Last night was a nice farewell to our long standing bastion of quizical goodness at Illegal Pete's in the Tech Center. It was a relatively mundane affair but that was a nice touch after an especially long week. The JZA was in attendance along with a number of our regulars.

Here are the photos of things and how they went down...

I always knew there was something strange with Ronnie's incisors.
Whitney came by at the end of the quiz to say hello and display her SWEET costume!

Siblings In-Law

Reagan's Heros

In true Illegal Pete's style, JZA shows up for the send off. Played the round with WWJJ and of course they took the winnings.
Quiz Me Baby One Last Time

The bar played and finished in 2nd. Great Job Gentlemen!
Obama-Nation!

Third Place... Zippy Snatch

SCORE REPORT

Quiz Me Baby One Last Time    62
Obama-Nation!                 59
Zippysnatch                   57
Reagan's Heroes               39
Beer Growlers                 37
Siblings in-Law               33
A.C.T.                        12

This is Peter, signing off from Illegal Pete's, come visit me in the next week or two at The Pub on Pearl. Details should be available shortly.

Cheers,
PT

For what seems like far too long, What Would Jesus Joker? has been unable to achieve the upper echelons at Illegal Petes and I didn't have much faith that it was going to happen last night either. Patrick played solo for the first 5 rounds. Turns out he doesn't really need the rest of the team. Single handily he pieced together a 15 point 2nd round, only missing the song title for that strange Yazoo song. Once reinforcements did arrive, they still managed to best everyone by a solid 5 points.

The guys at the bar, Wilford Brimley's "I am the Walrus" turned in a spectacular round 8 to finish with a silver medal and $15 in house cashish.

Also a warm welcome to a new team, Hawaiian Gal (and me) who had a great showing for their inaugural geeks experience. Once you attend more than one of these debacles you'll notice there are some trends... know your 80's music, obscure graphic novels, and current events. I hope to see you two back next week.

Our winners of the sweet email bonus prize, the perverted pens, and 3rd place
Debate this Fuckers...

Reminding me of my post college days in TJ when I couldn't find real work...
Do It Live!

Our newest additions to the GWD family...
Hawaiian Gal (and me)

One of these days you'll figure it out, until then keep on rockin' in the free world.
I Dunno

Doing their best impression of a giant white mustache
Wilford Brimley's "I am the Walrus"

Back in the saddle again
What Would Jesus Joker?

SCORE REPORT

What Would Jesus Joker?     77
Wilford Brimley's 
     "I Am The Walrus"      72
Debate This Fuckers...      69
I Dunno                     66
Goose Belley                64
Do It Live                  60
This Damn Economy...        55
Hawaiian Gal (and me)       44

Cheers to everyone who made it out last night, we'll see ya'll next week!

Love
P&C

Last nights madness at Illegal Pete's was relatively subdued. While I had a good bevy of regulars who were jockeying for the lead, it seemed as though the majority of people in the bar were there to watch either the ALCS or the first meaningful Avalanche hockey game. Things went very smoothly for the most part.

It turns out that the guys at the bar, Jeff Kent's Pornstache, knew "Ice Ice Baby" front and back and that while The Two Snowths knew hardly a thing about Vanilla's opus to the world, they KILLED it with a perfect 16 in the Freedom Rock music round. So much so that I think they got a little cocky and let their guard down through the last couple rounds. That left the window open for Relatives with Benefits to sneak in at the last moment with a well played joker in round 8 and walk out the door with a 5 point lead on the Snowths.

The Two Snowths


Relatives with Benefits


Beaver Liquors
Which is conveniently located next door to everyone's favorite SCUBA Shop...
Beaver Divers!!!


Jeff Kent's Pornstache


What Would Jesus Joker?

SCORE REPORT

Relatives with Benefits     76
The Two Snowths             71
What Would Jesus Joker?     59
Jeff Kent's Pornstache      57
Beaver Liquors              43

Have a great weekend everyone! Catch y'all next week!

This evening at Pete's went as smoothly as possible with the overall number of distractions in the political environment. Biden and Palin were in the middle of their madness in Missouri and we were discussing the nuances of the early demise of drug fueled, overweight, comic geniuses.

"The Bar! They took the WHOLE FUCKING BAR!" Farley was great, but Belushi is downright timeless. Debate over.

We had a great collection of regulars this fine suburban evening and everything went smoothly, right up until the end when there was a debate over how and when a joker was played. Strangely enough, Joe from Bail out my Cameltoe was distraught about their eventual 5th place finish. Turns out whether the joker was round 2 or round 8 was completely inconsequential.

After not playing host to their own private gig, hosted by the head geeks themselves, John & Joel, The Evil Newlyweds came in and took control of things at Illegal Pete's.

