....You don't get gold....

for second place.

This is me with the runner up trophy for the Quiz League, or as you might like to call it First Losers Prize.

As you can see I am a little ray of sunshine and ecstatically happy about coming second. We led the league from the start until Christmas....10 straight wins...and then it went pear shaped......we won six and lost six of the last 12 (including beating the team that went on to be Champions).

How did this happen? A combination of badly skewed quizzes where one set of questions were easier than another.....some games where team members were unavailable..........some piss poor performances.......bad choices for individual questions............the wrong phase of the moon.........letting black cats cross our paths........I know, I know I'm only making excuses...we just weren't good enough.....but I don't do second....not well anyway.

Competitive moi?........You bet your ass! The Boss used to be on the team, but she hates playing games and sports with me.......she says I'm a bad loser!
Now she just acts as question master......and usually she warns me before we go out not to get stroppy if it's not going our way. She's learned not to say "It's only a game," though, that really winds me up.

That's it now until it starts again in September.....and next year we're having our trophy back.............and I don't mean this bloody thing........we're the only team to have won the League and Cup double twice...and we're doing it again next year....or I'll want to know why!!!!!!

Time for a JD methinks.

Das vidanya moy padruga.