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meara - Mar 06, 2024 9:22:32 pm PST #29033 of 30000

Yikes that sounds nasty Susan!

David thought of you tonight because I was at trivia and we could not for the life of us come up with the name Wes Anderson. If we had we would’ve gotten second place! Sigh. (Also can y’all name the three national parks whose names start with “Great”? I got two)


DavidS - Mar 06, 2024 9:58:47 pm PST #29034 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

David thought of you tonight because I was at trivia and we could not for the life of us come up with the name Wes Anderson. If we had we would’ve gotten second place! Sigh.

Ha! David's Perfect Jeopardy Board: Wes Anderson, Hairstyles of the 20th Century, Glam Rock, Oakland A's, Comic Books of the 80s, Sandwiches


JenP - Mar 07, 2024 4:39:24 am PST #29035 of 30000

Right now, I can't name even one. The out of doors would not be one of my trivia category strengths.

Excellent board, David.

I'm not sure I have super strong categories. I need to think about that! I'm more weird, random knowledge + over 55, so I know a lot of shit courtesy of age.

Also, good morning.


Laura - Mar 07, 2024 4:39:47 am PST #29036 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I would be horrible to trivia. My sister watches Jeopardy and I am often surprised that I know some categories well, but for the most part I don't have a clue.


msbelle - Mar 07, 2024 6:44:50 am PST #29037 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Great Plains? That the only thing I can think of in the us and that’s not a natl park I don’t think. Great Lakes? That’s not either is it?

Great Barrier Reef is the only thing in my brain.


meara - Mar 07, 2024 7:04:48 am PST #29038 of 30000

Yes the two I came up with were Great Basin and Great Smoky Mountains but did not know that Great Sand Dunes is a park??

My brain did keep trying to do “grand” (canyon, Tetons, something) instead of great. A lot of teams just said things like “Great Glacier!”


JenP - Mar 07, 2024 7:47:10 am PST #29039 of 30000

Good on you for two, meara. I would have gotten exactly zero of those.


-t - Mar 07, 2024 9:35:02 am PST #29040 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I am msbelle on the Greats. Great Scott. Great Googlymoogly. Great Balls of Fire. No parks. I might be able to say, "oh, that sounds right" to the actual parks but I probably would also say that to totally wrong answers


Steph L. - Mar 07, 2024 10:15:00 am PST #29041 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Great Scott.

That's the only "great" phrase that came to mind (in the voice of Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown, of course).

My dentist repaired a filling (last time I was there, he said "Well, I don't like the way I did that filling for you -- come back and I'll repair it, no charge"), and so half my damn mouth is numb and feels 3 times too big. So freaking weird. But yay, fixed filling!

Next Thursday is for dealing with Dad and his hallucinations -- he agreed to see a neuropsychiatrist, although I'm pretty sure he thinks it's just to adjust his meds. And who knows? Maybe it will be just an adjust-his-meds visit. But it really needs to be a sir-you-need-inpatient-care-right-the-fuck-now visit.


-t - Mar 07, 2024 12:14:33 pm PST #29042 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

in the voice of Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown, of course

Of course!

Good luck with the dad-psych visit. I'm glad he's at least not fighting you on going to the appointment.