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(Created on 15th June 2008)
Vote #51
Question:
Due to the house move, this is potentially a two week vote question as there's a high likelihood that the site may not be up and running next weekend. And we are also round to a full year of voting. Yes, we've been collecting your thoughts on irrelevancies for a year now. The first question we asked was in relation to Independence Day, so we'll follow up with another question on a similar topic. Our new house has a flag pole - what flag should we fly the week of July Fourth?
Results:
England - St George’s Cross was the clear winner with 67% of the votes from the following selection:
- US - Stars & Stripes (0%)
- British - Union Jack (0%)
- England - St George’s Cross (67%)
- Pirate - Jolly Roger (33%)
Pre-Result Discussion
09:41:01
16th June 2008
Analysis:
July fourth came and went. As the site was down, I just guessed at what the votes were and I got it wrong. I actually flew the stars and stripes being that it's a special day for America (and the fear that my new neighbors would come round and beat me up if I flew any of the other flags). Unfortunately there weren't any photos taken of my flying the flag so I can't prove it. If anyone's really interested, we're currently flying the California Republic flag which we'll probably fly for longer than the republic existed (a whopping 25 days until it became the State of California). That said, the Bear Flag has been adopted by the State so it's still relevant now.
(Created on 20th July 2008)
Vote #52
Question:
Well, the vote questions are back after the absence of the site for three weeks which also crossed the first anniversary of the site (so happy birthday EBR). To get us kicked off again for another year we want to find out how engaged you are. Do you like the weekly votes?
Results:
Yes was the clear winner with 100% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (100%)
- No (0%)
- What’s a vote? (0%)
Pre-Result Discussion
10:53:56
21st July 2008
Analysis:
Yeah! Makes me feel wanted. (Well, until you look at the actual vote count, but the percentage looks good anyway). Guess we're gonna keep on pumping out the votes for another year or so.
(Created on 27th July 2008)
Vote #53
Question:
Inspire by watching the VH1 film about The Who and my long lost dream to be in a rock band. (Lost largely in part due to the complete lack of musical talent, but lost nonetheless). Anyway, if you were to be in a rock band, what position would you like to have?
Results:
Lead Guitar was the clear winner with 40% of the votes from the following selection:
- Lead Singer (20%)
- Lead Guitar (40%)
- Rhythm Guitar (0%)
- Bass (0%)
- Drums (20%)
- Keyboard (20%)
Analysis:
Good - a fairly mixed response. I say good as it would not make for a very good band if we all wanted to be lead singers for example. Shame nobody picked up the bass 'cus we really need a bass player for the band. I don't think we'd get away without one. I suppose we could go with two lead guitars .... yeah, we could make that work. All we need to do now is think of a name for the band. I'll let you guys work on that whilst I look for a bass player.
That said, I think the bigger question is who's going to play the cowbell?
(Created on 3rd August 2008)
Vote #54
Question:
Lets see if we can break down the paranormal barriers and challenge our extra sensory perception. What number am I thinking of?
Results:
4 and 6 tied with 33% of the votes each from the following:
- 1 (0%)
- 2 (0%)
- 3 (17%)
- 4 (33%)
- 5 (0%)
- 6 (33%)
- 7 (0%)
- 8 (0%)
- 9 (17%)
Analysis:
Very interesting. First, before anyone asks, I didn't vote myself. (I was worried I'd get it wrong). That said, a couple of people got it right - the correct answer was 4. So, to those of you that voted for the number 4 - congratulations - you must be my long lost soul mates.
I was kind of thinking that most of the votes would go to 3 or 7 being the typical lucky numbers which is why I didn't pick them. I went with 4 as I actually didn't expect anyone to pick it. Maybe there is something to this ESP thing.
(Created on 10th August 2008)
Vote #55
Question:
Hopefully nobody's missed the fact that the Olympics have started. No point asking who you think will win, although China, being the host nation, could upset the US - we'll have to see.
Instead I'm going to focus on my home country and ask - how many gold medals do you think Great Britain will win?
Results:
10 and >13 tied with 40% of the votes each from the following:
- <6 (0%)
- 6 (0%)
- 7 (0%)
- 8 (20%)
- 9 (0%)
- 10 (40%)
- 11 (0%)
- 12 (0%)
- 13 (0%)
- >13 (40%)
Pre-Result Discussion
07:03:48
16th August 2008
Analysis:
A lot of confidence in GBR! After posting this, I did think that I should have asked the question as to whether Great Britain would get more gold medals than Michael Phelps. Given the responses received on this vote, however, it seems that the answer would have been yes as all the responses are 8 and above. (And they would have been correct given that this has been a great weekend for Britain in the cycling and rowing)
Well, we'll have to come back to this one to see whether anyone got it right. I hope the 13+ voters are correct, but we will wait and see - only three more to get there at the time of writing this analysis as we're currently on 11. In the meantime, enjoy the games.
