Well, thanks to my friend - I have the rest of the pictures, and can now tell you how I earned the above majestic piece of hardware.
Early in the week of this story's occurrence, a big mass e-mail was sent out informing us of a couple festivals happening in this upcoming weekend. One of them was Guinness Oyster Fest. Not being a fan of that beer from Ireland (and a lesser fan of oysters) I had not planned on joining these friends.
Then, on the day these pictures were taken, my friend calls me to see if I'm going to the Fest. I told him no. He then told me that one of the events was a trivia contest for a favorite show of ours: It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. He holds up the phone to allow me to hear the show's theme song being pumped over the speaker system. Lastly, he informs me that the top prize is a golden dumpster baby trophy.
(Fast forward about five or so hours. I've arrived at the block party, and have taken my place on the stage)
Fans of the show will recognize how this stage is a very close replica to the show. Specifically, the interior of "Paddy's Pub" where the majority of the show's scenes are set.
We receive a few instructions from the host of the game show:
Here I would like to note why I'm wearing sunglasses in all these pictures:
There was a video screen used to show clips, and present the multiple choice options for the questions that needed them. My sunglasses are prescription, and I needed to make sure I could see everything clearly.
Against what popular opinion may say, they were not for stealing glances at the show's host:
I got off to a quick lead, buzzing in quickly:
I was feeling very confident in my knowledge in the show.
There were penalties for incorrect answers, so I decided to take my foot off the gas a little.
The competition inched closer, and I started to wonder if I was going to lose it.
But thankfully, I prevailed. In the below picture I celebrated by dancing "the elbow dance" made famous in the show's season 3 "Dance Off" finale:
I don't remember any of the specific questions anymore, but I doubt anybody reading this would want to hear those anyways if I did remember. The main thing is that I won this trophy. I bought the sucker home, where it still is today.
Displayed in a highly visible location in my condo.
However, it gains more creepy looks than respect.
But it makes me happy.
And getting the above pictures made my day.
