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pub quiz win!
turn up late to girlfriend's friend's pub quiz get together. they're all very nice, quite nerdy, all work in politics. i always feel a bit like the scruffy underacheiver with these guys. i get given the list of ones they can't get, as it turns out i fare pretty averagely on these and get about half right. feel i have upheld my end of the bargain and am satisfied with that.
when the results come in turns out we're in a tie-break for 1st place. wowee. tie break question is "name the three astronauts on the mission that 1st landed on the moon." easy! i know it. "neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins" *POW! back of the net! we win! i know because:
a: everyone knows neil armstrong.
b: everyone knows buzz aldrin. plus he's in one of my favourite simpsons episodes ("second comes right after first!") and the "day today" sketch about "distorted sex drive in space".
and c: michael collins because eddie izzard mentions him "going round and round" as the one who never went down on to the moon during that sketch about neil armstrong pretending there were monsters (and squirrels playing flutes) on the moon. easy!
results come back, we've got neil and buzz right but apparently the third was "alan shepherd". the other team have "john shepherd" (and are mocking me because michael collins was an IRA prisoner duhhh!) so another tie break question is sought... it's something about the magnificent seven, i don't remember because as we're about to hand in our answer for that (which is also right btw) the guy comes over all apologetic and flustered, he's commissioned a bit of urgent research between tie-breakers and found out that he was wrong. the third guy was michael collins! we wiiiiiin! TWENTY FIVE WHOLE POUNDS! (a fiver each!).
i bought epic win fish and chips with the spoils of my dramatic victory.
honestly, it was one of the greatest moments of my life.
*victory baby