Continental Contenders
Serving the
Two-Sets-And-A-Run Crowd since 1984
Volume 7
1998 Season (through October 16th)
|
Continental Contenders |
| Player | Total |
Games |
Wins |
Losses |
Avg. |
|
1 |
Kevin/Jonna | 195 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
195 |
2 |
Michelle B. | 240 | 1 |
0 |
0 |
240 |
3 |
Chuck | 1000 | 4 |
2 |
0 |
250 |
4 |
Al | 9360 |
33 |
10 |
4 |
283.64 |
5 |
Mike G. | 8825 |
30 |
7 |
2 |
294.17 |
6 |
Jonna | 1180 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
295 |
7 |
Mike B. | 1200 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
300 |
8 |
Ralph | 2810 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
312.22 |
9 |
Barbara | 11470 |
36 |
6 |
10 |
318.61 |
10 |
Kevin | 10890 |
33 |
7 |
13 |
330 |
11 |
Ronnie | 6665 |
19 |
5 |
2 |
350.79 |
12 |
Rose | 1090 | 3 |
0 |
0 |
363.33 |
13 |
Dennis | 2790 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
398.57 |
14 |
Susan B. | 1800 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
450 |
15 |
Jim B. | 990 | 2 |
0 |
1 |
495 |
| 16 | Diane | 1490 | 3 |
0 |
0 |
496.67 |
| 17 | Cheryl | 1540 | 3 |
1 |
0 |
513.33 |
| 18 | Rick | 1070 | 2 |
0 |
0 |
535 |
| 19 | Erica | 1130 | 2 |
0 |
1 |
565 |
| 20 | Bob D. | 1930 | 3 |
1 |
1 |
643.33 |
Short Game Variations
Last 3 Hands Only:
| Player | Total |
Games |
Wins |
Losses |
Avg. |
|
1 |
Barbara | 15 | 1 |
1 |
0 |
15 |
2 |
Kevin | 130 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
130 |
3 |
Rose | 195 | 1 |
0 |
0 |
195 |
4 |
Chuck | 210 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
210 |
Last Hand Only:
| Player | Total |
Games |
Wins |
Losses |
Avg. |
|
1 |
Joe | 0 | 1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Ralph | 110 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
110 |
3 |
Kevin | 130 | 1 |
0 |
1 |
130 |
Scoresheet Scribbles:
| When | Who | What |
| 12/27/97 | Dennis to Barbara | "You trying to look at my
cards?" "No, honey. I'm trying to, but I can't see them." |
| Dennis | "You're nothin' if you're not a dead man." | |
| Al | "The game is over before it began." | |
| Al Kevin Al |
"What is it?" "Two sets and a run" "Isn't it two sets and a run?" |
|
| Al | While everyone was still counting up their points at the end of the game, Al immediately jumped up to phone Mike to register the scores. (Coincidentally, he won the game.) | |
| Kevin | Insisted the game be included as a footnote to the '97 season, even though the '97 newsletter had already been published. Officially protested the game being the first in the new season. (Coincidentally, he lost the game.) | |
| 5/9/98 | Sue B. | "It's two sets and a run... A run and two sets... A set, a run, and a set." |
| Memorial Day Weekend, 1998 | Al | "You da man!" "I need sanctuary, baby" "Oh, I'm sick in the head" "A doornail is alive compared to what I've got in my hand" |
| Babe "Kevin" Ruth | Predicted he'd pick up the exact number cards to deal, and he did! (Give that man 10 extra points!) | |
| Ronnie Various |
"Anyone object if we put an
extra joker in the pile?" "Why?" "No way!" "It's not right." |
|
| Nobody knows | "Woddagame idi? Two jokers?? No Wonwonder! |
|
| 6/6/98 | Kev to Al Al to Kev Mike Al |
"You Mary." "You Mary." "Mary, Mary, quite contrary." "Proud Mary. --Tina Turner" |
| Al | "Take your time... it's only about ten after three." | |
| Al | "Why am I laughing? I'm a dead man." | |
| Barbara | "Ralph, nobody cares." | |
| 6/13/98 | Al | "What's the name of that road? WayWayWanda? WildWIldWanda? WaWanda? WayOutYanda?" |
| Kevin | "Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said... well, I forget what he said." | |
| Chuck | "I got runs all over the place." | |
| Barbara | "I'm a dead man." | |
| Chuck | "I only need one more joker!" | |
| 6/20/98 | Mike | went down and out on 3 Sets, skunking everyone. Al: "Michael, that was so nice, I oughta slap you." |
| Al | dealt 5 of the 7 hands, as no one seemed to be available when it was their deal. | |
| 7/3/98 | Kevin to Al | "You're just not a romantic guy." |
| Al Kevin Mike |
"Where's your drink?" "It's too early to drink." "Yeah, we need to play a few rounds to remember why we drink!" |
|
| Kevin | "We really ought to make some rules (after Barbara discarded, but then continued her turn anyway, laying down one card after another until she went out, sticking Kevin with 125 points for the round. | |
| Kevin Barbara |
"Anyone else going for 4
runs?" "At least!" |
|
| Mike | "I was going to write down
something funny that happened, but now I forget what it was. Everyone: "Write that down!" |
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| 7/4/98 | Kevin Al |
"I'm gonna be aggressive. "Ooh, I hope so!" |
| 7/18/98 | Al | As he lays his cards down to open, remarks "This is ridiculous!" |
| 7/24/98 | Ronnie | From behind the popcorn bowls, "The noshing has begun." |
