Clock Tower Grill: Home of big screens (it’s bigger than it looks) and waitresses who like to stick their fingers into your pics.
I love this job. No, it doesn’t pay the bills, but it helps, and I feel I’m a natural at it. I love accumulating and sharing random bits of knowledge; I’m a foul-mouthed smartass; I’m a decent writer (at least in the blogging sense). This is the only job I’ve had that actually puts me in a good mood; that’s worth a lot to a melancholic son of a bitch like myself. This is why it pisses me off to no end when someone fucks my shit up. One of the rules of Geeks Who Drink is “Don’t fuck with the Quizmaster.” Well, there were far too many people breaking that rule last night.
As I noted, I love this job, and one of the reasons for this is that I get to say whatever the fuck I want. If it pops into my mildly unbalanced mind I just go ahead and say it. But when you add kids to the mix I suddenly have to watch what I say. It fucks up my mojo, because now I have to pay attention to the shit coming out of my mouth, rather than simply being myself and going with the flow. This does not please your friendly neighborhood quizmaster, and it nullifies part of the Geeks Who Drink charm. As such, I’m going to give out some parenting advice, and it’s absolutely free! And since I had to keep my potty mouth in check last night, I’m going to vent the excess by lacing this motherfucker with as much profanity as possible.
This is Jack’s foul-mouthed catharsis:
Listen up, fucktards! This is America! Americans like to eat! A shit-ton! We don’t give a shit what it is, as long as it’s filled with juicy, life-enhancing fat and cholesterol! Make a burger made from the supple, fat-drenched meat of an endangered species of three-toed sloth, cover it in baby seal blood, and serve it with a side of lard-laden fries made from the hearts of hydrocephalic kittens and you’ve got yourself a meal! And prime-time chow time in this fucking country is between the hours of 5 and 8pm. You wanna eat at 8:45 at night? Go to fucking Italy! It’s hard to find an open restaurant before 8pm, and they’re happy to let you sit around and take your time. They serve healthy shit like seafood and vegetables. You’ll love it.
If you insist on eating your dinner later than 8 and you’ve got a gaggle of your slack-jawed progeny in tow, then go to fucking McDonald’s or Chuck E. Cheese! A sports bar is not the place to bring your kids! It is not a place for your 10-year old, and it sure as fuck ain't a place for your 3-year old. If you walk into a restaurant and the bar and dining area are within spitting distance of each other, then turn your dumb motherfucking ass around and find another place to eat. In fact, here’s a tip that will save you the effort of leaving your car: if the place has neon signs hawking alcohol in their front window, you should probably take your kids somewhere else!
Why? Because a sports bar at night is a place for adults. Adults like to loudly expound in graphic, gag-inducing detail about the broads they’re nailing, and yell “Fuck you, motherfucker! I can’t believe you fucking dropped that piece of shit pop fly, you cock-eating knob-gobbler!” at the TV. If you think this is the kind of atmosphere in which your kids belong, then I encourage you to try a new garnish at your next family meal: it’s called cyanide, and it really spices things up!
Here’s what not to do if you have a kid: bring your kid to a sports bar; completely and utterly fucking ignore your kid while you play in some low-rent poker tournament; allow your kid, either by utter neglect or by encouragement, to spend half a pub quiz annoying the ever-loving fuck out of the quizmaster. The quizmaster is working, and the quizmaster’s job description says nothing about babysitting. Does the quizmaster bring his cat and new puppy into your work and let them hang out in your cubicle? No! Why is that? Because the quizmaster is not an inconsiderate fucking douchebag!
If the quizmaster was a douchebag, he would, in this particular situation, contact the criminal underworld of Denver, and, while you’re busy being a deadbeat piece of shit father, sell your child to Ukrainian slavers for a hefty profit. Your kid would then be forced to work all day in the stink of his own feces for the kingly sum of one bowl of cold, day-old borscht per day, along with several glasses of homemade wood alcohol. Said alcohol would have the benefit of keeping your child in a docile state, but would have the unfortunate side effect of eventually blinding him. Once blind, he would again be sold, this time to some extremely fucked up monsters who make snuff films featuring blind former slave laborers.
Or the quizmaster could just look the other way while you're too "busy" to notice that drunken off-duty clown dragging your kid into the bathroom.
On the other hand, you could avoid all this by sacking up and being a responsible motherfucking parent and keeping your children out of fucking bars! I know it’s a pretty wild idea, but perhaps you should give it a whirl, just for the fuck of it. And if you don’t? Well, then I’ll be forced to fucking shank you with my pen, mang.
This has been a public service announcement, brought to you by Dr. Gryffindork’s Committee For Responsible Parenting.
…Aaaaand I’m spent. Here are a few Unofficial Awards.
Team Name of the Week goes to Wu Tang Clan Ain’t Nothin’ To Fuck With. You know I’m down with the boys from Shaolin, and on any other night I would have played a little Wu, just for you. I think it’s safe to say that we all know by now why I was unable to do that, which segues nicely into my next point: your quizmaster ain’t nothin’ to fuck with!
The Need For Speed Award goes to Late Is Better Than Never, the only team to know that the callsign of Maverick’s F-14 was Ghost Rider. See, this award is amusing for two reasons: it’s a Top Gun reference, as well as a prompting for these guys to get their asses to the quiz on time.
The Hi-top Fade Award goes to the Slackers, the only team to correctly identify the hair of Kid (from Kid ‘n Play) on our visual round.
The Who Knows That Shit?! Award goes to Hose A, B, and C, the only team to score higher than a 3 on the most difficult Round 7 I’ve seen thus far (they got a 5). Honestly, who knows that shit?!
This week’s E-mail Bonus Question winner was Chris. He’s looking smart and fashionable with his new Bacon and Eggs tote bag. Guaranteed to get you some tail, or my name ain’t Dr. Gryffindork!
5th Place: Lou Holtz
I didn’t get a pic of Lou, so here’s a pic of the real Lou, expressing my rage regarding bad parenting.
4th Place: Hose A, B, and C
Always a pleasure to have these guys around. Can you meet nicer people? Perhaps, but it’d be hard.
3rd Place: Slackers
It was hard to take this pic, due to the sheer excitement radiating from every pore of three of these guys. But I persevered. And they won $10.
2nd Place: Wu Tang Clan Ain’t Nothin’ To Fuck With
They came. They played. They lost the tie-breaker. Nevertheless, I would not recommend fucking with them.
1st Place: Late Is Better Than Never
They lived up to their name and won this bitch. Good thing they’re friends of the quizmaster, who was kind enough to allow them to catch up after being woefully late.
Final Scores:
Late Is Better Than Never 51 (+1 for tie-breaker)
Wu Tang Clan Ain’t Nothin’ To Fuck With 51
Slackers 49
Hose A, B, and C 48
Lou Holtz 36