What is SMOLT!?
SMOLT! is a way of being. It's a way of life. It's trivia played at its best.
The North American SMOLT! is one of Sonoma County's premier Pub Quiz-Trivia teams... known by many and feared by more. This 6-member group has brought new meaning to the term "Intelligent Design" by their dynamic, and sometimes controversial, freestyle trivia play. Many are still baffled by SMOLT!'s complexity and their ability to go deep, extremely deep (on many levels).
Some believe that SMOLT! is strongly influenced by Guinness and inspired by battered fish, combining a heavy dose of scientific method and experience, with intellectual confidence, poise and attitude, accented with a dash of superstition and a sprig of good luck -- which all may be true. All that is known for certain, is that SMOLT! is a formidable trivia team that KNOWS how to compete and how to win.
| Date | Place | $ Prize | Notes | Despised by other teams |
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| 10/21/08 | 2 | Free Beer! | SMOLT! has returned! And it was FULL SMOLT!. SMOLT!'s only error (if one could call it that) was not performing our normal perfection on the music round and so slid into second place. | The beer was free flowing as SMOLT! was welcomed with hugs and exclamations of glee! SMOLT! has been sorely sorely missed. Was the glee just to hide their fear? Perhaps. |
| 5/14/08 | 7th Maybe? | Nada | SMOLT! Team Member Ross was MIA, so team swam with five fish. Oppressive heat-wave dried up waters and Smolt! floundered in a malaise of stale Guinness and second-guessed answers. Questions a bit more difficult, but nothing out of the ordinary. | Others didn't even notice us. We lie in wait - preparing to spring a devastating attack. They will hate us soon, oh yes... they will despise the name of Smolt! |
| 5/7/08 | 4th maybe? |
zip | SMOLT! Team Member Ross was MIA. No replacement smolt this time. Not sure if SMOLT! came in 4th place, Finbar Devine is quite loud and difficult to hear the questions much less team scores. The questions were not quite as challenging as the Black Rose. No music round. | No hate apparent, although a quick glance showed most teams were over 9 people. Don't they know that SMOLT! has determined 6 is the best number? |
| 4/1/08 | 2 | Free BEER! | Notes: Sparky & Gene were out, but über-fish Babs & Liz came to the rescue. Baldy only made a token appearance and had to blow, so team was called 99 44/100% Pure Smolt! Even underpowered, the team still squeaked by with a second place victory. | All teams despised the $1 half-glasses of tap water. That fish don't swim. |
| 3/25/08 | 2 | Free BEER! | Notes: Christine was MIA; brilliant fish Liz flippered in. Team was called Smolt! Jambalaya. Team sunk by a horrid music "Speed Round". | Publican absent so there was nothing but love in the room. |
| 3/18/07 | ALL Winners! | Black Rose was closed! We hope the publican is a-okay! | Teams were cordial as we arrived at the darkened doors of the Black Rose. | |
| 2/26/07 | 1 | I forget | SMOLT! webmaster is feeling ill, will update later | |
| 2/19/08 | 3 | Return of entrance fee | notes: Gene, Ross and Dr. Sparky were all absent. Babs stepped in and the team was called I'm Smoltin' Matt Damon. Was in the lead for the first five rounds, but self-immolated during the last two. No big whoop. | Despised by other teams: At only 2/3 strength Smolt! remained a formidable force to be reckoned with and we only let the opposition win to toy with their confidences. That's not the smell of fish, it's the smell of their fear... |
