Gareth Bryant Writes

For anyone whom remembers the YM-Quiz Competitions, via ICNA-Conventions: they were dope, epic, legendary, etc. By far, the most memorable of those Quiz-Competitions was in 2003, C.E. when Gareth Bryant & `Ammār Ādam teamed-up as “as-Salafiyān/2-Salafīs”…Yeah we were really like that back in Those-Days/Times. We were both really On-One with the Pettiness. `Ammār & myself had always semi-competed with/against each other. But, that Particular-Year: we literally shocked everyone & teamed-up with each other for the then Annual YM-Quiz Competition. Yo…we were literally smoking our Competition. It ended-up coming-down to our Team & Another-Team. Both Teams had the Best Quiz-Competitors Hands-Down. And, during the Quiz-Finals: Both-Teans were literally going Back&Forth, Question/Answer4Question/Answer, Point4Point, etc. It was awesome…you just had to be there.

Now, of course, I was Mad @ `Ammār & `Ammār had the “I can’t believe it’s not Butter.” Face. We were both salking, as our “Salafiyān/2-Salafīs” Puruits of YM-Quiz Competition Dominance was forever shattered into 1Million-Pieces. Maybe it was a Good-Thing that I’m no longer Salafī, because I may have still been Sour over This-Type/Kind of L that `Ammār & I both had to take. It really seems like a Lifetime ago, since that occured. It still makes me laugh & still pisses me off as well. But, definitely Laughter more than Bitterness.

I actually hope that the YM-Quiz Competition is reinstituted via ICNA-Con. I think it was a Positive-Way to test People, concerning what we know vs. don’t know, remember vs. forget, study vs. not study, etc. If they do reinstitute it though: do not pick `Ammār Ādam to be on your Quiz-Team…LMAO

Gareth Bryant 1444, A.H./2023, C.E.