1. Lovin' - 0
2. Birthin' - 0
3. Actin' - 0
4. Dancin' - 1 (if doggies and babies count)
5. Singin' - 1
6. Money - 0 (I've lead a boring life)
7. Talkin' - 0 (even impossible for me)
8. Internetin' - 0 (completely impossible)
9. Firin' - 0
10. Quitin' - 1
11. Soul sellin' - 0
12. Lard - 0
13. Eleanor Abernathy - 0
14. Shootin' - 0
15. Buildin' - 1
16. Screamin' - 0
17. Boat tourin' - 0
18. Jonas Grumby - 0
19. Cannin' - 0
20. Nursin' animals - 0
21. Fishin' - 0
22. Fingers & toes - 20
23. Sun rise watchin' - 1
24. Cookin' - 1
25. Complimentin' - 1

Total: 27

Tie breakers:
A. Volunteer hours - 0
B. Flashlight - 5 (bedrm, living rm, purse, kitchen, utility rm)
C. Crossed the Bosphorus - 0

Tie breakin' - 5

(if doggies and babies count) Of course they do!

32, 37 with tie breakers

1. Yes, fooled around in Mediterranean near Tel Aviv, long ago? 1 point.
2. Nope. But appreciate the pro-woman sentiment.
3. Have you acted on stage? In junior high, but my big moment was punctuated by my excited little brother calling, "Hi, bearwife!" from the audience and drawing a huge unscripted laugh. 1 point
4. No, Bear hates dancing.
5. No public yodeling for me.
6. No paid acts by me. I know this means I've been lucky rather than good.
7. Sure. Solitude is fine for awhile. Gets old if more than a few days.
8. Yes, we skipped the Internet on long trips to Mexico, South Africa, and France, for example. 1 point.
9. Yup, fired as a waitress in my teens because I dot sick with flu, called in and stayed home. Still ticked about that. 1 point.
10. I can't remember quitting any job.
11. No soul selling and my blues playing shows it.
12, 13, 14. Nope
15. Sure. Love wet sand. 1 point.
16. I would say my tone has been very sharp, but I must admit to sufficient volume a few times for 1 point to accrue.
17. Love boat tours. 1 point.
18, 19. Nope. Though the Bear has made some awesome jam.
20. Sure. That's a price of pet owning for one thing. 1 point.
21. Oh yeah. Where do those trout hide? 1 point.
22. The standard set. 10 points.
23. Yup, very fond of sunrises. 1 point.
24. Nope.
25. Yes, I tend to do this often. 1 point.

Total: 22 points.

Tiebreakers: A. 5. B. 10? C. By sea, 0. Probably a few times by air.

Duh, forgot to count my toes. 32 points before tiebreakers.

1. Yep. 1 point.
2. Yep. 1 point.
3. Yep. 1 point.
4. Um. No. 0 points.
5. Yes but I am deeply embarrassed to admit it. 1 point.
6. No. 0 points.
7. Yep, 1 point.
8. No. 30 days? I'm twitching just thinking about it. 0 points.
9. Yes. 1 point.
10. Oh yes. Just a couple months ago! 1 point.
11. No, it turned out he wasn't Satan and I still can't play the blues. See point 1 above, though. 0 points.
12. I am regrettably lardless. 0 points.
13. No, so 0 points.
14. No, so 0 points on the shooting, bah.
15. Yes, yes. 1 point.
16. Sadly, yes. 1 point.
17. Yes and I wish I could take one every day. 1 point.
18. Nope. 0 points.
19. Usually I do but not this year. 0 point.
20. Yes. 1 point.
21. Yes. 1 point.
22. 10!
23. Yes. 1 point.
24. Yes. 1 point.
25. And yes. 1 point.

Tie breakers:
A. Gulp, 0.
B. Have no idea. Maybe like 5? Let's say 5.
C. 0 Bosphorean crossings.

25 and 5 for the tie breakers.

For once, some points I have a chance to collect on!

