Week 15 Results: Scrooged quotes edition
“Go back to Jersey, ya moron!”
Mom (8)
This one goes to Mom, who posted an embarrassing 8 this week. Not only is she now three behind Cait for the lead in the women’s division, she’s dangerously close to losing her spousal bragging rights. Dad’s only two back of our favorite Bruce Springsteen fan.
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“Oh my Gosh. Does that suck.”
Dad (9), Joe (9)
Dad’s 9 might have been enough to close the gap a little on Mom, but not enough to make us forget that he’s still losing to two girls. Joe’s 9 has caused him to slip from first to fourth in a matter of two weeks. However, he’s still just three back with two weeks to go.
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“Was it the homecoming episode of…”
“Yes, it was the homecoming episode of Little House.”
Erin (10), Cait (10)
Our two biggest Little House fans tied this week (Dad: “That’s so cute!”). Cait’s had an underrated year and is just two weeks away from taking home the women’s division tiara. If she were an Ingalls, she’d be Laura (intelligent). If Erin were an Ingalls – based on her performance this year – she’d be Mary (blind).
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“Honey, how many fingers does Mrs. Santa Claus have here?”
“Eleven.”
“Eleven, right. It’s crap.”
Matt (11), Pat (11)
Eleven was not crap for Matt and me this week, but it did mean we tied again. I’m starting to think Matt and I are in-cahoots nincompoops.
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“If I were in charge…and I AM.”
Tim (12)
To Tim, who’s been in charge the past two weeks with consecutive 12-point performances. He seems to be gaining momentum at just the right time. If he were still in charge of tallying the results, this would be the time when I would start to accuse him of cheating.
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“Niagara Falls, Frankie angel.”
Ciara (0)
Ciara can claim she was “touched by a gift” all she wants. It’ll be Niagara Falls for her the next time she looks at the leaderboard.
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McManus Picks 
Mary was both blind and intelligent. She was the only one of the Ingalls girls to go to college. She also was the pretty one and the sister who was most helpful, gracious, and obedient. Furthermore, she handled her life-changing diability with admirable courage and fortitude, despite people’s taunts and jeers.
Laura, whose nickname was “half-pint,” was stubborn, stocky, and a bit of a tomboy. A cat once ran up her skirt in church.
Further proof that Laura would never have taken the Bills on the road.
Having a cat run up your dress does not make one a tomboy, as evidenced buy the fact that she was wearing a skirt. Though Dad believes that very short hair on a girl makes her one of those girls from the mythical Isle of Lesbos.
I am wondering why Patrick knows as much as he does about the Little House series, since I didn’t see him read anything between the Goosebump books and Latitude
I find it somewhat difficult to concentrate and read the Scrooged Quotes Edition as the tears blur my vision…so nice to see how values, ethics and culture are passed down to the generations…you are all making my ancestors extremely proud, yet confused.
My contributions:
For Tim: Upon learning of his current leadership position…”I am the youngest president of a network in the history of television for a reason!”
For Erin: Upon receiving news from Ireland….”BLAM, BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM….augggghhhhhhh…ahhhhhhhhhhhhh”
For Caitlin: Upon entering the MICU and facing her first patient of the shift while trying to impinge upon her time watching the Patriots game…”I’m feeling really weird tonight…”
For Joe: upon being asked at another MGH Holiday Party… “who are you? how do you know my name?”…”I’m the Ghost Frank”
For Matt: upon being asked by one of his 325 nieces and/or nephews about the current real estatate and financial crisis….”Honey, when you grow up, you become a lawyer and you sue his …. off…paying a doctor $100 to tell me you don’t speak….”
For Pat: In response to being told that Mr. Rheinlander was entering the Data Group office “Oh God Grace, just give me the list…TOWEL, TOWEL, VCR..TOWEL….be wrong once….”
For Ciara: in response to getting a goose egg, replied “…but Daddy i wanted a choo choo train…”
For Claire: looking in the mirror after meeting with her good friend F. Cross, regarding her co-workers at the DFRREC shelter “Scrape em off Claire!!!”
and For Tim, the Senior: “sometimes things appear different than you thought…I guess its about the people…the little people…like you…”