| 1/29/08 | 1 | 74 big Ones! | Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Black Rose Irish Pub sat a feisty and dangerous at-full-strength Smolt! Stomachs growled from an infusion of Smolt!'s unique brain food: $2 brats, sauerkraut, and beer. Smolt! was determined not to allow this contest to slip away like the previous week's contest had, much like a wiry fish slips out of a hunters grasp. After a slow start, the brain food kicked in. The picture round was no match. The music round obliterated. The final round but a waltz into a first place tiebreaker. Luckily, Dublin Jack, full of spit and vinegar and cheap brats, channeled his full TV knowledge and easily rattled off the correct answers. Smolt! left victorious and 3rd Street Aleworks brats everywhere became resigned to their fate. | Competition was fierce (two tied scores for 1st and 3rd place!), but nothing but love in the crowd... especially when the Quizmaster declared, "I gave 'head' to 'Your Mom'." |
| 1/22/08 | 2 | Free Beer! | Gene was MIA, no substitute and the team name of Plint! | SMOLT! faulted in the last round and lost its normal first place. |
| 1/15/08 | 2 | Free Beer | John (SMOLT! spouse) substituted for wayward married trout. Name of team for the evening Mudpuppies. | Discovered towards end of evening, other teams were not aware that Mudpuppies were in fact SMOLT! and therefore did not know to fear/hate SMOLT! |
| 12/18/07 | 1 | 60 big ones! | SMOLT! took an early lead on Christmas Themed quiz and was able to maintain it. Even in the last round there was a 10 point bonus opportunity. HO HO HO |
One team that fled in terror at the mere mention of the name "Smolt!" There was nothing but love in the house, but the quizmaster still deducted points for the spirited behavior of SMOLT! |
| 12/11/07 | 2 | Free Lambic! | For 4 rounds, Smolt! languished in last place, but like the legendary Phoenix, Smolt! rose up from the slough of despondency and was reborn in the last 3 rounds. This resurrected Smolt! quickly stormed forth and captured a wicked 2nd place finish. And there was much rejoicing...
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Team member Ross was entreated with a defiled beverage, though not technically despised. Polite cheering in the spirit of the Season. |
| 11/20/07 | 4 | Nada | SMOLT! Team member Julie was MIA; Babs stood in and name for the evening was mispronounced "Smoltsgiving Day". After a strong opening two rounds, SMOLT! must have been concentrating on turkey, because the team fell apart. Team member Ross was literally climbing the walls to harass others... Notable: Team member Sparky never once asked for the spelling of a question! | There was a air of smug pleasure when Smolt! did not even place in the prize levels, and Quizmaster Publican had to chastise the team for the overall antic disposition of the Team. |
| 11/06/07 | 2 | Free Beer! | SMOLT! Team member Ross was MIA; Quizmaster Michael stood in and name for the evening was mispronounced "Sexes and Sevens". No major mishaps, just a lot of head scratching. | With a competition this difficult, the teams noticeably banded together against the publican/quizmaster. There was much throwing up of hands in disgust as the low scores were tallied. Many cheers for newbies slobberknockers. |
| 10/30/07 | 2 | Free Beer! | No major mishaps. Dublin Jack was MIA, so name for the evening was Sixes and Sevens (smolt style!). Missed 1st by a single point. | Not really. It was SMOLT! team Member Ross b-day. Waitstaff brought out a flaming cake just as the final points were revealed and entire bar sang to SMOLT! Team member Ross. |
| 10/23/07 | 3 | Return of entrance Fee | SMOLT! Team Members Gene and Capt. Sparky were away on business, and Ross was kidnapped by the mutant slave girls of Mara Tàu. Babs and Raye Lynn ably stepped in, but all was for naught. An impossible matching round and daunting queries beyond all human and equine comprehension left the competitors with appallingly low scores. SMOLT! barely eked out a third-place finish. | All the head-scratching allowed little opportunity for inter-team rivalries and hatreds to burble up. Everybody's heads hurt, rectified only by the well-documented medicinal properties of Beemish! |
