Jacked Them All! | Team Trivia

So coming back from a major ass kicking from about 8 teams last night, the Tangent returned and decided to try a random name just for the hell of it.  The new name was No Phone Jacks in honor of the new iPhone 7 feature.  

Our quizmaster was very worried because we only had 3 teams there and the rule is to have at least 4 to play otherwise it is cancelled.  We managed to find a fourth team of UTA students who had just finished studying.  Or so we thought.  So it was game on.  

The first half we did pretty well and of course Aged & Confused with as killing it well.   After the halftime question the scores were:

34 - Aged & Confused

24 - No Phone Jacks

17 - Lucky Kermits

14 - Smart Asymptotes

The second half went ok as we hanged in there and stayed around 10 below the leader.  Those scores were:

53 - Aged & Confused 

43 - No Phone Jacks

24 - Lucky Kermits

14 - Smart Asymptotes

So we reached the final question and we had to list 3 of 5 magazines that start with the letter 'P' that were in the top ten magazines in 2015.  We managed to get the three correct and bet enough get to dominate the game.  The final scores were:

58 - No Phone Jacks

47 - Aged & Confused 

34 - Lucky Kermits

14 - Smart Asymptotes 

This match goes to my co-captain, Heather as she ruled hitting most of the questions.  Very outstanding!!

See you all next week. 

First Snapchat, Then XBOX Kinect And Now Amazon Fire | Rant....Kinda

So we are going to watch a show on our Amazon Fire and I had to do a search for the show.  So I hit the microphone and said, "Fear of the Walking Dead".  This is what the screen shows:

I say, "What?!" and my wife just busts out laughing.  She then said that I must annunciate.  Sigh.  So this damn thing could not understand me and thought I said "You're the Walking Dead".   Oh boy.  

She then tried it and it worked.  So is my Amazon Fire racist?   Hmmmm.... First Snapchat, Then XBOX Kinect And Now Amazon Fire.  

Of course, I am kidding, but damn!

Ok.  Enough of that.  

Later......

Noted Conversations | New Sweet Tea

So we are out having our Spades Meetup and while we are waiting on a newly shuffled hand to be dealt this quick conversation happened:

Dianne, My Game Partner, notices a sign on an adjacent table and says, "New Sweet Tea?"

Me: New? Sweet Tea?

Dianne: Yeah, They have New Sweet Tea!

Me: But Wait!  Didn't they have sweet tea before?

Dianne: Yes!!!   I guess they got a clean pot! 

I guess you had to be there.  

Proud Of My Baby

Anyone who is a big fan of Star Wars who has a spouse who is ok with it will understand this story.  

It is a proud day for Wil as he discovers that he has crossed over his wife.  Now this may not be verbatim and I apologize for that, but you should get what I am saying.  

So, I was walking Da Crittaz this morning, but before I did, I send my wife a picture via text.  When Tyson, Violet and I returned, the following happened:

Her: "I am mad at you!"  

Me: Turned the corner and look towards her with a very puzzling face just running through my mind all of the possible things I could have done wrong from waking up to coming back in from the walk.  

Her: "I saw what you sent me and I got it!", with a frumpy look on her face.

Me:  Remembering what I did, I bursted into laughter and said, "YES!!!!"  

You can't imagine the joy that over came me at that moment.  My wife got........A Star Wars Reference Joke.......by just looking at a picture.  

She said that as soon as she saw the picture she did a good chuckle and then said, "Aww Man!!" or something like that as she couldn't believe that she actually got it without thinking about it.  

I am so proud of my baby.  So, so proud.  Throughout 17 years, more and more of my influence is rubbing off on her.  😁👍🏾❤️👏🏾

Here is the infamous pic that made this all possible:

Anyways, that is the story I wanted to share to you all today.  Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.  Probably not, but thanks for reading.  

If any of you have a similar story that you would like to share, please leave in comments below or email me at becauseimwil@gmail.com.  

Until next time.......