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I work there.

Have you read Praying For Gil Hodges, Morb?

― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

No, I'm vaguely aware of it. I run into far too many nostalgic 60something Dodger fans to have much interest in it!

I check out the remainders and Travel sections most often.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 15:53 (twenty years ago)

Last chance to change yr minds, people. Pub quiz is tonight, I believe at 8pm although no one's answering the phone at the bar. I'll be wearing, oh hell, cuffed jeans and god only knows what else. JBR, do you think you and I could recognize each other on sight? Look for me outside, I'll be smoking if at all possible. I've medium-brown long hair with a blonde streak, JBR is dark headed and v curly, right?

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 19:56 (twenty years ago)

dark headed and curly, that's me.

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

although i have a bad sinus headache developing... if i can knock it out in the next couple of hours i'll see you there.

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

Oh for god's sake, I'm not going if no one else can be counted on to turn up -- I don't mind having a drink for its own sake but in that case I'll go somewhere with a garden. I'll check the board until just before I leave, so drop me a line here, would you please?

― Laurel, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

i'm in the neighborhood, so i'll most likely be there around 8-ish. is that your real e-mail adress? i can mail you my cell number.

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

Yep! The email is real, sorry I seem to have missed this comment up till now. You feeling okay, beating the headache?

― Laurel, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

still got the headache, but i should be okay to hang for a little while. i'll be leaving in a minute.

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 22:49 (twenty years ago)

I got there late, after 9:30, Laurel and Jody were already there, had played three rounds. Overall we came in third, but thanks to teh JBR we tied in the bonus round and won a pitcher of beer, of which I drank half. To round out teh team for the next time, need some I Love Comics/RPG/Noize type, sez I.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 04:07 (twenty years ago)

But 'twas great fun, as Ned might have said ;)

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 04:14 (twenty years ago)

And it's nice to see that the whole team got home safe and sound and speedy.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 04:32 (twenty years ago)

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― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 8 September 2005 04:50 (twenty years ago)

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― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 09:17 (twenty years ago)

Where did the questions from, historical-epoch and categorywise?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 September 2005 12:33 (twenty years ago)

Mostly pop culture, AGAIN, with rounds called Rock'n'Roll, That's Entertainment, Junk Food, a Geek Round with questions on recording equipment/comic books/D&D/etc, god I forget the rest. And a bonus round on Brooklyn, which JBR was wholly responsible for our doing half decently on. I am sunk at this quiz unless they change focus to general knowledge.

But good times, good times. We need a bigger group, people, get on the stick and let's organize ourselves into two teams by topical specialty.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 8 September 2005 12:43 (twenty years ago)

Would you have known four of the Green Lantern's alter egos, or six of them?

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:02 (twenty years ago)

That question is addressed to Dr. Morbius.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:02 (twenty years ago)

I don't do comics, or any of those other Geek specialties.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:06 (twenty years ago)

Would you have known at least 4 out of 6 of the original cities that made up now-Brooklyn?

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:16 (twenty years ago)

Heh, I never knew that was even the case!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

Bushwyk?

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

I wasn't even paying attention when they gave the answer! But Jody might remember.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:23 (twenty years ago)

Um, Flatbush, Flatlands, Bushwick, New Utrecht...Gravesend? and uh Brooklyn.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah, Laurel probably remembers.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:36 (twenty years ago)

I just looked it up. For Bushwick substitute New Lots. Otherwise very good.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

http://www.brooklynonline.com/history/short.brooklyn.xhtml

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

is this every Wednesday? Unfortunately I usually work wednesday nights. Maybe I can try to switch with someone in a few weeks, when back from LA (Los Angeles, not Louisiana.) I will gladly be your RPG/noize/comics dork.

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:55 (twenty years ago)

p.s. weed delivery in the area? send me on e-mail.

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:55 (twenty years ago)

Awesome. Quiz is every other week, next to be on 7/21, presumably.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 8 September 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

I want to move to brooklyn and take part in quality pub quiz action.

The local trivia night in Arlington VA is absolute shit.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 8 September 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

TOM, move the fuck back and bring the little woman with you, I could use a little help raising hell.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 8 September 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

Ian, I already told you everything you need to know!

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 8 September 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

Did we get any of the geek questions at all? Well, I remember we got one- "breadboard."

They have live band karaoke tonight.

― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 9 September 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

bushwick is correct actually.

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 9 September 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

Of course the ladies are right- those are the original six towns. With the New Lots substitution, you get the last six towns that where subsumed into one.

― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 9 September 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

where

― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 9 September 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

Tonight--my team schooled at Magnetic Fields, suckas

― Keith C (lync0), Thursday, 6 October 2005 03:17 (twenty years ago)

i won't be able to do this anymore for a while. :-(

― 100% WJE (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 6 October 2005 03:24 (twenty years ago)

1st round: major asshat trivia nerd bullshit, e.g. "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny"

2nd round: simpsons & questions about Chuck Biscuits = we pwned

― Keith C (lync0), Thursday, 6 October 2005 03:30 (twenty years ago)

I can't consider til baseball is over, but then I don't know what Chuck Biscuits is.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 6 October 2005 12:48 (twenty years ago)

I seem to remember more than two rounds. In fact, I think I missed at least the first two.

In other news, Bensonhurst Marty is closing his video store and selling his inventory. So, if you want to pay 15 bucks for a VCR copy of Ashes Of Time, run don't walk to Henry and Cranberry.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

Nuh-uh. I saw that movie and it wasn't worth 15 bucks.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 10 October 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

I like it, but I don't want to buy any VCR tapes anymore, especially when somebody is charging more than 5 dollars.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)

Yeah Ken there were actually 4 rounds--I broke it up by the break they gave us. Were you there last week?

― Keith C (lync0), Monday, 10 October 2005 23:20 (twenty years ago)

No, I was there at the beginning of September, with Jody and Laurel. See upthread.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 00:55 (twenty years ago)

Tuesdays, 4-8 pm, Family Night at Burger King on Fulton Mall featuring the $1 Whopper.

― Confounded (Confounded), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:36 (twenty years ago)

that burger king is INSANE.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 15:23 (twenty years ago)

i've never been to that burger king. i've been to the cracked out white castle nearby though!!

― glasgow coma score (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

One time I got off the F train and was walking in that direction when I heard one guy say to another "Burger King's bugging out. That's they garbage." Which I verified for myself when I was forced to squeeze past the giant pile of plastic bags full of grease and greasy paper.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 15:39 (twenty years ago)

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