I wish there were more shakespeare nerds in the world.

...and by the world I mean Clemmons.
I've been labeling the date all day as "the ides of march" rather than 3/15/10.
I don't think anyone besides Ashley, Lee, and Mrs. Wood understood why I did that.
Also, English Ace is an epic win. Here's why:

Ip:"Crap...who wrote that?"
Letner:"uh...Judy Blume? No...Spinelli!"
Low:"Cool...How do you spell that?"
Letner:"Spinelli!"
Low:"Yes, but how do you spell it?!"
Letner:"JUST SAY SPINELLI."

Low:"Nick Carroway."
Ip:"No, Jay Gatsby."
Letner:"It's Nick Carroway. I promise."
Badorrek:"NO, It's Gatsby."
Ip:"GATSBY."
Low:"IT'S NICK CARROWAY!"
Letner:"Guys, we're going to win anyway. Say Nick."
Badorrek:"NO!"
Ip: "SERIOUSLY. IT'S GATSBY."
Letner:"JUST SAY STUART EGAN."
Low:"We have our answers. For part A, we have Stuart Egan."

Moderator: "Please answer the following questions about Homer's The Odyssey. A) Who is the protagonist? B)What was his bed made of? C)What war was the protagonist returning from?
Low:"Okay so A) Odysseus, and C) The Trojan war. What about B?"
Letner:"Uh, I know this...some sort of a tree?"
Ip:"Yeah!...but what kind?"
Low:"I'll just say tree."
Low:"For part A, we have Odysseus. For part B, a tree. For part C, the Trojan war."
Moderator: "Could you be more specific on B?"
Letner:"Fuck."
Low:"Damn it, I knew she was going to ask that."
Letner:"uh...Oak?"
Ip:"Shit, what kind of trees are there? Um, Pine? No...they're in Greece...there are olives there...Olive?"
Low:"Sure, why not?"
Low:"For part B, we have Olive?
Moderator:"You have three parts correct for twelve points."
Letner:"...well damn."

Moderator:"Please answer the following questions about Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. A)Who is the protagonist? B)Who is the protagonist's ultimate benefactor? C)What is the protagonist's expected proffesion?"
Low:"Okay so, A, Pip. B...?"
Ip:"Magwitch."
Low:"What about C? Kelli?"
Letner:"Shit, I don't know. A pick pocket? Wasn't there something about him learning to pick pocket?"
Low:"I think he was supposed to be a sheep farmer? Wasn't there a sheep farm in there? There definitely was."
Letner:"A what?"
Ip:"Melissa, he was NOT a sheep farmer."
Low:"Then what do I put?"
Letner:"Please, sur, can I has some more?"
Ip:"Oh geez, I don't know."
Ip:"A pirate. Just say a pirate."
Low:"But...!"
Moderator:"Time."
Low:"uh...for part A, we have Pip. For part B, Magwitch. And for C...uh...A pirate."
Moderator:"You have two parts correct for a total of eight points. For part C, we were looking for 'a common laborer.'"
Low, Letner, Ip:"...Oh."

Moderator:"Next toss up. Who wrote the novel Push?"
Letner:"Sapphire."
Moderator:"That is correct."
Low:"PRECIOUSSSS."
Moderator:"Yes, West?"
Low:"Nothing."

[Written to each other]
Low:Sorry about the Gatsby question, I thought she said Narrator.
Ip:Narrator≠Proatgonist
Letner:We still won.
Low:Yes, but you could argue that Nick is the protagonist.
Ip:But he's not!
Letner:We still won