Zeb_Carter
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Sleep! You elusive bastard!
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oggbashan
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If you go down to the woods today
You're sure of a big surprise.
If you go down to the woods today
You'd better go in disguise.
For ev'ry bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain, because
Today's the day the Teddy Bears have their picnic.
TheeGoatPig
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New Jersey does have an abundance of black bears.
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Rain and thunder, thunder and rain. Crash, piter-pater.
MagicaPractica
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MagicaPractica
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We don't see a black bear too often in this part of New York but the coyotes are out of control.
oggbashan
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We are going to get banned again.
Tonight my wife and I joined some friends at a Wine and Wisdom evening.
As usual, we won. This time we scored 5% more than the second placed team. At the halfway interval one of my other friends from another table said "You're going to win again, aren't you?"
At that point we were in the joint lead with another table, but in the next five rounds we scored maximum points on four of them, and the highest score on the other one. The odd group out had badly phrased/set questions or the questioner had wrong answers which meant no one could get them right e.g.
Which is the smallest native British deer?
Official Answer: The Muntjack - which is neither native nor British.
In which house in Rochester did Charles Dickens die?
Official Answer: Gadshill - which is not in Rochester now and never was. Dickens did not die in Rochester. Gadshill is in Higham, part of Gravesham.
In the last five years the group of us who make up teams of 8 for Wine and Wisdom evenings have only lost once - by half a point when Og wasn't part of the team that evening.
Why do we win? It is the diverse mix of the group which at times includes a Medical Doctor, a Ph.D Scientist, several secondary teachers with various specialisms, a couple of 'experts' in popular culture and me for the oddball stuff no one else knows.
My contribution tonight when no one else on our team could answer:
Q. Which U starts the name of the villainess in a Disney Movie?
My answer: Ursula in The Little Mermaid.
Our group has been banned before from Wine and Wisdom evenings. It irritates some that we win so frequently and that we don't take the evenings seriously. If we don't know, we will put any silly answer in the space. We enjoy ourselves and don't get worried if we can't answer, or if we disagree with the 'official' answer.
Our 'winnings'? A box of chocolates for each team member. Since we paid to be there, and paid to enter the raffles, even 'winning' leaves us about £10 each out of pocket for an evening's entertainment.
Tonight my wife and I joined some friends at a Wine and Wisdom evening.
As usual, we won. This time we scored 5% more than the second placed team. At the halfway interval one of my other friends from another table said "You're going to win again, aren't you?"
At that point we were in the joint lead with another table, but in the next five rounds we scored maximum points on four of them, and the highest score on the other one. The odd group out had badly phrased/set questions or the questioner had wrong answers which meant no one could get them right e.g.
Which is the smallest native British deer?
Official Answer: The Muntjack - which is neither native nor British.
In which house in Rochester did Charles Dickens die?
Official Answer: Gadshill - which is not in Rochester now and never was. Dickens did not die in Rochester. Gadshill is in Higham, part of Gravesham.
In the last five years the group of us who make up teams of 8 for Wine and Wisdom evenings have only lost once - by half a point when Og wasn't part of the team that evening.
Why do we win? It is the diverse mix of the group which at times includes a Medical Doctor, a Ph.D Scientist, several secondary teachers with various specialisms, a couple of 'experts' in popular culture and me for the oddball stuff no one else knows.
My contribution tonight when no one else on our team could answer:
Q. Which U starts the name of the villainess in a Disney Movie?
My answer: Ursula in The Little Mermaid.
Our group has been banned before from Wine and Wisdom evenings. It irritates some that we win so frequently and that we don't take the evenings seriously. If we don't know, we will put any silly answer in the space. We enjoy ourselves and don't get worried if we can't answer, or if we disagree with the 'official' answer.
Our 'winnings'? A box of chocolates for each team member. Since we paid to be there, and paid to enter the raffles, even 'winning' leaves us about £10 each out of pocket for an evening's entertainment.
