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by twelvefootboy
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:30 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL 100
Replies: 132
Views: 5991

Re: LL 100

Worst commissioner ever :? Yeah, we're definitely paying you too much. The reprimand worked! I managed to get caught up before the task got out of hand and grew 4% larger tomorrow. If I get re-appointed, I'll do better in LL101. I really, really mean it ;) . It's too late to foreshadow now, but Cat...
by twelvefootboy
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:03 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL 100
Replies: 132
Views: 5991

Re: LL 100

On MD23, I recorded another 5-answer day, winning 9(5)-2(2)...but the one I missed was the math question...and I teach college mathematics. I'm gobsmacked that I never heard of the harmonic mean before. It could have come up in classes, but we just learned to crunch them without giving them a name....
by twelvefootboy
Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:17 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL 100
Replies: 132
Views: 5991

Re: LL 100

I now have one game in a row without forfeiting! I think I was so paranoid about forgetting to submit after answering that I didn't Read.Every.Word or review my answers. I was allowed "Bon Appetite" for "Bon Appetit!", but busted for "Tarantela". I was sure I had a case...
by twelvefootboy
Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:00 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 39
Views: 2109

Re: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

What's this match point stuff? They stopped doing the 2-day total? Ken explained it before the game started yesterday (day 1). First player to 3 wins. IDK if 2nd and 3rd prize money is equal. They are not. As in the previous twelve ToCs, it's $100,000 for second and $50,000 for third; with the chan...
by twelvefootboy
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:10 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 39
Views: 2109

Re: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Forgot to mention in my previous comments that I laughed out loud at DD2 as Yogesh pretended to pull a common name out of thin air. I got his humor immediately since I had the clue solved as soon as it was revealed. Good one to show Yogesh is having fun even in a contest with high stakes. He had me...
by twelvefootboy
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:16 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL 100
Replies: 132
Views: 5991

Re: LL 100

Egad! I've never spoken or written that word before. I apparently have been saving it for just the right occasion, and today was it when I hit the reveal and exposed my first FORFEIT loss in 20 seasons of playing. (I'm not sure if I should use the singular or plural form but the singular came out of...
by twelvefootboy
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:15 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 28
Views: 1854

Re: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I'm glad I caught the introduction to today's game. I felt like the San Francisco 49'ers players when Ken said there would be 3 to 7 games until the first player to get 3 wins. You mean there's another game after tomorrow's? I haven't seen one of these tournament formats play out, I think I already ...
by twelvefootboy
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:17 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, March 11, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 25
Views: 1393

Re: Monday, March 11, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

My season long hiatus may be coming to an end. DirecTV is back to functionality, which was a convenient scapegoat, along with Tournament fatigue syndrome. I hope Opus comments in the near distant future about how long a 60,000 mile penguin migration would take :lol: . It seems like we've heard of th...
by twelvefootboy
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL 100
Replies: 132
Views: 5991

Re: LL 100

I almost wish I didn't know "supine", so I could have gone for BWA with "missionary" :lol: . After five (or maybe 8?) visits, my Parisian geography still isn't very good since the Metro disguises all the frames of reference traveling underground. I remember seeing signs for most ...
by twelvefootboy
Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:12 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL 100
Replies: 132
Views: 5991

Re: LL 100

New Year's Day tradition is black eyed peas, and apparently the tradition for Leap Day is bagels :lol: . I seem to be the only one who had difficulty with MD13. Some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you :twisted: . I thought about Zelenskyy, but am of the impression he was a stand ...
by twelvefootboy
Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:57 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL 100
Replies: 132
Views: 5991

Re: LL 100

Inexplicably, I am undefeated with 8-0-1 record in WTF D2. I landed Einstein, Sky, and Eminem guesses. I must have heard about the Einstein tidbit on NPR at some time. The Sky guess came from watching Tour de France and hearing it was a media company of some kind. Actually, my lucky streak is very e...
by twelvefootboy
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:32 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL 100
Replies: 132
Views: 5991

Re: LL 100

Almost a perfect stench in the Tank Rundle. Eight 3's were awarded, and Seven 0's wasted. Thanks to 4 balks, 2 quakers, and two of the 255's. Two of them were singleton 3-(1)'s as well :). I might have got the Ip4 address phrased differently, but it's my fault. I transposed "digits" for &q...
by twelvefootboy
Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:22 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL 100
Replies: 132
Views: 5991

Re: LL 100

I concur with Bamaman that the first week is a tough sledding down in the minors. Implausibly, I'm undefeated in first (4-0-1) in Waterfront D2 with only 11 TCA (tied for 8th), and a .611 DE. Except for Athabasca River/Lake miss, I haven't been close on the 19 misses, and 3 of the makes were WAGS wi...
by twelvefootboy
Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:10 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL 100
Replies: 132
Views: 5991

Re: LL 100

Woof wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:45 pm John Adams composes operas and has a name that might be rather common. Ok, let’s put him down. Better to be lucky than good.
Good call to join the 14% who got it. The MCWA of John Williams is probably the 18% of us who didn't know about Mr. Adams.
by twelvefootboy
Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL 100
Replies: 132
Views: 5991

Re: LL 100

The Tank Rundle really stank it up yesterday on the final pre-season day :mrgreen: . https://imgur.com/a/yxRVMDL 6 of a possible 7 threes were assigned, and only 1 of possible 7 zeroes were wasted CatH managed to give a Dolly Parton (9-(5)) to mahatma to score the extra point. There were two singlet...
by twelvefootboy
Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:18 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL 100
Replies: 132
Views: 5991

Re: LL 100

and Tom Cruise dancing in his underwear That's Risky Business. Rats- I haven't even seen that movie but I'm cursed with the Fruit of the Loom imagery from memes or trailers somehow :( . Where's the whitey tighty filter for my computer? I guess "island green" is adequately pinned, but it s...
by twelvefootboy
Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:58 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL 100
Replies: 132
Views: 5991

Re: LL 100

Sha’Carri Richardson — yay! I got a sports question! 🤣 (and 3 points) A Current Events question masquerading as a Sports question. I expect a fair number of people (such as me) recalled her name primarily due to her suspension in 2021. And my track-and-field maven opponent (who I wanted to give the...
by twelvefootboy
Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:15 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL 100
Replies: 132
Views: 5991

Re: LL 100

The rundle assignments have been posted for the new season, which will begin on Lincoln and Darwin’s 215th birthday. I didn't know about Darwin having the same name day. A good way to retain Lincoln's birth year if you happen to have dabbled in coin collecting: The Lincoln head cent came out in 190...
by twelvefootboy
Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:19 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL100 Private Rundle created for all rapscallions and boardie detritus
Replies: 9
Views: 1074

Re: LL100 Private Rundle created for all rapscallions and boardie detritus

bump / last call we be at six players at present. if we are odd at this time tomorrow, i may be able to draft a parity bit. if you understand this paragraph, you probably need counseling. deadline is midnight PST tomorrow, 8 Feb. To anyone like me who’s written tens of thousands of lines of assembl...
by twelvefootboy
Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LL100 Private Rundle created for all rapscallions and boardie detritus
Replies: 9
Views: 1074

Re: LL100 Private Rundle created for all rapscallions and boardie detritus

bump / last call
we be at six players at present.
if we are odd at this time tomorrow, i may be able to draft a parity bit. if you understand this paragraph, you probably need counseling.

deadline is midnight PST tomorrow, 8 Feb.