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(Created on 31st January 2010)
Vote #131
Question:
Let's get into the mood of being American - who do you think will win the super bowl (44)?
Results:
Leicester City was the clear winner with 57% of the votes from the following selection:
- Indianapolis Colts (0%)
- New Orleans Saints (43%)
- Leicester City (57%)
Analysis:
I guess that American football is no the most popular sport amongst the people who use this site. Interestingly enough, my brother decided that he was going to take Monday off work so he could watch the superbowl (he lives in the UK and my guess is that large quantities of beer would be involved). On the other hand, I live here and decided that playing video games was more interesting. So, the voters went with my beloved Leicester City, presumably based on the fact they none of us have a clue who the other two teams are.
Anyway, to the people that voted seriously, I hope you had something riding on it as you did indeed predict correctly. Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints.
(Created on 7th February 2010)
Vote #132
Question:
This week's vote question was provided to my by William. During the week we were having a discussion about various super heroes and the merits of each. I can't remember how, but the topic of halloween came up, quite possibly as William mentioned that he dressed up as Scooby-Doo for halloween one year. Anyway, let's see if you can get the answer to the question I posed him which was - what do you want to go to halloween as this year?
Results:
Scooby-Doo (again) was the clear winner with 60% of the votes from the following selection:
- Batman (0%)
- Ben 10 (0%)
- Diego (0%)
- Dora (the explorer) (0%)
- A Fridge (20%)
- Iron Man (20%)
- Pablo from The Backyardigans (0%)
- Scooby-Doo (again) (60%)
- Spiderman (0%)
Analysis:
I have to say, all good vote answers. Iron Man is his current favorite cartoon and Scooby-Doo always remains a firm favorite. Interestingly though, the fridge gets the vote. It was really bazaar, sort of surreal, like talking to Karen thinking about it. We'd been talking about Iron Man and Batman - kind of the fact that Batman's really cool, but Iron Man can fly and all that good stuff and I asked him what he'd like to go to Halloween as this year and he sort of looked round and said “the fridge with handles on the front and everything!” Took me a little by surprise, hence why I asked it as a vote question. I'm somewhat guessing that the person that answered correctly figured out the reason I was asking the question. I did toy with the idea of adding toaster to the list just make it a guessing game between inanimate kitchen object, but decided against it in the end.
(Created on 14th February 2010)
Vote #133
Question:
Well, NASCAR is back in full swing. Interestingly we had the Daytona 520 this year as opposed to the Daytona 383 that we saw last year. At least there was a good finish to the race even though you had to wait a very long time for it .... I wish they'd fix the pot holes on the road as quickly as they did in the race. Then again, they didn't stay fixed for very long, so maybe best leave them alone. So, to this week's question and I think I'll completely ignore everything that's going on around me, avoiding comments about the fact that Toyota weren't going to win the race as they'd get recalled before they made it to the finish line, and I will follow on from last week's vote answer with what is your favorite inanimate kitchen appliance?
Results:
Kettle was the clear winner with 33% of the votes from the following selection:
- Blender (17%)
- Crock Pot (0%)
- Electric Knife (0%)
- Fridge (17%)
- Kettle (33%)
- Microwave (17%)
- Mixer (0%)
- Oven (17%)
- Toasted Sandwich Maker (0%)
- Toaster (0%)
Analysis:
I guess there's no real analysis that can be performed here. Seems everyone likes different things which probably means that all kitchen appliances are very useful and we like all of them.
OK - who's the late voter then? I wrote this analysis yesterday thinking that nobody would be posting a late vote and then someone goes off and slots one in for "kettle" making it the winner. Well, I guess you were making yourself a cup of tea instead of voting early. At least that gives us a winner as opposed to an equal spread of voting over five different answers.
(Created on 21st February 2010)
Vote #134
Question:
I'm down near L.A. with Mr. O after watching the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway in Fontana. We're then off to Vegas to watch the races there next weekend. This week's vote question is who will win the Busch/Edwards sweepstake? If you're interested, here's the very complicated rules - we picked 2 drives who are approximately equal that we knew would be racing in all three events (Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards). These are randomly assigned for the first two races for a $5 bet. If one person is winning after the first two races (i.e. $10 up) then they loser gets to choose which driver they want for the last race which has a $10 stake. If it's tied going into the last race, the drivers will again be allocated randomly. Basically, the most anyone can win is $20 and that would take two random wins and your opponent making the wrong decision. Confused?.... just pick an answer.
