PAX: Goose, Honeysuckle, Maneater, America’s Best, Safety Valve, Brass Monkey, Pope, Bam-Bam, Jackknife, Duke

AO: The Peltch

By: Goose

YHC was excited to Q an All Saints Day beatdown and hoped it would be more than just him and the Goslings. Thankfully, many a manly man chose and arose this morning after last night’s festivities, kid chasing, and sugar crashes, and the PAX numbered 10 (at least before the warmup ended). AB made quite an entrance with the battery at full power blasting a 3-D Halloween laser show in the gravel dust clouds the plumed behind him and adding a multitude of swampy monster noises to his audio portfolio. He then revealed that though for some reason you still can’t go full BAPS party mode, the Rivian seems to have created its own creepy bayou profile just for him. It’s starting to sound more and more like a movie I think I saw. And, it may or may not have tried to eat Duke when he got too close with a coupon in his hand.

After the warmup, all grabbed coupons and headed to the lower field. (The name of this area was discussed: was this its official name? Why? Ultimately, YHC revealed to Brass Monkey that if he Q’d, he could call it whatever he so desired.)

Here, we started with an introductory song meant to warm the legs a bit: “The Saints” by Andy Mineo, Trip Lee, and KB, a rousing rendition of “When the Saints Go Marching In” with Imperial Squat Walkers for the duration and genuflections on “saints”.

Once the legs were nice and jellified, YHC opened a tupperware with folded slips of paper, each containing the name of a saint, the assigned exercise, and the assigned number of reps. YHC would give a short explanation of what made that saint special (lest we get caught thinking they’re all the same), and then we completed the assigned reps. Here’s the list—see if you can figure out what the connection to the exercise is (some are easier than others):

–St. Andrew: X-factors (feet stay down) 20

–St. Pio of Pietrelcina: partner Dora—100 merkins, bear crawl to tree, run back

–St. Francis of Assisi: sweat angels 25

–St. John Paul II: Dox hops 50

–St. Therese: LBC’s 50

–St. Faustina: absolutions 20

–St. Juan Diego: genuflections 25

–St. Bernadette: pull-throughs 20

–St. Teresa of Calcutta: curls 50

–St. Pier Georgia Frassati: mountain climbers 50

–Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos: hold block out for 1 minute

–St. Augustine: mission impossible plank 1 minute

–St. Mary Magdalene: we’re not worthy 20

–St. Paul: prisoner squats 30

–St. John the Baptist: skull crushers 30

–Mary: block presses 50

Ones we didn’t get to:

–St. Peter: manmakers 15

–St. Joseph: one-armed rows 20 on each

–St. Ignatius of Loyola: Jane Fondas 40 each side

–St. Thomas Aquinas: BBSU 40

AB showed off his flawless Italian pronunciation while Valve and Monkey showed off their flawless pectoral capacity. YHC enjoyed getting into the details of what makes the lives of each of these people so mind-blowing and unique. And, all showed tenacity in attacking what ended up being a solid challenge.

Once we returned to the flag for COT, etc., including some positive updates on Brass Monkey’s newest addition and a promise to VQ soon, AB’s truck started to vie for more attention. Not only did the laser effects get more complex, but it even began calling us by name and referencing bits of information about us that we thought were private. We shared our concerns with AB that maybe things were getting a little out of hand, but he just kept talking about all the storage space (“I mean, I’ve got like 35 soccer balls in here. I don’t even need that many.”)

It will be interesting to see how things develop, especially as the Q sheet gets filled by more than just Valve, Dox, AB, and YHC (Right? Right??) and the weather continues to cool and makes everything feel possible. Looking forward to what’s in store! Thanks for being a part of this, and keep fighting the good fight to get out there!

SYITG,

Goose