Fogies sheepish Advent Calendar 2021

[cee_jay]

I may have been slightly harsh with my excellent comment. But really. These questions are just so difficult!!

[Mam of 4]

@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

#proudweirdohere

[Toto Wolfcastle]

I truly hate that song but I’m shocked more people didn’t say yes.

[ari101]

I truly hate that song but I’m shocked more people didn’t say yes.

I also absolutely detest it, but I reduced my estimate because I though the word 'best' might force a few Nos from people who like it, unfortunately I went a bit too low.

[jp liz v1]

I'm looking forward to Shane's biopic with Barry Keoghan

[Leg End Reject]

I would just like to say that 70% of you are wrong.

[jp liz v1]

[jp liz v1]

I like the song but do not love it anymore, the same with Mariah Carey

[ShaneU]

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

[ShaneU]

This one is truly horrid, you all deserve it after me getting a zero 


Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (Cover) - After Romeo 

[Leg End Reject]

I like that song @ShaneU (well, the original) ... that might explain why this is all going horribly wrong.

[aaronjennings]

Dammit, I nearly went 30!

I'm fuming, I literally told EN that my first instinct was 30%, but I was worried about another Die Hard situation with a higher majority than I expected, so went for 50% instead 

[Zaph]

This one is truly horrid, you all deserve it after me getting a zero 


Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (Cover) - After Romeo 

Jesus, that is truly horrific.  I didn't think that song could get any worse.  Shows what I know.

[Zaph]

I like the song but do not love it anymore, the same with Mariah Carey

I really like the song, but there are others that I prefer, for example Springsteen's version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town.  But of the two you'd have to say Fairytale is definitely the better song.

[E.N.]

Holy shit, I hate that film!
Isn't it romantic, going behind your best mate's back to tell his wife you love her, making every encounter you then have with them fecking awkward? No, you selfish gobshite, swallow that shit up and keep it to yourself if you've even an iota of respect for either of them. Prick

[Leg End Reject]

Dammit, I nearly went 30!

I'm fuming, I literally told EN that my first instinct was 30%, but I was worried about another Die Hard situation with a higher majority than I expected, so went for 50% instead 

Sums up Nitters horror masterpiece - damned if you do, damned if you don't!

[Leg End Reject]

Holy shit, I hate that film!
Isn't it romantic, going behind your best mate's back to tell his wife you love her, making every encounter you then have with them fecking awkward? No, you selfish gobshite, swallow that shit up and keep it to yourself if you've even an iota of respect for either of them. Prick 

The scriptwriters might have struggled to make a film out of that though ...

[E.N.]

The scriptwriters might have struggled to make a film out of that though ... 

Even better, then the film wouldn't get made

[Wichita Lineman]

If I go high, it's low.
If I go low, it's high. 
If I deliberately think it will be low or high and do the exact opposite I'm still wrong. 
The most bewildering sheep ever.

[E.N.]

Right, a nice easy question for you, as requested! Present opening might be the most exciting time of Christmas day, but do you dive straight in, or bide your time?




#Advent Question 17:
Do you open Christmas presents before breakfast on Christmas Day*?
What percentage of players do you think will say yes?

*I know some of our continental friends may open them on Christmas Eve, I think that's a yes!

PMs to me before this evening, reveal about 9

[DvB]

Guys, I'll not be able to close out my rapid slide to the bottom of the league table unfortunately. Thanks for having me though, if you're doing it again next year remember to pop into the Christmas forum on boards and give us a heads up, might get 1 or 2 more next year too.

Have a great Christmas everyone!
Cheers,

DvB

[E.N.]

Guys, I'll not be able to close out my rapid slide to the bottom of the league table unfortunately. Thanks for having me though, if you're doing it again next year remember to pop into the Christmas forum on boards and give us a heads up, might get 1 or 2 more next year too.

Have a great Christmas everyone!
Cheers,

DvB

Ah, sorry to lose you DvB, thanks for playing. Have a great Christmas!

[E.N.]

Paging Doctor @Spears!

[E.N.]

There were some strong feelings expressed today! Who knew this is the question people would start a war over

However, it was a clear majority as 73.3% (22/30) said yes, presents before breakfast...

Barna77	aaronjennings
Butty Brennan	ari101
DejaBoo	BuileBeag
Edser	cee_jay
Homer J. Fong	davetherave
Hyblaeus	Irish Aris
jp liz v1	Mam of 4
Kol	Quickbeam
Leg End Reject	-
lorcand1990	-
Necro	-
Neowise	-
nothing	-
Purple Mountain	-
Sawduck	-
Sephiroth_Dude	-
ShaneU	-
Spears	-
Toto Wolfcastle	-
Trigger	-
Wichita Lineman	-
Zaph	-

[E.N.]

