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LUCIUS: Look alive out there! I want everyone giving one hundred and ten percent!
PERRY: Frankly, managing to give a HUNDRED percent would be miraculous, as I always reserve a handful of percents for basic personal use.

LUCIUS: It’s a figure of speech. This job requires going ABOVE AND BEYOND.
PERRY: I can’t go BEYOND if the job IS to go beyond. I can’t go beyond BEYOND. At BEST I could go RIGHT UP TO.

LUCIUS: Next wisecrack about my hyperbole gets your teeth kicked in.
PERRY: You’ll chastise me awkwardly in the hallway.

{{Alt-text: More likely, you’ll glare coldly for a second, then huff, say ‘ANYWAY,’ and continue with your diatribe. I mean, let’s be clear about the stakes here.}}
{{Header: do your best at WONDERMARK.COM}}

#623; We’ve Had this Conversation a Million Times transcribed by in

LUCIUS: Look alive out there! I want everyone giving one hundred and ten percent!
PERRY: Frankly, managing to give a HUNDRED percent would be miraculous, as I always reserve a handful of percents for basic personal use.

LUCIUS: It’s a figure of speech. This job requires going ABOVE AND BEYOND.
PERRY: I can’t go BEYOND if the job IS to go beyond. I can’t go beyond BEYOND. At BEST I could go RIGHT UP TO.

LUCIUS: Next wisecrack about my hyperbole gets your teeth kicked in.
PERRY: You’ll chastise me awkwardly in the hallway.

{{Alt-text: More likely, you’ll glare coldly for a second, then huff, say ‘ANYWAY,’ and continue with your diatribe. I mean, let’s be clear about the stakes here.}}
{{Header: do your best at WONDERMARK.COM}}

#623; We’ve Had this Conversation a Million Times transcribed by in

LUCIUS: Look alive out there! I want everyone giving one hundred and ten percent!
PERRY: Frankly, managing to give a HUNDRED percent would be miraculous, as I always reserve a handful of percents for basic personal use.

LUCIUS: It's a figure of speech. This job requires going ABOVE AND BEYOND.
PERRY: I can't go BEYOND if the job IS to go beyond. I can't go beyond BEYOND. At BEST I could go RIGHT UP TO.

LUCIUS: Next wisecrack about my hyperbole gets your teeth kicked in.
PERRY: You'll chastise me awkwardly in the hallway.

{{Alt-text: More likely, you'll glare coldly for a second, then huff, say 'ANYWAY,' and continue with your diatribe. I mean, let's be clear about the stakes here.}}
{{Header: do your best at WONDERMARK.COM}}

More likely, you'll glare coldly for a second, then huff, say 'ANYWAY,' and continue with your diatribe. I mean, let's be clear about the stakes here.

#623; We’ve Had this Conversation a Million Times

  — May 18th, 2010

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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