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(Created on 11th March 2012)
Vote #241
Question:
Another race weekend over and we head into a week at a conference. But we return to those good old boys and ask a completely irrelevant trivia question. We were wondering where Uncle Jesse got to and I did a little research. I didn't find the answer to that question, but I did find that there were only two members of the Dukes of Hazard that appeared in every episode. One was Uncle Jesse, who was the other one?
Results:
Rosco P Coltrane was the clear winner with 50% of the votes from the following selection:
- Bo Duke (0%)
- Boss Hogg (25%)
- Cletus Hogg (0%)
- Cooter Davenport (0%)
- Daisy Duke (25%)
- Luke Duke (0%)
- Rosco P Coltrane (50%)
Analysis:
Roscoe wins the vote, but unfortunately is the incorrect answer. It was actually Boss Hogg who appeared in all the episodes alongside Uncle Jesse. Daisy Duke was close as she appeared in all but one episode ... at least this is what Wikipedia tells me and who am I do disagree with such a trustworthy source of information?
(Created on 18th March 2012)
Vote #242
Question:
It appears we're living more and more in a world of social media which seems to mean taking other peoples word for it rather than trying it for ourselves. Searching for reviews of products, restaurants, services and anything else we may need. But how much impact have you had on this new social world? This week we ask whether you've ever reviewed a product online?
Results:
Yes - I've reviewed a product and No - I have not reviewed a product tied with 50% of the votes each from the following:
- Yes - I've reviewed a product (50%)
- No - I have not reviewed a product (50%)
Analysis:
Interesting, a 50/50 split on this. I have to say that I've never reviewed anything online, but do tend to read the reviews that others make. Which kind of makes me think if I'm not the sort of person who does reviews, should I rely on information provided by the kind of people who do submit reviews? As they may not like the same things I do. Too much thinking really.
(Created on 25th March 2012)
Vote #243
Question:
So, I was watching my cat the other day and he kind of stretched on the sofa and then pulled himself up onto the back of the chair with his front legs and I thought to myself - that's an interesting maneuver. Then I thought to myself, you're not really much of a man, you're more of a cat. Perhaps we should create a new word cateuver. Should I become a neologist or stick to my day job?
Results:
No - you're an idiot - stick to your day job was the clear winner with 100% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes - your new word of cateuver is genius (0%)
- No - you're an idiot - stick to your day job (100%)
Analysis:
Hmmm. A resounding 100% vote for “no, I'm an idiot!” Interesting given that one of the votes is mine. Oh how well I know myself! I did buy a lottery ticket for the first time in my 11+ years in the States as the jackpot was $640 million. And the winners will be happy to know that they don't have to share any of it with me. I will indeed be sticking to my day job.
(Created on 1st April 2012)
Vote #244
Question:
Karen bought a bathroom shower curtain with a world map on it. I was looking at it the other day and noticed that it lists two cities in the UK. The obvious one is London, but can you guess the second city shown in the UK on our bathroom shower curtain?
Results:
Edingburgh and Sunderland tied with 33% of the votes each from the following:
- Belfast (17%)
- Birmingham (0%)
- Edingburgh (33%)
- Glasgow (0%)
- Leicester (0%)
- Liverpool (0%)
- Manchester (0%)
- Nottingham (17%)
- Sunderland (33%)
Analysis:
Interesting that a couple of folks got this right. The answer is indeed Sunderland. Maybe there's a few of you out there with the same shower curtain or perhaps you understand the significance of Sunderland. I would have thought Belfast or Edinburgh myself, but I would have been wrong.
(Created on 8th April 2012)
Vote #245
Question:
Another guessing game question. Karen and I were talking about losing weight. Long story, but she was trying to figure out how heavy 20lb was in relation to bags of sugar and asked how heavy a bag of sugar was offering suggestions of 1lb or 5lb. I replied, it depends on whether you bought 1lb or 5lb bags of sugar. Anyway, intrigued by this sugar thing I went and looked at the bag of sugar we had. How heavy do you think our bag of sugar is?
Results:
2lb was the clear winner with 43% of the votes from the following selection:
- 1lb (0%)
- 2lb (43%)
- 3lb (0%)
- 4lb (14%)
- 5lb (29%)
- 6lb (0%)
- 7lb (14%)
- 8lb (0%)
- 9lb (0%)
- 10lb (0%)
Analysis:
2lb gets the majority of the votes, but you'd be wrong. The correct answer is 4lb which I thought seemed like an odd number. I would have maybe expected 1, 2 or 5 ... but I'd have been wrong.
(Created on 15th April 2012)
Vote #246
Question:
Owen appears to be facing a dilemma as he has tickets to the Women's Water Polo at the soon to be Olympic stadium and Liverpool have made it to the FA Cup final. Should Owen stay in the stadium and watch the Women's Water Polo or watch the FA Cup Final on the TV?
