Word: branca
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...punishment began when the captains pulled Branca off the couch, took off his shirt, and tried to write "Shmen of the Year" across his chest in red, blue and green permanent markers. "But in all the jubilation, it was impossible," Branca said...
...They assumed I was a shy kid who could never get out of line. They were kind of surprised when I showed up for California training [with a new attitude, inspired by the Pamplona experience]," Branca said...
...chased me all around the parking lot screaming 'We're at the 'Happiest Place in the World?'," Branca recalled. His path to "Shmen of the Year" thus began in the Disneyland parking...
...Branca continued: "Then Bill said 'Nick Branca, please stand!' I was really happy because I thought that meant I had not won. I was jumping around saying 'Kyle [Enright, the third freshman on the couch], it's you! It's you!' Then Bill said 'Nick, for shooting vodka through your nose, for saying 'I'm not a 'shmen' when you obviously are, for making me miss the baseball game, you are...' I screamed 'NOT', but he said 'ARE' Shmen of the Year...
...they could manage were random streaks which looked like the work of a drunken tatoo artist--but which definitely made Branca the most noticeable player in the pool the next...