The Evil Newlyweds' new rings.
Congrats to the newest royal couple in the geeks kingdom.
Mr. & Mrs. Shannon Evil!

The Evil Two-Some

Suck It Trebek!

3rd place and holding down the bar without the outside assistance of a wandering JZA.
I only tried killing my brother once
aka. Bush League Porn Stars

Formerly Los Chingones, and along with a couple additional cohorts have evolved to An Enigma Wrapped in Bacon

...and so with that, I'm going to watch my recorded copy of the VP debate. I sure wish Palin was 1/10th as funny as her SNL Counter-part. Humor is such an attractive trait.

SCORE REPORT

The Evil Newlyweds                    78
Suck It Trebek                        71
I only tried killing my brother once
     aka. Bush League Porn Stars      70
An Enigma Wrapped in Bacon            68
Bailout My Cameltoe                   63
Coxes 'n' Foxes                       57
Erroneous Assumptions                 52
Chris                                 26

So here's the deal, I'm going to be waking up in about 3 hours to go to the airport, I'm just starting my blog and I still haven't packed. Good thing no one looks twice if you pass out on the blackjack table at 2:00 in the afternoon from exhaustion/drunkeness. VEGAS BABY!!!

While contemplating packing, I have realized that I really don't want to pack my laptop for the simple novelty of blogging from the deck of a rooftop pool. I'll put up Vegas photos on Facebook sometime next week.

Here is some photographic evidence of this evenings good time...

This evenings winners, I Dunno


2nd Place: What Would Jesus Joker?


The creatures at the bar and 3rd Place:
3 Men & A Lady


Best team name of the night and fell just outside of the $ by playing their Joker too early
Wait there, I'll get a towel


Okay, so late is coming in 1/2 way through round 2. Joining in at round six is way beyond late but I'm glad you joined us anyways.

Also congratulations to Patrick from What Would Jesus Joker went home with the most EPIC Cinematic Event of the 21st Century... Scorpion King II - Rise of A Warrior

SCORE REPORT

I Dunno                        68
What Would Jesus Joker?        60
3 Men & A Lady                 55
Wait there, I'll get a towel   54
Warm Thrill of Confusion       51
Better Late Than Never         17

After an unprecedented run of first place finishes, Ensign Cameltoe has finally been unseated from the throne. It took an appearance from past Pete's quizmaster, JZA in round 3 and playing with the Texas Underwater Drinking Party at the bar to pull them from the middle ground to the astounding heights of this evening winning team.

In an astonishing fall from grace What Would Jesus Joker? finished 7th. After consistently being in the top 3, Heidi and Patrick came to Pete's for quiz but decided to take the middle 3 rounds off. It's alright you two, there will always be next week.

A good time was had by all. Though the majority of the quiz Los Chingones were in the lead due to a confident joker in round 2, unfortunately it was a little too early of a joker to claim victory when all was said and done. Premature eJokerlation.

Great times and welcome to Suck It Trebek for achieving their highest placement yet, second, and only missing 1st by 2 points.

1st Place: Texas Underwater Drinking Party
Staring celebrity ex-qm, JZA


2nd Place by a tiebreaker: Suck It Trebek


Lost by guessing that Everest was a full mile shorter than reality
Ensign Cameltoe


The disappointed look on her face is a result of premature ejokerlation. I'm guessing that's not the first time either guy has seen that look from a woman.
Los Chingones


At least they walked away with the frightened pickle bonus prize.
What Would Jesus Joker?


Do It Live!

SCORE REPORT

Texas Underwater Drinking Party  63
Suck It Trebek                   61+1
Ensign Cameltoe                  61
Zippysnatch                      60
So you think you can squirt      57
Los Chingones                    56
What Would Jesus Joker?          55
Do It Live!                      52
Mullet Potato                    21

See you all next week! Go Donkeys!

This evening we were left to bid adieu to our 2nd beloved bartender in the past 6 months. A few months ago Thomas left us in the trained hands of Whitney, and now tonight we are left to the wind for our bringer of cocktail and fermented beverage.

Whitney, best of luck in all of your future endeavors.

Godspeed great mixer of adulterous beverage

With all of the farewells and brownies, we did manage to get a quiz completed. The team that has held the top notch for the past 6 weeks, Ensign Cameltoe retained their undisputed lead. Where is Jesus & Tequila, JCAS, or Ocam's Razor when you need them to bring them back down to earth?

Ensign Cameltoe making sure everyone knows that the 6th times the charm.

The carrier of delicious brownies...
What Would Jesus Joker?

3rd Place: The Family who drinks together...

It has been a while since we have seen a good plume off the coast at Illegal Pete's, I'm guessing that the whales are coming in closer to the coast with all the hurricane activity in the gulf.

