Round One
Wrap Up

     We learned a lot about the GB.c public in Round One. For example, you prefer being closed up in a tiny box by yourself to being at the wide open conference table with your coworkers. You'd rather have the Out Box than the In Box ... duh. And Successories Wall Hanging got by "Things Remembered" Personalized Gift, as you voiced your preference to merely walk by that sappy nonsense a few times a day as opposed to have it staring at you on your desk at all times.

     Bulletin Board ran over an obviously unprepared Desk Blotter Calendar. The disorganization was evident early, as DBC didn't even have enough room on the bench for all of its players; as a result, number 24 and 31 had to share a spot, 24 in the upper left and 31 in the lower right.

     Desk sat dejectedly in the locker room after being absolutely thrashed by computer. When he finally opened up to reporters, he spouted, "Hey, this voting was on the computer, right? Yeah, that's fair. Why couldn't we pass ballots around to everyone's desk? That'd be an idea. Otherwise, I don't have a leg to stand on."

     The Index Card locker room was even more volatile. "You know, if we'd played this tournament thirty years ago, we'd be a force to reckoned with. They used to sell special boxes for us, for crying out loud! But now, with your fancy note products and computerized record keeping, the only time we get any work is when grandma gets a new pot roast recipe!

     Walton. Oh, Walton. One year after compiling his longest win streak (one game), Walton again falls in the first round of the tournament. "Since I beat Al Gore last year," Walton explained, "I thought I could run the same game plan against Coat Rack." Alas, Coat Rack joins Crunch-N-Munch ('00), "I Am Woman" ('01), Miss Piggy's "Hi-yah" ('02), Artichoke Dip ('03), Fuzzy Pumper Barber Shop ('04), and Fannie Flagg ('05) in the not-so-exclusive "Things Preferred to Bill Walton" Club.