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(Created on 22nd September 2013)
Vote #321
Question:
I'm heading into a week that will see me drive back down to SoCal. Going on a bit of a tour that will take me to Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, so will be helpful to have my wheels with me given that I'm going to be doing a lot of traveling whilst I'm there. Anyway, as I reflect back to the last drive down, I wonder whether I'm going to be the subject of road rage again ... I think it's the car that does it. So, do you think I'll be the subject of road rage on this week's SoCal trip?
Results:
Yes was the clear winner with 71% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (71%)
- No (29%)
Analysis:
An overwhelming response of yes. Presumably you think it may be me that's insighting road rage. Well, I'll have you know that my tip down south and back up again was completely uneventful. Not a single instance of annoyance with any drivers. The time before it was a couple of kids that for some reason seemed to get quite annoyed at my mere existence. I'm quite happy. Uneventful trips is what I'm all about.
One thing to mention about the drive back was that you go through “the dust bowl”. I'm not sure whether that's the official name, but there are all these signs that talk about a congress created dust bowl. Something about not being allowed to use the water or something. Not entirely sure, but it's in the Central Valley where all the fruit is grown. Right in the middle of all these signs, there was one that said “ Trust Jesus”. All I could think was that Jesus must be one of the workers that comes up from Mexico to pick the fruit. And that he's a very honest worker.
(Created on 29th September 2013)
Vote #322
Question:
OK, so you're going to need to bear with me on this question. It might require a little thinking about and then you're going to wonder why you spent the last 5 to 10 minutes of your life thinking about this question. So, whilst I was driving back from LA, this flock of birds came over and one of them had its legs dangling down. What went through my head was wondering if when birds talk to each other they ask each other questions about tactics on flying and this baby bird asking an older bird “what do you do with your legs when you fly? Do you tuck them up and hold them there or do you just sort of let them hang where they naturally would?” So, do you think that when birds fly they have to tuck their legs up or if they just have them where they naturally dangle?
Results:
Tucked up was the clear winner with 63% of the votes from the following selection:
- Tucked up (63%)
- Dangle free (38%)
Analysis:
I kind of think this is a pretty cool question. Here's the thing .... when you walk, do you think about what you do with your arms? You don't do you! You just let them swing along by themselves. That said, when you run, you tend to pump your arms up and down. So, I think that you think about what you're doing with your arms when you move with exertion. I also think this translates to what birds do when they fly. I think if they're just pottering around chilling out then they just have them do what they want to, so dangling free. Then, if they're battling against the wind or chasing something, then they tuck them up and get all aerodynamic and stuff. Just my thoughts.
(Created on 6th October 2013)
Vote #323
Question:
This week's vote question comes courtesy of South Park. This week's episode had the kids block their parents TV with an app that only a kid would know how to answer. Now, after spending last weekend with William and his buddy Bradly watching them play minecraft, I was in tears laughing when I watched this episode of South Park. I think it really helps to have a kid and to have watched them play this game. It basically consists of them running around doing stuff that makes no sense whatsoever. Genius really! Anyway, I spent last weekend asking the question what are you doing that for or what does this do. Both questions resulted in being stared at like I was some kind of space alien and comments like D'uh, don't you know. So, this week's question is the password that was set on South Park - how do you tame a horse in minecraft?
Results:
Give it a zombie was the clear winner with 38% of the votes from the following selection:
- Punch it (0%)
- Put a torch on it (13%)
- Give it some wheat (25%)
- Jump on it (0%)
- Talk to it (0%)
- Put your fingers up its nose (13%)
- There are no horses in minecraft (0%)
- Give it a sheep (13%)
- Give it a zombie (38%)
Analysis:
I have to be honest and say that I don't actually know and I think I may have messed up as I didn't actually give the option for the right answer. I read on one site something about giving it wheat, but this is what I got from the minecraft wiki:
To tame a wild horse, approach it and right click on it with an empty hand. You will climb on top of it, and will likely be thrown off. After a few attempts, it will allow you to remain on it and will give off heart animations. At this point you can dismount it by pressing the sneak key and place a saddle on it, or you can place a saddle without using the sneak key at all by right-clicking on the horse with the saddle in hand. Horses can also be saddled by opening your inventory while mounted and moving the saddle to the appropriate slot in the horse's inventory.
So now you know. Happy minecrafting!
(Created on 13th October 2013)
Vote #324
Question:
How to make sense of the world through the eyes of an eight year old. My poor little baby boy was very upset as he'd been left for most of the week. To be honest, I was pretty upset about it too, but that's another story. Anyway, he was asking me all kinds of questions to make sense of the world and why mummy is divorcing daddy. I'll spare you the details for now, but there's an endless supply of vote questions in the bank waiting to be unleashed ... I digress! So, for no apparent reason (at least apparent to me), he asks whether Ivan was married. I told him he wasn't but he lived with his girlfriend Vicky. His immediate reaction was that he felt very sorry for Vicky (words I never thought I'd hear anyone say, let alone my sweet innocent boy). This week's question is why did William feel sorry for Vicky?
Results:
Ivan snores was the clear winner with 57% of the votes from the following selection:
- Ivan is big and takes up most of the bed (0%)
- Ivan's poo is really smelly (29%)
- Ivan talks really loud and it's difficult to sleep (0%)
- Ivan snores (57%)
- Ivan is too tall to kiss (14%)
- Ivan spends all his time in the pub (0%)
Analysis:
Well, there's a bit of contention here. The answer is that Ivan's poo is really smelly. The comment from William was very specific on the subject. He said remember that time that grandpa and Ivan came back from golf and Ivan went for a poo and it stunk the house out ... well, the contention from Ivan is that it was actually his mate, Steve, who produced the offending item. I have to say that I didn't experience the event. One assumes that I was fishing at the time or at least doing something else. Anyway, it's still cute that he'd feel sorry for Vicky!
