But, do not despair. As we head into the final days of Holy Week and the final days of this contest (the last questions will be posted on Good Friday--very fitting), starting tomorrow the EC points go up to 200, with one person able to earn 100 EC points at once, so it is still very much anyone's game. So, to be clear, tonight's question have 100 EC points at stake, tomorrow's and Friday's have 200 EC points each night, so even after tonight's scoring, there is still 500 points to be had. Bring your A games and let's see how this whole thing plays out.
It's very nice to be home, and I must report that the boys did a great job keeping the house neat, their sister alive and themselves out of jail. They exceeded my expectations. Our trip was wonderful--a real highlight from start to finish. Dave McKeon was a total champ, because in all honesty, once he walked off the 18th green at St. Andrews, (or maybe after the four beers and the Long Islands at the Jigger Inn) it was all down hill for him. But he saw all the sights in London, fed all of Annie's friends, marked time on the bench outside Harrods, hardly complained at all this morning as we cabbed back to Harrod's to pick up the big Longchamp wheelie bag (it is indeed beautiful--I almost hated seeing it go down the conveyor belt into luggage underworld because I was afraid it would get dirty or stolen--don't worried, it made it out the other side unscathed) and did it all while paying in pounds--(the exchange rate blows) After we packed up all of Annie's winter things, (which she brought to our hotel in three shredded recycling bags--class all the way) we said good bye to our daughter (who was in the throws of finishing an 8 page paper...) and headed to the airport. Where we promptly got upgraded to business class with the sweet bigger seats, better food and free drinks--very nice way to end a stellar trip. (note to Louis: I will never go to a hostel. I wouldn't even have done it in college. I have huge issues with dirt, bugs, bad linens, etc. Annie wouldn't even let me see her flat because she knew it would send me over the edge--this is not a joke. I am only a tiny bit kidding when I say if I found out we had bed bugs or head lice, I would burn my house down and just start over)
London is so historic, so architecturally interesting, and so busy. You could stay for weeks and weeks and still see something new. (we missed the entire Chelsea area and only circled Hyde Park) Scotland was beautiful in an entirely different way, much calmer, much greener (though the parks in London are plentiful and gorgeous) and so friendly. I have a feeling that the McKeons will be in Scotland again...we really loved it.
On to tonight's scoring. Thanks for the update Stacy. This is way closer that I thought and as I said above, it is still anyone's game to win. Once again, Tricia buzzed in first with both AND and Tamara Mellon. Sorry, I didn't mean to mislead you guys--according to both Vanity Fair and CNBC Europe, Tamara Mellon is the founder of Jimmy Choo. Her backstory is fascinating...I read that Vanity Fair article about her a few years ago and was intrigued. So here are the scores:
Tricia: 2 (for the correct answers) plus 6 more for being first with both. You are moving up fast and tonight's 8 points will only help.
Jamarcus: 2 for being right and 2 for being second with the Holy=4
Louis: 2 for being right and 2 for being second with the lowly and 1 for being second with the holy=5
Stacy: 2 for being right and 1 for being third with the lowly=3
John, Judy, Suechi, Kim, Pete and Mrs.Sarge: 2 points for all of you.
Now, on to the Extra credit--and let me tell you, this was tough to decide because their were so many admirable things going on in the YCSMIHK blog community.
John: 10 EC points for you for giving the boys such great "dating" advice. I love to hear your dating stories and love even more when you share your wisdom with each other. I'd give you more EC, but you are WAY out in front, man, and I need to keep it close. Your total: 12 (but keep the many advice coming, because I got nothing)
Louis: 10 points for you for making nice with the crowd and for even imagining that I would go anywhere near a hostel. 15 for you tonight.
Judy: 10 points for the handicapped lamb cake. Nice work-12 for you.
