Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Please don't trivialize their feelings."Sounds like we need to increase our gloating this year to expose the sore, whiney losers."I know I've mentioned the annual trivia contest thing in here numerous times.
I guess there was some doubt as to the tournament being held this year. It's a fundraiser for the Cal State soccer team and the coach that organizes the contest just left for greener pastures. Turns out they're still doing it.
I get this email the other day from the old professor of mine that serves as the team "captain". She said that although they are having the contest this year she was considering not putting a/our team together this year.
Her reason? Because we've won the last 3 years in a row and "the lousy reception our consecutive victories" gets from the other teams.![]()
Then she asked what everybody else thought. I just politely replied with "I think we play again this year and continue to try our hardest". I was tempted to call her a Communist and ask "did the mother-jumping 1980s Lakers sit out a year? Do you think John Wooden 'called off the dogs' because people grew tired of watching UCLA win? Not sure about you but I want to be the G-D Dan Gable of 'The Brains of Bakersfield'".
Still not sure if we're going to have a team or not. If she doesn't want to enter this year I'll put myself on the market as a free agent. I won't settle for less than my entry fee ($40) and at least 20 drink tickets.
It's actually pretty funny when they announce the winning team. Everybody already knows who will probably win since they update the scores after each round. The only thing still in question is the final round. So when they say our team name only a few people clap. Most everybody else just kind of murmurs and starts getting ready to go.I'm tempted to make some sort of t-shirt for this year. Maybe "He Hate Me" or "Have Fun Fighting for 2nd Place".
shuke.