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24 March 2006

"How on earth is occhiblu winning our family's NCAA pool?" my aunt asks. "Oh, her boyfriend must be helping her," my father replies. Do I really have to put up with this shit?

→[More:]Besides, I have a very rigorous, highly scientific system based mainly on the fact that "Gonzaga" sounds like "gorgonzola" and I like Italian cheeses. So there.

post by: occhiblu at: 10:40 | 17 comments

I like Italian cheeses

*offers occhiblu his sock*

posted by jonmc 24 March | 10:43

Well, your boyfriend is a smart cookie, so...

(I'm going to get kicked in the nuts for this, aren't I?)

posted by DaShiv 24 March | 10:44

Go get 'em, occhiblu! How much to you stand to win?

posted by jrossi4r 24 March | 10:44

*puts sock and pâté on a cracker, rolls eyes in ecstasy.

posted by occhiblu 24 March | 10:46

"Gonzaga" sounds like "gorgonzola" and I like Italian cheeses

How's that working for ya?

/bitter because I had Gonzaga going to the Final Four

posted by amro 24 March | 10:46

My boyfriend *is* an extremely smart cookie, but I am perfectly capable of reading espn.com on my own, thank you very much.

The pool's got five entries at $10 each, and second place gets $10, so it's a grand total of $30. It's entirely about the family honor at this point, since this will be the second time I've won even though I'm considered the "non-athletic one" in the family.

I should note: My father's email *also* gave credit for my last win to my last boyfriend. Grrrrr.

amro: Ha! Sorry. Truthfully, I haven't even been following the games, so I probably shouldn't be this bent out of shape about it!

posted by occhiblu 24 March | 10:50

amro, you just have to get a streak of some kind going. Respect will come when "amro always is a threat at these things" comes to pass. ((loves fantasy sports, am a girl, and I kick butt)) Be strong! Best of luck! Hey - you are doing good in the metachat pickem, right? That's some props right there!

posted by rainbaby 24 March | 11:11

EEEEK! Occhiblu, not amro. Although she is doing really well in our thing.

posted by rainbaby 24 March | 11:12

Watching Reddick cry as he left the court last night was the hottest porn I've seen all week.

posted by danostuporstar 24 March | 11:17

Oh yeah, nothing makes me as happy as a Duke loss. I am a pure-D, old-school hater (wrapped in Testudo's shell).

Did coach K cry too? 'Cos that might make me a veritable fountain of jizz.

posted by Hugh Janus 24 March | 11:23

Nah, he just had his usual "I smell moldy gorgonzola" look.

posted by danostuporstar 24 March | 11:28

occhiblu, I used to bet on horseracing once per year, on the Melbourne Cup. I had a 5 year streak going of winning more than $100 (on $10 max bets of various combos) all for picking horses that reminded me of food (or were food, aaaah Rogan Josh, you made me a lot of money).

posted by gaspode 24 March | 11:40

sorry, occhiblu - this is obviously your fault... for either having boyfriends, or perhaps betting in the NCAA pool. At the very least, engaging in both at the same time makes you culpable. Bad, dangerous occhiblu!

posted by taz 24 March | 11:46

Hmmmmmmm.... I could run with the whole "dangerous" thing...

Well that makes me feel much better. Thank you, taz.

posted by occhiblu 24 March | 11:51

\m/

posted by mudpuppie 24 March | 15:09

You could always respond appropriately to your father.

As in "Hey, dad, about 'it's the boyfriend' excuse? Fuck you."

Mind, I have particularly little tolerance for parental bullshit.

posted by Five Fresh Fish 24 March | 19:28

Except that he does it partly to piss me off, so my getting totally pissed off just amuses him. I did send a "Oh, woe is me, I'm just a GIRL! Some big strong man had to help me type espn.com cuz it's just TOO HARD! Cuz I'm a GIRL!" response, though.

Grumble grumble grumble.

posted by occhiblu 24 March | 19:54

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