Fogies sheepish Advent Calendar 2021

[Spears]

Ah here!

I did clarify that any resolutions I make I usually break within a week but thought everyone would at least made a resolution, even if they didn't keep it

I genuinely have never made a NewYears resolution in my life. 

I don't have anything I'd want to change.

Other than I'd eat a bit better in January only becuase I end up sick of food and threats after all the xmas munching.

But I've never made a conscious decision for it to be an actual NY resolution 

[E.N.]

Today's public service announcement is brought to you by an post - today is the last posting date for Ireland!




#Advent Question 22:
Did you post any Christmas cards this year?
What percentage of players do you think will say yes?

PMs to me before this evening, reveal about 9

[BuileBeag]

Pay any?
Pay for any?
Sorry not being smart.

[Neowise]

Did you “pay” any Christmas cards this year?

What you mean by “pay” any cards?

[nothing]

Do you mean post? Or pay to send? @E.N. get back here and fix your typo!

[E.N.]

Don't know what you're talking about, it clearly says post

[Spears]

@E.N. needs to back away from the Christmas treats 

[ari101]

Blame an inattentive work colleague

[E.N.]

@E.N. needs to back away from the Christmas treats 

Harsh but fair. I'll make a new year's resolution to go on a diet

[Butty Brennan]

One little typo and people are calling E.N. a fat simpleton
Tough crowd!

[BuileBeag]

One little typo and people are calling E.N. a fat simpleton
Tough crowd!

The masses turn on him every year. I'm surprised it's taken this long!

[E.N.]

Missing @Homer J. Fong and @Hyblaeus

[E.N.]

No Homer or Hyblaeus unfortunately.
Hopefully for them no one entered a crazy guess, eh @nothing?

[E.N.]

It's another MOR answer, with 14/27 people having posted cards this year, so 51.9%

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

[E.N.]

Good news for Deja, and for Shane who will not be shaken from the top of the pile...

Player	Answer	Guess	Score
aaronjennings	Yes	20%	32
Irish Aris	No	22%	30
Neowise	No	25%	27
Purple Mountain	Yes	30%	22
Barna77	No	35%	17
lorcand1990	No	37%	15
Sawduck	No	40%	12
Sephiroth_Dude	No	45%	7
Wichita Lineman	No	45%	7
jp liz v1	Yes	45%	7
DejaBoo	Yes	50%	2
ShaneU	No	55%	3
Edser	No	56%	4
Toto Wolfcastle	Yes	60%	8
Butty Brennan	No	61%	9
Mam of 4	Yes	62%	10
cee_jay	Yes	63%	11
Spears	No	65%	13
davetherave	Yes	66%	14
Quickbeam	No	70%	18
Trigger	No	70%	18
Zaph	Yes	70%	18
Kol	Yes	73%	21
Leg End Reject	Yes	73%	21
ari101	Yes	75%	23
BuileBeag	Yes	87%	35
nothing	Yes	100%	48
Homer J. Fong			58
Hyblaeus			58

[ShaneU]

lol I must know you all so well

[ari101]

I thought Covid would have the card posting higher

[Homer J. Fong]

No Homer or Hyblaeus unfortunately.
Hopefully for them no one entered a crazy guess, eh @nothing?

Oops, sorry about that. I was sure I had replied to this earlier but must have got distracted and forgot to press the "Send" button. 

FTR I would've said "No" (I did buy cards but didn't post any) and would've guessed 40%.

[E.N.]

Shane's lead seems insurmountable for everyone else now
QB jumps onto the podium
And Hyblaeus being MIA has given Spears some hope at the bottom

Player	Old total	Today's score	New total
ShaneU	228	3	231
Kol	275	21	296
Quickbeam	281	18	299
Neowise	277	27	304
lorcand1990	298	15	313
Trigger	305	18	323
DejaBoo	325	2	327
Irish Aris	305	30	335
jp liz v1	328	7	335
Homer J. Fong	277	58	335
Zaph	321	18	339
Leg End Reject	319	21	340
Toto Wolfcastle	336	8	344
Butty Brennan	340	9	349
Sephiroth_Dude	348	7	355
Mam of 4	345	10	355
ari101	333	23	356
cee_jay	353	11	364
Edser	418	4	422
Barna77	411	17	428
Purple Mountain	414	22	436
Wichita Lineman	430	7	437
aaronjennings	408	32	440
BuileBeag	406	35	441
Sawduck	444	12	456
nothing	436	48	484
davetherave	476	14	490
Hyblaeus	460	58	518
Spears	523	13	536

[E.N.]