| All | Advice to first-timer Bob D.: "Don't be shy about taking a card out of turn." Bob D.: "Yeah, I see everyone's turned vicious." | |
| Rick | "In this whole hand, I don't have two of the same, one of the same." (It was very late.) | |
| Diane | "My leg is really long, then." (Way past bedtime.) | |
| Barbara | "You can get lost in the shuffle around here." | |
| All | "You pulled a 'Kevin'!" when Mike pretended to be going out, scaring everyone. | |
| 7/25/98 | Al Cheryl & Diane |
"I'm a doornail!" "You're a donut!" |
| 8/2/98 aboard the cruise ship Zenith |
Mike B | "Is it better to play a 5-card small-point run, or a 4-card big-point run?" Susan B: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." |
| Sue B | "We're in the same boat, Ronnie... it's called the Zenith!" | |
| Sue B | "I'm not winning in points, but I've got the most witty quotes of the game!" | |
| 8/5/98 aboard the cruise ship Zenith |
Sue B Mike B Sue B Mike B |
"You're not looking at my
cards, are you?" "Yep." "Why?" "Why not?" |
| Sue B | to her son: "Jim, if you go out, you're out of the will!" | |
| 8/14/98 | Al | "When you play Continental, your opponent is dogmeat." |
| 8/15/98 | Kevin Ronnie Al |
"I'll take that card" "No. I'm in turn (intern). I'm a doctor." "Put your mask on!" |
| Al | "I am so screwed up here." | |
| 8/23/98 | Barbara Mike Al |
"Is anybody close?" "To what?" "Oblivion!" |
| Barbara Al |
"I'm on my way!" "To oblivion!" |
|
| Ralph Kevin |
"This seems like the Wild
West. A little." "El wrongo." |
|
| Mike | "This is two sets and one run, in a different suit." | |
| Kevin Mike |
"I always play the hand that
was dealt me." "As opposed to what, your neighbor's?" |
|
| Al | "U Gimme Dat" | |
| Kevin Ralph |
I went from first to next-to-last
in one hand!" I've heard some sad stories in the years of Continental, but that's brought tears to both my eyes! |
|
| Barbara | "Doomed to a life of despair, she fights back... bravely, nobly" (The very next game, she broke all existing records for lowest game ever, and for going out the most number of times in one game!) | |
| Al | "My handicap isn't with the cards, it's mental." | |
| Barbara | "I don't even have one of a kind!" | |
| Kevin | "I should stick to windsurfing." (575 points, last-place finish) | |
| 8/24/98 | Kevin | "Everyone's dog meat in this game. Except Mom. She's Puppy Chow." |
| Kevin | "I should've gone sailing." (490 points, last-place finish) | |
| 9/5/98 in Maryland | Rose | "The key to this game is just getting a jump on all the indecision sitting around the table." |
| Dennis | "I could've used that card two strategies ago." | |
| Chuck | "I've got so many different ways to go, and nothing is going!" | |
| Ronnie | "I don't know why we play this stupid, horrible game." (540 pts., 5th of 6 players) | |
| 9/5/98 in New Jersey | Joe | Awards special mention to wife Sue, for watching all three kids so that he could play a last-hand-only abbreviated game, to make it into the '98 records. |
| 9/6/98 | Al | Before even glancing at the cards that were dealt to him in the very first round of the game, announces "I'm dead." |
| Kevin | After Barbara took one too many of the cards he wanted, announces "I'm done with this seat." | |
| Ronnie | So intent on pointing out to Kevin that he missed playing a card on his own set, completely forgot to pick up the same card to play it herself, in turn. <Laughter all around.> | |
| 9/19/98 | Mike | Tied the 5-year all-time-high-hand score of 255, and without a hand cramp! |
| Kevin Rose Al Kevin |
"Wait, Rose, you played the
wrong card." "I did not!" "Don't listen to him; he's got a medical problem." "Yeah! I need an 'in-turn'!" |
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| Chuck | "I only need a run. And then I need to find two sets." | |
| Kevin | "There's a lot of stuckage in this game." | |
| Chuck | "Anyone planning on throwing away a joker?" | |
| Kevin | "I've got four suits, and they're all cheap." | |
| Chuck Kevin |
"Oop! Oop! Oop! Oop!" "Oh, did you want that card?" |
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| Rose | "One potato, two potato, three potato, four." | |
| 9/26/98 | Susan B. Mike B. |
"I haven't had a joker all
day." "What? You had me just this afternoon!" |
| Susan B. | "I may suck at playing this game, but I'm the champion at repartee." | |
| 10/3/98 | Ralph | After posting zero wins in 1988, zero wins in 1989, zero wins in 1994, zero wins in 1996, and zero wins in 1997, wins his very first Continental game ever, and announces that "the pressure's off until the next millenium." |
| 10/10/98 | Kevin | "I'm seriously considering giving up this game for life." (460 points, last-place finish) |
| Barbara | Tied her own record (see 8/23/98) for going out 5 out of 7 hands in one game! |