Sunday, December 14, 2008

The Competition

A little while back, we were enjoying a nice meal with Todd, Meg, and Andrew at Quigley's. Our wedding happened to come up and Megan espoused how she was hoping to have a date to the Event of the Decade. We assured her that she would and expressed our concern for Andrew's odds of having a date. When this concern was mentioned, Andrew's ears perked up and he said with an air of confidence that he was not worried about having a date, because he was sure that he would. Upon saying this, the rest of us just looked at him as he casually ate his sandwich and appeared to be surprised that we were not as confident as he appeared to be in his ability to procure the arm of another. 

Well, in order to make things interesting, a little deal was struck between Andrew and Megan. Here are the details of what is now known as The Competition:

  1. The wedding cannot be the first "date."
  2. At least five dates must be in the record book in order for the person to qualify. 
  3. The person cannot be paid.
  4. The rules committee (Me, Mar and Todd) have the authority to strike a date from the books if it is deemed to be unacceptable
  5. The loser will have to pay for the winner's hotel room.
  6. In the event of a tie, the contestants will each receive five dollars to use at the casino the night of the wedding. 
I am sure that several of you have already heard about The Competition, but I just wanted to make it formal. 

10 comments:

Mindy K said...

awesome. my money's TOTALLY on megan. sorry andrew...

Unknown said...

who has to give up the $5 to each in the event of a tie?

Lindqvist Family said...

is anyone taking bets on this?

The Engineer said...
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CubsFan said...

I am open to side bets.

Dr. Cappa said...

My money is on Andrew, but only if he grows his beard out again. What woman doesn't love facial hair?

Sara Dougherty said...

Oh, you know I'm with Meg on this one. We'll figure it out.

The Engineer said...

Andrew wins this, beard or no beard.

UMR_GrottoMug#116 said...

she likes the facial hair. in fact she prefers it. i win.

Anonymous said...

I have to say, I'm a little offended, "Tony" and "Engineer", I'm going to assume that your predictions of Andrew as a victor were coming from a place of sarcasm. I had almost conceded victory to him myself, seeing as he has swindled some poor young lady into being his special friend lately, however, your doubts have added new fuel to my fire. Look out single men of Chicagoland! ps- i believe the terms stated that in the event of a tie, both of our hotel rooms would be paid for by the bride and groom.

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