VFW: Chicks Are Gonna Fly!

Skip skipped out before this pic of Chicks and Dicks was taken. They were the evening's champs, which was an appropriate ending since they are going on their annual summer hiatus (Carmen, however, is willing to play on another team if someone wants to adopt her).

The other big story of the night was the highest placing ever for Boot, Scoot and Annie, as they took second! We're No Biscuits with Low-Fat Gravy almost took second, but settled for third. Shitz and Giggles, Room Two and D and M + 2 (welcome back Rob and Louise!) followed, which put Nix Lix in the coveted seventh place spot. They chose the movie Pulp Fiction as their theme.

The Seat Warmers returned with offers of bribes for answers. (Murphy, by the way, would like to invite everyone to a special fund-raising karaoke on Saturday, June 23rd at the VFW.)

Bad Question!

Tom of Team Discovery Channel pointed out an inaccuracy from last night's Bube's show. The question claimed that Smith Corona originally made guns. In reality, they started out making typewriters in the 1800s and only began making guns during World War II when the entire nation turned into one big munitions factory. .

Thanks, Tom, for keeping me on my toes. My fact checker has since been beheaded.

Bube's: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

Marge of Out of the Vortex and Phil of the Tesla Death Rays display their prizes from the Trashbag of Deelite: Thing 1 and Thing 2! Phil was disturbed that Thing 2 was unable to grip himself.

It was a night of self love for the Rays, as they maintained a two-point lead throughout the night. Last week's champs, The Jelly Roll Mortons, were right behind and Team Discovery Channel only trailed them by two more points (or is that two less points?). The Vortex had to settle for fourth, followed by Melissa and Her Bitches. There was a tie for sixth, so I let those two teams choose themes for next week. Jonny's Lonely Bitches Plus Jensen chose Bube's history and A Dirty Shame chose the classic TV series The Kids in the Hall.

Janelle and Justin, AKA "A Dirty Shame," returned to Bube's after a long hiatus.

The Pomegrams were doing really well, placing third by the end of the third round, but they stumbled a bit in the final.

Chuckles: No More Clowning Around

It was a fun holiday night at Chuckles, with a lot of holidaying newcomers. To make it extra special, we were pounded by a fierce hail storm. The storm did nothing to stop the competition, however, as Skirtland and the Price Is Right slugged it out for first. The Price won out, sliding past the Skirts by one question. A little farther back were the Lethal Amoebas, who took third. TLC, a brand new team, took fourth on their first try. Laffy Taffy were next, followed by Fun Size Ubersmack. Dead Bear Bay in a Jar Is Getting Married copped the coveted seventh place slot and chose "VH1 Reality Shows" as their theme. We also welcomed back the Send in the Creepy Clowns team, who were upset to see that the restaurant had been de-clowned.

It was fantastic to see Jason and Kristi of Dead Bear Baby in a Jar, a team that has been MIA from Bube's for way too long. The happy couple are getting married in early July!

The Red Rubys were a team of folks from Ruby Tuesday's who were enjoying some rare time off.

TLC were trivia newcomers who vowed to come back again soon.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Tilted Kilt: The Substitute Teacher

Fellow trivia host and friend J was called away from his regular Saturday night gig at the Tilted Kilt, since he had to fill in for music trivia host Kerry, who couldn't make it to Bube's to deejay the Pajama Party. So, like a series of dominoes, I filled in for J. Since it was a holiday weekend, the crowd was small, but we all had a great time, nonetheless. I left my notes at home, so I'll fill in the bloggage later. In the mean time, here are some pix from that night:

Jay, Julie and Michelle were the night's champions. (Sidebar: Michelle blames Curtis Earth for her marriage to Royce).

That Was the Week That Was

Quick apologies for being a bad blogger this week. It's been a little more hectic than usual, so I'm going to combine the week into one long post. (If you're here looking for themes, you can read through this or skip this post and look at the one below). Here's how the week went:

Saturday: went to a Leukemia and Lymphoma fundraiser Damion Wolfe concert held by Melissa. She's trying to raise funds to attend a hike in the Rockies. I'll have to get you her site, if you want to help her out.

Sunday: At Chuckles, Ubersmack had a great last round for a come-from-behind victory. The Lethal Amoebas were only one question behind, followed by the Price Is Right, Skirtland and the Talent Scouts. A little farther back were Out of the Vortex (welcome back Bill and Marge) and the Tidy Bowlers. The Bowlers were inspired by their prize from the Trashbag of Deelite (an Aunt Bee cookbook) and chose Andy Griffith as their theme.

Monday: I took time off from the day job and went car-shopping since Stan the Stanza was being put out to pasture. The new MrSnrubmobile is a Toyota Echo. Then it was off to the Barnstormers game (many pix below).

Tuesday: I normally write questions Monday night, so I was running behind. I took an extended lunch at home, churning out some questions. Then my home computer died! It's currently on life support in the shop here at work. Managed to write a show for Bube's, which was won by the Jelly Roll Mortons (this was their first win in a while). Out of the Vortex improved their Sunday night showing by taking second, followed by a tie between The Tesla Death Rays and Team Discovery Channel for third. In fifth were The Nutsacks, followed by the John Shober Gang and the seventh place Stone Cutters, who chose Michael jackson as their theme. You can see the Shobers' pix below. Also: does anyone know where Partial Disagreement disappeared to?

Wednesday: Matt joined his friends Josh and Amy to once again become the Drunken Stepfathers. They tied for second with Shitz and Giggles. Shitz sent Captain Jack first-timer Tom up and he had what had to be the quickest ever loss. We're Here for the Beer took seventh, which gave Don the opportunity to choose the International Radio code as their theme. The story of the night, however, was Clyde and Jerry's kickass last round, as the two-man team Room Two took first place.

Thursday: ran home from the day job and quickly made the house presentable for a Pampered Chef party. This annual event is to help out my friend and soon-to-be-trivia host Justin Shiffer. Then off to see Damion for the second time in one week at his last Symposium show.

Friday: fell asleep on the couch, getting ready to start all over again...

Themes, Themes, Who's Got Themes?

Lots of pix and blogging to come, but my home computer fried its brain (must have been trying to answer the trivia questions), so they won't appear until later this weekend. In the meantime, here are next week's themes:

Cafe Chuckles: the Andy Griffith Show.
Bube's: Michael Jackson
Lititz VFW: the International Radio Code

Thanks to the Jon Shober Gang for these pix!