Rumor time: if you order a burger at Hamburger Harry's, you get UNLIMITED fries?! Is that true? I hope that's true. 

I'll figure it out, perhaps on a Thursday at 8pm. Why? Because I'm your newest HH Quizmaster! Hooray! I won't let you down by being boring, mean, or by losing a totally winnable game to the San Francisco 49ers.

There was so much positive energy coming from the quizzers Thursday night, I almost cancelled my Seattle City Lights account then and there-- you were my evening's glow, the light that pierced the rain and darkness, the stamen in my… eh, you get the picture.

Is it bad that as soon as I saw the scoresheet labeled RAMROD I immediately knew who it was? If you guessed "the guy at the bar who would yell some irrelevant things and then come talk to me a few times in the middle of the quiz", then you are correct! Quizzers: Some team names are more clever than others. Two of them are less clever than any others, and they are Team Ramrod and My Couch Pulls Out, But I Don't. Not only are they less clever, but there's a very positive correlation between those team names and being bad at answering things. Coincidence? You tell me (and then yell some stuff, make a joke and look around for validation, receive none and come talk at my face for a while).

Trapper Keeper Bitches pulled an impressive lead over everyone, including 2nd place team Sweaterfunk, whose name makes me imagine a soulful Weezer cover. Are you thinking about it too? Awwww yeah.

Hey, let's get dinner next week, alright? You get the burger, I'll get the fries. See you Thursday!

-Quizmaster Brittany

So last night I got to sub at Hamburger Harry’s. Subbing at Hamburger Harry’s meant I had to travel up the Gangees River to Ballard (or drive five miles down 45^th. Same difference). Like most snobby, elitist downtowners I view Ballard with certain curiosity. I’ve only been there a handful of times, usually to see shows at the Tractor or Sunset, and although it’s technical only 3-5 miles from downtown, the idea of actually going there is akin to boarding a 23-hour flight to Bombay. ‘What? Go to Ballard? But it’s so faaaaar,’ we whine. Still, I enjoy subbing last night and even learned a few things about the good people of Ballard in the process:

• The good people of Ballard are up on their ‘Duh’ trivia. Many 8/8 scores on Round 1.
• The good people of Ballard secretly own copies of the ‘Alt-Rock Lullabies’ Album we played during Round 2, there’s just no other explanation.
• The good people of Ballard have spent a lot of time and money at tourist traps, especially Alcatraz and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• The good people of Ballard love them some Parks and Recreation and don’t you fuck with them about it.
• The good people of Ballard know a lot about Rodney Dangerfield which means a lot of people from Ballard have seem Little Nicky. I guess you take the good with the bad on that one.
• The good people of Ballard know how to make an Oreo milkshake. Damn, that thing was amazing.
• The good people of Ballard squeal with joy when you mention Melanie Griffith in Working Girl (Ok, maybe just that one time in the corner).

Tour de Fraud were our big winners last night, cruising to a comfortable victory over Please, God Don’t Let There Be Another Tie and Teamoci. Thanks again to everyone at HH for coming out tonight, hopefully we’ll see you again.

“Sometimes I sing and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will.” – Cynthia, Working Girl

Play Quiz!

Stupid construction signs.  There were only four teams in tonights quiz, largely due to the fact there were no parking signs up and down the street, scaring the people away.

Highlights of the night:

Only four teams!

The team I made fun of for liking MXPX a few weeks ago made thier name "I Love MXPX" just to make me say it over and over again.

Guitars!

Flashback to seeing Goldeneye three times in the theater.

The quiz ended in yet ANOTHER tie between Pocket Pencil People and The Pickle Truck.   In the end the Pickle Truck was victorious.

Bacon Cheesburger:  highlight of my week.

No huge wierdos!

Lowlights of the night:

Only four teams.

Only a few guitars.

No one knows that a Tom Swifty is.

Everyone knows "Kung Fu Fighting."  No one remembers who sang it.

But the real losers of the night are the people of Mississippi, the most obese state in the nation.

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• Bruno's Tavern - New Orleans 7:00 PM
• White Horse Tavern - Allston 8:00 PM
• The First Printer - Cambridge 7:30 PM
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• O'Niell's Pub - Albuquerque 8:00 PM
• O'Possum's Pub - Murfreesboro 8:00 PM
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