Sorry about that; I was just working off my memory last night, and my memory has again proven itself quite faulty. Yes, it was indeed *Ben* Gross, not Bob Gross, that was on the winning team yesterday. Bob Gross is actually the dean of our college. Mucho apologies, Chris bhg144 <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com> said: > <html><body> > > > <tt> > NOt that I normally would make a big deal of such things...but who is <BR> > Bob Gross? You see if he was the one competing, then I have to wonder <BR> > if my attendance at the tournament yesterday just a dream? It <BR> > wouldn't surprise me.<BR> > <BR> > Maybe he's a distant relative or something.<BR> > <BR> > -Ben Gross<BR> > formerly of Yale Student Academic Competitions<BR> > <BR> > --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, <cwhite2_at_s...> wrote:<BR> > > <BR> > > <BR> > > Nineteen teams convened on Swarthmore for the second half of our <BR> > "Old Friends"<BR> > > tournament weekend, TRASH: Keep the Customer Satisfied. Who Wants <BR> > to Watch<BR> > > the Next Joe Millionaire (Samer Ismail, Kenny Peskin, Bob Gross, and <BR> > Andrew<BR> > > Hutchings) swept the field with 9-0 prelim and 3-0 playoff record to <BR> > win the<BR> > > tournament and a "Big Mouth Billy Bass Superstar!", a <BR> > non-wall-mounted version<BR> > > of the infamous icthyoid; he sings idiosyncratic versions of "Act <BR> > Naturally"<BR> > > and "I Will Survive". Kidder Notorious (you-know-who) won second <BR> > (and a Care<BR> > > Bears UNO set in a Collectible Tin) with two losses due to his <BR> > head-to-head<BR> > > victory over Fear the Kool Aid Man (Adam Fine, Arthur Fleming, Mike <BR> > Starsinic,<BR> > > and Phil Durkos), which also had two losses (They won a Simpsons <BR> > Magic<BR> > > 8-Ball). Rounding out the top bracket was A Social Concern: The <BR> > Media is<BR> > > Desirous that our Team Does Well (Delaware); 17 or 35 Points of <BR> > Flair (I<BR> > > think) (GWU Alums); and Allentown B.<BR> > > <BR> > > Awards were given to the top 4 scorers: you-know-who was first; <BR> > Kenny of<BR> > > WWTWTNJM was second; and of the other two one escapes my mind while <BR> > one was<BR> > > Tim from ...Flair. Awards were books by Robert Ludlum, Philip K. <BR> > Dick, Dave<BR> > > Barry, and Charles Barkley. Two people (James of Rutgers-NB and <BR> > Hot&Spicy of<BR> > > Law and Order: Special Poultry Unit) shared the neg prize. The <BR> > planned neg<BR> > > prize was "The Big Book Of Bodily Functions", while for the second <BR> > one I<BR> > > pressed into emergency service "Why We Lost the ERA" from an <BR> > extremely dry<BR> > > poli sci class I took 2 years ago.<BR> > > <BR> > > Full stats will eventually be posted, along acknowledgements, <BR> > comments, and<BR> > > bad negs, but that may take a while, due to my having neglected real <BR> > life for<BR> > > about a week and needing to catch up, as well as a couple other <BR> > factors I will<BR> > > detail later. (Comments will probably appear before stats.) (I will <BR> > say that<BR> > > this ran considerably smoother than SNEWT the day before, due mainly <BR> > to us<BR> > > being prepared to deal with a) cantankerous pizza places and b) <BR> > playoff dropouts.)<BR> > > <BR> > > Chris<BR> > > Swat CB<BR> > <BR> > </tt> > > > > <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > > <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> > <tr bgcolor=#FFFFCC> > <td align=center><font size="-1" color=#003399><b>Yahoo! Groups Sponsor</b></font></td> > </tr> > <tr bgcolor=#FFFFFF> > <td align=center width=470><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td align=center><font face=arial size=-2>ADVERTISEMENT</font> <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/M=267637.4116732.5333197.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705080866:HM/A=1853618/R=0/SIG=11tco8nod/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=60178338&partid=4116732" alt=""><img src="http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/ne/netflix/yhoo1103_a_300250A.gif" alt="click here" width="300" height="250" border="0"></a></td></tr></table> </td> > </tr> > <tr><td><img alt="" width=1 height=1 src="http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=267637.4116732.5333197.1261774/D=egroupmail/S=:HM/A=1853618/rand=464019382"></td></tr> > </table> > > <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> > > > > <tt> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:<BR> > quizbowl-unsubscribe_at_yahoogroups.com<BR> > <BR> > </tt> > > > > <tt>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the <a href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/">Yahoo! Terms of Service</a>.</tt> > </br> > > </body></html> > > --
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