| 10/16/07 | 3 | Return of entrance Fee | After almost a months absence, full SMOLT! returned. Sadly SMOLT! did not start with its usual STELLAR performance. Fumbling with a round that dealt with "car parts" SMOLT! tumbled into 6th place (out of 6 teams). SMOLT! is green baby!. .. and knows little about the innards of "cars". SMOLT! genius prevailed though and slowly SMOLT! edged its way back up snatching third place from an unsuspecting team! |
Despised no... Missed and then pity filled the pub. Publican declined to serve anything but water to SMOLT! His snubs and then gentle ribbing might have been contributed to the shorthanded pub and the very busy publican, but SMOLT! likes to think it was because said publican missed SMOLT! |
| 9/18/07 | 1 | 57$ $5.00 in the kitty! |
Full SMOLT! attendance. SMOLT! took the lead early and kept it, winning by a full 4 points! Quiz Master was ashamed that SMOLT! scored a 12 out of 12 on matching Game Show hosts and their shows. He plaintively wailed,
SMOLT! will tell you where NUMBER ONE! |
Not really. Everyone seemed in good spirits. Much hilarity, in fact the Quiz Master had to stop to regain his composure when none of the teams knew the answer to "Who was Smoky the Bears companion *". Hating a blank page the clever quiz-takers creatively added new literary figures that could have been friends with Smoky the Bear, these included
* Goldie was Smoky's special friend |
| 9/4/07 | 1 | $58/$4 in the kitty | FULL! SMOLT!! POWER!!! A titanic battle royalé worthy of Godzilla vs. Chuck Norris! A slugfest round by round with formidable opponents, Johnny Ringo, resulted in blood in the streets, damage to local buildings, dogs & cats living together, and the death of one entire trivia team. Of course, the forces of the fish, emboldened by the weekend's nuptial celebration, prevailed. | One team abandoned the game before Round 7 (it sounds cooler if we said they died, but they didn't). As they sat near Smolt!, they were no doubt dazzled by our greatness and left the building early knowing that their cause was futile. |
| 8/28/07 | 3 | Return of entrance fee | Smolt! Team Member Christine was off getting herself hitched, so Brandon kindly stepped in for her; team renamed GrandMaster B and the Furious Fish. No major missteps except for music round, which was chronologically challenging. | Not much animosity in the room, except by other third place team. Smolt! knows it's Elvis tie-breakers, and left the building... with cash in hand... |
| 8/21/07 | 2 | Free Beer! | Smolt! started in 2nd place and pretty much stayed there. "Other Team" got all 10 on the last round. Smolt! shows fantastic sportsmanship and applauded loudly. More Important NotePublican graciously presented Smolt! Team Member Christine with a lovely Black Rose Irish Pub gift certificate in celebration of upcoming nuptials. It was very thoughtful and Smolt! members were quite touched. |
Not really. Everyone seem to lose the awesome power of math that evening but no targeted hatred. J.P had to leave in the middle of the game. They were not that many points behind, Smolt! is worried for the poor fellas. |
| 7/31/07 | 1 | 78 plus doling out of the kitty | After a three-week absence, full Smolt! power was turned up to Level 11. Took the lead by Round 3 and never looked back. | Minor grumbling from some participants, and the Smolt! supply satchel was even pilfered at one point, but returned by the kindly game-master. The bar crowd cheered at the Smolt! victory; even barflies recognize greatness through the bleary eyes of Guinness... |
| 7/11/07 | 2 Screwed Entry |
Free Beer! | Full Smolt! power as all team players return for a one-week only special
Summer appearance. Like a stellar convergence, we are a force to be
reckoned with, missing victory by a mere three points. SMOLT! Team was given invitations for upcoming SMOLT! team member wedding. Team also invited to publican's B&B in Ireland for an unrestricted supply of free Beamish... |
A certain nameless team delivered hand drawn images (scrawled by a child, no less!) that clearly indicated their fear of SMOLT! It was only fitting that SMOLT! correct grammatical errors and reply with another graven image. |
