Alright guys, I’ve posted the lines from famous horror films down below. Now you’ve got to tell me what films those lines are from. No cheating! One guess per person. Oh, and you’ve got about another hour to get in your horror haikus.
Week in Review
History was made at JGT quizzo this week, as something remarkable happened on Thursday night. But the week started with a blowout on Tuesday. Palestra Jon and Skippy joined forces and the Three Amigos won in one of the biggest blowouts in quizzo history, 102-69, over the defending champs The Embarrasments. Scores were low at the Bards, as teams struggled with the “Mysteries of the Unknown” Round. The Sofa Kingdom changed their weekly double answer and got it right, winning 90-82 over Kenny Rogers Has Poo on His Hand. Scores would rise, drastically, on Wednesday, as one team flirted with a perfect game.
Scrabble News
When I moved to Philly, I had no life, no money, and one friend. Fortunately, that one friend and I had something in common besides being broke: we both loved Scrabble. We played every night after work, memorized all the two letter words, and kept detailed records of every word played and what the weather was like when the game started. However, neither of us ever came anywhere near 890 points. In fact, I’m quite sure that if I played by myself, I couldn’t score 890 points. In fact, the guy that won scored 365 points on a single word (Quixotry). That is completely ridiculous.
I rest my case
Today’s page two artice in the Metro is Scary Versus Slutty: Women Divded Over What’s Appropriate Dress for Halloween. Vote in the poll to the right.
Halloween Haiku
Alright, in the most convoluted contest ever, yet another twist. I am going to allow haikus to not only be about murder, but about anything Halloween related. So post your Halloween haikus below. Winner of best haiku gets two tix to see Philadelphia Theatre Company’s production of Murderers. 2nd place gets two tix to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden. All entries must be received by Monday, October 30th, at 12 noon.
The Rush Limbaugh quiz
Thought you guys might get a kick out of the wild card round on Thursday. The night’s topic: Rush Limbaugh.
1. Rush is a man who places family values first and is a firm believer in the sanctity of marriage. How many times has he been divorced?
A) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
2. Rush claims to work for the non existant EIB network. What does EIB stand for?
3. What 12 year old did Rush call the family dog, and then apologized, saying that she couldn’t help the way she looked?
4. Who wrote the book Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot?
5. In 2001, Rush began to go deaf. Deafness can be caused by abusing what drug that Rush has a glorious history with?
6. What popular musician did Rush call a worthless shred of human debris the day after he died?
7. The opening sequence of the Rush Limbaugh show is a song called “My City Was Gone” by this band.
8. Rush dated Daryn Kagan for two years. She’s best known for regularly appearing on what TV station?
***9. When Rush was busted for having 29 Viagra pills, he was returning with several buddies from this Caribbean nation renowned for its sex tourism industry.
10. Like essentially all prominent right wingers, Rush did not serve in Vietnam. He was excused because he had a cyst on what part of his body?
Is the Metro the best paper in Philly?
Me and some friends have been talking about this a lot lately and I thought I’d throw it out there and see what you guys think. I kind of think that The Metro is the best paper in Philly. It’s not where you go for hard hitting news coverage, but it does a much better job of supporting local talent than either the Inky or the Daily News, who are complety convinced that to be worthy of ink you have to be an anchor or reporter on a local news show or have appeared in a reality TV show. Like everybody is just dying to know whether or not Gervase is a good tipper. The Metro, meanwhile, is constantly interviewing local musicians, comedians, and artists, people who are doing exciting things that don’t include appearing on a local network. The City Paper and the Weekly do a good job of this too, but The Metro just seems a little bit more earnest about it. And it’s not as wallowed down in ads as much as those papers are. Anyways, lemme know what you think. I posted a poll to the right.
RELATED: Philebrity interview with Metro A & E editor Dorothy Robinson.
Tiki Barber Throws Smackdown on Crackpipe
I hate the Giants as much as anybody else. But I do love Tiki Barber, for a number of reasons. First, he’s from Virginia and I’m proud to have such a classy guy from my native state. No tirades on the sidelines, no drug abuse, no trashing his teammates. Second, he’s on my fantasy team and scores me tons of points every single week. Third, after Michael Irvin said this week that he was “quitting, not retiring,” the usually mild mannered Barber fired back. He snapped at Gary Myers and Tom Jackson first, then went after Irvin. “That includes the ultimate character guy, facetiously speaking of course, Michael Irvin. Please get a clue on how to be a journalist.” Booyaka shot! Isn’t it great when Crackpipe Irvin tries to attack a guy for lack of character, and the guy, who has more character in his pinky than Crackpipe has in his whole body, fires back? And I would suggest Irvin let the issue slide. Tiki has, honestly, probably a good 50 or 60 IQ points on you (he was valedictorian of his senior class and received an academic scholarship to UVA), so any argument your feeble mind comes up with is gonna be a loss.
Follow up
Here’s some follow up on Rush Limbaugh. You can see Limbaugh not only blasting Michael J. Fox, but acting out his Parkinson’s symptoms. It is really amazing that any of you are even attempting to defend this piece of human waste. This attack comes a couple of weeks after he blamed 15 year old pages for the Mark Foley scandal. Come on, people! There’s a point where this goes past politically incorrect and just goes to out and out evil. Oh, and the anti-stem cell ad will feature none other than Kurt Warner. Now, it is OK to make fun of him.
Those wacky Republicans!
–Rush Limbaugh thinks that Michael J. Fox was “acting” when he displayed the effects of Parkinson’s in a political ad. Hey Rush, were you “acting” when you had that ear problem? Or was that a common side effect of drug addiction?
-Rick Santorum says that a vote for Casey will let the North Koreans think that we are weak on nuclear defense, and will immediately attack us with a nuclear weapon. Then the North Koreans will make our children gay and try to hurt the baby Jesus!
-Speaking of gay, there is a judge in New Jersey who is deciding whether or not gay marriage should be legal. Most of those opposing gay marriage are, of course, Republicans. It’s amazing to me that these guys who wrap themselves so much in the flag think that all Americans are deserving of equal rights under the stars and stripes…except the GAYS! But there is a good reason to not give gays equal rights. I have it on good word that gays love North Korea and they hate freedom! They also hate the baby Jesus!
-Republicans hate Ken Jennings! Ok, so that’s not true, but I figured I’d close out with something more trivia related. Ken Jennings just released a book about trivia, and talks about it at length here. Thanks, Dan, for sending this in.