Which gives Kol and Mam perfect zeroes!

Player	Answer	Guess	Score
DejaBoo	Yes	24%	49
Necro	Yes	30%	43
davetherave	No	38%	35
ari101	No	40%	33
Sawduck	Yes	42%	31
Barna77	Yes	50%	23
aaronjennings	No	50%	23
cee_jay	No	55%	18
Irish Aris	No	60%	13
Neowise	Yes	60%	13
Quickbeam	No	60%	13
jp liz v1	Yes	65%	8
Purple Mountain	Yes	65%	8
Edser	Yes	67%	6
BuileBeag	No	70%	3
lorcand1990	Yes	70%	3
ShaneU	Yes	70%	3
Sephiroth_Dude	Yes	70%	3
Toto Wolfcastle	Yes	70%	3
Kol	Yes	73%	0
Mam of 4	No	73%	0
Zaph	Yes	75%	2
Butty Brennan	Yes	79%	6
Homer J. Fong	Yes	80%	7
Spears	Yes	80%	7
Hyblaeus	Yes	85%	12
Leg End Reject	Yes	87%	14
nothing	Yes	90%	17
Trigger	Yes	90%	17
Wichita Lineman	Yes	92%	19

[E.N.]

A minor slip from Neo and Aris sees the lead grow at the top

Player	Old total	Today's score	New total
ShaneU	144	3	147
Neowise	153	13	166
Irish Aris	166	13	179
Kol	187	0	187
Homer J. Fong	203	7	210
Leg End Reject	198	14	212
Quickbeam	203	13	216
Trigger	199	17	216
ari101	186	33	219
DejaBoo	171	49	220
Zaph	221	2	223
lorcand1990	223	3	226
jp liz v1	221	8	229
Necro	187	43	230
Butty Brennan	225	6	231
Sephiroth_Dude	242	3	245
cee_jay	230	18	248
Edser	251	6	257
nothing	240	17	257
Barna77	238	23	261
Mam of 4	265	0	265
Toto Wolfcastle	267	3	270
aaronjennings	248	23	271
BuileBeag	270	3	273
Hyblaeus	261	12	273
Purple Mountain	283	8	291
Wichita Lineman	288	19	307
Sawduck	282	31	313
davetherave	323	35	358
Spears	412	7	419

[Butty Brennan]

There were some strong feelings expressed today! Who knew this is the question people would start a war over

However, it was a clear majority as 72.4% (21/29) said yes, presents before breakfast...

This is the hill I will gladly die on. Gimme my pressies now now now, **** the breakfast!

[nothing]

8 of you are wrong. Very very wrong.

[aaronjennings]

Haven't you people heard that patience is a virtue? 

[Leg End Reject]

How could you eat when there's wrapped parcels of delight to uncover??????

[aaronjennings]

Btw, I open mine during breakfast... why choose between presents and food when you can have both?

[Butty Brennan]

Haven't you people heard that patience is a virtue? 

[Necro]

Of course this would be the one y'all (bar 8) answer yes to... I should have figured FOGers have no patience from other threads here

[E.N.]

I would definitely be in the breakfast first camp - a man's gotta eat!

But also, I have real anxiety about presents. I'm not great at buying them, I don't think, so I'm always nervous about people opening mine. More importantly though, I don't really like receiving presents! I'm one of those people that wants very little and I buy whatever I want, so I'm a nightmare to buy for, meaning I'm often not too pushed about what I get and feel I have to fake happy responses, which I'm crap at!

Of course, that's only true for adult presents, I do love seeing the kids open their presents straight away in the morning, I'm not a total grinch

[Spears]

Fix! ... I 100% did send an answer. (& It wasn't 10hrs late this time lol)

Now I definitely feel left out


 

How do I post a screenshot of my proof? 

[Purple Mountain]

Some people go to mass and wait until after that to open presents!

[jp liz v1]

[Trigger]

Fix! ... I 100% did send an answer. (& It wasn't 10hrs late this time lol)

Now I definitely feel left out


 

How do I post a screenshot of my proof? 

Eeeenteresting.. what was your answer?

[Spears]

Tada! 

woohoo, I managed to figure it out 

@E.N.

   

[E.N.]

Fix! ... I 100% did send an answer. (& It wasn't 10hrs late this time lol)

Now I definitely feel left out


 

How do I post a screenshot of my proof? 

Don't know what you're talking about, you're there in the tables
Nothing to see here