| 7/03/07 | 1 | $110 | SMOLT! team members Julie and Ross were MIA, babs and Michael heroically stepped in; the valiant team was called Star Spangled Smolt!. Of the top 4 teams, only SMOLT! had 6 members, the others felt the need to have at least 8. Sadly it did not help them. Victory was almost snatched away by a 1 point scoring error on the crucial last round. After a thorough investigation it was determined that Smolt! was being swindled once again. Luckily, justice prevailed and Smolt! received its 1 point, securing victory by 1/2 a point. | Just Practicing™ retreated like frightened Redcoats. Much grumbling over the final scores, and muted applause for the victors. Noted philosopher Carl Spackler once said, "There won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." Well, we have total consciousness AND the biggest prize haul ever! All who play know they are outclassed, outwitted, and outSmolted! We are despised... |
| 6/26/07 | 3 | Return of entrance fee | Julie and Christine were MIA, John (a SMOLT! fiance) and Michael graciously stepped in; the testosterone-heavy team was renamed Live and Let Smolt! in honor of the manliest of men, James Bond. A bitter war of nerves between Smolt! and a junior team soon emerged. Over the course of the game the two teams literally ran neck and neck, ending each round with the identical score. Ultimately, though, justice prevailed and the inferior team was penalized for playing with an excessive number of players. | A derailed Just Practicing™ attempted to shout down Smolt! at games end, but SMOLT! team player Ross proved a mighty force to be reckoned with. They fear us, and rightly so... |
| 6/19/07 | Tied for 1st | $26.00 and beer! | Although missing SeÑor Roca, AKA Juan de la Dublin, Smolt! nonetheless sallied forth into battle with the more than able skills of super-sub, Babs de la technological de información. The selected nombre de la plume for the evening was, "Who died and made you Smolt!." Smolt!, again utilizing the ever successful "rope a dope" strategy, allowed the other teams to jet out to an early lead, thereby exhausting their mental faculties for the ever critical final two rounds. In the end, Smolt! had to settle for a tie with the infamous "Hombres Barbudos". Smolt!'s true victory was ultimately snatched away due to some beguiling chichis and a cat with firecrackers up its ass. As the Hombres departed with their fortunate tie in hand, they commented, "You know, the best team almost won." Smolt! wholeheartedly agrees! | oh yes. |
| 6/12/07 | 1 | $58.00! | Smolt! at full power dazzled the crowd. The Quizmaster acknowledged the event by addressing the team as Classic Smolt! Exceptional levels of knowledge were displayed in all areas again illustrating that Smolt! is a balanced and well-oiled machine of triviality. Renaissance Smolt!, undeterred by threats of eternal hellfire, used what many might regard as sacrilegious reasoning to deduce that Pope John Paul II was obviously a goalkeeper for his Polish amateur soccer team because he, of course, never scored. (and of course kept other people from scoring.) |
Sparse applause and the rapid exit of competition indicated not only that they despise us . . . they fear us. Smolt! celebrated after game with round of photos and a ride on the SmoltCorp's experimental jet-propelled water-flume. Waaaay cooler than a cheesy roller coaster . . .(It should be noted that rival Just Practicing barely eked out 3rd place.) |
| 6/6/07 | 2 Screwed Entry |
Free Beer! | SMOLT! team member Julie was ill, so in her honor (and absence) the team name was Mudpuppies. Quizmaster erroneously mispronounced team name as Buttpuppies |
No booing. Crowd was frisky this evening. Music round lacked anything from the past |