Tricia: 10 points for your great stories and constant enthusiasm. I loved the list and the blond jokes your total: 18
Stacy: 10 points for you, too. The concert story was a total crack up, especially for me. While you were obviously a fifteen year old who looked older, I was a fifteen year old who looked like I was maybe eleven. One New Years Eve, I had a babysitting job for a family I didn't know (someone one of my sisters baby sat for, but because they were all older and cooler than me, they all had New Year's Eve plans,...I did not) and when the mom came to pick me up (I was fifteen and babysitting a ten year old) she said "Are you sure you are old enough to babysit? You are smaller than my daughter..." Not exactly what every fifteen year old girl wants to hear...13 for you tonight
Kim: 10 points EC for you, too. Your comments are always insightful and make me smile. 12 for you tonight.
Mrs. Sarge: 20 points for you. The Sarge story was priceless and I loved the way you told it. Great advice for the youngsters and a great reminder to all of us about those first heady days of young love.
Sara: 20 points for you. Get back in the game, missy--It's On.
OK, I think that is 100 points. Remember, tonight's questions have 100 EC points attached and then 200 each night for Thursday and Friday's questions. And speaking of questions: here are the one's for tonight:
- What other name is Holy Monday sometimes known by?
- 'Perry Mason' lost how many cases?
Do Annie's Clothes look like flat stanley being all vacuum packed and all?
ReplyDeleteCan I still answer the Eight is Enough Questions? I've had some issues.
I went to CCD classes and barely paid attention, so I basically did not know one of the Holy questions and I do refuse to google and or wikapedia my answers.
Mr. Mason lost 1 case.
1 case. Easter Monday.
ReplyDeleteGreat and Holy Monday.
ReplyDelete2 cases. Something here should be right. If so, I will half of my points to Jane.
ReplyDeleteI feel like John and Tricia. Hello? Where is everybody????
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ReplyDeletePerry Mason lost one case. "The Case of the Deadly Verdict." 10/17/1963. But it wasn't his fault. His client withheld evidence needed to win. However, according to Ms. BARBARA HALE, the actress who played Perry's assistant Della Street, Perry never lost cases and with the one that he "lost", it was claimed a mistrial. As far as the show was concerned, he never lost the case.
ReplyDeleteHi Sara, just got a phone call from Shea bee, That was great timing otherwise I would have missed these posts. JK'ing. Anyway glad to see you are going to try and make a run at this thing. I was thinking that maybe you should just cover your bases and answer that Perry lost 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, cases etc. etc. etc.. I'll stick with my original answer but employing the same strategy I used on the whole confirmation name bender might be a good idea. Just hear to help.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back to the GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD Laurie.
1. We're not constantly starting whiney boastful lists like ''Reasons why the UK is...'' - no need.
2. God forbid, but if the U.S. decided to attack you, what could you do about it?
3. Don't you brush your teeth, or have dentists?
4. American women are the hottest in the world. British women? "Birds." Bad teeth plays a big part.
5. Our space center is at Cape Canaveral; yours is where...?
6. Travel slogan : the UK, home of the original mad cow disease
7. Let's compare the number of Nobel laureates. 'Nuff said.
8. How many men has England landed on the moon? Or even put into space at all?
9. MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, Caltech,etc. - all BETTER than Oxbridge (or whatever the hell it's called)