No Homer or Hyblaeus unfortunately.
Hopefully for them no one entered a crazy guess, eh @nothing?

Oops, sorry about that. I was sure I had replied to this earlier but must have got distracted and forgot to press the "Send" button. 

FTR I would've said "No" (I did buy cards but didn't post any) and would've guessed 40%.

That would have you in second place...

[nothing]

Sorry @Homer J. Fong and @Hyblaeus

Hehehe

[Purple Mountain]

Mam and Seph are tied...

Do you think there'll be a cat fight?


I'll get my coat....

[Hyblaeus]

Just missed the cut off! Always inevitable when you’re out of routine!!

[Leg End Reject]

I thought more would have posted at least one card!

[Mam of 4]

Mam and Seph are tied...

Do you think there'll be a cat fight?


I'll get my coat....

Lol , Seph is probably petrified,  watching his back as we speak

[ShaneU]

Due to unpopular demand, it's another animal themed song. Who needs Rudolph when you can listen to Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey!

[Trigger]

^^ my kid loves that so I have no problem singing along to that one

[Mam of 4]

Ha , that's brilliant !
Must show it to two munchkins tomorrow , I'm sure their mother will be ever so thankful

[BuileBeag]

^^ my kid loves that so I have no problem singing along to that one

Stop hiding behind your kid!

[Homer J. Fong]

Oops, sorry about that. I was sure I had replied to this earlier but must have got distracted and forgot to press the "Send" button. 

FTR I would've said "No" (I did buy cards but didn't post any) and would've guessed 40%.

That would have you in second place...

I couldn't risk overtaking Shane and thus depriving the forum of his wonderful music choices. 

[cee_jay]

It's another MOR answer, with 14/27 people having posted cards this year, so 51.9%

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

Interesting. Majority of Yes are female I think, and majority of No are male? 
Its something in this house, the guys would never think of doing Christmas cards, I do them every year.

[Trigger]

^^ my kid loves that so I have no problem singing along to that one

Stop hiding behind your kid!

What can I say.. its brilliant..

Embrace it!

Hey, chingedy ching, hee haw, hee haw
It's Dominick, the donkey
Chingedy ching, hee haw, hee haw
The Italian Christmas donkey
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, ladioda

[Butty Brennan]

It seems like you need to have a good start and get ahead early on to have a chance in this game. I don't think the top ten on the leader board has really changed much in ages, it's the same players jiggered about a bit, and its very hard to break in there now.

[ari101]

Interesting. Majority of Yes are female I think, and majority of No are male? 
Its something in this house, the guys would never think of doing Christmas cards, I do them every year.

Haha so true!
I think, Yes 10F:4M and No 2F:11M ... Stereotypical gender roles clearly still live on

[Wichita Lineman]

One of my better efforts. Although I did say I didnt send any so I was truthfully answering no but Mrs. Wichi sent a few.

[jp liz v1]

[E.N.]

It seems like you need to have a good start and get ahead early on to have a chance in this game. I don't think the top ten on the leader board has really changed much in ages, it's the same players jiggered about a bit, and its very hard to break in there now.

The same is true for most sheep type games - it's easy to fall down the table but hard to climb it. It's generally about not making any bad mistakes

[E.N.]

Nearly there now! But where will you be spending the day?




#Advent Question 23:
Will you be spending Christmas Day where you normally live?
What percentage of players do you think will say yes?

PMs to me before this evening, reveal about 9

[Spears]

One little typo and people are calling E.N. a fat simpleton
Tough crowd!

your words not our's Butty 

[Butty Brennan]

One little typo and people are calling E.N. a fat simpleton
Tough crowd!

your words not our's Butty 



 

What! Me?  
Don't mind the big bullies E.N.   We are all a bit plumper this time of year, it is nice a bit of insulation for wintertime.

And brains are very overrated