(Created on 20th October 2013)
Vote #325
Question:
Well, this week has been full of events that lend themselves to vote questions. One of those weeks where there was enough material for several, so I'll have to store them in the old memory banks and use them in future weeks. This week's comes courtesy of Mr O who is celebrating is birthday in Las Vegas (a belated happy birthday!). Rather poor timing as he's picked this week to be over there whilst I'm going to be in France. Anyway, Mr O was going to do a NASCAR experience whilst in Vegas, but has backed out at the last minute due to the restrictions that he was presented with. Very specific restrictions required to get in and out of the car. I was really hoping that Mr O would have attempted this and had someone shoot a video of it as I guarantee we could have made it go viral on YouTube. I don't know whether he should have backed out or not, but what do you think? Do you think Mr O could climb through a window 15" x 30" that sits 36" off the ground?
Results:
No - he would get stuck was the clear winner with 60% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes - he could make it (40%)
- No - he would get stuck (60%)
Pre-Result Discussion
Analysis:
I'm not actually clear on Mr O's response to this question. He says there's an answer, but at the same time indicates that time was against him, so I don't believe this has actually been tested. I am, however, open to throwing down the gauntlet and challenging him to a competition. I'm more than happy to give this a try as well. I'm thinking we can use my van for this experiment and just block off the top part of the window to limit it to 15". What do you say?
(Created on 27th October 2013)
Vote #326
Question:
I mentioned last week that there was a stack of vote questions in the bank. I'm not sure I can remember all of them, but this week's comes from the disappointment of the film Man of Steel. I'm not going to create a question about the plot, more one that's been bothering me ever since I saw Superman. If Superman did Lois Lane, would he blow a hole in the top of her head when he got his rocks off?
Results:
Yes was the clear winner with 67% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (67%)
- No (33%)
Analysis:
Not so many people interested in superman then. It is something that I've pondered many times. I would imagine that it could be quite dangerous.
(Created on 3rd November 2013)
Vote #327
Question:
Well, if there's anyone out there that doesn't know, I lost my luggage (or more to the point, The French lost my luggage somewhere in Charles De Gaulle airport after I checked it in). I also lost my phone (and I will completely take the blame on this one as I dropped it in a lake whilst trying to look at the time). Anyway, a new phone has been ordered through a rather unnecessarily complex process and my bag has been found and is on its way to me. The question is will I get both my luggage back and a new phone this week?
Results:
Yes was the clear winner with 60% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (60%)
- No (40%)
Analysis:
I should have probably left a few more options to vote on - to allow for a vote for either the luggage or the phone. As it happens, yes was the correct answer. On Thursday I took possession of my new phone and returned home to find that my suitcase had been delivered .... some 2 weeks late. Apparently the bag never left France. It took 6 days to find it over there. It was then send to the US via Amsterdam. It seems to have spent a couple of days in Holland (perhaps getting stoned) and then made its way to the US where it sat in San Francisco airport for another 6 days. The bag had been opened, but all my stuff appeared to be there, so it could have been a lot worse I guess.
(Created on 10th November 2013)
Vote #328
Question:
Well, the weekend is over and I'm back on the road again Monday. Houston then Portland for what looks like a very busy week. At least I have my suitcase back in time so that I can take some clothes and things with me. Do you think we'll ever invent a teleport?
Results:
Yes and No tied with 50% of the votes each from the following:
- Yes (50%)
- No (50%)
Analysis:
Bit of a split vote .... will Scotty have a future? I wonder. It is the one thing in Star Trek that most people don't think will be invented. I'm not much of a scientist, but apparently the warp drive and other devices like phasers are more likely than the teleport. It would be nice though.
(Created on 17th November 2013)
Vote #329
Question:
Well, Karen is taking William off to Disney in about a week's time or so and he's looking forward to it. I asked him what he was looking forward to the most. What do you think William is looking forward to the most about going to Disney?
Results:
Not having to eat his mum's thanksgiving dinner was the clear winner with 50% of the votes from the following selection:
- Seeing Mickey (0%)
- Going on the rides (25%)
- Space Mountain (0%)
- Finding Nemo Submarine (13%)
- Disney's Alladin Musical (13%)
- Turtle Talk (0%)
- Toy Story Mania (0%)
- Not having to eat his mum's thanksgiving dinner (50%)
Analysis:
Yep, you got it! As the majority of people guessed, William was most looking forward to going to Disney so he didn't have to eat his mum's Thanksgiving dinner. Funny how Disney spend millions on advertising and they've not come up with the simple message “fed up with your mum's cooking, well come to Disney and try our food. There's lots of other stuff too.” OK, maybe not. I'll guess that I'm not going to make a career in advertising. I suspect that once he gets there he'll be too amazed at everything that food won't be top of his mind. I'm sure he'll have a wonderful time on the rides, meeting Mickey and seeing all the other attractions too.
(Created on 24th November 2013)
Vote #330
Question:
Well, it's Thanksgiving week and I'm not quite sure what I'm going to be doing over the holiday. The tradition is to have a turkey on Thanksgiving and I'm not quite sure whether I'm going to get one or not. I've actually been invited to quite a few Thanksgiving dinners too so I could go eat a turkey prepared for me by somebody else ... which would probably make sense, although I'm rather looking forward to spending the time on my own doing some little computer projects I've had backed up for a while. So, will I eat turkey on Thanksgiving?
Results:
No was the clear winner with 75% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (25%)
- No (75%)
Analysis:
Well, you're wrong. I did have turkey. Mine came in a box with microwave instruction. mmmmmmmm!
13:28:25
21st October 2013