| 5/22/07 | 2 | Free Beer! | SMOLT! team members Gene and Ross were MIA. Brett graciously joined us, making it a first time SMOLT! was all SSU peeps. Name for the evening SMOLT! Reloaded. | Nice and mellow evening, but that could just be the iambic talking. Arriving later we sat at a new table, which upset neighboring team. We missed first by a mere 1.5 points, but there were no major mistakes. We did surprisingly well on the music round considering large amount of top 40 |
| 5/8/07 | 3 (Average 2.409) |
Return of entrance Fee | Team name was Publican Smoltin' Pride. SMOLT! Team member Ross was absent, leaving SMOLT! at 5 members. although forewarned, SMOLT! will go on a fact-finding mission to determine reason for absence if only to annoy SMOLT team member Ross. | Pub was very crowded. SMOLT! only got one on the hated matching round. Publican teased SMOLT!'s low score. SMOLT! Team member Christine sassed back at Publican. However no points were deducted from SMOLT! for said sassyness. |
| 5/1/07 | 1 | $42! | Full SMOLT! It was a tiebreaker at the end, but SMOLT! prevailed. | Several times SMOLT! team members were able to pull the correct answers "out of their hinny". When SMOLT! got one answer right and was praised by the Quizmaster, there was a hiss from the peanut gallery. IS SMOLT! despised? Or is it a cold tingle of Terror? It only fueled SMOLTS! desire to WIn! |
| 4/24/07 | 3 | Return of entrance Fee | Full SMOLT! | There was a "sniff of annoyance" when the SMOLT! name was gleefully announced at the start the of game. Proving indeed, SMOLT is still despised. |
| 4/17/07 | 2 | Free Beer! | Full SMOLT! attendance! | As SMOLT! fiance has said "you are over the slump." A few degratory comments and hissings were heard but nothing major. It was determined that Quizmaster was providing one SMOLT! team member the picture round sheet before SMOLT! was over the previous round. This is against Commandment 6, yet pro Commandment 9. This will take some thoughts and perhaps revising of said commandments. (and punishment of rebelling SMOLT! team member) |
| 4/10/07 | 2 | Free Beer! | Rick, Gene, and Christine were all out with scurvy. Raye Lynn, John (a SMOLT! fiance), and Ross' former Roommate from So.Cal. Smolt! flaps it way back into form by squeezing into 2nd place by a mere 1.5 pts. Temporary name: The Smolt! That Dares Not Speak Its Name. | Point deduction for Ross' misbehavior, cheered on by crowd. Low scoring round was also cheered by competitors; proof that they fear our comeback. |
| 4/03/07 | 5/6/7 whatever | 0 | SMOLT! again was suckdillyucked. Rick and Gene were out and graciously replaced by babs and John (SMOLT! fiance). Several times SMOLT! had the correct answer and chose the wrong (sucky) answer. Name for the evening Erin Go SMOLT! | N, in fact looks of pity were bestone upon our SMOLT!y appendages. Although praises were lavished on SMOLT! website and creative graphics. (Which does not dimished the suck-ness of SMOLT! this evening). SMOLT! shall rebound! |
| 3/20/07 | 5 | 0 | SMOLT! was suckdillyuck last night. At least 6 times SMOLT had the right answer at one point and switched to the wrong one (while still following SMOLT! commandment #3) | N, one team even asked as they were leaving, "where are you guys?" indicating they have noticed SMOLT! previously mentioned suckatude. |
| 3/13/07 | 2 | Free Beer! | There was about 7 teams, good moods everywhere. SMOLT! voted on several answers the wrong way but it would not have made a difference. SMOLT! was confused by pronunciation of 'decade' but again, would not have made a difference in placement. | N. SMOLT! again proved sportsmanship by clapping graciously for the winners. Even in defeat SMOLT! is victorious! |
| 3/6/07 | 2 | Free Beer! | The pub was about 3/4 full and everyone seems to be in jolly moods. No major mistakes. SMOLT! proved that graciousness is one of the many talents, when clapping the team that narrowly defeated SMOLT! | N. Even as SMOLT! only came on 2nd place, one team commented that we need to lose occasionally. This indicates indeed that SMOLT! is feared. (As well as gracious) |
