Everyone knows that I’m a competitive person. But when you leave the house at 6 AM and get home at around 9 PM, there’s very little time in between to engage in any competitive activity. How thankful I am for the Rod Ryan show on 94.5 (The Buzz).
Each morning at around 6:30 he plays the “Fresh out of Bed, Head to Head”. It’s essentially a meaningless quiz game where two people try to answer trivia questions the fastest. If you get two questions correct, you live to see another day. If you make it five days in a row, you enter the Hall of Fame tournament at the end of the year.
Now, there’s more to it than just winning the game. You also win prizes. Some of them are pretty cool (DVDs, concert tickets, etc.). Some of them are not (t-shirts, etc.).
I tried calling in last Tubesday and actually got through. Don’t ask me how because I don’t know. All I know is that I took Spencer to the cleaners and won a series of some TV show on DVD. On Wednesday, I squeaked by Jimmy and won a t-shirt. Thursday was an embarrassment for Dan as I smoked him for another DVD series (Heroes). I then proceeded to smoke Dan the Second on Friday for another, uh, DVD series...that I forgot the name to...or can’t say...
Last Friday’s victory made it four in a row. I had to wait through the long weekend until today to try to get into the hall of fame. Now, one might not think that it’s a big deal playing this game. I on the other hand got sick to my stomach at the thought of playing. I’d get so nervous that I would start trembling. It was so bad that I’d forget the questions that were asked immediately after I’d get done playing. Seriously. Hayley would ask me what the questions were and all I could say was “I don’t remember”...because I really didn’t.
In any case, today rolled around and I got to face Ben. It’s always unnerving playing against someone with a short name because it can be said faster. Ben is a single syllable; Brian is two syllables. Plus, it hurts your chances when you say your name and they don’t hear it. (Yes, it happened today.)
Anyway, I managed to squeak by again today to become the seventh member of the 2009 Fresh out of Bed, Head to Head Hall of Fame. I’m glad it’s over because I’m tired of being nervous. Plus, I’m tired of all the haters out there (Dufer, Jennifer, my wife) making fun of me for the ones I missed. They’re just jealous of all the loot I won, especially the DVDs I won on Friday.
Tournament of Champions, here I come b*tches!
(Ok, I have to stop ending every sentence with b*tches. You see, I’ve been programmed. When you win, you make a victory speech and it always ends in “b*tches”. Don't worry. The victory speeches are read to you by the DJ and you just have to repeat them. It's all their idea. So yes, I got to say b*tches on the radio 5 times...and it was awesome. But it is time to stop now. I promise that I’ll stop...starting tomorrow b*tches.)
Each morning at around 6:30 he plays the “Fresh out of Bed, Head to Head”. It’s essentially a meaningless quiz game where two people try to answer trivia questions the fastest. If you get two questions correct, you live to see another day. If you make it five days in a row, you enter the Hall of Fame tournament at the end of the year.
Now, there’s more to it than just winning the game. You also win prizes. Some of them are pretty cool (DVDs, concert tickets, etc.). Some of them are not (t-shirts, etc.).
I tried calling in last Tubesday and actually got through. Don’t ask me how because I don’t know. All I know is that I took Spencer to the cleaners and won a series of some TV show on DVD. On Wednesday, I squeaked by Jimmy and won a t-shirt. Thursday was an embarrassment for Dan as I smoked him for another DVD series (Heroes). I then proceeded to smoke Dan the Second on Friday for another, uh, DVD series...that I forgot the name to...or can’t say...
Last Friday’s victory made it four in a row. I had to wait through the long weekend until today to try to get into the hall of fame. Now, one might not think that it’s a big deal playing this game. I on the other hand got sick to my stomach at the thought of playing. I’d get so nervous that I would start trembling. It was so bad that I’d forget the questions that were asked immediately after I’d get done playing. Seriously. Hayley would ask me what the questions were and all I could say was “I don’t remember”...because I really didn’t.
In any case, today rolled around and I got to face Ben. It’s always unnerving playing against someone with a short name because it can be said faster. Ben is a single syllable; Brian is two syllables. Plus, it hurts your chances when you say your name and they don’t hear it. (Yes, it happened today.)
Anyway, I managed to squeak by again today to become the seventh member of the 2009 Fresh out of Bed, Head to Head Hall of Fame. I’m glad it’s over because I’m tired of being nervous. Plus, I’m tired of all the haters out there (Dufer, Jennifer, my wife) making fun of me for the ones I missed. They’re just jealous of all the loot I won, especially the DVDs I won on Friday.
Tournament of Champions, here I come b*tches!
(Ok, I have to stop ending every sentence with b*tches. You see, I’ve been programmed. When you win, you make a victory speech and it always ends in “b*tches”. Don't worry. The victory speeches are read to you by the DJ and you just have to repeat them. It's all their idea. So yes, I got to say b*tches on the radio 5 times...and it was awesome. But it is time to stop now. I promise that I’ll stop...starting tomorrow b*tches.)
3 comments:
Good job! You should reward yourself with a "Butterfinger Bar" blizzard, Mick.
Excuse me, we do not have butterfinger bar, we do have a heath bar though.
"Tubesday" huh? That Friday prize pack must still be on your mind :)
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