12.15.14 Malone's Cafe
TEAMS: Santa-Dice delivered his holiday playlist to the merry pranksters at Malone's. SIT UBU SIT (75) frequently plays by himself, but needed no help to get to the finish line tonight. JV TEAM (71) also translated the final question correctly, but misinterpreted the wager and settled for second. POOPCUP (66) courteously flushed away the DENTAL DIVAS and BANG! who needed a little encouragement to get things moving in the right direction.
TRIVIA: When we lived in Berkeley, IKEA was a cheap date and a great way to wear out the kids, letting them try EVERY chair, bed, couch, cubby, counter, and shortcut. Did you know, IKEA was founded in 1943 by 17-year-old Swede named Ingvar Kamprad. Prior to that, Kamprad figured he could purchase matches in bulk from Stockholm and then SELL THEM INDIVIDUALLY for a profit. Yeah. The guy that is responsible for 75% of my furniture, those giant blue megastores, and meatballs that aren't made out of horse because that would be disgusting, sold MATCHES one at a time and now is either the 5th, 11th, or 160th richest man in the world depending on if he actually owns any part of IKEA, which he claims he doesn't. Regardless, the 88-year-old's story is incredible. Apparently, Kamprad only flies economy, still drives a '93 Volvo 240, is an avid recycler, and is known to stop in IKEA stores for a cheap meal. Simply awesome.
TUNES: As previously mentioned, Santa-Dice arrived at Malone's Cafe and delivered his early Christmas present...a specially themed playlist just for the "Welcome to Malone's" Crew. There's really nothing to say other than it was generally inappropriate, definitely not traditional, and possibly appreciated by some! Highlights are tough to find but the selections from the Barenaked Ladies' "Barenaked for the Holidays" album are phenomenal. Musical lowlights...pretty much everything by Bob Rivers, although his songs are all Yankovic-worthy parodies of classic Christmas tunes. I enjoyed finding "Santa's Rap" by Treacherous Three featuring Doug E. Fresh from the 1984 movie "Beat Street" for the staff at Malone's.
Have a great Christmas week Malone's...
-Dice
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