The Daily Plunge

I’m going to remember last night for a long time. It started with my cornhole team placing second in a Cornhole Tourney. Team Tony Danza (that’s us) took home $300. Not a bad payout. To celebrate we decided to go participate in trivia night at the local Buffalo Wild Wings. We played last week and had a good time. There were more teams this week and one older gentlemen immediately befriended my wife. He was a tall lanky fellow who was wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates cap. This led to a discussion with my friend about whether or not Sid Bream was safe at home in Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS (he was safe).
We didn’t play very well this week. Most of the questions were outside our area of expertise. When it came down to the final question we were tied for 5th place. Then like manna from heaven the final question was who is after the Speaker of the House in the presidential line of succession. This is right into my wheelhouse. If I know anything at all it’s presidential trivia. The answer is the President pro tempore of the Senate. The answer vaulted us to a second place finish and a $20 credit. In my nerdlike glee I yelled “the correct answer is the Democratic Senator from West Virginia Robert Bryd.”
The old man was devastated. Once our friend, he now accused us of using our Smart Phones to get the correct answer. I guess he wasn’t paying attention when I turned the answer in something like 30 seconds after it was asked. Anyway he accused us of cheating. When I asked him if he knew who Robert Byrd was he answered, “He’s a staunch Republican.” Houston, we have a problem. It was full meltdown mode. The old man asked us if we paid taxes, and who paid for our health care. Then he asked us what famous monument is in South Dakota. Finally after we confronted him with the fact he didn’t know who Robert Byrd was or what party he belonged to he started to back down. He still didn’t apologize. The old man offered to shake our hands to which I replied “I’m sorry sir, you called us cheaters.” Ah, Victory!