[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Amesman

Reminds me of a friend of mine who used to work at a big-city newspaper. This is pre-Internet, so they used to get all kinds of calls about trivia and bar bets.

They could always expect heated questions like: Who won more games in the 1970s -- the Mets or the Red Sox? (or whatever teams were being debated during some drinking binge)

In a case like that, they all knew the script. They'd ask the original caller who he thought had the most, was the best, etc. They'd pause while "researching" the answer and then say, "Yep, you're right."

Triumphant, the caller would invariably say, "I knew it! Here, tell my buddy. He won't believe me." And hand over the phone.

Buddy gets on the line, and they'd then tell him just the opposite was true. Quick hang up, followed by laughing themselves sick. Only a few times did they ever get follow-up calls, I guess.

It seems at least a few listers here would have fit in on that newspaper staff back then ...

And then they would celebrate with a bag of microwave popcorn. Oh, wait. They couldn't.