10. Without us, Buckingham palace would be a Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht day spa
11. California alone has a larger economy than England.
12. Your cars suck - especially the Mini, a coffin on wheels.
13. IBM, Texas Instruments, Intel, Microsoft, H-P, Dell, Apple...shall I go on?
14. Taking back the Falklands from Argentina; oooh, impressive military might there
15. Why do so many Britishers come here looking for work?
16. Lend-Lease saved your candy asses in WW II.
17. Does anybody work over there, or are you all on the dole?
18. Your sports suck - soccer (football), rugby, cricket, croquet, polo, etc.
19. We don't dwell on past, faded glory; we keep looking ahead.
20. Elvis - without him, no Beatles, Stones, Who, Duran Duran, Spice Girls, etc.
21. British entertainers don't really make it big until they're popular in the U.S.
22. General Motors, Ford, AT&T, Exxon, Mobil, Boeing, Lockheed, etc., etc.
23. Let's compare the number of Olympic medals.
24. Regular elections, not those panicky vote-of-confidence recalls of Parliament.
25. Exactly what does the House of Lords do?
26. We don't have soccer (football) hooligans embarrassing us all over the world.
27. We have the most advanced medical care system in the world.
28. The days of ''the sun never sets on the British Empire'' are long, long gone.
29. You're obsessed with your own history because you seem to have no future.
30. We have much better TV, and more viewing options - no BBC rules
31. Our Hollywood vs. your, your what...?
32. How many U.S. TV series are on your telly? (The Simpsons is #1); vice versa?
33. Almost nothing that happens in the UK is of any importance or interest to us
34. We've sent craft to the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and beyond the solar system.
35. Your high taxes and welfare state discourage initiative and a good work ethic
36. Without us, the Union Jack would have a large black swastika over it.
37. Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley vs. what, Montgomery?
38. You don't see us building a tunnel to France
39. Because we don't use words like ''cheeky'', what the hell is that anyway?
40. Rock and Roll originated here
And the number one reason the US is better than England: We will vote out Obama and put an end the Socialism's attempt to destroy the USA. England will welcome the bastard with open arms.
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ReplyDeleteLaurie does your question about Fig Monday have anything to do with the fact that the exchange rate SUCKS? You didn't throw any bricks through windows or tip any tables at the money changers did you?
ReplyDeleteThe days between Palm Sunday and Holy Thursday are known as Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, and Holy Wednesday. The Gospels of these days recount events not all of which occurred on the corresponding days between Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and his Last Supper. For instance, the Monday Gospel tells of the Anointing at Bethany (John 12:1-9), which occurred before the Palm Sunday event described in John 12:12-19.
ReplyDeleteIn the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings of Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court nominee, during questioning by Senator Al Franken, Sotomayor said that watching the series had made her want to grow up to be a prosecutor. Franken noted that the prosecutor lost all the cases on the series but one. Subsequent research by CNN found that the prosecutor won three cases rather than just one.
May the record reflect that Perry Mason did lose three cases of almost 300 --- a record any lawyer would envy, especially since he got one of his losses reversed on appeal. His losses were: The Case of the Witless Witness, The Case of the Deadly Verdict, and The Case of the Terrified Typist.
The series also set a precedent for future mystery series in being the first detective show to feature either a tape or chalk outline to mark the spot where the murder victim's body had been found.[
The theme music, "Park Avenue Beat," by Fred Steiner, is one of television's most recognizable themes. When asked why Perry Mason won every case, Burr said, "But madam, you see only the cases I try on Saturday."
ReplyDeleteAll but one of the episodes in the series were filmed in black and white. The episode "The Case of the Twice-Told Twist" was filmed in color. In the episode, Perry's car, a then-current model Lincoln Continental, was stripped down to the frame in a parking lot next to the Angels Flight incline railway by a ring of car strippers who had cajoled a teenager into going along.
in a July 15, 2009 interview on National Public Radio's program All Things Considered, Barbara Hale claimed that all of Mason's lost cases were declared mistrials off the air. (Sounds like she wanted a recount--sore, loser if you ask me, like a Wisconsin Supreme court wannabe??)
ReplyDeleteBrian--refuse to Wikapedia or google?? Impressive! I wish I had such high standards but I will say I have learned so much through this challenge.
ReplyDeleteJohn--loved your number one reason we are better, well done! (Did you come up with all those and if so--where do you find the time ????)
Fig Monday
ReplyDeletePerry Mason lost 3 cases
Glad you are back on US ground safely & had a wonderful time!
