine drip machine and all the ones in the hospital were in use, and she was on the waiting list. Not making this up. A coworker’s friend was in there for a foot surgery and *the surgeon marked the wrong foot* before the surgery, which fortunately she and her friend corrected, but she slept there to make sure he wasn’t neglected. And of course Georgetown (and GWU Hopsital) took money from the CIA and had its own doctors perform mind-control experiments on dying patients, orphans, and poor people using LSD. That really happened, too, and was doggedly reported by the WaPo in 1997 but mostly forgotten.

R299 Very interesting. I grew up holding Georgetown in very high esteem because of the neogoth building and just the brand name in general. I am from a working-class family—first generation to graduate from college, etc.—and the whole preppy dressing, old building, crew on the river lifestyle was so alluring and felt aspirational. I was barely even aware that it’s a Catholic/Jesuit institution.

Anyway, as I got older, I began to see through the glamours. First, I had the opportunity for a study abroad (just a summer) at Cambridge and saw the authentic model—punting on the Cam river, dozens of actually ancient college buildings, not just one manufactured to look old, etc. The education was incredibly rigorous. I was then invited to do a year at Oxford and turned it down because of the cost. And at that point, I guess I felt worthy enough and the high institutional esteem began to deflate.

Just walking around (commercial part of) Georgetown, I’d always see little herds of the mini-Kavanaughs strutting around drunk, yelling out obnoxiously, and I could palpably feel the trouble they were looking into. It wasn’t until recent years that I realized they can get away with literally any crime they commit by virtue of family wealth and influence.

And now I associate Georgetown Hospital with the university, and it’s a nightmare. My mother had a histerectomy there in 1998 because of cervical cancer. When she came out of the operating room, the hospital had overbooked post-op, and so they filed her away in the long-term care ward with cancer and AIDS patients. She woke up groaning and then screaming in agony because she didn’t have any pain medication. Seriously. The nurses apologized and said that that floor didn’t have a morphine drip machine and all the ones in the hospital were in use, and she was on the waiting list. Not making this up. A coworker’s friend was in there for a foot surgery and *the surgeon marked the wrong foot* before the surgery, which fortunately she and her friend corrected, but she slept there to make sure he wasn’t neglected. And of course Georgetown (and GWU Hopsital) took money from the CIA and had its own doctors perform mind-control experiments on dying patients, orphans, and poor people using LSD. That really happened, too, and was doggedly reported by the WaPo in 1997 but mostly forgotten.

Oh, my, r301 r302.

Sorry if I double posted. DL told me the first one failed.

r301, I remember the president of Georgetown going on television in the fall of 1974 to talk about their "Jewish issue," i.e., the harassment of Jewish students at Georgetown. He was infamously quoted as saying "I don't hate the Jews. I don't love the Jews. But I'm not the one who invited the Jews to Georgetown." I don't remember his name.

R305 Wow...wow. Wow.

So interesting. It seems the university has successfully rewritten its history if that is part of it. Everyone I have ever discussed Georgetown with (all in DC) has said something to the effect of, “well, it’s not really Catholic. It’s Jesuit. They’re very liberal, all about education and equality.”

Ask the gays of the '80s how "very liberal" and "all about equality" GU was, r306.

I detest hating but I hate Catholic culture. It is so very fucked up and yet so very protected by society at large. It’s so bizarre to have this pretense of promoting diversity and equality throughout the United States while being completely accepting of ongoing abuses and prejudices of the Catholic organization.

What exactly does one do with an English degree? I mean, aside from coming on the DL and correcting everyone's grammar?

R309 I am a communications director for a national association, and I primarily write and edit. I’ve also published a lot of freelance writing. And I post on DL and correct everyone’s grammar and have fixed a few people’s inadequate books.

Let’s get back to John. He didn’t don’t make the soccer team!

r309, I was an advertising copywriter for a decade, right out of school, and later did legal editing. I've written a couple of plays and screenplays, none of which went anywhere.

I do like to share my talents on Datalounge with those who lack them, just as I appreciate getting help in areas in which I am less skilled.

Umm hello? Am I in the John Presloid thread? I just spent five minutes reading about Georgetown and punting and CIA Mind Control experiments and I forgot where I was. Please get your own thread.

He's kind of over now, r313, and we have 286 posts to go.

John will never be over!

R311 Guess he really doesn’t have the ball skills!

John, you have to give more head and DO NOT TOUCH THE BALLS WITH YOUR HANDS. That’s how you win at soccer.

r314: Blow it out your tubenburbles!

This whole thread is more moving than Susan Hayward’s climactic speech in I want to live!

I hope John is not bored by all these predictable GG references. I know I am.

John who?

^Sir John Gielgud, Rose!

Condoms Rose! Condoms condoms condoms!

John, ignore these ancient queens. They're just using these GG references to get into your pants.

You say that as if it’s a bad thing r324!

r320 = Frieda Claxton

r326=Celia Rubinstein

r327 = Fat Becky

But what about the wiener?

r328 = Jeremy

Is he still posting on DL or did this thread scare him away?

He responded to one DL comment via Twitter but conspicuously avoided the ones that discuss his genitalia.

R332, maybe he’s a Ken doll.

R333 You’re thinking of Jeopardy! Champion Ken Doll Jennings, not to be confused with Reality! Champion Kendall Jenner.

R17, the correct spelling is Verrazzano. Note two Z's.

Any pix of John's hubby?

r335, let's dump r17 in the Gowannus.

Correcting R336’s typo: Any pix of John’s chubby?

I thought someone said John was gonna present hole in this thread.

Presenting Hole!

So people who keep track of this stuff tells us that this homo won’t even make Tournament of Champions. Ha!

R341 He’s currently in the running, but obviously could get bumped off the list depending on how things play out. I am hoping for one day wonders for the remainder of the season!

Larry Martin's death opens up a spot for one more player to make it into the TOC.

R343, does our John have an alibi?

Was John's bamboo purse found at the scene of the crime?

Yes, and it was full of silverware!

[quote]Smart bottoms are so hot.

It helps that you have time to read in that position

His OnlyFans account is a little disappointing tbh. All he does is click his handheld and ask questions.

R348, does he have a lovely penis?

Larry Martin was in the last Tournament of Champions I thought, isn't this one for this season?

Larry Martin won the Teachers Tournament last May, and was to have been in the next TOC.

IDK if you're still reading this, but I had to wait for my posting privileges to return after cookie clearing. You were a delight to watch!

John and Buzzy sitting in a tree!

Funny T-Shirts for $100, Alex.

Doesn't John have a job? Those microbes aren't going to study themselves.

[quote]Got to meet and reunite with a ton of great people

He was whoring around all weekend?

This fool is still around?

At least he didn’t Riunite ;).

John - I hear they are looking for a new Jeopardy Host pronto! Apply for the job!!!!!!

^^^^^ That's just mean.

New gay on Jeopardy, Sam Corbett

R361 He looks like Andrew Rannels

I’d forgotten all about John Presloid until this thread just popped up. Whatever happened to him?

r361 , yeah but attractive. So, I guess not.

Lindsay is working my last nerve.

R365 Is she that obnoxious cunt who beats her buzzer like she's jacking it off?

Lindsey Go Home.

Sam, why didn't you win some more?

What happened to the current Jeopardy thread itself?

r368, it is right here:

Thanks - for some reason the keyword Jeopardy wasn't working as a search term for me.

Yes she is R366 thanks for the link, I have set up shop in the regular Jeopardy thread.