Re: recent tournament held in Chicago

• From: fogey2000 <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:47:53 -0000
• Message-ID: <ai3a19+lec4_at_...>

And why, pray tell, would I like to dwell on my banalities with the 
likes of the quizbowel community?  I think not, homes.

Nam

--- In quizbowl_at_y..., qbtunagirl <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
>  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