Squid Eats: Holiday Party

My wife's office holiday party was last Friday night.  The DJ held a music trivia contest to determine which table would head up to the buffet line next.  It was a perfect combo for me: a test of musical geekiness with food as the primary motivation.  I knew my table mates were counting on me.  First song...

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Elvis.  In truth, I'm not an Elvis guy.  I knew the singer straight away but it took me a second to come up with the song.  Off I ran to the DJ booth. "'All Shook Up,' Elvis Presley," I yelled.  Alas, I had run to the wrong place.  There was a microphone on a chair on the dance floor.  That's what I get for not listening to ALL of the instructions.  I slunk back sheepishly to my table.  Second song...

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The Beatles.  My band.  There's no way in hell I'm losing out to anyone on the Beatles!  I ran over and stole the mic right out from under another hand about to grab it: "The Beatles, 'Eight Days a Week.'"  Triumph!

I had earned my keep.  For the rest of the night, I was "the music trivia guy."  My table companions were most appreciative.

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Just in case anyone's following our Scotch adventures, we tried the Ardbeg 10 Year on Sunday.  It was definitely smokier than the others, and strong.  I'm not a huge fan of smoky Scotches - not sure why not.  I certainly like smoked meats and a smoky Scotch certainly has bacony tones about it.  Perhaps it's an acquired taste.