Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two

[A_B]

How'd I miss this one?

Just recently learned that Paul Giammatti is Bart Giammatti's son.

It's easy to miss if you don't consider the last name or how they look.

wink

[Giff]

How'd I miss this one?

Just recently learned that Paul Giammatti is Bart Giammatti's son.

It's easy to miss if you don't consider the last name or how they look.

wink

Yeah, but Paul didn't die two months after hitting it big with Sideways.

[rass]

(moreso than the other models: S, 3, X, Y)(what a fucking dork he is to name them that)

oh no

[sancarlos]

How'd I miss this one?

Just recently learned that Paul Giammatti is Bart Giammatti's son.

I think that’s common knowledge, bud.

[Pruitt IV]

How'd I miss this one?

Just recently learned that Paul Giammatti is Bart Giammatti's son.

I think that’s common knowledge, bud.

Like I said - I'm shocked that I didn't know this. There was a time when facts like that were my forte.

[Nonlinear FC]

I had no idea.

[Jerloma]

For the trivia contest I do on Thursday nights, he puts out some clues on the day of the event. Is anybody able to derive any meaning out of "And I wonder if you could get macadamia nuts at the Sugar Shack"?

[Nonlinear FC]

I mean, it's part of a sugar cookie with toffee, according to my extensive (30 second) Google research.

[A_B]

Maybe they aren't related as a red herring. So look up the highest-producing macadamia nut places on earth. Maybe Sugar, too. Also, I have no idea.

[Pruitt IV]

[Jerloma]

Maybe they aren't related as a red herring. So look up the highest-producing macadamia nut places on earth. Maybe Sugar, too. Also, I have no idea.

So I followed this advice and learned all about the noble macadamia nut and you were right about this. This clue had nothing to do with any relation. There was just a macadamia nut question and a sugar shack question separately. The question was where did they originate which I knew immediately from my research, but then the guy played "Down Under" by Men at Work which was an obvious dead giveaway even if you'd never heard the fucking song so that sucked.

Then THIS indeed was the sugar shack question - Who had a hit with Sugar Shack in 63 with his group, the Fireballs? Now, I listened to this terrible song twice yesterday morning trying to find something about macadamia nuts in the lyrics and then had it stuck in my head all day, but it never occurred to me to remember the guy, because fuck that guy.

I was able to come up with "James Gremelin."

[Nonlinear FC]

I humbly request that this exercise become a new feature of the Swamp. Not sure why, but this absolutely cracked me up.

"...because fuck that guy..."

I can't stop chuckling.

[Jerloma]

Well you're in luck because I'm pretty sure I adopted that from here. Not sure who but it sounds Rass-ey. Either that or maybe Drew Magary.

[Nonlinear FC]

Oh, I use it all the time... it's very effective talking about cities and/or teams you don't like, as well.

I just liked the usage in that post... Wasn't expecting it.

But what I actually meant, and didn't make very clear, is you posting weird trivia questions we can all noodle over.