Hey Stacy - I noticed you left John off the blue line chart thingy, hmm....... Does that mean I'M in first place?
ReplyDeleteBoys - where are you? Is Wednesday night at ND the party night or were you so busy with your studies you didn't have time to post? Keep those noses stuck in your books or you'll end up a 40-Something (who could definitely pass for 39) blog stalker. Please be kind with your comebacks, tears only mess up all the under eye makeup needed to fill in Grand Canyon crows feet lines (you can imagine the time and expense involved applying said makeup).
ReplyDeleteWelcome home, Laurie.
ReplyDeleteFig Monday
Perry Mason lost 3 cases
Leaving shortly for Louisville for the long weekend... may have to comment from my iPhone? The good news is that I have 6 hours to try to think of something funny, interesting, flattering, gross, or insulting - - so much opportunity.
I will update the points before I leave. I don't know why but John ended up in the Header when I sorted the data... that's why he's not on the chart 'thingy'. He'll just have to deal with it, being out in the lead like that.
1) Fig
ReplyDelete2) Perry lost 3 cases
Stared my screen and kept refreshing it until 11:00pm and called it quits. For those of you who hung in there....congrats!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm a winner in my eyes Stacy and that is all matters. I'm certain that later today I will be grafting a piece of the Old Course into its new and luxurious accommodations here in Wisconsin. Tickets for viewing will are on sale now at all Ticket Master outlets (no passes will be accepted). Dial (555) GOT-GRAS to reserve yours, they are going fast. Golf Magazine says, "Every one should pay homage." Gardening Time raves, "In all our years we have never seen this kind of Agricultural Bliss." The Kenosha News hasn't reported anything yet (give them a few days) and Rolling Stone was quoted as saying we haven't seen this kind of Quality Grass since the last Bob Marley Tour.
ReplyDeleteIn the words of Stuart Smalley, "I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And doggone it, people like me."
CHANGE answer #2.....Perry lost 2 cses
ReplyDeleteYes, he lost two cases. One was "The Case of the Deadly Verdict." 10/17/1963. But it wasn't his fault. His client withheld evidence needed to win.
He also lost "The Case of the Terrified Typist" (6/21/1958). After his client has been found guilty and sentenced to death, Mason discovers and reveals that his client isn't the person whose name (Jefferson) he was using throughout the trial, and successfully asks for a retrial since much of the evidence applied to the real Jefferson, not his client (real name Kincaid). Still, it would be wrong to say he "won in the end," since he admits that Kincaid is indeed guilty, and makes it clear that Burger should have no problem getting another guilty verdict against Kincaid (using the correct evidence and name).
Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_cases_did_perry_mason_lose#ixzz1KA0Jtp00
Yes, he lost two cases. One was "The Case of the Deadly Verdict." 10/17/1963. But it wasn't his fault. His client withheld evidence needed to win.
He also lost "The Case of the Terrified Typist" (6/21/1958). After his client has been found guilty and sentenced to death, Mason discovers and reveals that his client isn't the person whose name (Jefferson) he was using throughout the trial, and successfully asks for a retrial since much of the evidence applied to the real Jefferson, not his client (real name Kincaid). Still, it would be wrong to say he "won in the end," since he admits that Kincaid is indeed guilty, and makes it clear that Burger should have no problem getting another guilty verdict against Kincaid (using the correct evidence and name).
Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_cases_did_perry_mason_lose#ixzz1KA0Jtp00
jpulera - If it is wrong to say he won the case it would also be wrong to say he lost the case. A Retrial is a do over. Nobody is the winner or loser. Accept of course the taxpayers who usually have to flip the bill for the waste of time. Just saying...... :-b
ReplyDeleteHoly Thursday......
ReplyDeleteMaundy is from the Latin "mandatum" - command (John 13:34) and recalls the institution of the Lord's Supper on the night he was betrayed. During the Passover meal, Jesus gave the disciples his body and blood together with the bread and wine for the forgiveness of their sins.
