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[nebula_335]

As you may or may not be aware, I'm participating in the annual Beach-to-Bay relay marathon in May. My team is a rag-tag mix of strangers: the only thing we have in common is that we all know my coworker, Donny. However, we have to choose a team name, and I'd like your input. Here are some choices:

• Spoofballs
• Late Expectations
• The Donninators

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[byelka58]

I could go for any of the last three, i.e., "The Worst of Times," "No, Seriously," and "Marathon, Shmarathon." In honor of Donny's connecting power, you could also consider "Donny and the Adjacent Nodes."

It seems like, as a former employee of Marathon now working in an oil town, you should have some great stock of puns to draw from... but you're never going to beat "Elusive Hydrocarbon Molecules," so it's okay.

[byelka58]

Yeah, it seems when you have a bunch of running chemical engineers, some sort of bad chemical pun needs to be made. How about, "The Running Sulfolanes" or "Uni-crack This". "Donny and the Adjacent Nodes" would be pretty high up on my list, too.

You clearly misspelled "Schmarathon", by the way.

[nebula_335]

Yes, I couldn't decide on the spelling. Either way would work, but I will bow to superior experience.

However, not all of the contestants are chemical engineers. I told you, we're a pretty random mix. That's why I stayed away from the really obvious chemical/engineering/petroleum jokes.

Donny and the Adjacent Nodes is pretty funny, but I have a feeling that our team captain wouldn't go for it. He seems a little shy about putting his own name up there.

BTW, I did have one local vote for "1 Runner and Some Others."

[prettymusic]

I'm a fan of 1 Runner and Some Others, No, Seriously, and Marathon, Schmarathon.

For what it's worth. :)

[aaronica]

I'm here on a goodwill mission from byelka58's journal and I totally vote for "No, Seriously." ("Marathon, Shmarathon" is actually my first choice, but knowing how seriously some people can get about events like this, it's feasible that someone out there would get offended and cap y'all in the knees or something.)

No name, however, will ever beat the pure genius of "Beach to Beer." What about something like "Beer to Beach and Back," or ""Beer to Beach to Bed"?

[nebula_335]

Ah, but we have several advantages in terms of avoiding overly-serious competitors:

• It's a RELAY, so everyone only runs 4.5 miles, so you don't have to be a real athlete
• We're in the "Mixed" category, which is only surpassed by the "Odds & Ends" category in the number of people who are NOT serious about this race, and
• We'll be so far behind everyone else that no one will be able to reach our knees

In an amazing (and disturbing) development, despite my best efforts, I think Donny wants to go with "The Underdogs." How boring is that? I'm very disappointed, but we did elect him team captain. That probably has something to do with the fact that the rest of us have never met each other.

My question is: how will I know to whom I'm supposed to pass my baton? I guess we'll have to have t-shirts made or something.

[byelka58]

Shut up, bullet point #1.

Your team should meet up soon, just long enough to plan your look and to depose this Donny kid in a bloodless coup, because he sucks. "The Underdogs"? Is he hoping to gain an advantage by putting the opposition to sleep?

I would rather see you running as "Your Momma's So Slow" than as "The Underdogs."

[nebula_335]

I just hope he knows that naming the team "The Underdogs" WILL result in my wearing floppy Goofy ears during the race. Somehow, I don't think he does.

[gabbiana]

I'd like to add a vote for "No, Seriously" or "Marathon, Schmarathon."

If you are "The Under Dogs," though, and I'd like to register my disapproval right now, at least don't punctuate it like that. Because my mind is all "Under... dogs?" and thinking of things that are probably illegal in Texas.