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29 September 2011

Early Rising Points! Today you can get Points! for→[More:]

1. Four points for each day you've visited a place of worship this week (that is, Sunday through Thursday).

2. Six points for each digit in the number of books in your home.

3. Five points for each college/university you've attended.

4. Three points for each species of animal you've eaten this week.

5. Seven points for each time you've been married.

Tiebreaker: One point for each Metafilter FPP.

post by: box at: 06:27 | 35 comments

1. 0: 0
2. > 1000 in boxes: 24
3. Penn State, CCMC, CCAC, Pitt, CMU: 25
4. Chicken, Pork, Beef: 9
5. Twice: 14

Total: 72

Tiebreaker 6 (Assuming that's just The Blue): 6

posted by octothorpe 29 September | 06:44

1. 1 (for a recital, does that count?)
2. 48
3. 10
4. 6 (chicken, pork)
5. 7
Tiebreaker: 1 (but it was about Robert Sapolsky and stress and baboons and etc., which has an enormous though intangible coolness factor, because that man is just so brilliantly badass)

So, uh, 73?

posted by monkeytoes 29 September | 07:06

improv is my church, so 12.
no clue how many books I have. 18? Could be 24 but I'm not gonna be greedy.
I've taken classes at at least 5 colleges, so 20.
12.
0.
Tiebreaker: somewhere in the 40s? I'm not prolific.

on preview, I like questions like #5. Had no idea 'thorpe had been married twice. And what's the point of this 'game' if not to learn about your fellow bunnies?

posted by Eideteker 29 September | 07:12

1. 0
2. I'm assuming just print so 700+ books = 18
3. W&M, Kent: 10
4. chicken & beef: 6
5. 0
=34

tie: 0

posted by bluesapphires 29 September | 07:17

1. Places of Worship: 0
2. Books: >1000: 24
3. Colleges: 4 (heck, 2 this year alone): 20
4. Species: turkey, chicken, cow, pig: 12
5. Marriages: 0

Total: 56

Tiebreaker: 126 FPPs (mostly 2004 or earlier)

Am I the only one wondering where monkeytoes keeps 10MM+ books!?

posted by ufez 29 September | 07:44

Worship: None
Books: 18, but I haven't really counted. And I think that's mostly because my boyfriend and I recently combined our collections. And now, we have to sort them all into "hallway" books versus "bedroom" books.
University: 5
Animal: 9; I almost forgot the shrimp I had earlier this week
Married: None
TOTAL: 32

Tiebreaker: One point for each Metafilter FPP.

Aww... 1

posted by TrishaLynn 29 September | 08:06

1. 3 days (Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday - which is low for me): 12
2. 100 so :18
3. 3 schools: 15
4. probably 4: 12
5. Only once: 7

total: 64

posted by stynxno 29 September | 08:11

Oh, I thought it was FPPs since Sunday. Amended score of 79.

But I have caught my turkeys three times already this morning, on only one cup of coffee, which is a personal best.

posted by monkeytoes 29 September | 08:12

oh wait; tie breaker - 65 fpps so 65 points.

posted by stynxno 29 September | 08:13

Unintentionally-heteronormative update:

For 'each time you've been married,' please substitute some kind of wording that allows for the possibility of civil unions, domestic partnerships and similar.

posted by box 29 September | 08:34

0 for places of worship
12 for books (rough guess)
20 for schools
6 for chicken and beef
0 for marriages
= 38

And ~~none for Gretchen Weiners bye~~ no FPPs.

posted by sperose 29 September | 08:48

I consider the whole world a place of worship . . .
Books, In the high 4 digits. (Don't ask me how many of them I've read.)
Colleges: 4 (as a student)
Species: 3
Marriages: 3 (Who knew this would pay off?)

Total: between 74 and 102.

tiebreaker: 39

Yesterday I had a talk with my cat who has refused to sleep in my bed for several months--now that it cost me points!

posted by Obscure Reference 29 September | 08:55

1. I went to our synod headquarters last night, so 4 for me.
2. I'll give us 3 digits, so 18 for me.
3. Between undergrad and grad, I took classes at 5 schools. 25 points!
4. Animal, hmmm....Probably 3. Pork, turkey and beef. 9 points.
5. 7 points for my one marriage.

Total: 63 points.

Tiebreaker: 114 FPPs, 114 points!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 September | 09:09

0 for places of worship
18 for books in the home
5 for college (damn, why did I do both degrees at the same place?)
9 for pig/cow/chicken assuming fish don't count
0 for marriage
Total: 32

Tiebreak: 15 FPPs, I'm probably about due to write another one.

posted by TheophileEscargot 29 September | 09:16

Places of worship: 0
Books: 18
College/university: *thinks* 20 (undergrad, postgrad, later German study, current attempts at chemistry - all at different places)
Animals eaten: chicken & chorizo sandwich last night = 6
Registered partnerships: 7

Total: 51

Tiebreaker: a paltry 2.

posted by altolinguistic 29 September | 09:24

1. 0 points.
2. >100 but not quite a 1000 (that'll have to wait till I'm not renting and moving all the time) -- so 18 points
3. 10 points for college and grad school
4. 3*4 (pork, beef, chicken and fish) = 12 points
5. 0 points.

Just 40 points.

posted by peacheater 29 September | 09:25

1. Worship: I'm probably going to church choir tonight to fill out the ranks (4)

2. Books: Probably in the hundreds. (18)

3. College: (10) unless you count two separate degrees from my current place, in which case it would be (15)

4. Animal nummery: pork, beef, chicken, tuna. (12)

5. Marriages: Twice, baby! (14)

TOTAL: 58 or 63.

