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[Mr. Matté]

On today's $25K rerun, one of the items in the front game being described was "salami." The giver said "not pastrami but..." and having not getting it, she passed it. Later on, the word "pastrami" came up and she was describing it as "the other word I was just saying." Could she have used "not salami..." to describe pastrami and the if the receiver has a clue, would they get credit if the receiver realized that salami was the other word and said it?

The only precedent I know of someone getting credit/cuckooed on a different subject is this debacle with Janis Paige, but that's kind of a stretch since any of the categories could've been used at that point.

[clemon79]

Mr. Matté, on 18 June 2012 - 12:07 PM, said:

Could she have used "not salami..." to describe pastrami and the if the receiver has a clue, would they get credit if the receiver realized that salami was the other word and said it?

I fail to see why not. You are allowed to say anything aside from what is on the screen at that current time. (Outside, of course, of something weenie like "that other one was "salami." Say it so we get credit for the backward answer.")

(I also fail to see how that list of items made air for exactly that reason.)

[Mr. Matté]

clemon79, on 18 June 2012 - 12:46 PM, said:

(I also fail to see how that list of items made air for exactly that reason.)

The category was kinds of meat dishes.

[clemon79]

Mr. Matté, on 18 June 2012 - 01:29 PM, said:

The category was kinds of meat dishes.

And they couldn't come up with one more to replace one of the two really similar lunchmeats? Trust me when I tell you there are more than seven discrete common ones.

[gameshowcrazy]

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And they couldn't come up with one more to replace one of the two really similar lunchmeats? Trust me when I tell you there are more than seven discrete common ones.
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maybe because salami and pastrami are nothing close to each other.  Pastrami is smoked corned beef.

[clemon79]

gameshowcrazy, on 18 June 2012 - 03:07 PM, said:

maybe because salami and pastrami are nothing close to each other.  Pastrami is smoked corned beef.

That's more than a bit oversimplified (for one, wet-curing vs. dry and not boiling the living shiat out of it produces a product with a significantly different texture, as made evident by the fact that I love pastrami and abhor corned beef), but yes, thank you, I'm well aware of that.

The point is that "they're two meats commonly found on sandwiches and therefore would probably be clued in a similar fashion" is plenty close enough that it should have raised a red flag in review, especially for a category with no shortage of easy replacements.

/dammit, now I want pastrami

[Kevin Prather]

clemon79, on 18 June 2012 - 03:29 PM, said:

/dammit, now I want pastrami

Goes good with gazpacho, I bet.