There's a phrase that Dave Barry uses to describe people who don't understand his columns are supposed to be funny. He calls them "humor impaired." I love that phrase, and use it often, and famous Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings used it quite appropriately when responding on his blog to a recent article in The New York Post that accused him of bashing the show that made him a millionaire. Here's the thing: Jennings did no such thing. His post titled "Dear Jeopardy" was a hilariously scathing tongue-in-cheek indictment of the show that suggested Alex Trebek had actually been replaced by a robot called the "Trebektron 4000" and that the Clue Crew "look like they beamed in from some 1970s PBS show." He also suggests ideas for better categories, such as "Skanks from Reality TV Who Got Naked in Men's Magazines." It's funny, very vicious, and nothing more than a good-natured barb in the "Don Rickles" vein.

Now, the New York Post pulling quotes out of context to build a story that looks like Jennings suddenly felt compelled to insult the show that made him a minor celebrity isn't much of a surprise. For example, the article quotes his post as saying Jeopardy's categories feature "effete, left-coast crap nobody's heard of." What it leaves out is the entire sentence which reads, "Does every freaking category have to be some effete left-coast crap nobody's heard of, like 'Opera,' or, um, 'U.S. History' or whatever?"

Get it, Michael Starr of the New York Post? He says nobody's heard of the categories and then he lists two categories EVERYONE has heard of. Notice how he led you down a certain path and then at the last moment he veered off in an unexpected direction, resulting in an ironic twist that's not meant to be taken seriously? I have some graphs and charts if you need further explanation.

Oh yeah, and the AP picked up on the story, too. Was there some electrical storm that destroyed the humor gene of all print journalists recently?