Congrats to Marc Coen and his BU cohorts (Sarah Harriman and Jon Couture) for putting together a great time this weekend at Cancel Bowl II: Shave My Poodle. Of course, any tournament always looks greater when you win the thing, but I would say I had a great time even if my team hadn't won. Observations... 1. I wouldn't have such a negative opinion of Boston if the stereotypes weren't so dead-on. Getting beer spilled on me in Fenway was such a nice touch. 2. The semi-final game vs. Tim Young/Phil Castagna was a game for the ages, especially the overtime. There's nothing that says quality packet when the final score in a 3-tossup/bonus OT was 15 to -10. It was almost like there was a bat loose in the packet. 3. And now, brought to you by a generous grant from The Chubb Group, Part XVI in a never ending saga on how to write a question. With a guerilla edited tournament, the chances for repeats are always possible. And sure enough, during one game I heard a tossup where their lead-in was my giveaway. The question had to do with the comic strip Get Fuzzy. In the version I heard, it started out with the clue "Bucky the cat...". Gee, that's only one of the three main characters, where can it possibly go from there? If you know the strip, you'll know it there. If you don't know the strip, you'll never get it. It's simple, folks: start with fact that a few people have heard, followed by a fact that some people have heard, and finally fact that most people have heard. For the record, my lead-in was "Ironically, the artist for this comic strip is not allowed to have pets in his own apartment." 4. Remember -> Monty Burns 3 -> <a href=http://www.mikeburger.com/mb2001.html target=new>http://www.mikeburger.com/mb2001.html</a> Sign up if you haven't, make sure you're signed up if you did. --Mike Burger Who did have a wicked pisser of a time this weekend
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