A visual testament of the deliciousness of Illegal Pete's food. These are some awesome burritos.

Something Clever

Score Report

Ensign Cameltoe                  71
The Family That Drinks Together  67
What Would Jesus Joker?          62
Do It Live                       58
Three Cats & A Hot Dog           55
Something Clever                 53
Joel's Mom                       52
Super Cereal                     35
BB                               23
Dallas, as in Dallas, TX         12

... Either that or the geeks following is primarily left leaning. Or from in my opinion, a bit of both. Last week most geeks stayed home to watch Obama do his thing, this evening, we had a packed house and when McCain took the stage no one said a thing and I didn't see anyone closely watching the captioning. I'm guessing if I was quizzing over Jon Stewart, people would have been PISSED!

In addition to Jon Stewart and the RNC, we also had the opening night of NFL Football. Luckily no one really cares about Eli Manning & Company or the Redskins so quiz continued unabated.

My lovely better-half joined in the festivities and helped to keep the crowds in check. Luckily we don't require credentials at Illegal Pete's but keep your distance during the bonus questions, the sharp shooters are always on standby.

With all the excitement of a packed house, and all the fun that was had this evening I do have some saddening news to report. Our lovely mistress of the bar, Whitney, made the announcement that she is withdrawing from contention for Pete's best bartender and will make next weeks quiz her final stand before riding off into a blaze orange sunset of styling product and hair color. Come join us next week at Pete's to bid Ms. Whitney adieu.

Now to the gruesome details...

Ensign Cameltoe


What Would Jesus Joker?


Something Clever


The Know-it-Somes


Los Chingones


The longest team name in my quiz history...
Totally Tubular awesome team that totally rocks your socks off Man! aka. The losing team but still plays and gets drunk

SCORE REPORT

Ensign Cameltoe           66
What Would Jesus Joker?   65
Something Clever          63
Suck It Trebek!           59
That's Nacho Cheese       58
Guys By The Window        57
Los Chingones             56
The Know-it-Somes         53
Fooking Brilliant         53
Totally Tubular           35
Lamentors                 28

It's true: I always thought the Republicans were responsible for my having to work two jobs. Tonight, the allure of "being a part of a historic night" led to a lack of quizmasters and therefore they had to dip into the retirement pool. Seriously? You nostalgic, moment chasing fucks are probably into scrap-booking too.

Well, with absolutely nothing to lose and four teams (three of which are capable of unconditional love when i'm drunk), I unloaded just about all of the inappropriate material I could. Let's see...I made fun of cripples, retards, dead children, Democrats, celebrities that beat women, old people, rape victims, alcoholics, poor people, suburbanites, the white half of Obama, living children, bathroom sex, blind people, lesbians, sex with horses, sex with vegetables, Harry Potter reach-arounds, madonna and not to mention, Star Trek-themed sodomy (with a police office in the room). Oh yeah, and Renee...who apparently missed me enough to forgive my comparing her impersonation of a three yeah old Jodie Foster to Grimace in a black and white film.

I missed you guys too, but if you want me back, you're probably gonna end up in hell with me. Of course if McCain announces Lieberman as his VP candidate we may already be there (I made a politico joke..hoo, hoo, ho, ha ha ha).

Okay, happenings otherwise, Ensign Camel-toe aka Curly Merkins were like a dance song in the nineties because they got up, got down , got up and all around. It's really the key to all things in life, start by getting noticed and finish strong and everyone will forget what happens in-between.

Guess who's now apparently equipped to safely give head to robots.

Well last week I warned a friend that there's a two-person team in the DTC that could whoop you six person team's ass and that is second place What Would Jesus Joker, who like the Hank Williams tune are "alone and forsaken" thanks to former teammates who want to play at other venues.

Bonus points for paying attention on round seven sorta.

So while I was disappointed to roll into Pete's and not see Whitney in a neglected prom dress a'la last week, my boy Ronnie was around laying down the sissie drinks for me (light beers and fruity margs, what-up). He held down the three spot with the Onion crew playing as the obligatory Barack reference, OMG Obama Says Knock You Out.

Taking hip-hop Barack to the future.

And well aware of their lot in life tonight, Do it Live were at least sent home with the bonus-rific book on beers so they can continue to strive in the one thing they did well tonight, drinking booze.

Thanks for coming out and joining while I pulled a Brett Farve for a night. At least it only takes a picture for me to know my best years are behind me...

That's right, now that I'm retired I wear old man hats, grow beards and I jam to the Doobie Brothers. Keep it forreals.

Who TIVO'ed Obama's Speech

Ensign Camel-toe              63
What Would Jesus Joker        57
OMG Obama Says Knock You Out  54
Do It Live                    44
I'll Fight Your Kid           4