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(Created on 20th June 2010)
Vote #151
Question:
Well, it's father's day weekend and I find myself at the end of the NASCAR race about to head out to go and see Iron Maiden. (Can you really have a better father's day?). Anyway, I drank far too much yesterday and I'm well on the way to repeating the same today. And now it's time to pick a vote question. Let's hope you're ready for this because I haven't got a clue what I'm going to ask yet. Still struggling - I've asked Karen and William and they can't come up with anything either. Trouble is I need to leave in about 2 minutes so I need to think of something fast. Oh well, how about ... OK so there's no original thought, but what does spring to mind is the fact that I've just forked out about $50 on a squirrel proof bird feeder (a real one this time, not one I've made myself). So, will we see a squirrel on my squirrel proof bird feeder this week?
Results:
Yes was the clear winner with 80% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (80%)
- No (20%)
Analysis:
Huh! Well you're all wrong - there have not been any squirrels on the new feeder. Probably because this is an actual bought feeder versus a Rag special. That said, as we head into the 4th of July weekend, I do have plans to upgrade my own feeder. I really should patent the design on these. The only challenge I've got is that the last one failed miserably on account of the fact that the squirrels actually chewed through the rope and had it away with the actual feeder, so I've got to hunt for it in the garden or buy a new one.
(Created on 27th June 2010)
Vote #152
Question:
I guess we've really got to have another football question given the old world cup that's going on. I could ask who you think's going to win the competition, but I don't really care about that much anymore given that it's not going to be England. I don't have any sour grapes over the whole incident what-so-ever. I'll simply ask you to complete the following sentence as part of this week's vote. The referee's .........?
Results:
as blind as a bat was the clear winner with 60% of the votes from the following selection:
- a decent chap (0%)
- an honest individual (0%)
- an unbiased person (0%)
- a biased person (0%)
- as blind as a bat (60%)
- a wanker (40%)
Analysis:
Interesting - I was convinced that the majority would be voting for the old favorite of “the referee's a wanker” Looks like the majority of people our there are being a little more polite. There does appear to have been a few interesting decisions that were made during the competition - the Argentinian offside against Mexico was a pretty bad one. That said, I don't think either England or Mexico have a lot to complain about. England particularly were not the better side on the day and Germany deserved to win.
I do think the competition's been interesting in its unpredictability. France and Italy's early exit. I guess the latest is the fact that there was all this talk that there could be an all South American semi-final line up and there's only one team from that continent left - Uruguay and I'm not sure many people would have predicted that they would have gone further in the competition than Brazil or Argentina.
Hope the rest of it's interesting too.
(Created on 4th July 2010)
Vote #153
Question:
I flew to San Diego this week and on the way out, I was quite pleased when one of the security folks asked me if he could help me carry my stuff off the conveyor belt (after it had gone through the x-ray machine) so that I could gather my things and put my shoes on whilst on a seat. Very nice and very helpful I thought. Then it happened to me on the way home. Now, the cynical side of me just doesn't believe in coincidences even less so than the fact that there is more than one genuinely helpful security guard. It occurred to me that there is a possibility that someone has done a study and found that having disabled people backing up the line is slowing the whole process down and that this “help” is merely just a side effect of efficiency. What do you think - why were the airport security staff helpful to me?
Results:
For efficiency to get the handicapped out of the line was the clear winner with 60% of the votes from the following selection:
- Because they are genuinly helpful (20%)
- Because the odd one is helpful and I happened to find them (20%)
- For efficiency to get the handicapped out of the line (60%)
Analysis:
The majority of answers here falling into the skeptical category that nobody does anything genuinely helpful without some underlying reason behind it. I'll keep watching this one, but it just seems too coincidental that I had two people do the same thing in the space of a day. They certainly asked me the question in the same way around helping me that makes me think that it's at least an edict that's come down from on top that they need to be nicer even if there isn't a hidden reason around efficiency.
Now, all this said, I should probably shut up as I did find it very helpful and I would welcome this service again - regardless of the motive. So I do at least want to make sure my thanks is known to either the coincidental two people I saw or for the decision to be more helpful in general. Regardless of what's causing it, it's a good thing and it would be great to see more of it.
(Created on 11th July 2010)
Vote #154
Question:
It has been pointed out to me that my website is starting to look a little dated, particularly with the clipart and the bright purple banner. This has resulted in me looking at other sites for some inspiration to determine if it should be updated - either completely or in part ... but what do you think - should I update my website?
Results:
Yes - it could do with some modernization was the clear winner with 60% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes - it needs a major overhaul (20%)
- Yes - it could do with some modernization (60%)
- No - leave it as it is (20%)
Pre-Result Discussion
Analysis:
Yep, I agree. I think we could do a bit of spring cleaning so to speak. Not sure when I'm going to have time. What I think I'll do is work on the home page first as that's probably the worst page of the lot. Create a template and then get some input into what it looks like.
