The Age of the Pub Quiz

[randy_byers]

So after finishing fourth last week, last night Still Scared of the Yellow Ball in the Sky finished first at the Elephant & Castle pub quiz. This was without daveon, too. In fact, only three of us really participated in the quiz, although Nick popped in and out and provided us with the answers to the two questions that had been posted to the website earlier. He actually won a free pint by answering one of them via e-mail, too.

I was disappointed that I couldn't come up with the answer for, "Which Boston Red Sox player will always be famous for letting Mookie Wilson's single roll between his legs to lose game six of the 1986 World Series?" I got as far as "Bill B" when suddenly my mind was inhabited by "Bill Bowers". He wouldn't leave.

Further sign of advanced aging came in the mirror of the men's bathroom, where I spotted a long hair growing out of my ear. Criminey, how long had that been sticking out a half mile?! I trimmed it this morning, muttering querulously to myself. Some people are apparently shaping their ears to look like elf ears, while mine are turning into hobbit ears through natural processes.

My best correct wild (though reasoned) guess of the evening was for this question: "Which Seventies band was offered a billion dollars to reunite in 2000?"

A billion fricking dollars! Mamma mia!

Comments

[kdotdammit.livejournal.com]

I hate the random hair thing. And why can't our loved ones tell us that we have sprouted unsightly hairs? I discovered one on my cheek and one on my chin recently. I was like, "What? I'm becoming Broom Hilda or something?" Also, I recently noticed that nostril hairs turn gray.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Okay, the graying nostril hairs had me laughing out loud. I'm imagining people using henna on their nostril hairs.

The thing that struck me when I noticed my ear hair was that I think my sister-in-law was trying to tell me about it last time I was with the family, but I didn't get the hint. Of course, why would you just hint about a thing like that? Why wouldn't you just say, "My god, you've got a half mile of hair sticking out of your ear!"

[bluewoad.livejournal.com]

My wife (nicely) calls them 'mutant hairs'. I seem to get them, but thankfully none out of the ears... yet.

Of course, you could always grow them out and then just have one of the most unique comb-overs ever.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

I think I'm older than you, aren't I? So maybe I'm just ahead of you on the signs-of-aging curve.

And an ear-hair comb-over definitely sounds hobbitish, doesn't it? Or is all their hair on their toes?

[bluewoad.livejournal.com]

Yes, you're older than me. I'm just a young'un (37). I just look so much older coz of all the kids.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm the one with the ear hair!