My favorite moment at Fünde Razor '08

I am proud to say that Fünde Razor IV 2008, with drinking and rocking across the country, prizes going every which way, raised a grand total of...$9,423! Not a bad haul for the kids being treated in hospitals across the county. Thank you to everyone who participated, now shockingly far too numerous to mention.

We had a great time at the Village Pourhouse in New York, with a tournament run by RockGamer.com, a raffle stocked with tons of prizes from generous companies, and lots and lots of booze.

But I have to say my favorite part of the evening was as things were winding down on the East Coast. I called Crecente to see how Fünde Razor Denver was going.

"Hey, let me call you back in ten minutes," he said. "I'm going to put your phone up to the microphone."

A few minutes later I answered his call.

"Hello?" Three hundred people or so came screaming back out the other side of the line.

"HIIIIIIIIII!"

"This is the strangest phone call I've ever received!" I told them.

A huge cheer!

"As you know, New York is better in every way than Denver."

"BOOOOOOO!"

"And every year we raise more money than Denver."

"BOOOOOOO!"

(In fairness, this is only Denver's second year with a Fünde Razor.)

"But this year I have a special surprise."

"YAAAAAAY!"

"Brian has told me that if Denver beats New York, he will...Cut. His. Hair!"

A roar so loud it overwhelmed the microphone on Brian's phone came through the line, followed by a childish shriek that I can only presume came from Crecente about to pass out from the notion that he might be shamed into cutting his piratical mane.

Mysteriously, the line went dead.

Denver did end up bring in the most money, a cool four grand — New York brought in $3,073, with first-year San Francisco bringing a very respectable $2,360 — but as far as I have been told, Crecente has not yet put blade to hair.

Next year!

Funde Razor

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