Fogies sheepish Advent Calendar 2021

[Necro]

I’d literally no idea on this one so truly hedged my bets.  Coulda been worse I guess.

I figured most would have a star cos aside from the odd angel (or transvestite Barbie apparently) I dunno what else you put atop the tree!

[jp liz v1]

What is wrong with ye all ? Didn't think that many would have a star , I give up

What have you?

[Wichita Lineman]

No real trees but everyone has a flipping star!

[Neowise]

I’d literally no idea on this one so truly hedged my bets.  Coulda been worse I guess.

I figured most would have a star cos aside from the odd angel (or transvestite Barbie apparently) I dunno what else you put atop the tree!

We have a unicorn atop our tree.

[E.N.]

I figured most would have a star cos aside from the odd angel (or transvestite Barbie apparently) I dunno what else you put atop the tree!

... a homemade image of Des Lynam?

My mum used to have a bit of thing about Des Lynam. One year I saw a cartoon of him dancing on some magazine cover so I cut it out and glued it on to some card. I'm pretty sure I meant it as a joke, but she had that on her tree for years!

[Toto Wolfcastle]

I can't believe I actively worked against myself by mistakenly saying yes.

[quickbeam]

I’d literally no idea on this one so truly hedged my bets.  Coulda been worse I guess.

I figured most would have a star cos aside from the odd angel (or transvestite Barbie apparently) I dunno what else you put atop the tree!

Yeah I thought it’d be about even with angels.

I remember as a kid my (very Catholic) parents* being adamant that it should be a star to represent the star guiding the Wise Men to Bethlehem. Which I never really quite understood because if you’re going to believe in the story at all then an angel makes as much sense as they were present too.

Allegedly. Though at least stars do actually exist


* yeah, the same parents who wouldn’t allow ’Merry Christmas’ because of the drunk connotations.

[jp liz v1]

[Spears]

At the bottom, it's looking like a long way back for Spears

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Player	Old total	Today's score	New total
Spears	363	49	412

[E.N.]

At the bottom, it's looking like a long way back for Spears

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Player	Old total	Today's score	New total
Spears	363	49	412

[Purple Mountain]

Wow...I'm at a race to the bottom now..
I actually leave the top of the tree bare. Just one sprig sticking up from the artificial pine tree.
Yea I'm that weirdo...

[Mam of 4]

What is wrong with ye all ? Didn't think that many would have a star , I give up

What have you?

It's a little figurine of myself , most commonly known as an Angel  .

[DejaBoo]

[Trigger]

What have you?

It's a little figurine of myself , most commonly known as an Angel  .

[E.N.]

I never imagined you with so many tattoos Deja

[Mam of 4]

It's a little figurine of myself , most commonly known as an Angel  .

Bullshit that I've an angel on the tree? 

Oh , I get it , you're doubting that I'm an Angel ! I am most deeply offended by the bad opinion you have of me 

[Spears]

Me, Never.

[Spears]

I genuinely thought stars and angels weren't used any more because I see so many people with themed tree's. Like candy cane tree and what not. 

That's why I went so low 

[jp liz v1]

Angel Queen @Mam of 4

[DejaBoo]

I genuinely thought stars and angels weren't used any more because I see so many people with themed tree's. Like candy cane tree and what not. 

That's why I went so low 

I shall pass on the wooden spoon tree topper, this year

[Spears]

I shall pass on the wooden spoon tree topper, this year

The only way i'm not taking that cutie this year, is if some people disappear for a few days 

Come on folks, ain't ya got some shopping to do or something? 

[Purple Mountain]

I genuinely thought stars and angels weren't used any more because I see so many people with themed tree's. Like candy cane tree and what not. 

That's why I went so low 

Ditto.

[E.N.]

Christmas music today. It routinely comes top of polls of best Christmas songs, but do you agree?




#Advent Question 16:
Is "Fairytale Of New York" the best Christmas song?
What percentage of players do you think will say yes?

PMs to me before this evening, reveal about 9

[Trigger]

Oh ffs

[E.N.]

Oh ffs

Oi!

[davetherave]

Is this going to be a repeat of the Diehard saga?

[cee_jay]

Oh ffs

Oi!

It seems your definition of excellent is different to mine 

[E.N.]

It seems your definition of excellent is different to mine 

Just @DvB and @Toto Wolfcastle to answer

[E.N.]

Last call for @DvB

[E.N.]

OK, today we had exactly 30% saying, correctly, that Fairytale of New York is the best Christmas song...