Yes to #3 (you MUST have read my Man For All Seasons anecdote), #5 (if front yards count), #6 (one of the few stories I've never and WILL never anecdote), #7 (at least once a week these days), #8 (longer than that - lost my oneswellfoop.com domain back then), #9 (once for sure, once 'laid-off' but they were just looking for a way to get rid of me), #10 (3 times, one I regret), #13 (TV trivia-nerd that I am... no, I won't give it away), #15 (YEARS ago, I built a 'frame' around my work computer monitor in Lego - it fell apart in less than a week); #16 (also at a telephone debt collector, I am THAT bad-ass), #17 (Catalina and Morro Bay), #18 (I see what you did there. I may post something by Weird Al about him later.), #20 (unless it means 'nursed back to health' because both of mine died), #22 X 20, #23 (one benefit of my disability is VERY flexible hours, one negative is frequent insomnia), #25 (most recently praised a neighbor on her garden and got a fresh tomato in exchange)

Grand-ish total: 35

Tie-breaker: Before my father passed away I was kinda embarrassed that I had 4 flashlights in a 2-room apartment. But when I cleaned out my father's apartment, I was amused that he had 7. Sold 2 in a Yard Sale, now have 9; 3 where I can use them and 6 in a box in the closet.

A couple thoughts on a couple "no's", #1 might have been yes, but the ex-wife chickened out; #11 I tried to sell my soul to Satan to become a great cartoonist, but he declined the offer; #19 I've been holding out on plans to make my own sauerkraut until my jar of Claussen kraut is at least half-empty; Tie-Breaker #1, nothing formal and trying to quantify my infrequent good deeds is more trouble than doing them.

3. Have you acted on stage? Yep. (1)
4. If you have danced with someone in the past 12 months? Yep. (1)
5. Do you ever sing out loud in public? Yep. (1)
6. Have you ever done something for money that you would rather not have people know about? Yep. (1)
7. Have you ever gone for 48 hours without talking to another human being? I'm thinking I probably have. (1)
9. Ever been fired from a job? Yep. (1)
10. Ever quit a job? Yep. (1)
15. Since you achieved the age of 21 have you ever built something with Lego, wooden blocks or wet sand? Yep. (1)
17. Taken a boat tour? Yep. (1)
18. Do you know who Jonas Grumby is? Yep. (1)
22. Add 1 point for each of your fingers and toes. (10, thank god.)
23. Have you ever stayed up late and decided to stay up even longer or set the alarm really early just so you could watch the Sun rise? Yep. (1)
25. Given a compliment this week? Yep. (1)

TOTAL: 22

Tie breakers:
I think I might have a flashlight or two.

Mygothlaundry, I believe your true total is 35 because you also have 10 toes.

So for those of you who have not indicated losing any digits I'm going to bump your answer to number 22 up to 20 points. Fingers AND toes.

1. 1 :)
2. 0
3. 0
4. 0 :(
5. 0
6. 1
7. 1
8. 0
9. 0
10. 1
11. Only in my dreams...0
12 - 14 0
15. 1 Sand castles on a beach in Maine
16. 0
17. 1 Amsterdam and on the Rhine in Germany
18. 0
19. 0
20. 1
21. 1...I only catch things by accident
22. 20
23. 1
24. 0
25. 1
_______

30

Tiebreakers:

Volunteer hours in the past 3 months: 36
Flashlights: 2
Bosphorus: 0, although I do own a copy of 'The Beauties of the Bosphorus,' c. 1839.

30 pts, 38 tiebreaker points

And you also need to add 10 Madamina. I would take comfort except I think it was my poor recollection of having toes that threw you two off.

I REALLY hope someone has more than 20.

1. No. 0
2. Can't! 0
3. Shockingly, no! 0
4. Totally! 1
5. All the time! 1
6. So much yes. 1
7. Yep! 1
8. No! 1
9. Zero. 0
10. 1
11. 0
12. 1
13. 0
14. 0?
15. 1
16. 1
17. 1
18. 0
19. 0
20. 0
21. 1
22. 20!
23. 1
24. Made cheesecake for the whole office! 1.
25. 1.

Tie breakers:
A. Sadly, 0
B. 3!
C. 3, on the same trip to Istanbul.

34 points, 6 tiebreakers!

1 no comment
0 giving birth
1 acted on stage
1 dancing
1 What counts as public? On stage? Not in years. In company? For sure.
0 something for money
1 48 hours
0 30 days or more? NO NO NO.
0 fired
1 I've quit every job I've ever had.
0 (In order to become a great blues player? No.)
0 lard
0 ... Eleanor Abernathy. I feel like I do know her, but I can't figure out why. I'll google as soon as I'm done.
0 ( I have never been to Reno, and when the lawmen ask, you tell them that, you hear?)
1 Lego, wooden blocks or wet sand (all of the above, and all pretty recently)
1 screamed at a telemarketer (it's more like a booming holler, and I've only done it to exceptionally callers)
1 boat tour
0 Jonas Grumby
1 pickled onion!
1 sick bird or animal
0 fishing
20 fingers and toes
1 Sun rise
1 cooked or baked
1 compliment

34!

