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Old June 9, 2003, 08:44   #31
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I was disagreeing with the last part of your sentence...
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Old June 9, 2003, 09:01   #32
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You have to be specific on this, don't you.
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I guess it matters how much you love desserts, alva.
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Will send my answers in when I get home from work.
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thanks for the bumps. Sent mine.

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I agree with ADG
Wow, someone who agrees with me on something... sensation

On what part did you agree?
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...Damn... with those answers I sent, there's no doubt I probably will get the lowest score ever
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Old June 10, 2003, 05:45   #41
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Old June 10, 2003, 05:46   #42
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I guess it matters how much you love desserts, alva.
That's part of the problem, not the whole world thinks of this as a dessert
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On the basis that I can't do worse than in the previous two competitions (which I didn't enter ), answers sent.
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And answers finally sent by me too.
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The pie one got me too, I know I've got it wrong, so I should have done what I wanted which would at least have been clever
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I almost didn't notice this. I am in and a bump for others.
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How terribly exciting.

Actually, it won't be. I'm going to an all-day BBQ at a friend's house tomorrow, so I'll have to do it Thursday morning.

I say morning... really it'll be whenever I wake up...
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see that was a subtle bump attempt. but the forum won't register it, so here's the unsubtle one.
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meat...

incidentally, me and a buncha guys at the dorm had our own all-day bbq a while back...
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"I'm With Stupid" Round III (I'm With Stupider) is now closed.

The results are as follows:

ANSWERS GIVEN
(approximately. It seems what with having three versions of the same text file open, I managed to fark up somewhere.)

(Entertainment)

1. Which pop artist or group deserves to die the horriblest death?
Avril Lavigne (12)
Britney Spears (8)
N*Sync (2)
Spice Girls (2)
Eminem (2)
Craig David (1)
Madonna (1)
Michael Jackson (1)
Justin Timberlake (1)
Limp Bizkit (1)
Backstreet Boys (1)



2. What was the BEST big-budget, big-hype movie of the last 5 years?
LOTR: FotR (8)
The Matrix (8)
Lotr (unspecified) (5)
LOTR: TTT (2)
X-Men 2 (2)
none (2)
The Matrix: Reloaded (1)
Independance Day (1)
Gladiator (1)
Spiderman (1)
Harry Potter (1)



('Poly)
3. Who from the OT (do you imagine) most needs to change their socks more frequently?
Fez (5)
LoinBurger (4)
Boddingtons (3)
Chegitz Guevara (2)
Immortal Wombat (2)
Stefu (2)
Kassiopaeiaieaia (1)
Ming (1)
UberKrux (1)
Albert Speer (1)
GP (1)
Provost Harrison (1)
Asher (1)
Slowwhand (1)
Zylka (1)
Boris Godunov (1)
Alexander's Horse (1)



4. Who from the OT (do you imagine) is most likely to be head of state in their country?
Michael the Great (10)
Stefu (4)
Fez (4) [though precisely which country this is referring to, Fez alone knows]
Imran (3)
Ming (2)
*End is Forever* (1) [some wishful thinking on Iain's part]
Dissident (1)
Slowwhand (1)
JohnT (1)
Urban Ranger (1)
ottock (1) [already president of the USA apparently]




(Misc)
5. Name something with wings that doesn't fly.
Penguin (11)
Chicken (7)
Ostrich (2)
Emu (2)
Turkey (1)
Swings (1)
Fried Chicken (1)
Sir Paul McCartney (1) [PH forgets which forum he's on]
A Tampon (1) [I hope to God you meant "pantyliner", Uncle Sparky, I really do ]
Women's Sanitary Products (1)
Hospital (1)
Buildings (1)



6. What is the best thing to put in a pie?
Apples (19)
Banana (4)
Strawberry (2)
Pork
Beef
Cherries
4 and 20 Blackbirds
My Teeth
Ice Cream
Hidden Packages []
Penis




Points Scored
Jaguar Warrior: 12+8+5+10+11+19 = 65 [PERFECT SCORE]
Gangerolf: 12+8+3+10+11+19 = 63
Spiffor: 12+8+1+10+7+19 = 57
Frustrated Poet: 12+8+2+4+11+19 = 56
Garth Vader: 8+2+5+10+11+19 = 55
GePap: 12+5+2+10+7+19 = 55
Ixnay: 8+8+4+4+11+19 = 54
Boddingtons: 8+8+2+3+11+19 = 51
Q Cubed 12+5+1+2+11+19 = 50
TuomeRehu: 12+5+2+1+7+19 = 46
Big Crunch: 1+8+2+4+11+19 = 45
Imran: 1+2+2+10+11+19 = 45
Kassi: 12+8+2+3+1+19 = 45
Loinburger: 12+8+1+10+11+1 = 43
SpencerH: 12+2+1+2+4+19 = 40
Charlemagne120: 2+1+4+2+11+19 = 39
Frankychan: 8+5+4+1+1+19 = 38
Urban Ranger: 2+1+1+4+11+19 = 38
Stefu: 12+8+2+4+7+2 = 35
*EiF* 2+2+5+1+2+19 = 31
Skanky Burns: 12+8+2+2+2+1 = 27
Japher: 8+8+5+1+4+1 = 27
Drogue: 8+5+1+10+1+1 = 26
CerberusIV: 2+1+2+1+1+19 = 26
MRT144: 2+2+1+10+7+4 = 26
Obiwan18: 8+8+3+4+1+1 = 25
Uncle Sparky: 1+2+1+1+1+19 = 25
St Leo: 8+8+5+1+1+1 = 24
Alva: 2+8+2+1+7+2 = 22
Trajanus: 1+1+4+1+7+4 = 18
Provost Harrison: 1+1+3+10+1+1 = 17
Mr WIA: 2+8+1+4+1+1 = 17
ADG: 2+2+2+4+1+1 = 12
Lonestar: 2+1+1+3+4+1 = 12
Richelieu: 2+2+1+1+1+4 = 11
Adalbertus: 1+1+2+1+1+1 = 7





Congratulations to all contestants, apart from Adalbertus who was blatently not trying. Special congratulations to Jaguar Warrior, who as a reward for being with the most stupiderest, gets to host the next round. Hooray!
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