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08 July 2011

Friday's POINTS! Come claim your POINTS. →[More:]

1 point for each chop stick you own or just have for whatever reason (max: 3).

2 points -- you consumed something citrus like fruit or juice, or just 1 point for something like lemonade, real lemon tea, a citrus squeeze and water, citrus soda w/natural flavor, real orange chicken, or such. Bananas count. A vodka martini with a twist also gets my respect.

2 points -- if english is not your native language. 1 bonus point if english is not your second language either.

3 points -- you walked outside from your front door to a destination other than your mailbox, your trash, your garage, storm cellar, barn, doghouse, air raid shelter, or your car. Walking to a bus stop or a neighbor's is ideal. Bike riders may instead get 1 green point if they had an actual destination to do an actual thing.

4 points -- you have not read your horoscope today. 1 bonus point -- you have seen at least one tarot card. 1 more bonus point if the Wheel of Fortune appeared, either direction. If you threw your i ching, I send you my best wishes. (Note: Best wishes may be redeemable for 1/4 point in the next POINTS post, or they may not.)

5 points if your cell phone is currently turned off, or currently left behind somewhere else or lost, or broken and unusable, or you do not own one. Lose 2 points if you EVER read this on your cell phone.

Tie breaker #1: # of MeFi favorites you received yesterday (your time zone).

Tie breaker #2 (if needed): Still tied? = Disqualified. Go to the next highest scoring contestant(s).

The overall loser must go to paint.net (or whatever), draw a bunny, and post it to this thread. Anyone else who wants to go to paint.net and draw a bunny to post to this thread may do so at any time for a bonus 1/2 point.

Haikus are welcome, however they earn no points. Unlimited syllables.

Glossary: Green points are worth one point each; they just happen to be green. This is subject to change.

post by: Ardiril at: 01:42 | 41 comments

2 points for chopsticks that are in my drawer
0 for citrus
0 for non-english speaker
0 for walks outside...oops.
4 points for horoscopes!
5 points for my phone being turned off. well... ONE of my phones is turned off. Does that count???
so that's six or eleven, depending on the rules.

How's that?

posted by jonathanstrange 08 July | 02:20

3: chopstick central.
0: no citrus :(
0: English is my first language
3: I walk everywhere! Yay no-carness. :)
4: no horoscopes!
0: digital leash is ON.

10 points!

posted by mdonley 08 July | 02:50

Chopsticks? about 60. So 3
Citrus. Orange juice. 2
English be mine furst lygudge. 0
Went to market, park and friend's place via front door. 3
Horoscopes are for the brain dead. 4
Cell is still in bag from trip 2 weeks ago. 5
MeFi favourites? I don't think I have any from any time. If I do then some folks are a waste of skin. I mean who the fuck does that shit? 0
17 total.

posted by arse_hat 08 July | 02:54

8 Points! Walking to work, no horoscope, have a Tarot card on my home desktop.

posted by TheophileEscargot 08 July | 03:23

Chopsticks: 3
Citrus: 1
English: 0
Outside: 0 - Jeez, I've only been up an hour and I'm not dressed yet. And it's pissing down.
Horoscope : 1 (I never read it)
Cell : 0
MeFi favourites: 2

Total = 8

posted by Senyar 08 July | 04:20

I claim these Points in the name of the Queen.

Her majesty does own chopsticks, for entertaining foreigners. 3 pts.

QE also enjoys lemon with her tea, so 2 more points.

Her maj IS the voice of English, so no points.

Lizzie is a bizzie lady, no time for strolls in the countryside on a weekday, so 0 points.

HRH doesn't read the horoscopes; those are for commoners. But in the breadth of her experience, she has encountered tarot cards before, so 5 points.

Queenchete doesn't text. Or own a 'cellular' phone. Goodness! –5 points.

15 points, he-llooOOoOoOOOOooOOo!

posted by Eideteker 08 July | 05:40

The Queen reserves the right to bestow additional royalty points upon oneself in the case of a tie.

posted by Eideteker 08 July | 05:40

Lots of sticks so: 3
No Citrus (too many carbs): 0
English only: 0
I walk to work: 3
No voodoo: 0
I always read this on my cell phone: -2
Total: 4

Six comments of mine were favorited yesterday but there's no way to know how many individual favorites there were.

posted by octothorpe 08 July | 06:22

chopsticks - 2 pts
orangey brekkie - 2 pts
native english - 0 pts
will be hiking today - not sure if that earns me points or not
no horoscope, but I once saw Wheel of Fortune on TV - 4 points
cell phone on the charger, but on - 0 pts

8 points

posted by faineant 08 July | 06:55

Chopsticks - 3 points. Lots of chopsticks.

