Sign #216 That You're Getting Older
While enjoying a night out at your favorite local watering hole, you're given free beer as part of a "retro" promotion, but you set it aside, preferring to pay to drink beer that doesn't taste like swill to you. Turning down free beer? Might as well get started on that AARP application now...
Such was the scene last night at Keegan's Irish Pub. The Fraters trivia squad returned to our rightful place as champions, although we had to share the glory with a team made up of the The Night Writer, his wife, and the crazy kids from The Attic.
Those lucky enough to be in attendance last night were also able to catch a not-so-rare glimpse of Atomizer in action and they now know that his reputation for angry outbursts is more than merely the stuff of legends. This time his venom was not directed at a sports team, but rather one of his trivia teammates, who apparently was overly dismissive of Atomizer's suggested answer to a question.
Atomizer expressed his opinion of his teammate's attitude in no uncertain terms, before stalking outside to have a smoke and cool off. For a moment it looked like this dissension might affect the outcome of the competition as there were still a few questions left, but we were able to rally and close out the victory. In hindsight, it appears to have been a wily move by Atomizer to shake things up a bit and provide us with the motivation we needed to win. Crazy like a fox is he.
The best part of the confrontation was that two "grown" men were on the verge of coming to blows because of a question in a pub trivia competition. A question about Winnie The Pooh. Specifically, a question that asked what Eeyore's favorite food was. You gotta love that kind of passion.
By the way, the answer is thistles. And yes, we got it wrong.
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