A list of lists

Looking over my notes from watching almost two weeks' worth of "Price Is Right"...

ITEMS WHOSE PRICES I WOULD HAVE ACED, HAD I BEEN BIDDING ON THEM:
- His & her snowboarding equipment (boards, bindings & boots): $765
- Two Blackberry devices: $700
- 34-inch widescreen HDTV: $1,799
- Digital piano (Yamaha clavinova): $2,595
- JBL desktop computer w/20-inch monitor, 250GB hard drive & color printer: $1,699

(Notice a pattern there? When it comes to tech stuff, I can usually gauge the price pretty well. It's the OTHER items that throw me...)

ITEMS WHOSE PRICES I WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE COME CLOSE ON:
- 3-foot animated Santa Claus & Mrs. Claus figurines: $1,570 (really?!?)
- 3-row pink pearl necklace: $1,750
- Several tins of Christmas snacks from the Popcorn Factory: $555
- Curio cabinet, Louis XV style: $2,205
- Silk chiffon evening gown from Demetrious: $950

(Again, see a pattern here? It's the girly stuff that gets me!)

MY TOP 5 FAVORITE T.P.I.R. PRICING GAMES:
- Cliffhangers (w/the little yodeling guy)
- 10 Chances
- Plinko (yeah, it's everybody's favorite)
- Dice Game
- Clock Game

(You can tell I'm old school. Those are all older games that have been around since the 70's, with the possible exception of Plinko, which might have been introduced in the 80's. Not sure there.)

MY TOP 5 FAVORITE T.P.I.R. CONTESTANTS:
- The blonde Southern California chick/dude who is fairly certain a can of tuna costs 15 dollars.
- The person who has no idea how the bidding on Contestants Row works ("The last person bid $800, so I think I'll bid $799!")
- The large women -- and I'm just going to come out and say this: They're generally not Caucasian – who almost knock over Bob when they get on stage.
- The college frat boys who somehow manage to get out of Contestants Row and spend the whole time yelling to the audience and cheering ("DUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!")
- The old people who take 15 minutes to "come on down," and when they do, they come right up on stage instead of taking their place on Contestants Row. Bob usually shoos them away with a look in his eye that says, "Old people. What are ya gonna do?"

TOP 5 CANDIDATES TO REPLACE BOB WHEN HE RETIRES IN JUNE:
- Me
- Chuck Woolery
- Rich Fields (the current "Price Is Right" announcer)
- Pat Sajak
- George W. (the guy needs something to fall back on after 2008)