Squeezed three oranges for breakfast this morning, unusually for me - 2 points. Bit early for martinis.

I know other languages but English is my first - 0 points.

Walked to work - 3 points.

I never read my horoscope - 4 points. Not entirely sure what tarot cards look like.

I have two cell phones and they are both in front of me now. Plus, I often read this on one of them. -2 points.

No Metafilter favourites yesterday that I know of. 0 points.

Total 10 points.

(Senyar, I think you're cheating yourself out of 3 points - it's 4 for not reading your horoscope, not 1)

posted by altolinguistic 08 July | 07:06

3 for chopsticks
0 for citrus
0 for non-native English speaking
3 for walking to bus stop
4 for no horoscope
1 for seeing a tarot card
0 for cellphone off
-2 for reading this on cellphone
no bonus pts. for not having MeFi account

= 9 points! This may be a personal best.

posted by BoringPostcards 08 July | 07:56

Three points for chopsticks, one for an Arnold Palmer, four for not reading my horoscope, minus two for sometimes reading on my phone. Six.

Six is not a winning number--I'll skip the one about favorites.

posted by box 08 July | 08:01

10 points. Chopsticks, no horoscope, walking.

posted by gaspode 08 July | 08:12

3 points for chopsticks
2 points for the banana
0 for my native southern drawl
0 for being a slob and not walking to work
4 for not reading a horoscope
1 for the tarot card plus 1 for the Wheel of Fortune (if you watch Mad Men, you've seen a tarot card)
5 points for the cell phone being off and it not being the sort of phone you can read things on anyway

tiebreaker is 3 favorites yesterday

16 points plus 3 for the tiebreaker

posted by JanetLand 08 July | 08:19

Six comments of mine were favorited yesterday but there's no way to know how many individual favorites there were.

Huh? Precise?

For example, I got 27 yesterday.

posted by Eideteker 08 July | 09:11

Will have to tally mine tonight because I can't link to the picture of a bunny which I just drew. It's awesome.

posted by TrishaLynn 08 July | 09:32

Here's octothorpe's precise favorites link. (Would have grabbed this initially, but was on my phone.)

posted by Eideteker 08 July | 09:33

3 - I own eight chopsticks
1 - lemon in water
4 - no horoscope
-2 - often read MetaChat on my phone
_______________
6 points total

posted by occhiblu 08 July | 09:43

Winners and losers
Plausibly random judgments
Fig leaf of reproach

posted by Hugh Janus 08 July | 09:51

Chopsticks ---- 3
Banana -------- 2
English ------- 0
Biked In ------ 1 green
Horoscope ----- 4 + 1
Cellphone ----- 0

MeFi Faves ---- 0

__________________
11

posted by danf 08 July | 09:59

Four. La la la la la.

posted by mygothlaundry 08 July | 10:36

3 for the 6 ceramic chopsticks in the drawer, 3 for walking to the store, 4 for never reading my horoscope, 5 for my cell phone being off, in the nightstand, all the way at the end of my 65ish foot hallway. So. 15 points for me.

posted by crush-onastick 08 July | 10:48

3 chopsticks (though I protest having to count an odd number of them; they come in pairs, dammit!)
2 lime juices in my water last night
3 left the houses + 1 biked to work = 4
4 never reads horoscopes
5 got my cell phone wet last weekend and now it's on the fritz
Tiebreaker: Can I get points for not knowing how to figure out how many favorites I got yesterday? I know how to look at the total, but not how to break it down by time period.

18 points

posted by mudpuppie 08 July | 11:04

2 chopsticks
0 for citrus
0 for Englsih er, I mean English
3 for walking to the train
4 points for horoscope
1 for tarot
best wishes for I Ching
0 points for phone, but it's on silent

10!

posted by Specklet 08 July | 11:05

Waaaaait a minute! Bananas are not citrus!

posted by Specklet 08 July | 11:06

It's a judgment call.

posted by Ardiril 08 July | 11:23

Hmm...

0 for chop sticks.

0 for citrus (I have an ulcer and citrus right now means an owie)

0 for English and not having left home.

4 I never read my horoscope! Yay!

-2 I tend to read MetaChat mostly on my cell which is why I don't comment much (or ever).

