(materializing from nowhere as usual) "A large percent of the circuit is disgusting. " This is just not true. In four years of college quizbowl I can truly only think of one person that really really needed a shower. He wasn't even in my region and had peaked somewhere before my time. Yes there are few bad apples here and there as in life itself, but this is a long-lasting stereotype and it isn't fair to the 96% of guys *and girls* that are clean and at least passably social. Now we may not all shop at Ambercrombie and American Eagle but if that is the requirement for people to hang out with go somewhere else! Please! Just because *some* of the male quizbowl players are shy or not used to being around girls doesn't make them bad people to hang out with. My male teammates were some of my best friends, hell I'm marrying one of them. I think a big reason why you don't see many women is that women are less likely to pursue the single-minded addiction to studying and writing questions it takes to be good at AC these days. Women in general tend to multi task more and have broader interests. They don't (mostly) get scared away by the men, but by obscurity and futility. Beth --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, gamaliel8 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote: > --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "Asia.L.Kliewer-1" <dorkusasia_at_o...> > wrote: > > A large percent of the circuit is disgusting. So many of you men, > often at least one per team, and definitely in a team you will > compete against is just slovenly. Shower! Comb your hair! Wash your > face! If you do maintain the standards of hygiene try not to just > ogle girls who wander into your practices. So many men on the circuit > are so amazed to see a curved body off of the television screen that
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