Continental Contenders
Serving the
Two-Sets-And-A-Run Crowd since 1984
Volume 12
2003 Season (48 games)
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Continental Contenders |
| FP | Player | Avg. | Wins | Losses | Games | Total Points |
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| 1 | Dennis | 155 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 465 | |
| 2 | Al/Joe | 175 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175 | |
| 3 | Chuck | 225 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 225 | |
| 4 | Cheryl | 245 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 245 | |
| 5 | 1 | Susan B | 255 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1530 |
| 6 | Bob | 270 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 270 | |
| 7 | 2 | Al | 276 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 6370 |
| 8 | Kev/Al | 280 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 280 | |
| 9 | 3 | Kevin | 289 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 8695 |
| 10 | 4 | Joe | 292 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4090 |
| 11 | 5 | Mike B | 300 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1800 |
| 11 | Jonna/Mike | 300 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 300 | |
| 13 | 6 | Barbara | 307 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 7385 |
| 14 | 7 | Jonna | 308 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2160 |
| 15 | Rose | 310 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 310 | |
| 15 | 8 | Ronnie | 310 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 8700 |
| 17 | 9 | Ralph | 319 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3190 |
| 18 | Angie | 320 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 320 | |
| 19 | 10 | Mike | 334 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 12045 |
| 20 | 11 | Erica | 344 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1720 |
| 21 | Pat | 360 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 360 | |
| 22 | Mike/Ron | 395 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 395 | |
| 23 | Ben | 405 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 405 | |
| 24 | Ron T | 415 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1660 | |
| 25 | Diane | 421 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1265 | |
| 26 | Frank | 425 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 425 | |
| 27 | Dagney | 433 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1300 | |
| 28 | Joe Y | 458 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1375 | |
| 29 | Janet T | 476 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1905 | |
| 30 | Marge | 485 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 485 | |
| 31 | Jean Mastrocola | 525 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 525 | |
| 32 | 12 | Rick | 552 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2760 |
Scoresheet Scribbles:
| Who | What |
| Al Mike Al Kevin |
Michael, it's the start of a new season. Unfortunately. I am so excited to be starting a new season, I can't tell you. It's a new me in '03. Just like '93. |
| Ronnie Kevin Al |
I've got a great set here. I'm not gonna touch that. This is gettin' raucous. |
| Kevin Mike |
Uno? Fiveno. |
| Barbara | This is a home for the criminally insane. |
| Mike | I'm doing well, except for the sets and runs. |
| Ralph | There are more comments than scores. |
| Ralph Kevin Barbara Ralph Al |
Kevin, you cut first this time to see who deals. OK, I got an 8 of spades. I got an 8 of spades. I got an 8 of spades. Babies. |
| Barbara Al |
Al, how's your eyesight? Can you see that card? Sure. What is that card? |
| Pat | You know that road rage feeling? That's what this is like. |
| Pat | I hate this game sooooo much. |
| Bob Mike |
I don't want your stinkin' cards. I got my own stinkin' cards. |
Al Kevin Al Jonna |
[In New Orleans] I'm not playing. We'll just play one hand. I'm playing. You're irritably flexible. |
Marge Mike B |
[In Somerville] There's so many ways I can go here... Yeah, except down. |
| Susan B Mike B |
How do you know nobody else wanted that card? Frick 'em! |
| Marge | This hand is more like a foot. |
Ron T Janet T |
[In Palm Beach Garden] Why do I keep getting useless cards? (His first game) I am so f***ing f***ed (Her first game) |
| Ron T | I've been screwed, blued, and tattooed. |
| Dagney | I have to discount something? (Her first game) |
| Joe Y | Jokers are great. (His first game) |
| Janet T Ron T Janet T |
May I? I don't know yet. Well, do send me a telegram. |
| Janet T | It's hard when you're on the cusp of anything to make a decision about anything. Am I right? |
| Dagney | Comments? What comments? I need to be witty now. |
| Ron T | I'm in a good boat, now I need to bail. |
| Ron T | Jokers can be good. |
| Ron T | If something good doesn't happen this time, I'm gonna slit my throat. |
| Ron T | Listen to that bird. You know why that bird is so happy? He's not dealing with runs and sets. |
| Sue Al Al |
What is this? A run and a set? Yes, a run and a set: one run of at least 4 cards in the same suit, and a set of three of a kind. What is this? A run and a set? |
| Ralph Sue |
Sue, you came in second. That's a first. |
| Kevin Al |
I think Al has it. No, I have crabs. |
| Kevin Al |
