Re: recent tournament held in Chicago

• From: qbtunagirl <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 03:25:59 -0000
• Message-ID: <ai2ck7+og3a_at_...>

 Oh, what rapier-sharp wit we have from this dynamic duo, 
approximately 30-35 years each invested in it, no?  Let this be a 
lesson to all who read here: do not dwell on such banalities as 
social interaction, employment, maturity, and romantic endeavours, 
when you too can invest your free time playing and following a game 
that most kids outgrew at high school or college age.  Just maybe, 
when you approach middle age, you can be the one sitting at your 
computer and spending hours in an attempt to impress said teenagers 
with your command of jargon and your dramatic seriousness in a game 
that was designed to be played for little more than casual fun.

--- In quizbowl_at_y..., fogey2000 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> My quiz bowl game sucks
> My buzzes lack any speed
> And my knowledge lacks
> 
> Nam
> 
> --- In quizbowl_at_y..., uiuc_alum_98 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> >      A friend from Illinois informed me of the recent tournament 
> held 
> > in Chicago wherein his team came in 6th in a field of 10 teams.  
> God 
> > must have miracled their asses from their rightly deserved dead 
> last 
> > finish to an unjustifiable 6th place.  
> >      A message to those that finished 7th through 10th: you lost 
to 
> > and placed behind three guys who haven't played the game in years 
> > (two of them also suffer from slow reflexes due to years of acute 
> > alcohol abuse) and two other guys who were coat-tail riding hacks 
> > back at Illinois; might I suggest putting the buzzer down and 
> bowing 
> > your heads in shame, then writing some inspirational haikus to be 
> > read to your respective teams after your hari-kari.
> > 
> > T. Andy Wang