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02 July 2011

Points! The Game Continues. →[More:]
Here is today's game of Points!
I won't be able to check in till this evening, so I will try to be as clear as possible.

Today you get the following points for:

Parallel Parking - 4 points

Shaving (anything) - 1 point

Drinking 16 oz of water(no flavored waters or sweeteners, citrus of choice garnish ok) - 3 points

Hanging something on a hanger - 1 point

Giving someone else a bath (kids, patient care, sponge bath, shampoo, co-showering, pets all count) - 4 points

Today you earn MINUS ONE point for - eating a bowl of cereal with milk including soy milk. Not that there is anything wrong with that, just shaking it up.

The above points do not multiply - you can valet park for an entire evening and you still just get 4 points for parallel parking. The below points are multiple.

Tiebreaker - Vision and eyewear: You get one point for each different thing you wear in or on your eyes today. Prescription or non- prescription contacts, glasses, sunglasses, reading glasses. Makeup does not count, but false eyelashes do, and you also earn a point for each eyebrow piercing, if you are wearing jewelry today. Furthermore, you may earn a point for the use of each vision enhancement tool you use: monocole, magnifying glass, microscope, night vision goggles, etc. The only other thing I can think of that would count would be a mask that covers only the eyes - a sleep mask, or a costume piece. I am open to other considerations, though.

Again, you can count future points for something you'll naturally do later in the day, but you shouldn't do stuff just to earn points.

post by: rainbaby at: 09:28 | 38 comments

oh, this is easy. I have already drunk 16oz of water and hung somthing on a hanger. I am wearing glasses and I will definitely wear sunglasses when I go outside. And I will give my kid a bath tonight. So that's 10 points total.

posted by gaspode 02 July | 09:36

How about eyedrops? I'm at the ENT clinic right now for pinkeye.

Pips, I should still be able to make the play and deli; just won't be able to give you a hug....

posted by brujita 02 July | 09:45

I'll probably parallel park later today, and I've already drank somewhere north of 24 ounces of water. Barring something unforeseen, I won't shave or hang or bathe or eat cereal, and I'll just wear glasses all day.

So, uh... seven points, one point for the tiebreaker.

posted by box 02 July | 09:47

I'll drink the water, hang something on a hanger, and wear prescription glasses and sunglasses. So, 6 points!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 02 July | 09:56

0 - parallel Parking

1 - shaving my legs

3 points - I've had a pint of water already this morning, and will probably drink several more today

1 - hung my cardigan on a hanger

0 - giving someone else a bath

0 - no cereal in the house

total: 5

And 3 for the tiebreaker: I'm wearing prescription glasses now, but will switch to contacts and sunglasses later.

posted by Elsa 02 July | 10:10

Oooh, minus points - a new wrinkle!

I'm only at 5 - was shopping for last-minute pants this morning to wear for travel, and it's wicked hot here in NJ so I've been drinking water all morning. Chances are nil that I'll be giving anyone a bath, unless my day turns out to be a LOT stranger than I think it will. I did some thorough shaving yesterday so am skipping today. For tiebreaker: I've already worn glasses (1) and contacts (1) and will soon don sunglasses (1).

posted by Miko 02 July | 10:13

I will definitely lose today. I rarely drive and won't be today; I shaved yesterday; I drink carbonated water from a can which has some sort of flavoring I can't detect or I add bitters to tap water; and it's unlikely I'll bathe anyone but myself, although I do need to brush three mouths of cat-teeth.

I have already hung something on a hanger today and will put on sunglasses when I go outside.

posted by crush-onastick 02 July | 10:19

Shaving 1 point, drinking 16 oz of water 3 points, hanging something on a hanger 1 point. Glasses and sunglasses 2. Total 7. Not a big point day.

posted by arse_hat 02 July | 10:26

Shaving + Water = 4 points

Glasses + Sunglasses = 2 points

Total: 6 points

posted by deborah 02 July | 10:28

Only 2 points for the tiebreaker (normal glasses and sunglasses).

posted by sperose 02 July | 10:35

I was at a big fat zero (1 point for the hanger, minus 1 for the cereal), but so far today I've worn 3 different pairs of glasses, so 3, anyway.

posted by JanetLand 02 July | 10:39

3 points for the water, one point each for glasses, contacts and sunglasses. So 6 points.

posted by Stewriffic 02 July | 10:53

Is it 3 points for each glass of water? Because I'll be having lots of water and have had two already. 1 hanger. I will try to resist wearing my glasses for points.

posted by ethylene 02 July | 11:09

oh duh. I forgot that the eyewear thing is the tiebreaker. So mine was actually 8 points, not 10. But then I shaved my underarms in the shower (not because of Points! just because I remembered that we were going out tonight which probably means a dress) so now I have 9 points, and 2 for the tiebreaker.

posted by gaspode 02 July | 11:19

I am also a big fat zero. Plus one point for eyeglasses, and maybe another point later for sunglasses.

posted by wens 02 July | 11:31

Wow. Zero. I'm wearing glasses while eating a bowl of cereal. Dang.

posted by BitterOldPunk 02 July | 11:41

Water + bathing someone else - cereal = 6 points.

