home again home again

and now it's time for our final game--lightning fill in the blank. each of our players will have sixty seconds to answer as many of the questions as possible. alright, our theme is "jesse's road trip." paula poundstone, you're up first.

peter: to the shock of no one, jesse broke his blank during the road trip.
paula: cell phone *ding*
peter: at the trail-head in boulder, jesse found a blank sitting on the sink in the bathroom.
paula: uhhh a squirrel?
peter: no, an unopened condom. jesse also found a blank in bed with him in the morning.
paula: a dead bed bug. *ding*
peter: jesse's plan to see the great salt lake in utah on his way out was thwarted because he forgot blank.
paula: that the sun would not yet be up. *ding*
peter: jesse ran into a girl in Wal-Mart who was wearing a blank.
paula: uhhh a cape. *ding*
peter: yes! a red hooded cape. now jesse had *gong sound* taken a picture of each state sign as he drove by. only nebraska was different because he blank.
paula: uhhhhhhh took it from outside of the car.
peter: no, sorry. the correct answer is "he took it going the other direction." having missed the sign from the iowa side, jesse turned around after entering colorado to make sure he got the nebraska sign.

peter: next up, mo rocca. here we go. on his last day of driving, jesse had a lunch consisting of a clif bar and a blank.
mo: hamburger.
peter: no, a five-hour energy shot. jesse drove through twelve states in six days between upstate new york and san jose, california. according to him, the worst drivers, by far, were found in blank.
mo: san jose, california. *ding*
peter: yes. jesse rushed through the lake tahoe area because of signs warning him to carry blank, which he did not have.
mo: tire chains. *ding*
peter: jesse also passed by two men on the side of the road cleaning a blank.
mo: baby.
peter: no, a deer that had been hit by a car. jesse stopped at a rest stop that had a sign warning him about blank.
mo: bears.
peter: no, prisoners. google maps told jesse it would take 14 hours to drive from salt lake city to san jose without stops. with stops, jesse drove it in blank.
mo: uhhhhhhh 10 hours. *ding*
peter: yes! when stopped at the agricultural checkpoint in california, jesse *gong sound* was asked if he had any produce or plants in the car. he responded that he had a blank.
mo: uhhhhhhh five-hour energy shot.
peter: no, the correct answer is "a loaf of bread in case his car got caught in the snow." he did not have to give that up.

peter: last up, roxanne roberts. jesse bought two cds on his trip. one was mumford and sons. the other one was blank.
roxanne: bruno mars. *ding*
peter: jesse ventured into a wal-mart searching for a blank, but was not successful.
roxanne: phone card. *ding*
peter: jesse could find a lottery scratcher to buy in wyoming, utah and, surprisingly, blank.
roxanne: nevada. *ding*
peter: yes! at the rest stop warning him about prisoners, he walked in to find blank.
roxanne: uhhhhh a prisoner.
peter: no, a sleeping attendant. jesse's only stop in between entering california and arriving home was blank.
roxanne: a gas station.
peter: no, in-n-out burger. after his cell phone broke on his trip *gong sound*, jesse called his insurance company to get a new one. upon his arrival back home, he found out they had blank.
roxanne: uhhhhhh sent him the wrong one.
peter: no, sent him two new phones.

Meh, that wasn't as fun as I thought it would be. Anyway, here are some final counts on things:

Lottery scratchers purchased: 8 (I bought two in California)
Number of winning scratchers: 1 (curse broken!)
Net gain/loss: -$4
Location signs that made me laugh out loud: 9 (Deeth Starr Valley--you know, like Star Wars! HA HA!)
Tanks of gas: 14
Miles driven: ~3172
Fast food restaurants visited: 7
State count: 12 (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, California)

What a trip!