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06 July 2011

It's time for another round of POINTS! →[More:]I apologize for not being prompt with starting this round; I was supposed to get it going on Monday. Anyway, here goes...

If any of the following apply to you today, give yourself:

3 points if you walked outside barefoot.
2 points if you washed any dishes by hand.
2 points if you put off opening your mail til tomorrow.
1 point if you consumed a slushy icy frosty beverage.
3 points if you spent any time waiting in line or in a waiting room.
2 points if you used scissors to cut something besides paper.

Bonus tie-breaker: How many ounces of water did you drink today?

post by: fancyoats at: 18:24 | 25 comments

Just 2 points! I washed a pot by hand!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 July | 18:26

Six -- dishes, mail (I never open mail, so I get perpetual points on that one), scissors on my boss's new iPhone. Water: about 40 oz.

Do we get to add our water consumption to our other points? If so, 46 for me.

posted by mudpuppie 06 July | 18:36

Sheesh. 1 point, and it's a little dubious - I had a G2 that had been in the freezer for a couple of hours and was nice and slushy.

Water: gosh, probably somewhere north of 160 oz. so far. I'll have more with dinner and then maybe one more glass before bed.

posted by ufez 06 July | 18:50

Fetched the paper and watered some plants while barefoot, hand-washed some coffee-related stuff, scissored a package, seven points. Plus iced coffee, but that's just icy, not slushy.

Water? Like my man ufez, at least 160 ounces. Klean Kanteen 40-oz, yo.

posted by box 06 July | 19:01

7 + 33.814.

posted by danf 06 July | 19:10

6 points! dishes, put off opening mail, cut tape with scissors. only 3 ounces of water - I almost never drink completely plain water (I add a small bit of juice to it.)

posted by wens 06 July | 19:18

barefoot + dishes. So, 5 points.

5 or 6 16oz glasses of water. So nowhere near ufez or box.

posted by gaspode 06 July | 19:18

3, again. Man! If we ever start scoring this game like golf, imma be unbeatable.

posted by BoringPostcards 06 July | 19:28

3 points if you walked outside barefoot.
2 points if you washed any dishes by hand.
2 points if you put off opening your mail til tomorrow.
1 point if you consumed a slushy icy frosty beverage.
3 points if you spent any time waiting in line or in a waiting room.
2 points if you used scissors to cut something besides paper.

Does walking out onto my patio count as going outside barefoot?

2 points for doing dishes (like every day) and 2 points for using scissors to cut something besides paper (cutting off box straps)

= 4 (or 7 if the patio counts). And 32 oz of water.

posted by sperose 06 July | 20:12

+ 3 (watering the plants)
+ 2 (washing up after a bit of baking)
+ 2 (I didn't even visit the mailbox)
+ 0 (no blender)
+ 0 (day off; I did not leave the house or speak to a single person)
+ 2 (the cat requires much trimming this time of year)
= 9
+ about 64oz so far.

posted by notquitemaryann 06 July | 20:20

Used scissors to cut some fur off of Kaylee's bum = 2 points. She has a really fuzzy ass and, well, sometimes things happen.

Not nearly enough water, maybe 12 oz. But lots of generic diet Coke has been drank/drunk/drinked and more to go before the evening is over.

posted by deborah 06 July | 20:22

4: dishes and scissors.

posted by crush-onastick 06 July | 20:25

x 3 points if you walked outside barefoot.
x 2 points if you washed any dishes by hand.
x 2 points if you put off opening your mail til tomorrow. - putting off getting the mail until tomorrow
x 1 point if you consumed a slushy icy frosty beverage. - mocha blackberry rum slush
x 3 points if you spent any time waiting in line or in a waiting room. - online game room
x 2 points if you used scissors to cut something besides paper. - plastic wrap in kitchen

13 points but I am supposed to minimize my water.

posted by Ardiril 06 July | 20:30

Five points: three for walking outside barefoot (forgot to put flip-flops on) and two for not opening my mail.

posted by infinitywaltz 06 July | 20:55

Woo hoo! I rocked it today.

I walked around outside barefoot: 3
I washed a few dishes by hand: 2
I totes punted on the mail: 2
I did not consume a slushy: 0
I waited in line at the post orifice: 3
I am not trusted with the grown-up scissors: 0

All I drank today was coffee and soft drinks, sadly.

But still: 10 points! Go me!

posted by BitterOldPunk 06 July | 21:15

2 points - lots of dishes by hand.
2 points - put off opening mail til tomorrow.
0 points - slushy icy frosty beverage.
0 points - waiting in line or in a waiting room.
2 points - used scissors to cut a stray piece of hair

6 points!

Bonus tie-breaker: How many ounces of water did you drink today?

Oh, my, it's a good thing I didn't qualify as a frontrunner because I have no idea how much water I've drunk today. Pints and pints.

posted by Elsa 06 July | 21:22

2 points for washing dishes by hand (in a suit at work, no less)
3 points for spending time in a waiting room (I was early to a meeting)
2 points for using scissors to cut open a bag of frozen edamame

= 7 whole points.

I only drank 32 oz of water (so far), though.

posted by jabberjaw 06 July | 21:46

I walked on the nyc pavement in bare feet to put out the recycling. I washed the coffee equipment by hand. I haven't even looked at the mail. I should look now to see if I even got any . . . Someone else must have taken it in. I waited on line in bike stores and supermarkets. (in NY we don't wait IN line.)

Alas, no known water or slushies. And didn't go near the scissors (which I'd only use to open things like food packages anyway). That's approximately 10 points.

posted by Obscure Reference 06 July | 21:55

Eight points: barefoot outside, washed dishes, waited at the dentist's.

I probably drank about 32 oz of water.

posted by occhiblu 06 July | 22:03

wow 0 for me

posted by rmless2 06 July | 22:43

Washed dishes, strangely one of my favorite things to do since a kid, and waited in teeny line at grocery store due to woman who could not get off her phone to actually respond to the clerk's questions or input her debit card info -- maybe it was the Pres and she couldn't talk at any other time??? That's 5 points. Looks like my water intake isn't very relevant!

posted by bearwife 06 July | 23:22

12! No slushy for me today. And about 100oz of water.

posted by julen 07 July | 00:24

Looks like Ardiril is this round's winner!! [applause] Your turn!

posted by fancyoats 07 July | 07:11

Looks like it's going to be tomorrow. I just remembered this.

posted by Ardiril 07 July | 19:30

Didn't walk outside barefoot (hey, it's mid-winter here!)
Didn't wash dishes yet
2 points because I just opened yesterday's mail
No iced beverages (see: winter)
3 points for waiting in line at the shop this morning
Didn't use scissors on anything.

So, my late entry is 5 points, meaning no risk of change to the game winner.

posted by dg 07 July | 20:52

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