Tie breakers:
volunteering last 3 months: 0
flashlight: 5
Bosphorus: 0

"What counts as public?" Any place folks can hear you sing!

Totally stealing bluesapphires' format:

1. Lovin' - 0 (in a tent in the rain, but not outside)
2. Birthin' - 0
3. Actin' - 1 (in high school)
4. Dancin' - 1 (the mister and I in the kitchen)
5. Singin' - 1 (in choir)
6. Money - 0
7. Talkin' - 1 (when I lived by myself many weekends were quiet)
8. Internetin' - 1 (for over a year - no money for frivolities)
9. Firin' - 0
10. Quitin' - 2
11. Soul sellin' - 0
12. Lard - 0
13. Eleanor Abernathy - 0
14. Shootin' - 0
15. Buildin' - 1 (LEGOS, blocks AND sand)
16. Screamin' - 0
17. Boat tourin' - 1 (several)
18. Jonas Grumby - 0
19. Cannin' - 0
20. Nursin' animals - 1 (a kitten starving itself - yes, they will)
21. Fishin' - 1 (stupid trout)
22. Fingers & toes - 20
23. Sun rise watchin' - 1
24. Cookin' - 0
25. Complimentin' - 1 (the mister for his cooking)

Total: 33

Tie breakers:
A. Volunteer hours - 0
B. Flashlight - 3 (that I'm aware of and only one works; the mister may have more stashed away)
C. Crossed the Bosphorus - 0

Tie breakin' - 3

1. Have you ever made love in the rain or in the surf? 1 point.
2. Have you ever given birth? 1 point. (Yes it's biased to for the distaff side but giving birth is an amazing thing and you should get recognition for it.)
3. Have you acted on stage? 1 point.
4. If you have danced with someone in the past 12 months 1 point.
5. Do you ever sing out loud in public? 1 point.
6. Have you ever done something for money that you would rather not have people know about? 1 point.
7. Have you ever gone for 48 hours without talking to another human being? (Face to Face, phone, texting, IM’ing, email, Internet post, etc. Talking to yourself, animals or inanimate objects is OK.) 1 point.
8. In the past ten years have you ever gone without ANY Internet contact for 30 days or more? 1 point.
9. Ever been fired from a job? 1 point.
10. Ever quit a job? 1 point.
11. Ever sold your soul to Satan at the crossroads in order to become a great blues player? 1 point.
12. If you have any lard at home. 1 point.
13. Do you know who Eleanor Abernathy is? 1 point.
14. Have you ever shot a man in Reno just to watch him die? Subtract 2 points. Did you apologize? 1 point.
15. Since you achieved the age of 21 have you ever built something with Lego, wooden blocks or wet sand? 1 point.
16. Have you ever screamed at a telemarketer? 1 point.
17. Taken a boat tour? 1 point.
18. Do you know who Jonas Grumby is? 1 point.
19. Have you pickled or canned anything this year? 1 point.
20. Have you ever nursed or fostered a sick bird or animal? 1 point.
21. Ever fished for more than 3 hours without a bite? 1 point.
22. Add 1 point for each of your fingers and toes. 20
23. Have you ever stayed up late and decided to stay up even longer or set the alarm really early just so you could watch the Sun rise? 1 point.
24. Have you cooked or baked for someone in the last 14 days? 1 point.
25. Given a compliment this week? 1 point.
33 Points

Tie breakers:
A. 1 point for every volunteer hour you have done in the last 3 months.4
B. 1 point for every flashlight in your home.5
C. 1 point for every time you have crossed the Bosphorus.

9 points

Oh, gosh! I DO have 10 toes, too!

I am so smart. S-M-R-T.

32, then.

Totally also stealing bluesapphires' format:

1. Lovin' - 1
2. Birthin' - 0
3. Actin' - 1
4. Dancin' - 1
5. Singin' - 1
6. Money - 1
7. Talkin' - 1
8. Internetin' - 0
9. Firin' - 1
10. Quitin' - 1
11. Soul sellin' - 0
12. Lard - 0
13. Eleanor Abernathy - 0
14. Shootin' - 0
15. Buildin' - 1
16. Screamin' - 1
17. Boat tourin' - 0
18. Jonas Grumby - 0
19. Cannin' - 0
20. Nursin' animals - 0
21. Fishin' - 0
22. Fingers & toes - 20
23. Sun rise watchin' - 1
24. Cookin' - 1
25. Complimentin' - 1

Total: 33

Tie breakers:
A. Volunteer hours - 0
B. Flashlight - 5
C. Crossed the Bosphorus - 0

Tie breakin' - 5
posted by deborah 03 October | 17:36


Epic points game, yeah!

