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Holy crap. I woke up this morning in Columbia, MO on an air mattress with my nieces and nephews screaming their balls off in the middle of their front room. I hadn't showered nor shat in days. My mother insisted I shower before our upcoming voyage. She didn't warn me however that the only soap available to me was Thomas the Tank Engine brand Watermelon scent body wash.
We caught our 9:20 am shuttle to Kansas City. 2.5 hours later I was allowed what I thought/hoped would be my first meal. It turns out however that the KCI Frontier terminal hates giving a hungover-ass QM what he thought would be a responsible choice of a caesar salad in a reasonable time-frame. Hunger and insanity now flowed through me like a Tanner Transmission Power Flush.
We got onto our plane to our layover destination of sunny Denver, CO. The second we landed my phone hit me with a Tornado warning. I was all, surely this is CoMo thing, as it lays square in Tornado Alley and thus the family I just spent the weekend with is now dead. But no... a wind funnel was hovering over the Denver Airport (picture stolen from reddit) with me and my plane in its crosshairs.
Luckily my family has a direct line to JC and his padre so we were saved and as a matter of fact the total shutdown of a major metropolitan international airport assured that we would make our once-too-soon connecting flight to Salt Lake City.
Of course that leg of our journey was a gut-wrenching, turbulence-drenched vomit-fest.
All this to say, I was driven straight from the airport to the quiz to deliver this story to all y'allz faces!
But you guys quickly made your displeasure at that prospect known and I cut it short and wept my way through the rest of the quiz.
Speaking of which, great job #oldballz. Your unstoppable freight train towards the Rumble in the Pub finals is wailing super hard, too bad it's at the expense of human decency. I NEARLY DIED AND YOU CAN'T EVEN LET ME TELL THE STORY! WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN?!
In a much friendlier second place we had The "Yo I'll Solve It"s. Great job at being both good at quiz and not a bunch of jerks.
We also had some new teams that will come back next week and give #oldballz a much needed visectomy.
-Gar
P.S. RSVP to the upcoming Arrested Development quiz here!
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Holy crap you guys, it's been a full year since we began this journey together. There were highs, higher highs and outright moments of pure bliss. If I were to attempt to count on my fingers and toes how many times we chuckled together, stared meaningfully into each other's eyes, and/or groaned after a particularly epic pun run, I'd run out virtually instantly and spend the rest of my natural life trying to remember how many times I'd counted the same phalanges.
What I'm trying to say is I love each and every one of you and shit's only gonna get more and more real.
OK, I went a little overboard, let's get back to the quiz. The die was cast, the rubicon was crossed, and fates were sealed after two titans of quiz locked horns in the first three rounds and both refused to relent. #oldballz continues their open rebellion, in an attempt to sweep the Rumble in the Pub, clearly not Ging an F about their relative proximity to Denver, Colorado. However, the Upchuckernauts continue to be a thorn in their side, refusing to abdicate their throne.
Hot on both their heels we had Spoiler Alert: Hodor says Hodor, Chowda Gunz and The Sex Bob-Ombs. The War of the Five Teams rages throughout the realm without an end in sight.
OK, I've just received word that the Game of Thrones quiz is over and I need to switch gears. The Westeros references are growing irrelevant and I need to start Bluth-ifying my post. I'm going into a chrysalis over the next week to figure out my life and hopefully emerge as a more culturally germane gentleman. No touching...
-Gar
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Holy crap! What a quiz?! Not only were we vying for our usual i.e. ultimate victory, but tonight we had a Quiz for a Cause! Tonight's philanthropic venture? Utah AIDS Foundation. Each team was asked, not required, to cough off $5 per person and what happened? Y'all delivered in a major way. Cash was flowing in a very serious manner.
Now granted, the teams who were donating were told, if you were to win the quiz, you will get your $5 back... specifically $5 per team that donated.
So was it personal gain that drove each team tonight? Well, I can't speak for everyone, but the victors tonight, #oldballz, took their winnings and flung it right back in the pot for the UAF. That's class, ladies and gentlemen, and that's what we promote here at Gracie's every Tuesday. UAF has a fundraising walk coming up and I assume all of you will be there.
I would be remiss if I didn't state that the race for second place was a doozy. The "Yo I'll Solve It"s rose to prominence in a pivotal round 8, dislodging Watermelon Desperados from their 2nd place roost.
That aside, I would assume we're all still reeling from the events of Sunday, e.g. that which took place on Game of Thrones. Either you know what i'm talking about or you don't. Either way, figure it out and join us on Saturday for the Game of Thrones themed quiz. I've got my best Brienne in the bear pit gown picked out and it would be all for naught if all of you didn't gaze upon it.
I love you all so much.
-Gar