The results of Best Man Challenge #3 are in. Three photos from three challengers.
Corey
Best Man Root Canal
Jon
Best Man to Infinity
Kieran
Super Best Man
The judges will begin deliberating the fate of these three challengers. We just might have a best man soon… just in time to print wedding programs!
We’ve finally made it to the third (and possibly final?) Best Man Challenge. This challenge will again test your creativity skills, as well as your photography skills (or the skills of whoever you end up handing the camera to).
All best man challengers will receive an official “Scott’s Best Man Challenge” t-shirt in the mail. The task is to take the most creative photo you can of yourself wearing this lovely shirt. Originality will count! No Photoshop! Keep an eye on your mailbox for your new shirt to arrive, and get those cameras shooting.
Final photos need to be received by lucky Friday April 13th. We’re coming down to the end here folks. We’ll have a best man before you know it.
Scott Trivia
Jess Trivia
Scott & Jess Trivia
Bonus Questions (extra points!)
Totals (tight race!)
Jon: 11.5pts.
Corey: 13pts.
Kieran: 12.5pts.
Challenge #2 will test how well you know the groom (and the bride). Promptness counts in submitting your answers!
Scott Trivia
Jess Trivia
Scott & Jess Trivia
Bonus Questions (extra points!)
All of you tuning in at home can participate as well, just don’t post you answers on the site until all of the best man entries have been received. We’ll provide correct answers after everything is in.
I’m a little late in posting this – been playing catch-up this past week. I was able to get in a long weekend pre-bachelor party skiing in Colorado last weekend. Initially it would have been me and the best man challengers (Jon, Kieran, Corey), but Corey wasn’t able to make it since he’ll be moving to Chicago in the near future (a little thing like where to live and where to work got in the way). We understand Corey! So Kieran and I road-tripped across the long, flat, BORING state of Nebraska out to Denver on Friday. We met up with Jon (who lives there) and then went skiing at Copper Mountain Saturday and Sunday, then returned (across the long flat boring state of Nebraska) Monday. Did I mention that Nebraska is long and boring. It was good to be able to get away for a little while. It was Kieran’s first try and mountain skiing, and he did pretty well. I think I can say a good time was had by all. We even did an impromptu Best Man Challenge on Saturday night (Corey called it in). We had a few three-way games of Rock Paper Scissors. So Corey was there in spirit (or at least via cell phone). We’ve got a few photos from the trip up in Kieran’s Flickr account, or in Jon’s photo site. You’ll may also notice in a few of the photos, I pulled out some mad dance moves, which apparently has become a normal thing to do after skiing. Some how Jump on it always seems to get played when we get back from the mountains… hmmm (this old fresh prince video will give you the general idea).
I just wanted to post a quick link to photos from our Maui vacation (Jess wasn’t able to go). My brother Brian grauated from UNI in Dec (congrats Brian!), so this trip has a been a while in the planning. My parents and both brothers left from Omaha, NE on Jan 5th for Maui, and returned on the 13th. We beached it, surfed, went to a luau, saw whales, hiked, did a few geocaches, and quite a bit more. It was a lot of fun!
I know you’ve all been waiting patiently for this. I take all the blame for not getting this up sooner (even Corey got his to me in a somewhat timely fashion). Below you will see the three entries for Scott’s Best Man Challenge #1: Bachelor Party. There were a couple PowerPoint presentations submitted for this challenge, so for best viewing, you’ll need to view them with PowerPoint. I’ve also included a PDF version of those presentations for those of you who are PowerPoint challenged (but you won’t get the full effect via the PDF).
(if you don’t have PowerPoint, you can download Microsoft’s PowerPoint Viewer or OpenOffice for free to view the presentations)
Corey “The Carbohydrater” Metzger
The Carbohydrater, with his impeccable sense of style, arrives fashionably late to the competition, as always. This is also a brilliant tactical move, letting the other two competitors sling mud at each other while waiting to pounce like a rabid flying squirrel, at just the right moment.
The Great Lakes Region has come to know “The Carbohydrater” as a constant favorite to win any “Best Man Challenge” in which he participates. To date he sports a near perfect record of 34-1-1, with the 1 loss coming during a severe bout with botulism, and the one tie in a fierce battle with the groom’s siamese-twin brother. Corey’s unrivaled bachelor party planning, his flawless ring delivery skills, and his remarkable toasting technique have only served to strengthen his legendary status.
None of this may matter, however as the Carbohydrater recently suffered a debilitating shuffleboard accident that threatened not only his career, but also his very life. The Carbohydrater has been working around the clock to return to competitive form by eating copious quantities of bread, pasta, and cereal. He believes he has recovered fully from this tragedy and is poised to make the comeback of the century, if not the millenium.
In addition to the time spent working on his rehabilitation, the Carbohydrater recently changed jobs to allow him to focus his full attention on this Best Man Challenge. This was done due to the fact that the competition appears to be the most formidable he has faced to date. Other steps have been taken as well. To create a stronger unspoken bond with the groom, the Carbohydrater is driving a Honda Civic, adding Mentos to his daily diet, and learning Copa Cabana in eighteen different languages.
This Best Man Challenge will go down not only in the history books, but also in folk lore as the greatest Best Man Challenge ever held. That is why The Carbohydrater has pledged to do whatever it takes to win. That’s right, WHATEVER IT TAKES. The competition should watch out.
“Corey sure seems to like to stand in line, he’d probably do a good job standing in a church!”
Jimmy –Assistant Manager – Funnel Cake Hut – Six Flags Great America – Three Time Winner of “The Slowest Employee at the Slowest Place on Earth Award” and future manager of Gurnee, Illinois DMV Driver’s License Center
“I’m Bill Paxton, and I say “Game over man… Game over!” That is what happens when The Carbohydrater enters any Best Man Challenge.”
Bill Paxton – International Movie Star and perennial favorite to win an Oscar due to his astounding acting range and abilities
“Given the number of outings he has had as a best man it’s hard to believe he has only lost three rings!”
Corey’s sixth grade teacher (who also happens to be his mother and the groom’s summer mother)
The long-awaited Best Man Challenge has finally begun! Challenge number one is to plan my bachelor party. Creativity counts! Make sure the party is:
The plan can be presented in any way you want.
Contestants will be judged on the creativity of the activity, presentation, achievability, and of course, whether or not it’s something I’d enjoy doing.