| 2/13/07 | 1 | $79 dollars. $2 in the kitty. Kitty total currently $4 | Pretty crowded. SMOLT! was accompanied by out-of-towner Joe. Name for the evening was "SMOLT!s your daddy". Which was ironic, when another team named themselves "Whose your daddy?" | Y. When SMOLT! was announced the winner there was a rather stunned silence and no clapping. One team was in 3rd place because of 5pt penalty. 2nd place team felt they had answered a question correctly, which if the quizmaster has agreed, would have tied for first. SMOLT! stayed out of argument and quizmaster pronounced judgment. At least one team despised SMOLT! |
| 1/30/07 | 2 | Free BEER | Nice crowd. No major mistakes. SMOLT! argued a great deal over gender of a singer, when no matter what the gender, SMOLT! did not have the name. Further investigation and photographic evidence of singer Lucinda Williams did not convince the 3 SMOLT! team members of her femininity. It was argued, "That's a man, baby!" | Teams seem to get along very well. SMOLT! team member Ross was reprimanded by Publican. |
| 1/23/07 | 1 | $80/2 in the kitty | Again, a crowded house. Only 9 teams but some teams were quite large. Everyone seemed in good spirits. | Happy and boisterous mood in the pub. SMOLT! took an early lead and was able to win by 6 points. Gene and Christine came up the definition of onomastics, the study of names. John successfully argued mightily for Lactometer, an instrument used in testing the richness of milk. |
| 1/16/07 | 5 | $0 | Very crowded house - 11 teams! Rick, Gene and Julie were MIA. Michael and Raye Lynn graciously stepped in. Name for the evening Flash Frozen SMOLT! It was extremely cold, perhaps a reason for the large and boisterous crowd. | Although we came in 5th, 10 pts behind 1st, 1 pt behind 3rd, SMOLT! did pretty well. Theory that 6 is the perfect number for trivia again given weight. Extraordinary large amount of geography questions, but SMOLT! does not blame SMOLT! team member Rick for not being there. SMOLT! team member John adds:Flaming Tiger Millionaires displayed un sportsmanlike behavior, much like an odious fish monger. |
| 1/2/07 | 1 | $63 | SMOLT! Punked! More details. Also request to update the 10 commandments for new year. | Uncertain. Will know more next week. |
| 12/19/06 | 3 | Return of entrance fee | Notes: Last game of the year, big crowd with 7 teams competing. All Christmas oriented questions. Christine & Julie unavailable: team renamed Farty Far SMOLT! Crystals. | Publican un amused by team name, graded harshly. In the spirit of the season, other teams rushed to Smolt!'s defense during picture round grading - warm fuzzy feeling all around. Or was that the beer? |
| 12/5/06 | 2 | Free BEER! | After a long long time, the original SMOLT! was united. | Not really. One team was very very large yet only came in 3rd. Furthering SMOLT! theory that 6 is a perfect number. |
| 11/28/06 | 1 | $44 | 7 teams, excellent first 2 rounds, tanked mid-game dropping to 4th place, but a nearly perfect final round with extra points assured victory. Alan Jackson re-emerged as reliable stand-by answer. Two key members missing: Christine out ill, Ross MIA; in the spirit of the season, team renamed Kwanzmolt! | Publican delighted by Smolt!'s return, competition fierce; game-master noted that 6 of the 7 teams were seasoned pros (that is, this is like "Ohio State vs. Michigan" the top 2 college football teams in the nation). Distinct odor from kitchen of fried fish ordered by opposition failed to intimidate. Newbie team "Montgomery" offered congratulations by slapping fins. Smug non-"yeller" SMOLT! left the building. |
| 11/7/06 | 3 | Return of entrance fee | About 8 teams, it was neck and neck, we were crushed by the majority of c/W tunes during the music round. Damn thee Alan Jackson! | Not really. One of two hisses from the peanut galley. John was sadly absent and babs gracefully took his place. IN honor of election day, we were Vote SMOLT! |