Results:
Women's Water Polo was the clear winner with 75% of the votes from the following selection:
- Women's Water Polo (75%)
- FA Cup Final (25%)
Pre-Result Discussion
Analysis:
Well, judging by the comment it seems like Owen is somewhat out of the dilemma due to the change in kick-off time, but it would seem that the voters would like to see him miss the match in favor of the Water Polo should it go ahead.
On another note, it would seem that the real dilemma is for the Liverpool fans. I'm sure I heard on the radio that there is some work on the train tracks that weekend and there will only be 3 trains down to London with none returning. It appears the rail network didn't take into account a minor game ... I mean, it's only the FA Cup Final. Funny, I've been out of the country for 12 years now and the rail network hasn't got any better during that time.
(Created on 21st April 2012)
Vote #247
Question:
Hypothetically speaking, if you had a terrorist or dangerous criminal that you needed to deport for one reason or another, how exactly do you go about the logistics of such a thing?
Results:
It doesn't matter as the European Court won't let you do it anyway was the clear winner with 75% of the votes from the following selection:
- Stick them on a regular plane with a gaurd (0%)
- Charter a separate flight (0%)
- Use a military plane (25%)
- It doesn't matter as the European Court won't let you do it anyway (75%)
Analysis:
I'm not really sure I know the answer to this one. I was rather hoping that somebody would and would have put the answer in the comments. I think the only thing you can be sure of is that it will be very expensive and will be coming out of tax payers money. Clearly it makes sense to spend money on things like this ... I mean, it's not as if there's a double dip recession going on or anything like that.
(Created on 29th April 2012)
Vote #248
Question:
Well, Karen was honored this week and appeared in the San Francisco Business Times as one of the most influential women in the Bay Area - big congratulations. She came home from work all proud with a copy of the newspaper. Later that evening, she was looking at something on her iPad - it was a recipe. What recipe does one of San Francisco's most influential women need an iPad to research?
Results:
How to boil and egg was the clear winner with 83% of the votes from the following selection:
- Apple Strudel (0%)
- Baked Alaska (0%)
- Beef Stroganoff (0%)
- Beef Wellington (17%)
- Coq au vin (0%)
- Mole poblano (0%)
- Roast Beef (0%)
- Roasted pork loin with loaded goats cheese and dill skins (0%)
- How to boil and egg (83%)
Pre-Result Discussion
12:12:11
30th April 2012
Analysis:
I'm intrigued as to who the person was who voted for “beef wellington”, clearly they've not eaten at our house before. The remainder of the voters out there were indeed correct, Karen was looking up that technical of all recipes on how to boil an egg. In response to Mr O's comment, we were all having boiled eggs to eat with the salad. I have to say that mine wasn't too bad .... a little burnt around the edge, but that wasn't really Karen's fault - there was some fat stuck to the grill that caught fire and heated my egg up too quick. Other than that though, once Karen had the ingredients right thanks to one online search tool or other, we were good to go.
(Created on 6th May 2012)
Vote #249
Question:
Another week where I'm somewhat lacking inspiration so I'll go with the obvious question out there - Manchester City or Manchester United?
Results:
The Sky Blues (Manchester City) was the clear winner with 80% of the votes from the following selection:
- The Sky Blues (Manchester City) (80%)
- The Red Deviles (Manchester United) (20%)
Analysis:
The votes and the actual title went to the blue half of Manchester. Congratulations to City - you can celebrate safe in the knowledge that you only won the title because of the great schooling your manager got when he played in the premier league. And for those of you that don't know, Mancini played a few games for Leicester City (I think 4).
(Created on 13th May 2012)
Vote #250
Question:
This week's vote question is probably going to throw most people as you won't have a clue what I'm talking about. I've been researching poles for fishing back in the UK ... although I'm not really sure why, but the long and short of it is that I haven't yet found any good comparisons of the poles I'm thinking about so I thought I'd shoot it out to you lot. Which of the following fishing poles do you think is the best?
Results:
Daiwa Tournament Pro X, Maver Elite Plus 77 and Preston GIS One Pole tied with 33% of the votes each from the following:
- Browning Xitan Z12 Evolution (0%)
- Daiwa Airity (0%)
- Daiwa Tournament Pro X (33%)
- Maver Elite Plus 77 (33%)
- Preston GIS One Pole (33%)
- Shimano Aspire Ultra AX (0%)
Analysis:
A distinct lack of interest in this week's vote. I'm somewhat guessing that it's on the basis that most people don't have a clue what the question's going on about. Doesn't really matter, I'm not really in the market for buying one of these poles at the minute given that they don't have much application in the US. My tendency in the past has been to lean towards Daiwa products, but I do have an affinity to the Browning brand going back to my shooting days. To be honest, each of these poles is very good and I suspect you wouldn't go wrong with any of them. Guess I'll need to wait a bit before I get to try any of them out.
10:55:15
16th April 2012