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The story of my competition---"You Never Know"
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The story of my competition---"You Never Know" |
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LoveBug
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since 2000-01-08
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This is the story of our competition... I barely believed it happened to me, but it did! And it's structured, too!  Driving for five hours I had time to think About how I would lose And how much I would stink But then I arrived And all through the night I gave myself a quiz And hoped I would be right And then the next day We call got the speech About how we were all winners Although we could be beat I looked around me And knew there was no hope When I saw someone prove That, mathematically, he was the Pope (I’m absolutely serious!) My teammates and I Exchanged a glance Because we knew We didn’t have a chance Our school had won this Three years in a row Could we make it four? Well, you never know We sat down for a match And I didn’t buzz in But we won, and won Again and again Then came the time For the championship game And, by the end The score was the same The tie-breaker question Was something I knew After he asked it I knew what to do So, the first time that day I made that buzzer ring And then the man called “Player number three” I held my head high As I gave my response “The Volkswagen Beetle” The other team had lost! My teammates couldn’t believe their eyes A freshman had won the game! And a girl, at that! But winning is winning, all the same So, we have our title For the fourth year in a row Thanks to a little girl and her beetle... Well, you never know! "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Lovebug, You had me in stitches with this one! Just imagine, the answer was a VW Beetle! No one could ever top you on that subject, not even the "Pope of Mathematics". You are way out of his class on that. Well done, on both the competition and the poem. Great to see the structured verse. It was a lot of fun to read. Liz |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
OH, MY GOSH ! LoveBug~ That's terrific ! I mean can you believe it ! So proud of you and your teamates !  And a FRESHMAN GIRL to boot ! Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful ! Love you, gal. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Mistikman Senior Member
since 2000-01-10
Posts 682San Jose, CA, USA |
heh, great job lovebug, even if you are a freshman *scoff* j/k  Keep up the good work! |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Hey, you go girl |
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LoveBug
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since 2000-01-08
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Thanks, you all! Now I just have to win nationals!!! "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde |
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