I'm surprised no one has asked about the SURPRISE GIFT.

"what about the SURPRISE GIFT?"

I'm glad you asked. If you send me your snail mail address I will put it in a hat and five lucky people will get a gift in the mail.

kelly AT kdmullen DOT com

1. Have you ever made love in the rain or in the surf? yes - 1 point.
2. Have you ever given birth? 0 points.
3. Have you acted on stage? 0 points.
4. If you have danced with someone in the past 12 months yes - 1 point.
5. Do you ever sing out loud in public? yes - 1 point.
6. Have you ever done something for money that you would rather not have people know about? yes - 1 point.
7. Have you ever gone for 48 hours without talking to another human being? (Face to Face, phone, texting, IM’ing, email, Internet post, etc. Talking to yourself, animals or inanimate objects is OK.) yes - 1 point.
8. In the past ten years have you ever gone without ANY Internet contact for 30 days or more? 0 points.
9. Ever been fired from a job? yes - 1 point.
10. Ever quit a job? yes - 1 point.
11. Ever sold your soul to Satan at the crossroads in order to become a great blues player? 0 points.
12. If you have any lard at home. 0 points.
13. Do you know who Eleanor Abernathy is? 0 points.
14. Have you ever shot a man in Reno just to watch him die? Subtract 0 points. Did you apologize? 0 point.
15. Since you achieved the age of 21 have you ever built something with Lego, wooden blocks or wet sand? yes - 1 point.
16. Have you ever screamed at a telemarketer? yes - 1 point.
17. Taken a boat tour? yes - 1 point.
18. Do you know who Jonas Grumby is? 0 points.
19. Have you pickled or canned anything this year? 0 points.
20. Have you ever nursed or fostered a sick bird or animal? yes - 1 point.
21. Ever fished for more than 3 hours without a bite? yes - 1 point.
22. Add 1 point for each of your fingers and toes - 20 points.
23. Have you ever stayed up late and decided to stay up even longer or set the alarm really early just so you could watch the Sun rise? yes - 1 point.
24. Have you cooked or baked for someone in the last 14 days? yes - 1 point.
25. Given a compliment this week? yes - 1 point.

TOTAL - 35 points

Tie breakers:
A. 1 point for every volunteer hour you have done in the last 3 months - 10 points (estimate).
B. 1 point for every flashlight in your home - 6 points.
C. 1 point for every time you have crossed the Bosphorus 0 points.

TOTAL - 16 points

1. Sadly, no. 0 points.
2. Twice. 1 point.
3. Yes. 1 point.
4. This afternoon! 1 point.
5. No, unless the car is public. 0 points.
6. Nope. 0 points.
7. I wish. 0 points.
8. No, I can't even imagine it. 0 points.
9. Nope. 0 points.
10. Yep. 1 point.
11. Nope. 0 points.
12. Nope. 0 points.
13. Nope. 0 points.
14. Heh. 0 points.
15. Yes, that is what having kids'll do to you. 1 point.
16. Screamed? No. 0 points.
17. Nope. 0 points.
18. Nope. 0 points.
19. Not this year, not yet, but it's still apple season. 1 potential point.
20. Several times. 1 point.
21. Haven't fished since I was a kid, but we always got SOMEthing. 0 points.
22. 20 points!
23. Yes. 1 point.
24. Yes. 1 point.
25. Yes. 1 point.

TOTAL: 29

Tie breakers:
A. 0 points, embarrassingly.
B. 6 points for flashlights.
C. 0 points for Bosphorus-crossing.

1.--Not really surf, but Olu Deniz. 1
3. 1
5. 1 (Also there are mp3s of me in MeFiMusic. and elsewhere on the web, even)
6. 1
9. 1
10. 1
(11 -I can play the blues really well, but Satan wasn't involved.) 0
15. 1 (because I'm a parent)
16. (I've been rude to telemarketers, and have asked for their home phone to call them back, but never screamed.)
17. 1
22. 20
23. 1
25. 1
ZERO for the rest.
So, 30.

Do the flashlights have to actually work? I have 2 which work but many which need batteries.

I am curious about those (mdonley) who have crossed the Bosphorus an odd number of times. Are you now on the opposite side? I crossed once, but then crossed back, so 2.