I'm polite. Yeah, you're polite. Like a snail. |
| > | In Atlantic City at exactly 1:30 in the morning, three people finished the game with exactly 130 points in their hand. |
| Mike B | I don't have two cards in the same suit. |
| George | Wow, you're gonna be a peacock soon if you keep pickin' up cards! |
| Joe Al Ralph |
How much do you love the game, Al? Oh, a whole big bunch. A bushel and a peck. |
| Joe | What is this -- the last hand? I shouldn't be taking all these cards! |
| Kev Mike |
We're in a whole new era of Continental: Mike went low! A whole new error. |
| Al | Don't holler at me. I'm sensitive. |
| Al | I lovvvve my Continental. |
| Al | Sometimes I surprise myself, even. |
| Dennis | I'm gonna have to start scarfin' like it's December. |
| Mike | What next? No, I'm serious. What next? |
| Joe | You'd think Al was married to me, the way he talks to me. |
| Mike | Who's Victim Moan? |
| Dennis Mike |
How do you say 'panic' in Swahili? "Panic in Swahili." |
| Kevin Dennis Mike |
These are the hands that make or break you. These are the hands of our lives. These are the hands that try men's souls. |
| Dennis | Mark me down. Set me free. Turn me loose. |
| Ronnie Joe |
Alright, Kevin -- you have to give it to me. In two places. Boy, that's not something you hear every day. Is it, Mike? |
| Dennis Kevin |
I can take it. Yeah, but you can't dish it out. |
| Dennis Joe Dennis |
Oh, I go? Oui. We go? |
| Kevin | I'm a long way from Tippararie. |
| Kevin | I keep going and going… like the Everrearry Rarrit. |
| Kevin | You get stuck once, the game's over. You just play for the comraderie. |
| Ben | If anyone smells smoke, that's my brain. |
| Cheryl | I'll take that. What is it? |
| Mike Ron |
A couple more jokers, and I'm set. All I need is a run. Or a set. |
| Kevin Joe Kevin |
It's Joe's deal. He's layin' bricks. These cards are more than mixed. These cards are mortar mixed. |
| Kevin | Joe picks up a card in turn and says, "Whose turn is it?" |
| Ronnie | It's too long being late. |
| Rick | I'm only here to help others. |
| Ronnie Kevin |
I let Kevin have two cards, and I shouldn't have. Well, you were overcome with my sweetness. |
| Kevin | I'm runnin' out of discards; I'll have to use datcard. |
| Ronnie Mike |
This isn't fun. And the irony is, it never was. |
| Ronnie Kevin |
Can I just peek at this card? Yea. Peek 'n Keep. |
| Kevin | Mike's down? Ronnie's down? Did I go? |
| Chuck | I still need one joker. How many do you need? |
| Al | Your son almost messed you! |
| Al | Now Jean, I don't believe in that garbage of dealing out the exact number of cards. (Al then deals the exact number of cards.) |
| Kevin | Assume the position! |
| Al | This is really stuperino! I used to be a contenda. |
| Kevin Mike |
Gee, I hope I have a set. Jonna says you have a swell set. |
| Al Ralph |
(Waiting for Kevin to play) This is so yawnful. It was torchful. |
| Ralph | When is this year's Continental Contenders Fish & Goose Suaree? |
| Kevin | I'm goin' meduim rare. Al, you have to go meduim well. |
| Al | I'm gonna get shmanoogied here. |
| Ronnie | This was a fast gamm. Is this three wums? |
| Al Joe Al Barbara |
What's that noise? Is that the picture? It's not a picture, it's the TV. There's no picture on the TV? There's something wrong with Joe's set. |
| Mike | I'm just playin' the hand that was dealt Kevin. |
| Kev/Joe | Al, say goodbye to the big voice. Say hello to the little voice. |
| Kevin | Mom, you're the mother of all mothers. |
| Joe Mike Al Mike |
Sets, sets, we're obsessed with sets. Sets in the city. That should go in the book. This whole book should go in the book. |
| Al | I'm praying so hard to go out, you don't know how hard I'm praying to go out. |
| Al | Anyone can do it with a three of diamonds. |
| Al | You, I can take, you disgusting pig. |
| Joe | I would take that, but I don't need that. |
| Al | All blue. |
| Barbara | A set in the hand is worth three in the bush. |
| Al | I have to discharge. No, wait -- Joe's doing that. |
| Kevin Al |
What was the penalty? The penalty's being in this game. |
| Kevin | Dih dih dihddih… my tongue got slow. |
| Rick | I'm gonna have to go to ooo. |
| Kevin Rick |
Anybody want this card? I gave it up for the holy days. |
| Rick Kevin |
I'll give you four cards for that card. [pause] … Is that a good thing? |
| Mike Diane |
My goal is to get down, to get funky. I can't see it. |
| Kevin | What did you do to Rick, Mike? His eyes look like pissholes in snow. |
| Barbara Rick |
Whatcha got there, Rick? A compass -- I'm trying to find some direction to this game. |
| Barbara | My hopes are dashed against the rocks of despair. |
| > > |
On the last hand, Mike was mistakenly going for two runs and a set, while being distracted by the World Series, but in the end he went out and won the game anyway! |
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The Game of Nine Players Now this is the tale of our night-long game It's here for a long, long time It started on September 6th, around a half-past nine The hands -- they started getting rough The runs and sets were tossed If not for the grabby and assertive crew The game would all be lost (a three-hour game) So join us here each night, my friend You're sure to lose your mind I'll take that card! You won't! Oh well. Here in Continent-hell |
Last Updated on 5/27/2004