2 total points. I'll get to work on that bunny.

posted by maritacov 08 July | 11:24

Chopsticks: We have tons. That's 3.
Citrus: I'm counting the lemon tea I was just motivated to make and drink. That's 2.
English: Rats. Very much my language.
Walking from front door: No. I guess the walk to and from the commuter train doesn't count, huh? 0
Horoscope: Yup, no horoscope read today thus far. No bonus. That's 4
Cell phone: Yes, currently off. 5 points.

Total: 14

# of MeFi favorites you received yesterday (your time zone): 7

posted by bearwife 08 July | 12:43

3- lots of chopsticks
2-lemon zest
2-my first word wasn't English so I'm taking it
3-does out to a stand of trees to water my seedlings count?
5-no horoscope and I can see my tarot cards from here
3-I am inattentive to my cellphone but I have used metachat lofi.
18 unless the walk doesn't count, then 15.
I'm sure I have no favorites. Could I possibly be in the running?

posted by ethylene 08 July | 13:36

Shockingly I got one favorite. How about that.

posted by ethylene 08 July | 14:02

3 - Also lots of chopsticks, reusable and disposable
Possibly 1 or 2? - What about Leinie's Summer Shandy beer? It's made with lemonade, so does that count for anything? I'm planning on scoring one this afternoon.
0 - English is certainly my native language
0 - I walked to the car because the BF drove me to work this morning instead of taking the train. Boo.
4 - I never read my horoscope. I've also seen a Tarot card before, but not today.
0 - My cell phone is in front of me, playing podcasts.

** Total: 7 to 9, depending on the ruling for the second category

posted by youngergirl44 08 July | 15:00

A great handful of chopsticks = 3 points
Ate a banana which is Not Citrus but which counts = 2 points
English is my first language = 0 points
Have not walked anywhere today = 0 points
Have not read my horoscope today = 4 points
Have not seen any Tarot cards today = 0 points
I do know where my cell phone is, and it is in working order, but my phone is not capable of internetting so I am counting that as = 2 points

TOTAL = 11 points

posted by fancyoats 08 July | 15:01

youngergirl44 and others: Use your best judgment. If you claim 'em, you get 'em. This is subject to change.

posted by Ardiril 08 July | 15:30

3 for chopsticks (own 4)
0 for citrus
0 for non-native English speaking
0 for walking to bus stop
4 for no horoscope
0 for seeing a tarot card
5 for cellphone off (I don't own one)
0 for reading this on cellphone

= 12 points

Tiebreaker: 0 favourites from Mefi

Green points? I'm having guacamole later. Does that count?

PS: I also swiped BP's format. That must count for something.

posted by deborah 08 July | 17:13

0 chopsticks
2 for an orange with lunch
0 for English
0 for going somewhere outside my front door (straight to the car)
0 since I read my horoscope this morning
5-2 = 3 for my phone being always off when I'm not at home and minus for the fact that I've read MeCha on my phone before

Overall: 5.

posted by sperose 08 July | 17:20

+ 3 (lurking in my desk drawers)
+ 0 (ulcery today so this would be bad)
+ 0 (basic anglophone)
+ 3 (I went to a neighbor's to check on the workmen there, since I'm home in the morning and they aren't)
+ 4 (the future is murky)
+ 5 (left in my car; technically we're not supposed to use them at work)
= 15
+ 0tb1 (pretty sure no favorites)
+ does not apply

posted by notquitemaryann 08 July | 18:02

Here is my .5pt bonus drawring:

the world today

is far too big and heavy

for eyeliner bun

posted by notquitemaryann 08 July | 18:07

Astronaut Bunny is sad her space dreams have been smashed.

posted by maritacov 08 July | 23:14

3, for chopsticks (2 from bento sets, the rest from delivery places)

2, for citrus (I had two vodka martinis with a twist! Does this mean I get four points?)

3, for walking to/from the subway and to/from bus stops and to/from cabs.

4, for non-horoscoping

-2, for reading MeCha on my phone

+.5, for bunny:

≡ Click to see image ≡

TOTAL: 9.5!

posted by TrishaLynn 08 July | 23:53

Mudpuppie and Ethylene both claimed 18 points, but Ethylene pulls out a MeFi favorite for the win!!!

posted by Ardiril 09 July | 00:11

I can not WAIT to hear ethylene's parameters for a game of Points. :)

posted by BoringPostcards 09 July | 00:14

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