Congrats, dude! Or dudette. Whatever.
Let us know what signal we should look for!
I’d be happy to help. Physics, Chemistry, Math, Movies, Television, History. But not the real names of Popes.
Congrats on the Millionaire opportunity. Hope you feel better after getting some of that crap out of your head. Maybe you can let some of it land on Regis.
I’ll bite…what’s “felch”?
A Doper on the Millionaire show?? I’m so proud!! Good luck to you.
As for a “shout out” to your fellow Doper, when Regis asks, “Is that your final answer?”, you could say, “Yes, Regis. And that is the Straight Dope!” Or something.
Good luck, but most of all, have fun! And remember: $125,000 is probably more than you have now so don’t push yourself. Even if you only walk out of there with $16,000 we will all be happy for you. 
I like the idea of saying hi to your Uncle Cecil. It’s innocuous enought that no one will look at you funny (except, perhaps, your family, who know you don’t really have an Uncle Cecil).
But all we cool Dopers on the inside would feel all special.
Maybe you could work it into one of those tedious anecdotes they seem to force contestants to ramble:
“Well, Regis, as a boy my Uncle Cecil bought me a Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal, and I never forgot that. And that reminded me that Nelson Mandela’s murder-accused ex-wife’s name is Winnie. So I’m going to have to go with Soweto.”
I should add that I have laughed out loud more than once today while working, picturing Regis Philbin, rubbing his chin, with that constipated look on his face and that voice saying, “Felching? What on earth is felching?”]
To which, of course, the only correct response should be:
“Rege, I suggest you ask Kathy Lee. Or Frank.”
If you need an answer concerning biology, critters, and such…I got your back. Accept no substitutes.
I’m also pretty good at general entertainment trivia.
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winky99, you were so right – I didn’t want to know. Having only been a member of this board a week, I am amazed at how much I have learned that I certainly never wanted to know.
Having said that, who’s to say that Regis would be out of the felching loop?
I don’t often laugh out loud at my keyboard, but this did it alright! Howling with laughter!
And by the way, Callina has a very good point. Give Reg some credit. Or discredit. Whatever.
So, Bori … keep us posted! We’ll all be watching and cheering you on!!
Congrats TheBori!! I hope you win!! Please let us know when the show will air so we can watch and tell our friends that we know someone on the millionaire show!!
If your looking for lifelines I’m happy to volunteer. I have a lot of useless shit floating around in my brain… everything except history. I sucked at history!
Let’s think of a doper signal you can flash so we know it’s you. Maybe you could smack your forehead or something.
And when you win the fastes finger and are in the hot seat… feel free to tell Regis to shut the hell up, you’re trying to think and his babbling is distracting you!!
Good luck. Keep us posted!!
Has anybody even thought that we, The Straight Dopers, are going to make the “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” ratings sky rocket?
My father hates the show with almost unequaled passion. I am going to require him to watch it on the chance (probability) that TheBori will get on. Who doesn’t want to watch the show?
Wait . . . I won’t be allowed to watch. Someone can be on AIM with me if you pick me, TB, to tell me what the topics are so I can research them. Be sure to stall plenty to give me time if I’m picked.
A baseball dopeoff would be excellent, as would an intelligent conversation some time about the history of the game or something. I love the stuff.
First, Dopers, rack your brains. There must be a way to assist in the dial-a-friend. Does anyone administer a communications satellite?
There are a few scenarios to deal with here:
During the “fast finger” round, or whatever it is called, you should give a symbol to everyone here. How about wearing a Wally button?
In the best case, you breeze through all but the last question (and you know the answer), and have the dial-a-friend option left. You call one of the Dopers, read the question and possible answers to him/her. The Doper responds, “It’s none of those – it’s felcher/felching/etc.” You then reject their advice, answer the question and walk away with the money.
In the worst case (we need to think about these things), you answer the final question wrong. Get into an argument with Regis, claiming that you know the answer is felching/Professor Felcher/Felch-o-Rama/the Felchian Era (you’ll need to be creative here.) Threaten to supply references. Use the word “litigation.”
The problem here is that Regis will certainly know what felching is. You may need to mutter it under your breath a bit so it slips through the censors.
At any rate, TheBori, good luck to you. I am sure you will make us proud.
But the chase is the fun part!
Well, unless they ask a question about veterinary medicine, I doubt I’ll be of much help, but congrats anyway! I never watch the show, but I’ll make an exception for you!
Man, do I wish I was in the US so that I could join in on this televised Dopefest. Good luck to you. If you need an expert on Sweden (well, at least I live here), call me.
Yours truly,
soda
I am totally psyched to see theBori on WWTBAM, but he hasn’t posted to the board since he opened this thread. Just wondered if anyone has an update, or knows when the show will air, or anything …
The show airs on August 17th. I’ll wit until after the taping to let you know if it’s worth watching.
Thanks for all the tips and offers for Phone-a-Friends. I’ve got my list complete. The hard part now is going from the “Ring of Fire” to the “Hot Seat” (I’ve learned all sorts of new phrases). I’ll write back.