They only used the phrase "Academic Decathlon" once or twice. If they'd just said "quiz bowl" instead, it would have been fine, since the TV quiz show they were on did look a whole lot like the local shows that high school quiz bowl teams compete on all the time.
Oh, wow. This place looks great. Oh, I feel like a witch in a magic shop.
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Hil R. - Apr 25, 2011 10:01:48 am PDT #3895 of 8625
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 25, 2011 11:15:14 am PDT #3896 of 8625
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, it fit exactly with my memories of quiz bowl in the late 80s, complete with the Jeopardy style categories.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 25, 2011 11:35:43 am PDT #3897 of 8625
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I have to confess, as a Quiz Bowl participant, I think I thought that Academic Decathlon was the same thing.
Gris - Apr 25, 2011 11:44:24 am PDT #3898 of 8625
Hey. New board.
The only movie that's ever done Decathlon right is Cheaters. Which is because it was an HBO movie about some people who cheated on the Academic Decathlon, based on a true story. With Jeff Daniels and Jena Malone! Unfortunately, not a great movie.
Gris - Apr 25, 2011 11:44:25 am PDT #3899 of 8625
Hey. New board.
And definitely not worth two posts.
brenda m - Apr 25, 2011 11:46:53 am PDT #3900 of 8625
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
We had something called Knowledge Master that sounds more like what they did. Totally different thing from AcDec.
Polter-Cow - Apr 25, 2011 11:56:58 am PDT #3901 of 8625
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The only movie that's ever done Decathlon right is Cheaters. Which is because it was an HBO movie about some people who cheated on the Academic Decathlon, based on a true story. With Jeff Daniels and Jena Malone! Unfortunately, not a great movie.
I think I liked it! I don't remember much about it, though.
Jesse - Apr 26, 2011 5:09:27 pm PDT #3902 of 8625
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aw, Glee! So good, this episode. Puck's t-shirt may have been my favorite part, though.
Steph L. - Apr 26, 2011 5:23:31 pm PDT #3903 of 8625
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So good, this episode.
As you know Bob, I don't normally watch it, but I am sacked on the couch with a painful back and muscle relaxants, and it came on after The Simpsons, so I got sucked in. I have to say, I would *totally* watch it every week if it were The Kurt Show (And Some Finn).
The glee club teacher dude still creeps me out, with the Eat Some Dirty Fruit scene. Though it's my understanding that the show is kind of fail-y on a lot of issues, including mental illness. (I also have a fairly gigantic problem with what the therapist said about mental illness -- I think that there was a lot of truth in there, but the way it was worded made me sad. The therapist said, IIRC, "Your disease isn't who you are." My depression [and very probable non-NT-ness] isn't the totality of who I am, but it's *part* of who I am. It informs who I am, like it or not. It's never going away. It's not curable, and I'm damn sure OCD is not, either.
I think that scene's heart was in the right place, but I just wish it had been worded differently.)
Also? Kurt? SO AWESOME. Incredible voice, too. Which I realize most people with a TV already knew.
Morgana - Apr 26, 2011 6:14:37 pm PDT #3904 of 8625
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Puck's t-shirt
I'm mentally reviewing, and Butt Chin, OCD, No Weave, Brown Eyes, I'm With Stoopid, Can't Sing, Nose, Likes Boys and Lebanese are the ones I can remember. What am I forgetting? What did Puck's say? And Finn's?
edited to add:Trouty Mouth! How could I forget Trouty Mouth!