"Do the flashlights have to actually work?" Nope.

Only one person wants a gift?

23 points. Not telling which ;-)

Tiebreakers would be two flashlights and probably 180 volunteer hours -- I average 15 hr/week.

3. 1 I did some acting in junior high school.
4. 1 Danced with quite a few people at my reception; more dancing than I've ever done my whole life.
10. 1 I've quit a few jobs.
12. 1 Who doesn't have lard?
15. 1 Built with each of those three materials, but nothing fancy.
17. 1 I grew up on boats, but have only taken one tour when a college buddy got me on the boat he was working for that summer.
21. 1 My brother-in-law makes us fish all day long at least once a year and I've never gotten a bite.
22. 20 fingers and toes
23. 1 Many times I have purposely stayed awake because the sun was coming up soon - but the in Alaska that can be around 3am.
24. 1 I cook and bake for my family all the time.
25. 1 I've complimented my stepson, my husband, my dogs, my direct reporting staff...

Tie breakers:
A. 0 volunteer hours
B. 6 flashlights
C. 0 and I had to look that up

TOTAL: 30
TIE BREAKER: 6

Eleanor Abernathy aka Crazy cat lady.
≡ Click to see image ≡

Jonas Grumby aka The Skipper.
≡ Click to see image ≡

OK so we have three 35s: oneswellfoop, Mygothlaundry, and dg. dg takes it with 16 bonus points!

Damn no one has extra digits!

deborah, oneswellfoop, bluesapphires, and bearwife will all be getting a gift because they wrote to me. I will mail them out this afternoon. I have one left. Next email with the info gets it.

Thanks for playing!

Oh, and I did shoot a man in Reno but it was because he was talking on the cell phone on the toilet in a public men's room.

1. rain or surf? (1)
2. birth? (1)
3. acted on stage? (1)
4. danced with someone in the past 12 months? (1)
5. sing out loud in public? (1)
6. something for money that you would rather not have people know about? (1)
7. 48 hours without talking to another human being? (1)
8. past ten years without ANY Internet contact for 30 days or more? (0)
9. been fired from a job? (1)
10. quit a job? (1)
11. your soul to Satan at the crossroads in order to become a great blues player? (0)
12. lard? (0, unless what comes in the can of "authentic" refried beans counts)
13. Eleanor Abernathy? (0)
14. Have you ever shot a man in Reno just to watch him die? Subtract 2 points. Did you apologize? 1 point. (0)
15. building with Lego and wooden blocks or wet sand since 21, yay (1)
16. screamed at a telemarketer? (0)
17. boat tour? (0)
18. Jonas Grumby? (0)
19. pickled or canned anything this year? (0, unless it counts that my husband has)
20. nursed or fostered a sick bird or animal? (1)
21. fished for more than 3 hours without a bite? (0)
22. Add 1 point for each of your fingers and toes. (20)
23. stayed up late and decided to stay up even longer or set the alarm really early just so you could watch the Sun rise? (1)
24. cooked or baked for someone in the last 14 days? (1)
25. given a compliment this week? (1)

Tie breakers:
A. 1 point for every volunteer hour you have done in the last 3 months. (around 10 or 12... I was on the board and/or council for part of that time, so some of it was in meetings. I hate meetings.)
B. 1 point for every flashlight in your home. (10, I think. I know we have at least two small LED ones for each of the family and then at least a couple spares. We tend to have power outages.)
C. 1 point for every time you have crossed the Bosphorus. (0)

Total: 34
Total w/ tie breakers: 54

Thanks, arse_hat! This was fun and helped me remember that I am a fairly well-rounded and interesting person and not just an IT support drone and mom.

Happy I could help lift your day lw13.

Here's why I knew Jonus Grumby.

As for Eleanor Abernathy, I must admit I sometimes get her mixed up with Margaret Lanterman, so I did Google to double-check (and wouldn't have given myself the point if I had it wrong, HONEST!) Anyway, Margaret is Twin Peaks' Log Lady while Eleanor is The Simpsons' Cat Lady. (After they made such a big deal about Jeff Albertson, The Comic Book Guy, I researched the minor characters. You know the kid in Bart's class who throws up a lot is named Wendell Borton, don't you? And Cletus The Slack-Jawed Yokel's last name is Spuckler. But they've never revealed the last name of Disco Stu.) This is why I can't remember most of your real names when I meet you IRL. The Simpsons characters crowd them out of my head.