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After four years of learning each others tendencies and styles, the duo could play in almost any environment with the same rhythm to the game. Music, especially in Jonathan’s room, was background to almost every contest; Marc Cohn’s Walking in Memphis and Dexy Midnight Runners’ Come on Eileen were just two among many favorites. Playing in front of the TV became more common, especially if the MTV show Boiling Points happened to be on. To be honest, the friends often scheduled game sessions specifically to coincide with showings of Boiling Points.
To the entire town’s surprise, the hours and hours of cribbage somehow did not affect the duo’s grades. Jonathan got Phi Beta Kappa, and was so surprised at this development he e-mailed the person in charge back to make sure it wasn’t a mistake. Zach wound up graduating cum laude to the shock of his mother and golf coach, among countless others. As the rivals college cribbage careers wound down, questions were raised about the Future. The two were highly accomplished at using cribbage to put off homework, but would they both put their procrastination skills to work finding post-graduate jobs? Zach certainly did, only picking up a job in September 2005 when a friend’s father called him at home to inquire if he was working. Jonathan, however, managed only a single day off between graduation and starting work as a gardener in Philadelphia.
Since graduation, Jonathan has whipped Zach consistently both online in Yahoo! Cribbage game rooms and even face-to-face in his garden cottage in Philadelphia. Zach is not worried, however, as his 3-1 years won advantage will forever hold up – “the rest of life†only counts as a single year, so he is guaranteed bragging rights forever no matter how many games J-dawg wins in the long future ahead.
The 100th game of 2004-2005
The hundredth game was played in Fitch Hall on January 9th, the earliest 100th game contested by far. It was held during Fitch Tea and was a low-key matchup played before a group of about 15 odd-quadders, many of whom left for Driscoll dinner before the game was even over. It isn’t even remembered who won the game, though statistically Zach probably did – the game held less significance than past years as it was merely a step toward the Big One – the 500th game at Williams.