Passover Darts

While you are drinking four cups of wine tonight, ask yourself this: "Why is this night different from all other nights?"  Answer: On all other nights, only one Levin plays darts, but tonight we have two Levins.


Watch The Ship drop some plagues on the competition tonight, right here.

I Dart NY

A Foolish Consistency

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Little Darter Boy

Come out on Tuesday, pa rum pum pum pum
A game of darts to play, pa rum pum pum pum
Our finest darts we throw, pa rum pum pum pum
And to the playoffs we go, pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum.

In a pre-holiday gathering, The Ship joined up this week for a mini-celebration and to kick-off the holiday season in style.  We didn't have a gift to bring to the Darts King, so instead we played our darts for Him (pa rum pum pum pum).  We played our best for Him, pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum.

Rich started the holy night off with a win, and Michael posted a win, as well.  Darian, Nacho and John were clearly drinking too much eggnog, and all three got run over by a reindeer on their way to a win.  After a long break waiting for their last player, Andrew unwrapped a win in the last game of S501, making the score a 3-3 after the first round.

In the first game of Cricket, Nacho / John got their halls decked, and dropped both games.  But after that, we had a merry little Cricket, as Darian / Michael and Rich / Andrew both swept their matches.  Suddenly, it was beginning to look a lot like Christmas inside Ship of Fools.

With only five players left heading into D501, all we really wanted for Christmas was our two front teeth, or two D501 wins.  Despite Rich playing as cold as Frosty the Snowman, Rich / Darian managed to win the first game, with Darian throwing the proverbial "Gimel".  In game two, John / Andrew managed to strike the harp and join the chorus, with another big win.  In the last game, Michael played Canadian-style (1-on-2) and went down in history (like George Washington).  Undeterred by falling behind early, he stuck around and managed to win, and we shouted out with glee.

Then He smiled at Ship, pa rum pum pum pum.
Ship and our darts.

Props: 
Michael - For delivering a Christmas miracle.
Rich / Andrew - For rocking the night away with a pair of sweeps.
Holly - Just so I can use the phrase "Holly Jolly Christmas".