Damn, I love it when the games are close like this.  At the first scoring break I had 9 teams within 5 points of first.  The point spread increased at the second score break, but mostly because half the teams decided to joker, and half the teams saved it for later.  By the end of the game, the closeness was back; two points separated second place Golden Globs from victors That Team Over There, and both Lazlo and Meat Chute trailed just 3 points behind the Globs.  A single jokered question gave That Team Over There the win.  Yes, I know that it’s actually two hours of solid play, but I like my one answer scenario.  Mostly because then I can give credit for the win on the fact that That Team Over There remembered John Lithgow wearing drag in 1982 and getting an Oscar nod while doing it.  God bless you, John Lithgow, you make a HIDEOUS woman.

I love my pub quiz rules banner.  You are all, for the most part, well behaved quizzers.  You become friendly drunks, not answer shouty jerk drunks.  And you tend to keep those cell phones put away.  There are times, however, when you lose your shit.  Like hearing that the animal on the Gadsden flag is specifically a rattlesnake, which I required as an answer over the more generic “snake.”  Or that, in a fit of magnanimity, I decided to accept the technically correct answer “France at Midnight” for a team that didn’t get our round one overarching theme.  And when you lose your shit, I can just point to my trusty rules banner, and shout out “RULES 2 AND 3!” and the shit is once again contained.  All bow before my magic banner.

Also, I want to point out that the “rattlesnake” part of the Gadsden flag is a pretty important part.  With a rattlesnake, the motto “don’t tread on me” takes on the meaning of “if you get up in my shit, I will fuck you up.”  If it’s just some random snake, the “don’t tread on me” is more of a “oh god, please, not in the face!”

And finally, I am super proud to have classified a living human being as a cell phone.  Take that, intrinsic dignity of humanity.  Your agency is hereafter subject to my caprice.  Bwa ha ha ha.

This was our last week at the current Sideshow location, but we’ll be back as soon as Sideshow relocates.  I’ll keep you all updated at the Facebook page (facebook.com/GWDSideshow) about our next gig, so keep an eye on that.  I hope to see you all soon!

Owesomer than Owesome called me out this week about last week’s recap.   They felt I was too blasé about the evening.  Now, I’m not going to lend any credence to that story, but I do feel like it should be impossible to make such accusations about this week.  I was honestly touched by our last quiz at Sideshow’s current location.

It’s not just the love I feel from the crowd.  It’s not just the home brewed beer I got as a gift.  It isn’t even being told that the pub quiz is the best part of at least one quizzer’s week.  It’s an entire system of fun and awesomeness that we share together each week, a system based around booze and random facts and communal good times.   I can feel our bond, and I can’t wait to see you all again at the new Sideshow location.

Also, I kinda feel like a bit of a jerk.  Once, we settled our second place ties with a ‘bomb’ drinking contest.  However, this proved to be problematic, because certain ‘ringers’ could always win.  So, in the interest of fairness, we expanded the second place tie to a pint relay race between three members of each team.  Now, not only do more people get to drink, but no one person can dominate.  It’s a team effort.  I really thought we had something here; all teams agree to the drink-off, and we can have some fun.  But check out this week’s second place tiebreaker between Owesomer than Owesome (on the right) and Homer & His Bros all Pack Trojans (on the left).

There’s a moment here, where my mind shifts from “FUCK YEAH TIEBREAKER” to “OH GOD DON’T PUKE/DIE.”  The tiebreakers are meant to be wacky and fun, and this one was a bit grueling.  I was expecting the American The Office, and here we have the British version.  It’s still amusing, but in a dark, awkward way.   Though I must admit, the look of victory on Owesomer than Owesome’s face at the end kills me.

I feel odd having a paragraph talking about the love and awesomeness I feel at our pub quizzes, then providing the evidence of that video.  I feel like I went to go play with a cute little puppy, and accidentally stepped on its tail.  Luckily, you’re all resilient.  And maybe I can think of yet another way to handle our second place ties in the future.  Or you can just knock it out of the fucking park like Rhapsody in Pabst Blue Ribbon, and don't leave anybody else even close to the tie. But where's the fun in that?

So, we’re gonna be taking a short break from the pub quiz as Sideshow moves to a new location.  I’ll keep you all updated via the Facebook page (facebook.com/GWDSideshow).  See you all soon, I hope!

Okay, I guess you guys aren’t all huge Alice Cooper fans.  Most of you had some difficulty coming up with his song “Only Women Bleed,” but you were consistently good at coming up with funny random guesses for an Alice Cooper song that sounds like it’s about menstruation.  There were too many to share with you all during the score recap, so here is the list I promised in the blog:

Golden Globs- Only Women Bleed (very clever, using the real answer like that)

Venture Brothers Karamazov- Blood Reign

Ninjas in Paris- I’m 18

A Team Divided Cannot Stand- Million Dollar Babies

Lazlo- Time For Blood

The 3 Mustardeaters- That Time of the Month

Captain Nemo Drinking Rumpleminz with Chaucer and Cupid- River of Blood

Meat Chute- Red Wings

Procrastinating Florists- Aunt Flo is Running Wild

Jesci’s Kids- Hot Bloody Tamponz

And in First Place: Dan Sucks & That Team Over There- Blood River

Having not seen the Halloween remake nor heard its soundtrack (the second half of the clue for this one), I think I might have gotten stuck on Cooper’s “Dead Babies” myself.  Hey, it works for certain values of “babies.”

I think our “Happy Fucking Valentine’s Day” round on now-ex couple duets was a big factor in this week’s team rankings.  That Team Over There killed it with a 28 point round, while our next highest score in that round was 20 by Venture Brothers Karamazov, and the next highest score in any round was 22 points by And in First Place: Dan Sucks and Golden Globs.   Time to study up on your popular music of the 70’s and 80’s, I guess.

Also, I think this is the first time I’ve ever had someone want their score DECREASED so they could maintain last place three weeks in a row.  God speed, Procrastinating Florists.

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