Tiebreaker: Ooh, I have one more than I remembered! And that would be a whopping (2).

posted by Madamina 29 September | 09:34

1. 0

2. 24 - rough guess, about 1000, maybe 1500.

3. 15 for real - the College of Charleston, Maryland Institute, College of Art and Towson State University, if anyone cares, but wait, does continuing ed count? Probably not, but those web design classes at AB Tech in 2006 have never paid off in any other way, so let's say 20.

4. 9 assuming that we count shrimp as an animal. Let's do so.

5. 14. Two marriages. Let's all have a moment of silence here for MGL's long dead love life.

67.

Tiebreaker: 16.

So a grand total of 83, which, coincidentally, was the year my daughter was born AND the age at which my mother died. Bring me my tin foil hat!

posted by mygothlaundry 29 September | 10:38

1. 0
2. 18 - can't be much more than 100 books
3. 5 - just the current one
4. 6 - I'm going to be generous and count clams and tilapia
5. 0

TOTAL: a paltry 29

Tiebreaker: 0

posted by lookoutbelow 29 September | 11:20

If my calcultions are accurate, right now Obscure Reference is in the lead, with octo's six FPPs breaking a tie with monkeytoes for second place.

I'm about to go get some lunch--stay tuned, we'll be right back with more Points! action.

posted by box 29 September | 11:30

1. Places of Worship: 1 = 4 points
2. Books: between 100 and 1000 = 18 points
3. Colleges: 1 = 5 points
4. Species: chicken, pig, scallops = 9 points
5. Marriages: 1 = 7 points

TOTAL: 43 POINTS

Tiebreaker: 0 points. I have never made an FPP to the blue. In nearly 4 years of being there. I'm all nervous about it.

posted by fancyoats 29 September | 12:01

Let's all have a moment of silence here for MGL's long dead love life.

*sends MGL's love life some flowers, with a slightly naughty card attached.*

posted by Eideteker 29 September | 12:15

1. place of worship - 0
2. books - 18
3. college/university - 20
4. species of animal - 12
5. married - 14

So 64

Tiebreaker: 39

posted by arse_hat 29 September | 12:21

... I spent about a minute contemplating how hard it might be to estimate our combined book inventory (we have bookcases and books crammed in nooks and corners of EVERY ROOM, including the bathroom, kitchen, entryway, closet, and basement) before I decided to sit out this round.

posted by Elsa 29 September | 12:32

1 - 0, dirty pagan

2 - half the books on the wall are either EE books or AI theory books or Computer Architechure book so this could get insane, ets just say ....600

3 - 1

4 - 3 - I'm working my way through a roast HUGE roast chicken, total will up that to 4 tho, with veal.
5 - 1

Total: 605

TieBreaker

201 !

posted by The Whelk 29 September | 12:40

oh wait I misunderstood 2, I thought it was each digit containsed in the books you own....oops.

posted by The Whelk 29 September | 12:41

I have 3,000 books in the house, not counting those in the attic. But 2,000 of them are kids' books. So I suck, and that should be 24 points for #2 (serves me right for counting kids' books separately). NEED MORE COFFEE.

posted by monkeytoes 29 September | 12:44

1. Places of Worship: 1
2. Books: >1000: 24
3. Colleges: 2 x 5 = 10
4. Species: 0 (big old vegetarian)
5. Marriages: 0

35

tiebreaker: 1

I lose!

posted by rmless2 29 September | 12:49

I forgot about species of sea food. That gives me at least 6 more points.

posted by Obscure Reference 29 September | 13:06

1. Places of Worship: 0 (heretic)
2. Books: >1000: 24 (that's not counting the mister's books)
3. College/University: 5 (one class in high school)
4. Species: beef/pork/chicken: 9
5. Marriages: 7 (just the mister)

Total: 45

Tiebreaker: 5 FPPs

Total: 50

posted by deborah 29 September | 14:16

rmless2: You totally beat me, so you win! (And we tied for FPPs.)

posted by TrishaLynn 29 September | 15:17

1. Four points for each day you've visited a place of worship this week (that is, Sunday through Thursday). - 0 points
2. Six points for each digit in the number of books in your home. - 18 points
3. Five points for each college/university you've attended. - 20 points
4. Three points for each species of animal you've eaten this week. - six points
5. Seven points for each time you've been married. - 0 points

TOTAL - 44 :-(

Tiebreaker: One point for each Metafilter FPP. - 32 points

posted by dg 29 September | 16:21

And, at the end of the day, the Points! champ is Obscure Reference! Congratulations!

posted by box 29 September | 17:52

OK, very late to the party AND I lost, but here I am:

1. Four points for each day you've visited a place of worship this week (that is, Sunday through Thursday): Zero

2. Six points for each digit in the number of books in your home: 400? So 18

3. Five points for each college/university you've attended: 15 points. College and two graduate schools.

4. Three points for each species of animal you've eaten this week. 0 points.

5. Seven points for each time you've been married. 7 points.

Total: 40 points

Tiebreaker: One point for each Metafilter FPP: 46 points

posted by bearwife 29 September | 21:55

+ 4 for morning service at the N.C. church where five generations of my mother's family are now buried
+ 18 because I purged down to triple digits in order to make my move somewhat less insane
+ 25 oy vey
+ 12 pigcowchickentuna
+ 0 despite being engaged this time last year. So much for that.

= 59

posted by notquitemaryann 30 September | 12:36

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