Everyone have a beautiful Holy Thursday...
WELCOME back Laurie....
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful trip and thank you for sharing it so descriptive with us.
I'm sure it was sad to leave Annie...but how great it was that you and Dave were blessed to have made the trip and safely... may I add.
Now back to reality.....:)
Although the story of Jesus coming upon the fruitless fig tree on the day after he was praised with palms is in the Bible,we still call the Monday of Holy Week Holy Monday....
ReplyDeleteAfter his entrance into Jerusalem, Jesus did what the people expected of him. He became a prophet. He became a judge. Of course, he did, as was so often the case, in a way which was contrary to their expectations and desires. He came to judge the claims of Israel about herself. “On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. And he said to it, ‘May no one ever eat fruit from you again.’ And his disciples heard it” (Mark 11:12-14). He professed his judgment – and what a judgment it was! He professed judgment on the fig tree, an image of Israel. “Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. Like the first fruit on the fig tree, in its first season, I saw your fathers”
Welcome back Laurie--eggs are a great food choice for Easter weekend!
ReplyDeleteGlad you are home safe and sound!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to know there are those who have wonderful airplane flights back to the states. I on the other hand had a less than ideal flight. Its my last story i promise I just really need some EC. Chuck and I had seats that were not together zoo we changed them to sit together(first big mistake). Never take seats near the bathroom on a lengthy flight. Between the between the people standing waiting to use the BR and the smell emanating after BAD CHOICE!!!!! To top it off I had several little ones sitting behind me. The oldest was maybe 8 the youngest 4. The 8 yr old was in charge while the parents slept.The father woke occasionally to bellow at his wife in a language I did not understand and the poor woman did everything she possibly could to stay awake. So on to the rest of the story. Given the fact that the plane lacked for things entertaining to a 4 or 5 year old the child thought it would be entertaining to kick my seat at full force fro what seemed like most of the trip. Now thats a long time when you are on a(what is it 6 hrs) flight. All I know is that it seemed like an eternity. At some point,after contemplating how I could slip a sleeping draft into his food or drink, I decided to try the stern look approach. I turned around with my most threatening glare and tried to cross the language barrier with just one look. Obviously unsuccessful I tried my next tactic. I considered trying to wake the mother but thought better of that I was a little afraid she might endure more abuse from her husband I nixed that idea. So plan "c" I grab the kids leg and hold it still until I thought he got the message. Okay in my defense I was dirty,tired and malnourished from the less than ideal fare overseas. Well plan"C" was sadly unsuccessful he only proceeded to kick harder!!!!!!! I can't remember what I did after that. I know he eventually fell asleep and I think I may have moved to a different seat.LONGEST PLANE FLIGHT EVER!!!!!! I can't believe I then had 4 children! Thankfully aside from the smith-magenis moments I have been truly blessed!!!! I am glad laurie that you have lots of memories and stories to tell of your trip abroad!!!!!! Hope you have many more in the future!
As far as the answers to todays questions I am going with Sue. I like her informative lengthy answers! Thanks Sue!!!
Thanks, Brenna!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd here is some interesting Raymond Burr trivia:
Raymond Burr had a very interesting attack to keep the door tightly locked on his closet. By creating a fiction in the past, in many way it allowed him to live more comfortably in the present. Certainly a double widower who had lost a child would not be subject to scrutiny about his sexuality. And if this seems extreme and faintly heartless today, just think of the atmosphere that made it necessary. You couldn’t love who you chose openly, you’d be fired in a minute. When L.B. Mayer told William Haines, the highest paid star in Hollywood some 25 years before Burr arrived, to give up his boyfriend, Haines told Mayer that he would . . . right after Mayer gave up his wife. In that instant, William Haines, movie star, became William Haines, interior designer. But at that point, Haines’ career was behind him. And, most importantly, damned few other performers had the guts or the ability to stand up for their own sexuality. And consider how much worse it would be to pretend not to be gay and marry a real person who loved you, rather than making up a couple of fictitious wives. Cruel circumstances produce cruel solutions.
