Fit to be Tied

Barb was fit to be tied when Laura only got third place in the competition because she thought Laura was so much better than the other competitors. The first and second place winners didn't do any difficult moves and were really boring. The audience didn't appreciate them, the way they reacted to Laura's routine. We were discussing it all the way home from Toronto and it took us a long time to get out of Toronto because we were caught in the traffic jam caused by the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game that ended at the same time as the competition. After a while I understood what happened although Barb still thought it wasn't fair. The judges started every competitor with 10 points and then subtracted points for every little mistake they saw. So Laura had a lot of little mistakes because she did a lot of very difficult moves. The first and second place finishers didn't do any difficult moves so they didn't get any points taken away and ended with a better score than Laura.