Results:
Rag was the clear winner with 75% of the votes from the following selection:
- Rag (75%)
- Mr. O. (25%)
- Neither - tied and you're both losers (0%)
Pre-Result Discussion
Analysis:
Many thanks for the vote of confidence, however, the majority of voters seem to be missing the simple fact that I never have and never will win anything in Las Vegas. Unfortunately two of the three races that were covered in this wager were in Las Vegas which means that I lost 2 - 1 or by $10. Interestingly Edwards was the winning driver in all three races - something that neither Mr O or myself would have predicted going into this. I did think that Edwards would win the Fontana race, but I thought Busch would win both of his home track races.
I do actually think the correct answer to this vote is that we are both losers and I base this on the actual wagers we put at the sports book. I bet on Montoya to win, given that I follow him and Mr O picked his teammate Jamie McMurray based on the fact that he's had a good start to the season and there were good odds on him. “Teammate” is probably not a term being used by these two drivers at the minute given that they took each other out on lap 93 and left Mr O and myself with two worthless betting slips ..... at least he won the $10 from me.
(Created on 28th February 2010)
Vote #135
Question:
I have to say that I've been quite taken in by the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, however, I'm not 100% sure as to which country won. The US seem to look at all medals made equal and perform a simple medal count (not because this puts them at the top, this is how they look at the summer games too). As I understand it, the UK ranks the countries based on the number of gold medals only. I seem to remember that there was a points system that allotted 3 points for a gold medal, 2 points for a silver medal and 1 point for a bronze medal. This isn't a trick question. The medal count is as follows:
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total Medals | Total Points |
| USA | 9 | 15 | 13 | 37 | 70 |
| Germany | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 | 63 |
| Canada | 14 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 61 |
How do you think the winning country in the Olympics should be decided?
Results:
Points system (3 points for gold; 2 for silver; 1 for bronze) was the clear winner with 67% of the votes from the following selection:
- Total number of medals (0%)
- Total number of gold medals only (33%)
- Points system (3 points for gold; 2 for silver; 1 for bronze) (67%)
- Other (0%)
Pre-Result Discussion
00:14:56
1st March 2010
Analysis:
I have to say that I prefer the points system as I just can't see that treating all medals as equal makes sense given that the objective is to win and get gold. There were also a few votes for only counting the gold medals - I do wonder whether this is truly what those voters believe or if it's just a vote against the US as that would mean that Canada won .... which they did .... in overtime if I remember correctly. Anyway, points system it is.
(Created on 7th March 2010)
Vote #136
Question:
One of the last things that Mr O did whilst he was here was to help me put up a new bird feeder (with the snappy title of “The Snack Shack”). What was the first animal to feed on the bird food in the snack shack?
Results:
Squirrel was the clear winner with 80% of the votes from the following selection:
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee (0%)
- House Finch (0%)
- Ivory-billed Woodpecker (0%)
- Northern Flicker (0%)
- Plain Titmouse (20%)
- Red-breasted Nuthatch (0%)
- Scrub Jay (0%)
- Stellar's Jay (0%)
- Squirrel (80%)
Analysis:
All yee of little faith! You know, I nearly didn't put “animal” in the question and have squirrel as an option as I thought too many people may read into that. If you did, sorry, it was indeed a bird. Unfortunately not a plain titmouse, it was in fact a scrub jay, closely followed by a Stellar's jay.
Mr O witnessed the anti squirrel device in action and I'll post the footage of that video sometime. That said, the squirrel's have managed to bypass the anti squirrel device and are now happily chowing down on my nuts. All the other birds listed have been seen on the feeder with the exception of the northern flicker that has been pictured in our garden and was on the fence by the feeder, but not actually on it. And, of course, the ivory-billed woodpecker hasn't been seen on the feeder either on account of the fact that it's believed to be extinct.
Interestingly enough, Mr O's Bald Knob prevented us from potentially seeing an ivory-billed woodpecker. There have been some potential sightings of this bird in relatively recent years (2000+) one of which was near Brinkley, Arkansas. Brinkley is on the I40, a road we travelled on a lot, however, we didn't go on this stretch as we went up north to pass through Bald Knob. Apparently the whole town has woodpecker statues all over it and the local inn has been renamed to excite and accommodate all the bird watchers that the town was hoping would come once the sighting was confirmed. Sadly it hasn't been confirmed and instead of an ivory billed woodpecker, we got a photo of house with a sofa on the front of it.
Talking of photos, there was a request to get a picture of Mr O with the bird feeder. As we strive to meet the requests of both readers of this site, see below for said pictures that you can double click to enlarge.
(Created on 14th March 2010)
Vote #137
Question:
I'm sitting here wondering what to ask as this week's vote question and I find myself thinking about the week ahead. I guess the only question is do you think this week is going to be good or not?
