Month: September 2008

Scoreboard

O’NEALS

  1. Young Old and Restless 103
  2. Where’s the Rum? 78
  3. Bad Finger 76
  4. Scroto Saggins 71
  5. We Got Nothin’ 69

BARDS

  1. Sofa Kingdom 90
  2. Western Omelette 72
  3. Because She was a Hoo-Wah 68
  4. Neither Seen Nor Heard 60
  5. Nudist Balloonists 54

LOCUST RENDEZVOUS

  1. The Jams 87
  2. Lead Paint 85
  3. Jessie’s Birthday 84
  4. Trust Us We Know 76
  5. 1022 75

BLACK SHEEP

  1. There’s Always Money in the Banana Stand 107
  2. Axis of Evil Knieval 105
  3. Duane’s World 100
  4. Penn 15 Club 92
  5. Colonel Kurtz 81

GOOD DOG

  1. Fort Awesome 104
  2. Bob Lablaw’s Law Blog 92
  3. I’ve Got a Good Member 86
  4. Diamond as Big As the Ritz 66

BARDS

  1. Hurtin Bombs 114
  2. Kind of Gay 99
  3. Sissy Marionettes 97
  4. Hair 3.14 97
  5. Just the Tip 93
  6. Phuck the Mets 88

Match of the Week

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We had a rare 4-blowout week, where every quizzo on Tuesday and Thursday was determined by 12 or more points. That left us with two dandies, at the Black Sheep and at the Locust Rendezvous. At the Rendezvous, the Jams still stayed in a bit of a funk, but were able to pull out a workmanline 87-85 win over Lead Paint: Delicious But Deadly. So our match of the week has to go to the Black Sheep, where Ther’s Always Money in the Banana Stand held off a furious rally by the Axis of Evil Knieval who after a shaky start got 22 of the final 23 questions correct. But four misses in the 50/50 round turned out to be the deciding factor in a 107-105 win for the Banana Stand. Duane’s World, meanwhile could have pulled off the win but missed the weekly double, which the two previous teams did not, and had to settle for a 100 point 3rd place.

But Wait, There’s More!

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When John McCain picked Sarah Palin to be his VP choice, I thought it was a smart one. I didn’t like her views, but politically, it was brilliant, and I was not surprised that it gave Republicans a huge bump. Her speech at the RNC was a knockout, and I started to think that she might pull this thing out for McCain with her charm and grace. But this interview with Katie Couric is just absolutely startling. Her incoherence is unbelievable. Her mind just wanders on every conceivable topic. It is breathtaking to see how ill-prepared this woman was to speak to the media. I’m willing to bet she says almost nothing to the press before her debate. She is just too big of a liability. Anyone who sees the Couric interview and thinks that this woman is fit to lead the United States of America is completely out of their f***** minds. Just read this quote from the interview: “That’s why I say I, like every American I’m speaking with, we’re ill about this position that we have been put in, where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, helping, oh — it’s got to be all about job creation too. Shoring up our economy, and putting it back on the right track. So healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions, and tax relief for Americans, and trade, we’ve got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, um, scary thing, but 1 in 5 jobs being created in the trade sector today. We’ve got to look at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.”

Here’s the LA Times write up about what a shipwreck the interview was. Sarah Palin: She’s like George Bush, except she’s not as smart.

Quizzo Tonight

Two blowouts on Tuesday, two nailbiters yesterday. It’ll be interesting to see what happens tonight.
We kick off at the Good Dog at 8 p.m., where the winning score is usually like a 47, so if you want to win JGT quizzo, this is the place to play.
Rumor has it that the Sofa Kingdom may not be making it to the Bards tonight, so it looks like the field is wide open for a new winner. Action starts at 10:15. Hope to see you tonight.

Toughest Questions from last week

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  1. We think of them as things in a department store. In England, its what they call the show “Trading Spaces.”
  2. Jimi Hendrix began his career playing backup for what rock n roll legend, a legend who still performs to this day?
  3. What members of the family lampyridae produce a chemical called luciferin?
  4. Who wrote the 1992 novel Rising Sun?
  5. This pitcher threw a perfect game for 12 innings, but after giving up a hit in the 13th lost the game. Who was he?
    a) Warren Spahn b) Harvey Haddix c) Early Wynn d) Don Newcombe
  6. In what extremely popular 1982 game would the title character try to avoid Pooka and Fygar?
  7. What company has a stock symbol of KO?
  8. The bloodiest single day battle in American history took place on September 17, 1862. It resulted in 23,000 casualties, including over 3500 deaths. What battle was it?
  9. This sexy siren, born Betty Joan Perske starred in The Big Sleep and How to Marry a Millionaire, and costarred with John Wayne in his last film, The Shootist. Who is she?
  10. In what arcade gaem did Mario make his first appearance?

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The Best Thing to Happen to Philly Since Milton Street

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This saga between FOX29 and Wilson Goode, Jr. is the gift that just keeps on giving. First the whole Latrice Bryant’s homeade KKK sign drama, then Dolemite shows up and starts crashing into a FOX29 reporter. (Video well worth watching. It’s amazing.) We cannot wait to see what happens next. It is times like this that I really, really love this city. (Amazing Latrice photo from Philebrity who took it from Latrice’s Myspace page.)

Round Three of the Alf Landon Bad Writing Contest

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Alright, we’re going to determine our finalists at the conclusion of this round. Voting ends at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

  • Brian-Teetering on the edge of insanity, Alf Landon departed from the morning fog of Topeka, Kansas to find his true identity. He could not believe the “senseless ramblings” of the local populace, nor stand the persistent verbal assaults. You see, it was well known throughout the greater Topeka region that Alf Landon was the illegitimate love child of TV’s Michael Landon and Alf from Melmac.
  • Skip-“JEEWWWWWWSSS!” exclaimed a visibly intoxicated Alf Landon, as he realized he was out of Cocoa Puffs.
  • Mike-Lou Gehrig can tell people he was the luckiest man on the face of the Earth, but he wasn’t the one being tag-team blown by Alf Landon and Howard Hughes in a broom closet.
  • Matt-Jane Fonda was working as a goat cheese dairy farmer, and Alf Landon was in town for a little payola from the CIA. He noticed her as he bumped a waiter preparing Cherries Jubilee, causing a fire.
  • Steve-O-It had been a completely ordinary day at IKEA, until suddenly from the ball pit emerged a naked Alf Landon and a Miracle Whip-coated Sporty Spice.
  • David-My mother always warned me about guys like Alf Landon.
  • Hunter-The speedy spaceship snaps, crackles and pops around us, our long journey now almost over, as we skid to a stuttering stop on this big blue orb and breathe a sigh of oxygenated relief as finally, at long last, me and Alf land on Earth.

Round Two Complete, We Have a Tie!

After Day 1, it looked like Bill had it wrapped up. But William made a startling comeback to pull off an incredible 149-149 tie in Round Two of the Alf Landon Bad Writing Competition. So both men advance to the finals! In fact, I have decided that the top 5 finishers overall will advance to the finals, so I will be adding a wild card. As of right now, Julie is in position to advance, unless two competitors in our final round get more than 14 votes. Voting for the final round will begin shortly.