Handley_Page
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But it is good fun!
oggbashan
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It is. My best performance was as part of the Chamber of Commerce team.
The team was winning after the first three rounds, but the rest of the team hadn't arrived. Their invitation had said 8 for 8.30 when it should have been 7 for 7.30. From 7.30 until 8.10 I was the whole team.
Being the only team member meant there were no disputes about which was the right answer.
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OMG, I have been doing HORRENDOUS marking. It involved an online form - so it's always in danger of crashing and taking all your carefully composed comments down the internet equivalent of the toilet. There was a box to put in a number (the mark), then some toggles for pull down menus with choices to click on. Then several boxes demanding feedback on specific elements of the assignment - ie several chunks of text so no, it is not worth working offline and copying and pasting.
I did it and submitted it all on time.
I did it while Piglet was poorly for TWO days.
I did it in the midst of a plague of frogs as the cat insisted to bring them in from the neighbour's pond as part of her training up the kitten to be a Ninja killer kitten. (Faster pussycat! Kill! Kill!)
I did it while Outlaw Dad carried on falling over at predictable intervals and requiring long distance advice which he did not take, of course.
I even marked the essay by the person with a name rather like Snowflake El Domino. I kid you not. It was exactly what you would expect of someone with a name like that, I had to read the f**cker three times to make sense of it. (Shoulda just failed the stupid person as soon as I saw their name.)
And now I'm going to have a long lie-in and roll about on the floor and steal Ogg's champagne and shake it, then let it woosh up in a fountain all over me.
LOL, no I am going to put on some freshly ironed knickers
, go to the shop, then cook brunch (cuz Piglet is going to her friend the vegetarian piglet's for the day and is worried she will die of starvation while being fed only vegetables), then do lots and lots of cleaning. Oh Joy!
I did it and submitted it all on time.
I did it while Piglet was poorly for TWO days.
I did it in the midst of a plague of frogs as the cat insisted to bring them in from the neighbour's pond as part of her training up the kitten to be a Ninja killer kitten. (Faster pussycat! Kill! Kill!)
I did it while Outlaw Dad carried on falling over at predictable intervals and requiring long distance advice which he did not take, of course.
I even marked the essay by the person with a name rather like Snowflake El Domino. I kid you not. It was exactly what you would expect of someone with a name like that, I had to read the f**cker three times to make sense of it. (Shoulda just failed the stupid person as soon as I saw their name.)
And now I'm going to have a long lie-in and roll about on the floor and steal Ogg's champagne and shake it, then let it woosh up in a fountain all over me.
LOL, no I am going to put on some freshly ironed knickers
, go to the shop, then cook brunch (cuz Piglet is going to her friend the vegetarian piglet's for the day and is worried she will die of starvation while being fed only vegetables), then do lots and lots of cleaning. Oh Joy!
TheeGoatPig
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Today is the ten year anniversary of me being a martial artist, if you don't count a couple months of karate back when I was 7.
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TxRad
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steve44uk
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Hey Steve.....
Did you escape or are you out on bail?
*Jedi mind trick gesture*
This is not the Steve you're looking for...
johneb87
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*Jedi mind trick gesture*
This is not the Steve you're looking for...
Are you calling Tx weak minded?
Handley_Page
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Are you calling Tx weak minded?
A trifle confused, perhaps ?
TxRad
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*Jedi mind trick gesture*
This is not the Steve you're looking for...
*Jedi mind trick gesture back at you*
It is, if I say it is.
johneb87
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*Jedi mind trick gesture back at you*
It is, if I say it is.
*universe explodes*
TxRad
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No more caffeine for you today.
Quite the opposite actually.
Ooh, Travel Channel is now doing their Halloween themed programing. Love this time of year.
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Handley_Page
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I helped get some chores done around the apartment. Do I at least get a gold star for that?
Nothing exceptional, really.
You're expected to do it occasionally, I expect.
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