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17 July 2011

POINTS! Today's categories are...→[More:]

* 1 point for every email you've sent today
* 3 points for every herb/spice container in your household that still contains herb/spice (no plain salt)
* 2 points for each medicine or vitamin supplement you've taken today
* 4 points for every time you've spilled something today
* 2 points for each camera you own (cell phones can be counted if you regularly use their camera function)
* Tie breaker: The number of ceramic coffee mugs in your household

Good luck, everyone!

post by: youngergirl44 at: 06:00 | 20 comments

15 for herbs/spices
2 for multivitamin with cod liver oil
6 for cameras
Total: 23

posted by TheophileEscargot 17 July | 07:02

After my stint as Too Many Spatulas Lady, I'm going to recuse myself from this round of Points! lest I become So Many Spice Bottles Lady, too.

posted by Elsa 17 July | 07:31

Hmm, you can tell I'm not an enthusiastic cook. This tarragon says "Expires 08 2006".

posted by TheophileEscargot 17 July | 10:23

I'll have to check in at the end of the day.

posted by danf 17 July | 10:32

Arrgh, I'm with Elsa. Too many spices to count. As it is I have to stand on a ladder to reach the top shelves of them, plus I have tons of Indian spices in fiddlly little bags I don't want to take out to count. Will just watch for this round.

posted by bearwife 17 July | 10:34

Yes I've got too many herbs and spices to count. I never used to, but a few months ago I bought several dozen little jars and stocked up on spices from the ethnic stores, so now I have a whole cupboard full and need to get on a ladder, as bearwife says.

I also have a gazillion coffee mugs.

posted by Senyar 17 July | 11:53

Oh noes! Should I change the spice category?

posted by youngergirl44 17 July | 11:56

I'm kinda tickled by how the spice category confounds expectations (maybe just mine). It seems obvious that more spices = more points, but that's not how it's played out so far, which is a funny twist.

posted by Elsa 17 July | 12:45

Is Worcestershire sauce a spice? This could be critical.

posted by warbaby 17 July | 13:30

4 points for emails.
8 Points for spilling (this is a dangerous category for me. I'm a viking with spilling stuff).
14 points for cameras. Yup.

Total: 26

posted by gc 17 July | 13:47

35 spice bottles, no emails. Spilled the coffee, like I do every morning. Something about the way the pourer works. Most mornings I also spill the milk but think I managed not to today. 4 pills (the minimum.) only 2 cameras, both webcams. Afraid to add this up and there's no points for math so . . .

posted by Obscure Reference 17 July | 13:52

Oh, coffee mugs? Just estimating at around 20.

posted by Obscure Reference 17 July | 13:52

02 points for email
90 points for spice containers (30!)
00 points for medicine/vitamins
12 points for spillage (yo soy klutztactular!)
04 points for cameras (digital + cell)
----
108 points

Tie breaker:
19 ceramic coffee mugs.

posted by julen 17 July | 14:40

00 for email
84 for spices (28 - partner's weekday job is with a McCormick distributor)
02 for vitamins
04 for spilling my afternoon coffee
08 for cameras (three digital point-and-shoots and partner's DSLR)
---
98

Tiebreaker: 23 mugs

posted by titus n. owl 17 July | 14:57

Unfortunately, no - Worcestershire sauce is not a spice.

posted by youngergirl44 17 July | 15:12

We have about 40 containers in the every-day stovetop rack, all topped off every other week (-1 for the plain salt), plus I have no idea how many stashed between the various cupboards. Then, I have my frozen herbs, and yes, we really have 6 different ground chili powders, not including flakes and paprikas. Also, counting my medicines depresses me.

So, I win, and I disqualify myself.

Again.

:)

posted by Ardiril 17 July | 15:45

email: 0
spices: 44x3=132 (not counting salt)
pills: 1x2=2
spills: 1x4=4
cameras: 8x2=18
156 points

mugs: 11x1=11

posted by crush-onastick 17 July | 16:26

00 emails
27 spices
24 medicine/supplements
04 spills
04 cameras (we have them!)

59 total

Tiebreaker - 23 ceramic mugs

posted by deborah 17 July | 16:55

3 emails 3
44 herb and spices 132
(an undercount, probably)
Mulitvit and fish oil 6
nothing spilled 0
cellphone, camera 2
Total 144

9 Mugs

posted by danf 17 July | 18:40

I'm about to go to bed, so I'm going to go ahead and close this round of POINTS! - crush-onastick is today's winner and your host for the next round. Thank you all for playing and good night!

[applause]

posted by youngergirl44 17 July | 22:32

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