You Make the Call Thursday: What Should Our Wild Card Round Be Tonight?

Once again this week, it’s up to you. You tell me what the Wild card, 50/50, Speed, Music or Picture Round should be tonight. Post it in the comments and let me know what you wanna see. We start at Ugly American at 8 p.m. $3 fries, $2 Lagers, and $1 corn dogs. That’s tough to beat. We move to Bards at 10:15 p.m. $3 Fries and $4 for 20 oz Harps, as well as $2 Lager Light bottles. Hope to see ya tonight!

The JGT Power Rankings Return

Ok, they’re back. Sorry I’ve been such a slacker the past few weeks, but this will get us caught up, and I’ll try to keep these going and in the future post them on Mondays. Standings are based primarily on performance over the past month.

1. Steak Em Up (City Tap and Bards). No surprise here. They’ve already won twice this week and have been on fire since their Autumn Invitational win. Nobody is even close.

2. Jams (Locust Rendezvous). Incredibly, we’ve had so much parity lately that only one team besides besides Steak Em Up has won more than once in the past 3 weeks. That team is the Jams, who have won two out of 3 at the Vous. Can they make it 3 of 4 tonight?

3. Mister Lippers (O’Neals). A dramatic come from behind win last night, making it 2 wins in the past month at O’Neals. They also teamed with the #4 team to finish 2nd at the Spring Invite.

4. Missing Heads (North Star). Two wins in the past month, they have established themselves as the team to beat at North Star.

5. Duane’s World (Black Sheep). Duane’s World got hot in November (3 wins in 4 weeks) but have cooled off in December, as they’re still looking for their first W.

6. Philliez Nutz (Bards). In the midst of a fairly monumental streak, they have finished 2nd at the Bards for 4 consecutive weeks. Got to give them credit for consistency. They also finished 3rd at the Invite.

7. Ruby Tuesday (Ugly American). 2 wins in the past month and a 4th place finish at the Invitational makes them the team to beat at UA.

8. Wee-Beys Kids (Ugly American) Almost knock off the Steak two weeks ago, then come in last week to the Ugly and take first place. This is a team on the rise.

9. Some Douche Stole My Bike (O’Neals). A 2nd place finish at Black Sheep last month plus a win at O’Neals last week gets them into the mix.

10. Angel’s Pujols (Bards). Every once in a great while, this team jumps up and makes some noise at the Bards. Last week was one of those great whiles.

11. Gobblers (Black Sheep). A big win last week at Black Sheep for these regulars. Can they keep the momentum going this week?

12. Magnus ver Magnusson (Locust Rendezvous). A first and two thirds over the past 3 weeks at the Vous, they remain the most consistent team at the Vous not named the Jams.

Quizzo Tonight

Back in business tonight, and it looks like there will be no monsoon like there was last Wednesday.* Hoping we get a good crowd tonight. Action starts at Locust Rendezvous at 6:15 p.m., then moves to Black Sheep at 8 p.m. $2 Pabst 16 oz. and $3 Peronis at the Vous, and a new special each week at the Sheep. There will be a science round, so be sure to get a science geek on your team.

*Btw, I do want to thank everybody who came out last Wednesday night. You people are nuts awesome and I appreciate you coming out on such a miserable night. Needless to say, we had light crowds due to the weather, but geesh, the fact we had anybody at all is amazing to me. Thanks.

1911 Christmas Ads, Playboy Ballplayers, and Google Proof Quizzes in England

-Think you’re going to enjoy my latest piece in the Philly Post. Yesterday I went to the library to find some old Christmas ads, and boy did I find some doozies. Dwarf parrots, giant kangaroos, and the prospect of a booze free Christmas were among my finds. You’re going to enjoy this piece.

-In England, the problem of iphones has driven one quizmaster so batty he’s decided to make a Google Proof quiz.

“Now people are using their phones all the time. It’s a shame because it defeats the whole purpose of the quiz, which is to test your own general knowledge.”…Downloadable software, such as Shazam, can be used to help easily recognise the artist and track of pop songs. But Mr Bray has confounded would-be spoilsports by digitally masking his chosen soundtracks before he plays them to the crowd.

It’s nice to know that quizmasters all over the world are all dealing with the same issue. I used to call people out for using their phones. Now I don’t even bother. I simply insure that they don’t win. In fact a team last week should have won at one of the quizzes, but one of them was on their phone for much of the final round, so I just deducted 25 points from their score to make sure they lost. Were they cheating? Don’t know, don’t care. If the phone is out, you’re losing 25 points. Boom.

-A couple of recent Phillies pieces I did you might enjoy. First of all, the tragic tale of former Phils pitcher Bo Belinsky. He had bombshell girlfriends, plenty of money, and his life was a nonstop party. But when his career was over, he had no direction, and spent the rest of his life trying to find one. The next story is one of those great “What ifs” that make being a sports fan so much fun (and htis Eagles season so frustrating). What if the Phillies had never traded away Ferguson Jenkins?

 

Quizzo Tonight

Looks like the holiday rush is in effect. Set a new record for attendance at North Star last night. We get the ball rolling tonight at O’Neals at 8 p.m. Been off the charts the last few weeks. Hope to keep it going tonight. $3.50 margaritas and Mexican beers. On to the City Tap House, where the youngsters will appreciate tonight’s picture round. Action starts at 10:15 p.m. $10 gets you a pizza and a Sly Fox. Hope to see ya tonight.

Cool Note I Found

I was in a thrift store a couple of weeks ago, and as usual I drifted over to the books. I opened a random book ( I think it was about Nixon) and this note fell out. I thought it was kind of cool, not only for the interesting and somewhat inspirational message, but I love the fact that the person took the time to pen this knowing that it might be years before someone read it. It’s part crazy, part serendipitous, somewhat religious but mostly just kind of cool. Here is the text of the note…

“I want” in purusit of material things- Satan said I want my own kingdom…in pursuit of good “I want to” help old people, orphans, etc. Satan uses that too. If you truly want to, you will you won’t be saying I want to. “I’m going to” is yet another tool for Satan to keep you from action. Don’t say it, don’t think about it, Do it!