Take The Rickshaw quiz: Plus, RMB5000 Lord of the Wings finale
Before I get to the quiz, a heads up that the Lord of the Wings finale is this Tuesday at The Rickshaw (map). The six winners of the monthly contest will be invited to separate man from birds and see who takes home the RMB5000 prize (that’s five thousand smackers). The wing-off starts at 8 PM and participants have two hours to pack as much bird down their gullets as possible. The winner will be determined by calculating the weight of the wings at the start and after the carnage.
Next up, one great (if you like unintentional comedy) or not so great (if you dislike the “wisdom” of the wasted) thing about The Rickshaw is there is almost always at least one obnoxious drunk there. Sunday proved the rule out as an inebriated patron at the pool table expressed dissatisfaction when the music was turned off in favor of rugby commentary.
See if you can pick which of the following four comments he did not make – the exception was uttered by a rugby fan – and I should add he did so with a cigarette dangling from his mouth thus demonstrating multitasking skills. To provide a helping hand, I will note the game involved two Australian teams and thus no European ones.
Quiz: Which comment did he not make?
a) Category: Geography
“They should call this ‘Euro-trash Sunday‘. That’s what we’re getting now – Euro-trash Sunday.”
b) Category: Ethnography
“Did you know Australians are Asians? They are. They’re Asians, that’s what they are. Australians are Asians.”
c) Category: Cuisine and/or Kinky Sex
[After an ad for a "taste Australia" food promotion] Australia should spread its legs and I’ll taste it. [Note: I'm not sure if he was referring to the rugby players or not.]
d) Category: Physics
The kinetic impact of two rugby players running into each other at that particular speed are quite high.
Answer: (d)
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I like the Rickshaw, and will happily spend time / money there when the sport is right.
But they *must* stop bringing bottled beer to the table already opened. If the beer needs upending (as sedimented beers do) or if the bottle simply isn’t cold enough, it would be great to have the option to correctly self-serve your expensive beverage, or send it back for a colder one.
Paying for two pre-opened warm beers — as I reluctantly did on the weekend — makes me think of all the other sports bars in walking distance which *don’t* pre-open.