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trevor_macfee
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by trevor_macfee » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:09 pm
kayrharris wrote:November can't be over soon enough for me. 
My last question
was which of these is not.... with one of the choices being "none of these", so you had to read the
whole thing before you could answer.
The double negativity in that question would have made my head hurt. "Which of these is not" then "none of the above"?? I guess that means none of the above are not - but couldn't it also mean that all of the above are not?
I know I'm overthinking, but in which direction? I don't know if I could've comprehended that in 30 seconds.
(And on an unrelated note, why does "Could've" provoke spell check. Isn't could've the contraction for "could have?")
Now my head does hurt.
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by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:42 am
I had banked six questions and got five of them correct. I am amazed that I am on the first page after missing five questions this month.
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by ulysses5019 » Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:51 am
trevor_macfee wrote:kayrharris wrote:November can't be over soon enough for me. My last question
was which of these is not.... with one of the choices being "none of these", so you had to read the
whole thing before you could answer.
The double negativity in that question would have made my head hurt. "Which of these is not" then "none of the above"?? I guess that means none of the above are not - but couldn't it also mean that all of the above are not?
I know I'm overthinking, but in which direction? I don't know if I could've comprehended that in 30 seconds.
(And on an unrelated note, why does "Could've" provoke spell check. Isn't could've the contraction for "could have?")
Now my head does hurt.
One of the questions I missed this month was an "all of the above" answer. The problem was that I read the question and the first answer I saw was correct and I hit the button without reading the others which correct as well.
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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by eyégor » Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:49 am
ulysses5019 wrote:trevor_macfee wrote:kayrharris wrote:November can't be over soon enough for me. My last question
was which of these is not.... with one of the choices being "none of these", so you had to read the
whole thing before you could answer.
The double negativity in that question would have made my head hurt. "Which of these is not" then "none of the above"?? I guess that means none of the above are not - but couldn't it also mean that all of the above are not?
I know I'm overthinking, but in which direction? I don't know if I could've comprehended that in 30 seconds.
(And on an unrelated note, why does "Could've" provoke spell check. Isn't could've the contraction for "could have?")
Now my head does hurt.
One of the questions I missed this month was an "all of the above" answer. The problem was that I read the question and the first answer I saw was correct and I hit the button without reading the others which correct as well.
While this is a wasted month for me anyway, l was annoyed by my question today. It was probably the biggest gimme I've seen in 3 months, but the question was so obtusely worded, it took me over 10 seconds to make sense of it.
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OCDer
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by OCDer » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:32 am
25th @ 12:15pm est
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by christie1111 » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:37 am
I hate to correct anything that makes me look as smart as that message does, somehow an extra 10,000 pts got added to my score.
598 Christie1111 14.8 21,338
But I liked the look of that list!
"A bed without a quilt is like the sky without stars"
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OCDer
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by OCDer » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:12 pm
christie1111 wrote:I hate to correct anything that makes me look as smart as that message does, somehow an extra 10,000 pts got added to my score.
598 Christie1111 14.8 21,338
But I liked the look of that list!
I like to call that a typo.
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by TheConfessor » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:58 am
I think I got a new personal record on tonight's question -- I was right, but 97.5% of everyone else was also right. It only took me 8.26 seconds. It was such an odd question that I had to read it a few times:
Which is correct? "They ______ down the lane."
runs
runned
walked
ranned
walks
Yeah, I'm a little slow. I walks, while the Sploofus leaders all runs.
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by OCDer » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:42 pm
26th @ 3:30pm est
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by TheCalvinator24 » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:53 pm
Hanging on by a thread
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. —Albus Dumbledore
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by Weyoun » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:55 pm
Aha! Pulled ahead of my dad on a question about The Weavers (don't tell him but it was a lucky guess)! This will be a battle of the Thanksgiving dinner table!
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by plasticene » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:58 pm
I knew it was too good to last! It was nice to head the list temporarily though.
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by Ritterskoop » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:31 am
I missed 4-5 at the beginning of the month and have been returning to the front page since then, but today's Q got me:
In the original theme to "Gilligan's Island", which two characters were not named or described, simply being referred to as "and the rest"?
I never heard the original theme, and missed it.
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
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by littlebeast13 » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:33 am
Ritterskoop wrote:I missed 4-5 at the beginning of the month and have been returning to the front page since then, but today's Q got me:
In the original theme to "Gilligan's Island", which two characters were not named or described, simply being referred to as "and the rest"?
I never heard the original theme, and missed it.
The Professor and Mary Ann!
Wish I had gotten that Q this morning instead of a movie one I had no idea on.....
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SportsFan68
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by SportsFan68 » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:37 am
Ritterskoop wrote:I missed 4-5 at the beginning of the month and have been returning to the front page since then, but today's Q got me:
In the original theme to "Gilligan's Island", which two characters were not named or described, simply being referred to as "and the rest"?
I never heard the original theme, and missed it.
This was after school "must watch" for my younger brother and me for years. I even know the name of the band!
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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by ne1410s » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:37 am
'skoop:
I never heard the original theme, and missed it.
They really meant "original" didn't they? The second year they named the Professor and Mary Ann. Ball buster question.
"When you argue with a fool, there are two fools in the argument."
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by OCDer » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:13 pm
27th @ 1:00pm est
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by Ritterskoop » Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:23 pm
ne1410s wrote:'skoop:
I never heard the original theme, and missed it.
They really meant "original" didn't they? The second year they named the Professor and Mary Ann. Ball buster question.
I should have chosen that answer because it's at least presented that way in the (newer) lyrics.
I picked Mrs. Howell and the Professor, assuming they were the least interesting characters.
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by OCDer » Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:36 pm
28th @ 2:00pm est
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33040 Njwizard
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32121 Theconfessor
31777 Mrkelley23
29398 Ritterskoop
29392 Megaaddict
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28884 Dunadan
28654 Killertomato
28605 Nitrah55
28022 Silvercamaro
28012 Ulysses5019
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by cindy.wellman » Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:23 am
Robert Parish, I never knew you! 11.6% of other Sploofae did though.
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by themanintheseersuckersuit » Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:43 am
Did November get an extra day?
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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by Weyoun » Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:04 pm
cindy.wellman wrote:Robert Parish, I never knew you! 11.6% of other Sploofae did though.
The Chief? Best known (only?) graduate of Centenary College.
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by SportsFan68 » Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:40 pm
I just won 19,000 points on a Sploofus showdown! Somebody named Sanddune, and I don't think that's anybody who posts here.
So will that help me in OCD's rankings?
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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by silvercamaro » Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:55 pm
SportsFan68 wrote:I just won 19,000 points on a Sploofus showdown! Somebody named Sanddune, and I don't think that's anybody who posts here.
So will that help me in OCD's rankings?
No. It will lift you in the overall standings, though.
Now generating the White Hot Glare of Righteousness on behalf of BBs everywhere.