Results:
No - it's going to be bad was the clear winner with 50% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes - it's going to be good (17%)
- No - it's going to be bad (50%)
- So so - it's not going to be good or bad - just another week (33%)
Analysis:
Hmmm. I would say the week was “so-so”. Not because it was uneventful, but rather because there were some good things that happened and some bad things that happened - all balancing out to make it so-so. Interesting the majority of the votes were for it being a bad week. Hopefully that's not a reflection of what you're facing and that it turned out to be a good one.
(Created on 21st March 2010)
Vote #138
Question:
OK - hypothetical scenario time. You're in a public toilet/restroom and you need a poo. You go into the cubicle, lock the door and start to take your trousers down. Next thing you hear is “plop”. You jump up and look down to see that your mobile phone has jumped out of you pocket and landed in the bowl. What do you do?
Results:
Spend 15 minutes trying to find something to poke it out then giving up and using hand anyway was the clear winner with 71% of the votes from the following selection:
- Just leave it and walk away (0%)
- Roll up your sleeves and fish it out (14%)
- Stand there staring at it not knowing what to do (14%)
- Cry for help (0%)
- Cry (0%)
- Spend 15 minutes trying to find something to poke it out then giving up and using hand anyway (71%)
Pre-Result Discussion
21:46:46
21st March 2010
Analysis:
As I said in my comments during voting, the correct answer really is to just leave it and walk away, but for some strange reason I think there's something in everyone that's telling you it's a piece of your property and you need to rescue it.
I'm rather impressed with the honest answer of stand there staring at it not knowing what to do. I do wonder how long you would stand there staring at it or would this just mean it's the end of your life. All motor activity would power down and you'd go into some catatonic state.
I guess the obvious thing to say is that I hope it doesn't happen to anyone. Being truthful, I've had a near miss a couple of times. Don't really know what I was doing to have the phone leap out of my pocket, but suffice it to say that when I smoked, I've had a couple of times when my cigarettes somehow developed the acrobatic skills of a jumping spider and leapt out of my shirt pocket into the bowl. The decision of what to do is a little more easy with cigarettes ..... OK, so maybe not - true story - I dropped a packet of cigarettes in the toilet at home back in the UK, fished them out and put them on top of the radiator to try and dry them out. At least it wasn't a public toilet.
(Created on 28th March 2010)
Vote #139
Question:
After the excitement of last week's question, back to the more mundane. Will you be getting an egg for easter?
Results:
Yes and No tied with 50% of the votes each from the following:
- Yes (50%)
- No (50%)
Analysis:
How interesting - a dead heat to a completely meaningless question. Half of us were getting eggs and the other half not. I would suggest that those not getting eggs go buy one for youself so you can join in the party.
I did get an egg. I haven't eaten it yet, but will probably munch away on it whilst I watch TV.
(Created on 4th April 2010)
Vote #140
Question:
As we say goodbye to Easter, we wish my Mum happy birthday this week .... does the Queen send you a letter this year or is it next? OK, jesting aside, as that is not this week's question. This week we move our attention to .... well, let's sidetrack again for a short moment - I was debating on asking the question that's on top of my mind - should I get a new phone or quit my job? The battery has all but given up in my phone and I can get a new phone through work, I just don't know if I'll be around long enough to get it ... even if they overnight it. But I jest again as that would be far too important a thing to burden the voters with. Instead, we turn to the stupid again. OK - now you're read all this, hopefully your brain is wandering which is good. To do this properly, you need to read this question really, really quickly and then make your answer. Ready ... Steady .... Go....
Marie's father has five daughters:
1. Chacha
2. Cheche
3. Chichi
4. Chocho
5. ?????
What is the name of the fifth daughter?
Results:
Something else was the clear winner with 67% of the votes from the following selection:
- Chacha (0%)
- Cheche (0%)
- Chichi (0%)
- Chocho (0%)
- Chuchu (33%)
- Sally (0%)
- Sharon (0%)
- Tracey (0%)
- Kevin (0%)
- Something else (67%)
Analysis:
A look a-there, here she comes
Here comes that girl again
Wanted to date her since I don't know when
But she don't notice me when I pass
She goes with all the guys from outa my class
But that can't stop me from a-thinkin' to myself
She's sure fine lookin' man, she's something else
Yep, the answer is “Something Else”. Most of you got there, but a few of you fell into the trap of following the vowels. Put simply, the question starts “Marie's father has five daughters ....” then goes on to list four of them. Well if four are listed, then Marie herself would be the fifth, so the absolute answer is “Marie”, but that wasn't presented as an option, so “Something Else” would be the correct answer.
20:09:26
21st February 2010