Top Ten XV
Vote now for your favorites or add new ones in the Comments section: 1. "When Pushkin comes to shovekin." - Mike (submission: Beth) 2. "Why did you come here? ... Towanda around." - Tommye (submission: Deb) 3. "Do you remember what card you were dealt?" - Mike. Was that a catch-the-liar question or not or both? 4. "All at the same time?" - Tommye after the lengthy list of possible burger condiments at Kick's in Towanda. 5. "Do you like Mike Mikottis?" - John Hoffman trying to winnow out the one holding the Ace of Pomeranians. (submission: Deb) 6. Head [...]
Weekend 14: What a show
The year we learned of the new charms of our old friend Bloomington. Beth once again killed with her Kulm Kocktail Kontest winner. We found the hidden gems of the Mackinaw Winery, Lucca pizza, an Art Deco church and one of the best performances we've ever seen. Congratulations GoH winner Chris Hage. Top Tens That killed in Spring Green. (Our attempts to entertain at the Ewing Estate ended with mixed results. DD) A Dither in Burr House. (Deb's suggested title for the book version of our jaunt.) Mary Ann still needs to talk with you. (Surly lodge owner not happy [...]
Twelve’s Top Tens
This year, we live blogged our Top Ten entries, or live-boarded them at least, thanks to Chris's flip chart. Add more and choose your favorites .... A) You can ferment almost anything (Mike. Noted most every year past, too.) B) I think I just prevented cancer for the rest of my life. (Chris, after burying his head into Mike’s giant bag of greens) C) Is this our pie? (Chris) Whose f***ing pie do you think it is? Do you think people just drive around Wisconsin dropping off pies? (Mike) Yes. (Chris) D) I should probably put the scissors down. (John) [...]
Eleven’s Top Ten
Please add more entries and vote on your favorites for Top Ten XI. (A) Shhhhh!(An especially snobby and bossy crane foundation visitor, with her advice to a Weekender contingent. From Elizabeth) (B) I will go to bed and cease to be your entertainment. (Chris in the center of the smoking rotunda, just after being awakened by the laughter that followed a sleep nod. From Elizabeth) (C) It's like looking at the dead popes. (Bryan and/or Mike, upon viewing the microbrewery in the basement through the floor windows of the Corner Pub/Bakery/Brewery. From Elizabeth) (D) A baby likes the beach that [...]
Top This: The Official Weekend X Top Ten
Top Ten for 2010. 1) Q. You mean there are drinks that don't have alcohol in them? A. Yes, those are called "mixers". (Mike with the Q. Hage with the A.) 2) Bivalves don't wear hats. (Chris deconstructing "Clam, I Am." From Steve.) 3) I've been in your underwear for 15 minutes (Mary Jo to brother John; a reference to the scavenger hunt, mind you. From Steve.) 4) Smell Cap Bone. (John Hoffman's charades clue -- sounds like Al Capone. From Beth) 5) I picked up a clam with my sausage. (Said Kurt. From Beth.) 6) How many soldiers is [...]
Balloting is now open
Please carefully review (and snigger at) the following Top candidates and then cast your ballot for your favorites in the "Leave A Comment" section. Feel free to add another candidate there, too. A) If you've crossed the Mississippi, you've probably gone too far. (Mike, based on a true story during the trip home. No, there is no Dubuque, Wisconsin.) b) I believe in pleasure units! (Andrea) C) You're lucky I didn't have my bare ass on that one. (Andrea, shortly after the sublime sound of a whoppee cushion echoed through the ballroom.) D) Go tell them we blew a fuse [...]
Voting Now Open for Top Ten 2008
Michael Phelps got nothing on us: We earned a record 47 Top Ten entries this year. Please carefully review them herein and then cast your ballot for your ten favorite by number in the "Leave A Comment" section, below. You can also add another entry there. The official Top Ten will be announced at the annual Willie Awards, now available on Comcast. 1) "Aristophanes?!" (Bryan's dramatic reading during the Allen Ludden Papers tour.) 2) "Make historical markers part of your lifestyle." (From Melissa) 3) "Screw you guys; I'm getting on that canoe." (Sayeth Deb, referring to an offer from a [...]
Top Ten 2007
Please email to John or myself to include here and then I'll open it to comments.
Top Ten 2006
Weekend Top Ten, or Three, or Whatever It Takes The Full Cleveland Who isn't an idiot? Tewkesberry Slushies Top Ten Reasons Why Weekend With William is Better Than A Trip To Europe (Submitted by Weekender Mike) 10. Getting bombed means something different here 9. Don't have to compete with ducks in Enlarged Liver contest 8. It's $3972.00 cheaper 7. Two-and-a-half hours after you leave the house: Tarmac at O'hare vs. Lawn Chair at Ewing Manor 6. Still Chester After All These Years 5. Deodorant 4. Hotel room keys fit in your wallet 3. If you forget something you can just [...]
Top Ten 2005
11) I'm not a huge coconut guy. (Hoffman.) 10) I didn't throw the wine at the wall. (It was all a misunderstanding.) 9) Not only the poem ... but the whole world makes sense. (Upon listening to Which Folio Malvolio?) 8) I think they serve breakfast. (Reference unclear, but one suspects the result was not happy.) 7) Hoffman: I think Springfield has been pooh-poohed. Schneider: I already poohed it. 6) Hence the name Lake Evergreen ... This looks and smells like what's at the bottom of a port-a-potty. We now know why they call it Lake Evergreen. 5) Observe him, [...]