[quizbowl] Re: Trash: Age and Accessibility

>I was thinking about this, and actually, my chief problem with trash
>isn't obscurity -- it's asking too many, and too deep, questions on 
>non-obscure topics which are (however) obscure to the average college 
>bowl player.  Let's face it -- a fair number of people who play 
>college bowl are nerds (openly or in denial), and nerds or no, the 
>vast majority of them are reasonably intelligent.  This, then, makes 
>questions about such august topics as the aforementioned Ms. Spears, 
>or the works of Pauly Shore, or this Joseph Millionaire business 
>(mercifully) less accessible than some people seem to think they 
>should be.  We don't watch that stuff (for the most part).  
 
<coughs>Popular</coughs>
or
Kidder 3:21-->There is no shame, only points.
 
>Stupid people watch that stuff.
 
You know, those blanket statements should come with warnings like the ones
that come on dry cleaning bags.  Used in correctly, they can kill you.
 
CDB


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