(Created on 18th July 2010)
Vote #155
Question:
We took the cats to the vet this weekend in order for them to get rabies injections. We need to get a passport for them if we were to travel. Now, the passport (or documentation that you need) requires the animal to be chipped. The chip number needs to be written on the document along with the date of the injections and boosters. When we got the document, Karen started to scrutinize it to make sure it was correct and made a couple of observations. Which of the observations below did Karen make about Spock's documentation?
Results:
All of the above was the clear winner with 67% of the votes from the following selection:
- The chip number is missing (0%)
- The cat's date of birth is incorrect (0%)
- The sex is incorrect as it says he's a feline (33%)
- All of the above (67%)
Analysis:
Yes indeed, it was all of the above. No typos in the question, but I think you all figured that out as those that didn't vote for all of the above still went for the feline comment. An easy mistake to make, but funny none-the-less.
(Created on 25th July 2010)
Vote #156
Question:
It's getting rather late and I have to be honest, I haven't given the vote question a lot of thought. Actually, I haven't given it any thought. The only thing that's going through my mind is a saying that was used on Doctor who. So what do you think it should be - something old, something new, something borrowed, .....?
Results:
Something blue and Something smells of poo tied with 40% of the votes each from the following:
- Something blue (40%)
- Something smells of poo (40%)
- It's Doctor Who (20%)
Analysis:
Interesting choice of answers. Obviously the correct answer per the rhyme and the Doctor Who episode is “something blue”. I can only think that those of you thinking something smells of poo need to check the bottom or your shoes.
(Created on 1st August 2010)
Vote #157
Question:
Rather interestingly, our Internet connection is down, so it's somewhat unknown as to whether this email will even go out. I'd set that as this week's vote question, but you'd kind of know how to answer given that you'd either have received the email or not. So, we need to dig a little deeper and ask something different instead. I have a friend of mine, Luke, visiting starting Thursday. I'm also hosting our intern bar-b-que on Thursday. I've got Luke an invite to the party (he has a name badge printed up), but will he attend?
Results:
Yes - because he won't have anything better to do was the clear winner with 83% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes - because he's a party animal (0%)
- Yes - because he won't have anything better to do (83%)
- No - he'll just hide somewhere in the house until it's over (17%)
Analysis:
Interesting - an overwhelming response to this in favor of Luke attending on the basis that there was nothing better to do. Sadly, you were wrong (all apart from Mr O I think). He decided to go for a walk instead as that option seemed more interesting than listening to a bunch of talk about work. I think he probably made the right decision, although the BBQ turned out quite well.
(Created on 8th August 2010)
Vote #158
Question:
Well, it looks like we're going to put our house on the market and the dilema we're facing is that we need to sell the pool table to turn that room into a family room. I'm pretty sure selling it is going to be a problem, but I thought I'd start here - does anyone want to buy a pool table?
Results:
No was the clear winner with 80% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (20%)
- No (80%)
Analysis:
Given that the single vote for yes didn't send me an email requesting details and price, I can only assume that it was somebody trying to make me feel better. The problem and reality is that nobody actually wants the pool table which kind of means we're sort of stuck with it and we need to be unstuck with it. I think there's going to be more to come on this one over the next few weeks until we can figure something out.
(Created on 15th August 2010)
Vote #159
Question:
It's job questioning time again and it seems I have a potentially interesting proposition. Is it worth the risk to leave the comfort of a good job to work at a startup?
Results:
Yes - it's time for a change was the clear winner with 80% of the votes from the following selection:
- No - stay where you are (0%)
- No - dot com has been and gone - startups are a thing of the past (0%)
- Yes - it's time for a change (80%)
- Yes - just throw caution to the wind (20%)
Analysis:
If it's that obvious, why haven't any of you done it huh! ... huh!
It's always easy to spend someone else's money. Always easy to see what someone else should be doing. At this point, we'll have to wait and see. I'm too much of a boring accountant type to make a rash move, but you never know.
(Created on 22nd August 2010)
Vote #160
Question:
This week we're going to ask a geography question. I hear so much about the fact that Americans only know what's going on inside their country, but does anyone else really know any better? Using a purely scientific means of ruling out anything scientific, I'm going to answer this based on this week's vote question. Karen was out with her friends in the UK and they asked where she was living. She told them California. Which of the following was the response?
Results:
I thought you were living in San Francisco was the clear winner with 100% of the votes from the following selection:
- I thought you were living in the US (0%)
- I thought you were living in San Francisco (100%)
- Is that near Luxembourg? (0%)
- Is that just up past Leeds? (0%)
Analysis:
I think this is the first time I've asked a question and the majority of the votes have answered correctly. And not only the majority, but everyone who voted got it right. Go pat yourself on the back. Maybe get a cup of tea and take it easy for five minutes - you deserve it.
I guess the answer given is the least worrying. I quite like the idea of someone asking if it's just up past Leeds, but I don't think anyone would make that mistake.
20:29:33
11th July 2010