| 10/31/06 | 1 | $36 | A sparse bar but that didn't stop SMOLT! from crushing the worthy opponents! | 2nd highest score for SMOLT! 75.5., indeed team smoking hot. Name this time was FrankinSCHMOLT! |
| 10/17/06 | 2 | Free Beer! | Rick and Gene were MIA, babs and John (a SMOLT! fiance) graciously stepped in. Name: 2 Johns-a-SMOLT!in' | No real hatred this time. One team even smiled in our general direction. Lost by a mere point. Publician requested Ross getting kicked picture, we obliged. |
| 10/10/06 | 3 | Return of entrance fee | After several months SMOLT! original members were present and accounted for. | No really despised, more curious. SMOLT did very poorly in the first 5 rounds, trailing almost last by more that 8 points. SMOLT! made up for it in last two rounds, missing 1st place by 2 points! they learned that SMOLT is still to be feared. |
| 09/26/06 | 4/5 | 0/0 | Friends of SMOLT! visited and therefore SMOLT was divided into two teams. A single team would not have been fair to the other pub patrons. | Not really despised, more likely confused by lack of SMOLT! yet SMOLT! was there. SMOLT! publicist was out of town after game and neglected to update SMOLT! |
| 09/18/06 | 4 | 0 | Gene was MIA so the name tonight was Jolly Smolt!. Missed by 1 pt. Theory that SMOLT! must have 6 members to win is further quantified. | Dead Last was actually the winner tonight! We chatted with then before, during and after the game with no apparent hatred or distaste. |
| 09/12/06 | 3 | Return of entrance fee | Trailing by many many points. SMOLT! was able to squeak to 3rd with the last two rounds. | General distaste but no massive hatred. Deducted 10 points because Ross was late. General aura of ennui. |
| 08-29-06 | 1 | $58, 4 into the kitty | Trailing until round 6 (Music). Won by 3 points. No major mishaps. Anne stepped in for Gene. Team name was Smoltaphobia. | A few boos. Points deducted for Ross being late and just being Ross. One team was sitting in our regular spot. We were gracious about it. Were given very cool looks as we victoriously exited the pub. |
| 08-22-06 | 2 | Free Beer | Missed by 2 questions. But no major mishaps because Smolt! commandments were followed. | Booed by a former LTS student assistant and her cronies. Other than a few sneers, other teams were quiet. Publican reprimanded Ross a few times. |
| 08-08-06 | 1 | $82 emptied the kitty divided the pot equally. | Michael and babs stepped in for Rick and Gene. Team name was MotherEffing Smolt! on a MotherEffing Plane! | Others teams not pleased to see our return. Unconfirmed rumour that 3rd place (This time called Long Overdue) cried. A few boos and penalties for our (Ross) behavior. Behind in all rounds but edged ahead last round by .5 pt. John had obsession about Lassies's boy Timmy, we talked him down. |
| 07-11-06 | 1 | $92 | Michael and Greg stepped in for Julie and Ross. Team was temporarily given the same Smells Like Teen Smolt! |
Laughter and taunting as we bombed 1st round. Boos and general distaste once we leapt ahead after the 3rd round. Even a yelp of dismay. We stayed in 1st place but by a thin thin margin. |
| 06-27-06 | 2 | Free Beer | babs substituted for Julie Team was temporarily given the name Eau de SMOLT! |
General feeling of unease but no real hatred. Exception: 3rd place, who were angry they were in our shadow (as usual). |
| 06-13-06 | 6 | Nothing, nada, zip | Lost by a great amount of points, outplayed but no major mistakes. | Y- Deducted 5 points because Ross was late. Crowd cheered, indicated current and lasting hatred. |
| 06-06-06 | 3 | Return of entrance fee | Cocktails now served! Yum cosmo's! Lost 1st by 1 pt, tied for 2nd, lost tie-breaker question. | Y - Booed at the team introduction. They fear us. |
| 05-30-06 | 1 | $70 | babs substituted for Ross Team was temporarily given the name 7 1/2 lb Perch. |
Y |
| 05-16-06 | 2 | Free Beer | Pub owner disagreed with a few of the commandments. | Y - One team text-messaged with "SMOLT Sucks!" We defeated them. Again. |