Yes	No
aaronjennings	ari101
Edser	Barna77
Hyblaeus	BuileBeag
Leg End Reject	Butty Brennan
Necro	cee_jay
Spears	davetherave
Trigger	DejaBoo
Wichita Lineman	Homer J. Fong
Zaph	Irish Aris
-	jp liz v1
-	Kol
-	lorcand1990
-	Mam of 4
-	Neowise
-	nothing
-	Purple Mountain
-	Quickbeam
-	Sawduck
-	Sephiroth_Dude
-	ShaneU
-	Toto Wolfcastle

[E.N.]

Which is great news for our current leader, who'll hold on to the lead with a perfect zero today

Player	Answer	Guess	Score
DejaBoo	No	2%	28
Irish Aris	No	15%	15
lorcand1990	No	15%	15
Kol	No	19%	11
Sawduck	No	20%	10
Sephiroth_Dude	No	20%	10
ari101	No	22%	8
Homer J. Fong	No	25%	5
jp liz v1	No	25%	5
Quickbeam	No	25%	5
davetherave	No	25%	5
ShaneU	No	30%	0
Butty Brennan	No	32%	2
Neowise	No	33%	3
Zaph	Yes	35%	5
cee_jay	No	40%	10
Leg End Reject	Yes	40%	10
Mam of 4	No	49%	19
nothing	No	50%	20
aaronjennings	Yes	50%	20
Purple Mountain	No	50%	20
Trigger	Yes	50%	20
Edser	Yes	58%	28
BuileBeag	No	60%	30
Wichita Lineman	Yes	63%	33
Necro	Yes	65%	35
Spears	Yes	65%	35
Barna77	No	70%	40
Toto Wolfcastle	No	70%	40
Hyblaeus	Yes	75%	45
DvB			55

[E.N.]

Shane holds the lead, and it's starting to look like a two horse race. Will one of them stumble...?

Player	Old total	Today's score	New total
ShaneU	144	0	144
Neowise	153	3	156
Irish Aris	166	15	181
ari101	186	8	194
Kol	187	11	198
DejaBoo	171	28	199
Leg End Reject	198	10	208
Homer J. Fong	203	5	208
Quickbeam	203	5	208
Trigger	199	20	219
Necro	187	35	222
Zaph	221	5	226
Butty Brennan	225	2	227
jp liz v1	221	5	226
lorcand1990	223	15	238
cee_jay	230	10	240
Sephiroth_Dude	242	10	252
nothing	240	20	260
aaronjennings	248	20	268
Barna77	238	40	278
Edser	251	28	279
Mam of 4	265	19	284
Sawduck	282	10	292
BuileBeag	270	30	300
Purple Mountain	283	20	303
Hyblaeus	261	45	306
Toto Wolfcastle	267	40	307
Wichita Lineman	288	33	321
davetherave	323	5	328
DvB	340	55	395
Spears	412	35	447

[nothing]

Dammit, I nearly went 30!

[Homer J. Fong]

I like Fairytale of New York but voted No because I don't think there is any one greatest Christmas song; you could argue it's one of the best "contemporary" ones but how do you compare it to something like O Holy Night? Apples and oranges. Totally depends on mood, setting and other variables.

Also the original is indirectly responsible for the Ronan Keating version, which is arguably the worst thing to ever come out of Ireland.

[Mam of 4]

I like Fairytale of New York but voted No because I don't think there is any one greatest Christmas song; you could argue it's one of the best "contemporary" ones but how do you compare it to something like O Holy Night? Apples and oranges. Totally depends on mood, setting and other variables.

Also the original is indirectly responsible for the Ronan Keating version, which is arguably the worst thing to ever come out of Ireland.

Same here HJF , I like it too but voted no also .
O Holy Night is my favorite "religious" Christmas song .

[Mam of 4]

@E.N. , can you make tomorrows question easier ?
Something like how many grains of sand on a beach or something?

[ari101]

Too many days left to claim a two horse race! (watch me drop like a stone now that I've embodied some likely false bravado )

[Butty Brennan]

I have been very slowly climbing up the leaderboard all week.  
Beep beep, Zaph!!!

[Spears]

I voted Yes, but I don't think it is the best Christmas song. 

Just that it is one of the best Christmas songs, because I do really like it. 

But then again I like a lot of crimbo songs. It's my favourite time of the year and I love when the songs start playing on the radio, or in the shops 

[E.N.]

@E.N. , can you make tomorrows question easier ?
Something like how many grains of sand on a beach or something?

The difficulty of the questions is down to the weirdness of the players, there's nothing I can do about that