I’m still on vacation and resting up right now for the final leg of my break, the weekend fishing trip. I won’t be at Keegan’s for Thursday night trivia, but I’d be remiss not to mention that last Thursday the Women of the Night, Uncle Ben and myself pitted our store of semi-useless knowledge against all comers at Sven & Ole’s weekly trivia competition in Grand Marais. Had Ben and I been able to reach consensus on which U.S. president had the longest retirement (we were going back and forth between Ford and Hoover, we picked Ford and it was Hoover) we’d have likely finished first. Our team, The Out-of-Towners, finished second.
The scoring format was different from Keegan’s, and the questions were pretty arcane (local knowledge would also have been helpful), but the biggest difference between Sven & Ole’s and Keegan’s is that second place is worth a $50 gift certificate! Sure, it’s for Sven & Ole’s which isn’t that handy, but it’s good indefinitely. If we don’t loose the gift certificate in the meantime we’ll use it in our next trip to Grand Marais. Either that or it might make a great White Elephant gift at the holidays, or my wedding present to the Mall Diva and Ben!
beats resting up for the final break of your leg…