Raymond Burr remained untouched. No contemporary gossip about his sexuality seems to exist.
Burr was a tremendously kind and generous man who in the course of his life sponsored well over twenty foster children and gave large sums to charities. He paid for his own trips to Korea and Vietnam to visit American soldiers caught in a foreign war. After his televison career took off, he was known to be extraordinarily generous to performers whose careers had fallen on hard times. He was fiercely protective of co-workers, threatening to walk off the set if any were treated in a manner less than what he considered professional. In 1965, he purchased an island in Fiji, where he vastly improved the quality of life while pursuing his passion for the cultivation of orchids.
This is one of the few Hollywood tales with a happy ending. Burr met his life partner in 1958, former actor Robert Benevides, and they lived together for 35 years, until Burr’s death in 1993. The two moved to a ranch in Sonoma Valley, and decided one day to plant some grapes. Today, Benevides is still overseeing the Raymond Burr Vineyards.
Burr spent his final days in Sonoma Valley, where the two men had been regarded as a couple for many years. In his final weeks, Burr refused to see anyone but his closest friends, and threw a series of “farewell” parties to keep up everyone’s spirits. Forty eight hours before his death, he told Benevides, “If I lie down, I’ll die.” Benevides told TV Guide, “He finally accepted death. Up until then, he had been fighting like an army of men to keep from dying. But in the end, a sweet death.”
Burr had a favorite quote, one, he said, that had brought him a great deal of comfort over the years. “Try and live your life the way you wish other people would live theirs.”
Love the last quote Sue!
ReplyDeleteLaurie just for the record I had to type my lengthy entry 3x Im back to the whole deleting issue I had at the beginning of this game. Im wondering if thats with any EC(Its really sad I have to resort to begging but in your words fearless leader I AM Shameless!!!!)
Raymond Burr used to scare the crap out of me when I was a kid. "Perry Mason" totally creeped me out - of course it was the one show my parents had to watch. Eeeek! I'm going to have nightmares tonight just talking about it.
ReplyDeleteMore Villa Turicum trivia. Did you know the beach down below the subdivision is named Walden Beach & that there is an infamous bridge there (same name) that was a local hot spot for the high school kids (if you know what I mean)? Naturally I wasn't a regular - I was a good girl.
ReplyDeleteJohn - I'm not sure I want to share Shea with you. It may be up for negotiation depending on how well we do in the contest. Speaking of which, what am I going to do when the contest ends? It's like graduating from college, bittersweet. I like my new friends.
Did anyone see who was the first to answer the F'n Questions? Yes...Brian as in "I forgot my password and lost numerous attempts to post. Traveling like the bejesus and every time I got on there were already 30 GDamn posts so I was just too damn excited that I actually got a post listed.
ReplyDeleteTricia, for the record, Mr. Mason did scare me too. I think it was that music and the gunshot.
Hooray for Brian - first f'n poster today. Way to go bro. I think you're right, the music & gunshot were really scary.
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Mrs. McKeon, I don't blame you about not staying in hostels. I had to go to many a dirty/sketchy one this past summer, and besides feeling like I was going to be abducted like in the movies (it happens, have you seen Human Caterpillar?... and if you haven't, please don't), I got far too used to obnoxious drunk people and less-than-sanitary linens. It was no bueno.
ReplyDeleteOh, I also think I'm coming to visit!!
ReplyDeleteI haven't talked to young Jamarcus so we don't have a set night, but I'm thinking either Friday or Saturday... if the invite still stands. I can't wait to get real holy and lowly up in Kenosha! Jpulera, start lifting...
Fig Monday
ReplyDeletePerry mason lost 2 law cases. As for how many brief cases he lost, no one really knows.