Jeopardy

by DragonSkulls

The whole family was out eating at Golden Corral when I
said we needed to take off. The relatives were a boring
bunch and the main reason was because Jeopardy was
coming on at eight. We don't miss Jeopardy, simple as that.

We tore into the driveway at five 'til, jumped out and
headed indoors, turned on the TV and flipped it to Fox.
My daughter said, "I wonder if she'll win again today?"

"I sure hope so," I replied, making reference to a one
Amy (I won't say her last name so I don't risk being
sued.) She has won thirty-nine consecutive games of
Jeopardy in a row. That is phenomenal. No woman
has ever done that on this show...EVER.

We watched as she answered these ridiculous questions
like they were simple common knowledge. My son asked,
"What in the world does that question even mean?"

"It means we're all stupid, son," my wife jokingly replied.

I agreed and chuckled.

At the end of the show, we all jumped up and cheered.
She won again. Forty in a row. My wife and I both cheered
and downed another shot of wine. The kids danced around
the room for joy.

After the show, we were watching the news. They had a
segment that brought up our current Jeopardy winner.
They mentioned that the winner, Amy, of the last forty
games was actually a transgender.

That's when I blurted out, "It's crystal clear now, it all
makes sense. How could I not have seen this?"

Everyone looked at me quizzically, then Brandy asked,
"What do you mean, Dad?"

"Can't you see? It's right there in plain sight." I was
gesturing to the television.

My wife joined in. "What's in plain sight? What are you
talking about?"

"Amy, the winner of all this money. Isn't it obvious?"

She continued, "Isn't what obvious?"

"She's a woman..."

"Yeah, so?"

"...with the intelligence of a man!"

My son laughed out loud. My wife and daughter just
got this look of disdain across their faces. "You're a
moron, Dad." My wife just shook her head and smiled.

My boy gave me a high-five as we laughed, then went
back to watching TV.

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Writing Prompt
~ Family Fiction Story ~
'family' will be interpreted as follows ~
Grandparents may be included in the family as the adults in lieu of parents
family ~a basic social unit consisting of parents or grandparents and their child(ren or grandchildren, considered as a group:
no same sex couple
~~~~~~~
Write a fiction story with a Human family as the subject ~
350 minimum /400 maximum word count/black font
No vulgar words, sexual terms, time travel, profanity, references to political figures, parties/innuendos/references
No Christmas or Valentine's Day or adoption/birth of children or stories about pets in the family
No animation, music included with one picture allowed

All fiction, folks. Never watched that show. I'm too dumb.
Don't have kids, let alone two. Plus, vodka's my drink, not
wine.

Thanks for reading. Just having some fun with the contest.

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Jeopardy

by DragonSkulls

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