Fraters Libertas

The Taking Of Keegan's 1-2-3

As Saint Paul has already mentioned Team Fraters won an overwhelming (and I believe unprecedented) victory last night at Keegan’s inaugural Thursday night trivia. It wasn't just that we crushed the opposition, we obliterated them in a manner that left the publican wondering if anyone would even bother to show up next week knowing the merciless juggernaut that will await them. How bad was it?

In baseball terms it would be comparable to a team going 136-26 with their closest pursuers finishing 91-71. That's a forty five game margin for you mathematically challenged readers out there (have Torii explain it to you Denny).

In the NHL a team would have to collect 138 points while the next best finished with 92.

We didn't even have to work up a sweat to win this one. It was almost not fair. But it was fun.

Meanwhile reports are that Team K struggled mightily on the Tuesday night trivia session (a.k.a. The Geriatric Bowl) eeking out a victory with a miserable score of 13 out of 25. Clearly their team has seen better days. And better competition. Tuesday trivia has become the equivalent of the Senior's Tour in golf. Rumors are that Team K has petitioned the owner of Keegan's to start the Tuesday trivia at 4:30pm so they can sneak in dinner beforehand and still get home in time to catch that evening's 'Matlock' rerun before turning in at 8pm. I fear that soon it will become nothing more than a glorified bingo session.

Thursday nights is where it's at these days and Team Fraters has its eye on the prize and we're ready to grab the brass ring. Last night as we basked in the afterglow of our triumph, the proprietor of Keegan's wondered if we might be able to repeat for four or five consecutive weeks.

"Four or five weeks?," JB Doubtless asked incredulously "This is the start of a six year run baby."

Forget the free drink coupons, t-shirts, and Renaissance tickets (please forget the Renaissance tickets!). We're hunting bigger game now. We want the deed.