Three tiebreaker points - contacts, microscope, and the device we use to measure the Specific Gravity as part of urinalyses.

posted by ufez 02 July | 11:55

1 point for me (hanging something up). Which actually makes me feel like I'm having a perfectly wonderfully lazy Saturday. :-)

posted by occhiblu 02 July | 12:17

I don't drive, I don't shave, I restrict my fluid intake to a minimum, I use hooks for everyday clothes, and I refuse to lick my cat.

I may wear sunglasses if I go out for the mail.

posted by Ardiril 02 July | 12:35

Zero. Again.

*checks pulse*

posted by Kronos_to_Earth 02 July | 12:51

I'll likely only get points on the tiebreaker today. So:

Eyewear: 3. Woke up with an eye mask, put on glasses, will switch to contacts later.

posted by rhapsodie 02 July | 13:19

Parking, drinking, hanger and shaving. Plus glasses and sunglasses. So, 11 points.

posted by Senyar 02 July | 14:26

6: parking, hanger
+1 sunglasses

posted by rmless2 02 July | 15:35

I parked but didn't parallel park OH WAIT I totally did! I may shave my legs later but I won't count that. I had a fair amount of water. I hung nothing. I bathed no one. I ate cereal with milk today, something I rarely do. Dang. Sunglasses, reading glasses.

So... 8 points.

About the things covering eyes: if I sleep with my woobie (a very very old and soft t-shirt that I must have when I sleep shut up over my eyes, does that count?

P.S. I didn't get a point yesterday for petting a dog, but I pet a puppy today and wished I got a retroactive point for it.

posted by Specklet 02 July | 15:43

If I'm reading correctly, gaspode and senyar are tied at 9 points and also tied with two tiebreaker points each. Oh the drama!

posted by rainbaby 02 July | 16:02

I get another point! I was taking a shirt out of the closet and another fell of it's hanger and I had to re-hang it.

I have five regular points and two tie-breaker points.

posted by deborah 02 July | 16:37

I'm completely mystified at you folks that don't drink at least 16 oz. of water a day, especially during Summer. How are you not cotton-mouthed?

And FWIW, the device I was referring to earlier is a refractometer. You hold it up to one eye and look into a light and say "Yarrrr! It be 1.024!!!" Because when you have to deal with bodily fluids all day you do goofy shit like that.

posted by ufez 02 July | 16:53

+ 4 (on the street outside my house)
+ 1 (quickle ankle maintenance)
+ 3 (the water cooler is my favorite work-related benefit)
+ 1 (a shirt)
- 0 (no breakfast)
+ 1 (regular nearsighted-person glasses)
+ 1 (binoculars, for viewing of island waterfowl and hopefully, if he makes an appearance, the beaver)
= 11 (9+2)

posted by notquitemaryann 02 July | 16:57

Parallel parking. Hanger. Both my prescription glasses and my prescription sunglasses. So 7.

posted by Splunge 02 July | 18:46

Pips, I should still be able to make the play and deli; just won't be able to give you a hug....

Or sadly, a butterfly kiss.

posted by Splunge 02 July | 18:48

Aw crud. Three nine plus twos. I should have weighted the bath or the parking higher than the other one.

One more hour for someone to win standard (9pm EST), beyond that, gaspode, senyar, and notquitemaryann only (and anyone else with nine plus two):

Have you done any of the following for one tiebreaker point each:

Engaged a neighbor, stranger or clerk in a face to face conversation that went beyond exchanging greetings?

Worn purple?

Sung aloud?

Fished or hunted?

Vacuumed?

posted by rainbaby 02 July | 18:56

I have conversed (with the three young gentlemen in the lunch place downstairs, who were 1) very cute and 2) very interested in having me buy their cupcakes) and sung.

posted by notquitemaryann 02 July | 21:15

Okey dokey! Points proctoring is much harder than one would think. Closed to new entries. notquitemaryann, I'm going to give gaspode and senyar another 12 hours to respond to the tiebreaks, due to time zone stuff and plan stuff. Winner or ties announced tomorrow morning! Thanks for playing!

posted by rainbaby 02 July | 21:33

crap, my wife is out of town, there goes the washing points...

posted by eekacat 02 July | 21:45

Engaged a neighbor, stranger or clerk in a face to face conversation that went beyond exchanging greetings?

Yes, if a bartender counts. Found out that the new bartender at our local is from Australia. Shared Antipodean stories.

Sung aloud?

Um, have a kid, so yep.

Vacuumed?

See above.

posted by gaspode 02 July | 23:06

posted by danf 02 July | 23:48

danf, you were late, so I'm sorry if you got ten before the first tiebreak. Senyar, I'm sorry you couldn't respond to the second tiebreak, but I'm going to go ahead and award this POINTS game to gaspode: 9 + 2 + 3 = 14

posted by rainbaby 03 July | 11:57

Woo!

posted by gaspode 03 July | 12:39

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