Sorry to leave you all hanging, there. I have no excuse, I guess I just wore out. Also, if I'm not winning it just seems like, you know, what's the point? Now that's a bad attitude, I'll grant you, but I never pretend to be a better fellow than I am. I find it very, very useful to keep your expectations low.
Anyhoo, if you can cast your collective minds back a few weeks, Kentucky was making other teams look like the Washington Generals. (Ever see the Simpsons episode where Homer is sitting on the couch watching tv (as I am now), when he says, "Ah, the Luftwaffe, the Washington Generals of the History Channel." Makes me tear up just remembering it.) Back to the point - Kentucky. The short answer is that the people who, like John Coleman, picked Kentucky to win the whole dang thing got themselves 6 big points for the final game. There was a lot of shaking going on up and down the standings, as you'll see below.
So, Obama didn't win, which would have been embarrassing. Ruth wound up tied with the President, which strikes me as funny for reasons I can't explain. Dana lost out by a point. Liz beat Matt by a point and her children by more, which must be going down hard in Pittsburgh. BUT THE REAL NEWS HERE IS THE JOHN COLEMAN IS YOUR WINNER!!! Last year it was John's daughter, the fair Rosalie. Can the Prown Colemans four-peat, with Sarah P and Willow winning the next two? Seems likely, to be frank. But this year belongs to John. John Coleman, come on down, you're queen for a day!
Remember, now, everyone's a winner (except for the 29 of who damn well lost). A trophy for John, and a participation ribbon for the rest of us. We'll get you next year, Prown Colemans. [Poolmeister shakes fist with determination and anger here.]
Be well, dear friends.
C
2 comments:
"If you had fun you won!"
(motivational poster spotted at a local school)
Of course, if you won, you had more fun but don't lord that over the poor pitiful losers, and for goshsakes, don't tell them they lost! That might make them feel like losers, which they are, but then if you realize you're a loser then you maybe didn't have fun. This is why I hated gym class.
Did it really take me the entire tournament (and then some) to notice Kent Benson shooting his famous sky hook on the Hoopkids site? Wrinkler, you out do yourself, my friend.
Congratulations to John!
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