In good news, we so totally will be doing this again. Last night's DSO was the biggest ever, and the level of commitment some of you had was a little disconcerting. I'd have had this recap up this morning, but I've been kind of dazed whenever I sit down to say something about it. Thank you guys so much for giving a shit about this stuff. Janet's an agent who reads a lot of books, and I'm some dork who writes trivia questions in his bedroom for kicks. Speaking personally, I always figured if I was ever going to wind up being a rock star, even for a night, there'd be actual performing of music involved.
Anyway. On to the details. The rounds this week:
- On This Day - in which New York became the 11th state in the union, and new nations were formed in Iberia and Liberia. (That wasn't planned.)
- Audio Round: Sweets For My Sweet II: Even Sweeterer - This week, featuring a mess of songs that all had the phrase "Pour a little sugar on me," as well as "Sweet Lovin' Woman" and "Sweet Lovin' Man." No one misses out on love here. Or getting sugar poured on them, for that matter.
- My Favorite Things - Where Janet ran through the lyrics of the song and told us about how great her shoes were.
- Stuff That Didn't Fit In Other Rounds Over The Last Six Months - I don't usually like doing these rounds, but I have so many leftover questions from other rounds that didn't need them, it seemed like a good time to bleed some off.
- True Or False
The winning team, Queens Of The Dark Age, also got the Scrabble Solution correct (someone read the Wall Street Journal piece about the number of pennies minted this year), so their winning margin was kind of high. But honestly, everyone did fairly well. Second place went to From This, You're Bragging?, and third place went to Human Rights Watch Snatched Djibouti... Arrrr! (our most excellently attired piratical friends).
In other news, there were, in no order (deep breath):
- Vinderschmongers
- Slingers
- We're Screwed, Mate
- Milk Us Till We Moo!
- Fuzzy Wuzzy Wants To Win
- Rotterdam, We're Good!
- Team B
- The Dragon Star Porn Brigade
- The Team Formerly Known As...
- Bloody Nipples
- Fashion Victim
- Alimony Schmalimony, We Ain't Payin!
- Robert Goulet's Secret Moustache
- Peter Cook's 8 Simple Rules For Schtupping My Teenage Daughter
- If You Can't Join 'em, Beat 'em
- The Bush Foreign Policy (A No Brainer)
- Go Hang A Salami, I'm A Lasagna Hog! (<---a palindrome!)
- Lance Bass-O-Matic
- Juan Wannabes
- Saigon Cheesesteak
- Boroughers
- and (last but far, far from least) Dead Grandma's Titties When You're Fucking Her From Behind
Anyway, Janet & I can't thank you enough for making this thing a success. We'll be back in action on Wednesday, September 6th, same as usual (with hopefully another new sponsor!), but this blog will continue through August, hopefully being updated a little more regularly than even now.
Finally, I want to make sure Amy, your waitress, and Colin, your barhunk, get some recognition for the crap we put them through every week. We are not your average bar crowd, and we can be occasionally demanding little freaks, and they both handle the weird stuff with great aplomb and grace. It makes doing this so much easier. And Tom, the owner of Dempsey's, who thought enough of this thing to keep it going when there was eight people a week showing up: thanks for sticking with us.
Now, relax this summer. Go catch a musical or something!
