every tuesday, my friends and i go to a pub quiz. we have consistently come in third. Last week we pulled ahead, winning round one (and nachos!), but dropping to second over all. but this tuesday, change was in the air. we tied for fourth in the first round, nothing to be proud of. but round two we felt we had a shot. the tension around the table was palpable as the top five teams were announced. "and for the first time, we have a tie for first place..." oh my god, could it be? YES!!! We were tied for the win! But there are no ties, only one team can be crowned champion. Down to the tie breaker question - which we've never had to use. my friend is ridiculously good at the tie breakers, always coming within metres of estimating mountain heights etc. this week's question was to name the date Sputnik was launched. the answer was given, and as soon as the announcer read the other team's response, we erupted in shouts and cheers. we were only a couple of weeks off!!! WE WON!!! Mayhem ensued, our team being unfamiliar with the taste of victory.
it was a fun night, we should win more often. i love the unjustified feeling of superiority, based on sporadic knowledge of useless trivia.
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Great blog Loved it.. I have to warn you I have no sporadic knowledge of useless trivia.
As I remember from law school all those many years ago, the crime of mayhem was under the common law of crimes, the intentional and wanton removal of a body part that would handicap a
person\'s ability to defend himself in combat.
Hey there Amanda,, about your guest book there is really nothing WRONG with your guest book It is just that I can not add any HTML to your guestbook as it is right now. I really like to tag guestbooks with the Gif file I made, after each blog comment. thats all
Congratulations on the win!! :-)
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