Team Williams vs Team Taco Spoon
Last Saturday night I went to a party at my friend Cyrena’s house. The original idea was to have a Pop Culture Trivia Tournament, much like the one that’s on VH-1. However, the idea soon morphed into an opportunity to have an all-women get together with no husbands allowed. After all, what husband wants to sit around and play trivia games? Anyhow, this was perfect for we women, as I think we all were in serious need of some girl time. And seeing how many of the ladies in our group had been arguing with their husbands earlier in the week, this gathering was also jokingly deemed the first meeting of the She-Woman Men-Hater’s Club.
So anyhow, the tournament didn’t quite work out as planned. It’s hard to organize a group of 12 women. As my husband would so eloquently put it, it was much like trying to “herd cats”. Between the food, beverages, and plethora of gossip, it was difficult for us to get into teams and decide on a method of game play. However, our wonderful hostess was able to reign us in and get us separated into two teams: Team Williams and Team Taco Spoon.
Team Williams was named in honor of Jessica. Earlier in the evening she told us a story of going into her hairstylist and trying to get a discount for the referring Kellie. For some reason, she couldn’t remember Kellie’s last name at the time, so she told the stylist, “It’s Williams.” She was no where even close to being right. However, her resourcefulness earned Jessica that discount. Power to the Williams’!
Team Taco Spoon was named in honor of our friend, Nisha, who unfortunately was unable to join us. She’s a particularly feisty gal who lives in Dewey. She was once annoyed by her husband while cooking dinner and this resulted in the legacy of the taco spoon. As she stood there stirring taco meat, he said something that hit her the wrong way. She had had enough and, without any warning, chucked the spoon, with meat still clinging to it, at his head. So now whenever someone’s husband is being particularly badly behaved, we always ask Nisha if we can borrow her taco spoon.
W e had a blast playing the trivia game. It was surprising to see the knowledge that some team members had. Like, how in the hell did Megan know that OJ Simpson was in the mini-series “Roots”? And how did Lisa know that the term “Holy Testicle Tuesday” was from the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective??? The things that we carry around in our heads is a mystery. But probably the most impressive display of knowledge was when Cyrena knew that Barry Sanders had broken some record or another for running a shitload of yards in the NFL. How in the hell does a woman that’s 31 weeks pregnant know that kind of crap???
When all was said and done, Team Williams beat Team Taco Spoon by one question: Name one tv housekeeper. Kellie yelled out “Alice” for the win. She won Most Important Player for the evening, seeing that she not only won the game for her team, but also had the team NAMED after her. It may have been a conspiracy. 
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:23 am
Thanks for the update on the party Brandi. Since I couldn’t go, it’s great to hear about how much fun you girls had! What a great group!