(Created on 17th August 2008)
Vote #56
Question:
Sticking with the Olympic theme given that it's the most interesting thing that's going on at the minute, this week, we want to know what is your favorite type of event at the Olympics?
Results:
Track & Field was the clear winner with 60% of the votes from the following selection:
- Track & Field (60%)
- Swimming (20%)
- Team Sports (Baseball, Basketball, Football, Volleyball etc. Also include Tennis) (0%)
- Shooting/Archery (0%)
- Weightlifting (0%)
- Gymnastics (0%)
- Cycling (20%)
- Sailing/Rowing/Canoeing (0%)
- Equestrian (0%)
- Boxing/Wrestling/Martial Arts (0%)
Analysis:
First, I think I need to go back to last week's vote and apologize for doubting the British team. The options I presented for the number of golds we would take were far too low. Looks like we're going to end up fourth in the games (whether you look at it from number of gold medals [19 so far] or total medals [47 so far]) which is an excellent performance. Far exceeded what I thought we'd achieve and I'm really happy for the team.
Now back to the story at hand. I thought this was going to be a foregone conclusion that track and field would be the outright winner. I think it's probably got something to do with the fact that these are the events that started the Olympics. Votes coming in for swimming and cycling. If it wasn't for Usain Bolt putting on a great show, I think the swimming would have overshadowed the track and field in these Olympics. Phelps is still “man of the match” in my humble opinion and had me staying up late to see what he was going to do in his next race, but Bolt also managed to get me on the edge of my seat (admittedly I was only on the edge of my seat as I was reaching for my beer, but I was on the edge of my seat none-the-less).
We didn't get to see much of the cycling over here. It may have just been shown at times that I didn't watch, but more than likely because it's not the US strongest event. I think the challenge I have with cycling being the top event of the Olympics is because the Tour De France is the biggest cycling event. Now, admittedly that doesn't cover the breadth of cycling events that are in the Olympics, but it does make take the limelight from the others.
Regardless, I've watched most of the coverage that's been provided here. I shifted my days to start later so I could have a lie in and I've thoroughly enjoyed the last three weeks.
(Created on 24th August 2008)
Vote #57
Question:
With the Olympics drawing to an end, we acknowledge that the games have been fantastic. The Chinese have done themselves proud in creating excellent stadiums to host the events. As Mr. O pointed out in a recent blog, there have been some sensational performances (Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt to name but two). But, rather than ask something inane on whether or not you enjoyed the games, I feel it's time to jump on the bandwagon and ask a similarly inane question regarding one of the controversies to see if you think the Chinese have been dirty rotten cheaters. The question - what do you think the average age of the Chinese Women's Gymnastics team is?
Results:
13 and 14 tied with 40% of the votes each from the following:
- <11 (0%)
- 11 (0%)
- 12 (20%)
- 13 (40%)
- 14 (40%)
- 15 (0%)
- 16 (0%)
- 17 (0%)
- 18 (0%)
- >18 (0%)
Analysis:
A unanimous decision from the EBR voting members that people think the Chinese fielded an under age women's gymnastics team. I guess we'll have to leave it to the officials to do whatever investigations they think they need to. I doubt they'll come looking to this site for official verification - not that we could give it one way or another.
Apparently Gary Glitter's planning his next vacation over there. Can't be illegal if their passport says that's their age.
(Created on 31st August 2008)
Vote #58
Question:
I was talking to Karen the other day and she told me that her mother reads this site on a regular basis, but has not yet participated in the voting. For some reason she didn't think that she should. I haven't quite figured out why she would think this - perhaps fear of breaking it (this site). So I thought I'd reach out to the public at large to see what you think - should my mother-in-law vote on this site?
Results:
Yes was the clear winner with 100% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes (100%)
- No (0%)
Pre-Result Discussion
14:22:25
31st August 2008
Analysis:
Wow! The biggest response to a vote question so far. We are united in welcoming my mother-in-law on board. Edna - you go girl! Click away and vote until your heart's content.
(Created on 8th September 2008)
Vote #59
Question:
Hmmm! The weekly email went out and there was no vote question. Was this on purpose or did I forget? Well, you decide - that's this week's meaningless question - did I forget to post this week's question?
Results:
No - Edna did indeed break the vote when she voted last week and I needed to fix it was the clear winner with 30% of the votes from the following selection:
- Yes - I forgot (20%)
- No - I did it on purpose so I could ask this question (20%)
- No - I was docked 25 seconds for not driving a ferrari and missed the submission (10%)
- No - Edna did indeed break the vote when she voted last week and I needed to fix it (30%)
- No - the dog ate my homework (20%)
Analysis:
A very interesting spread of votes here. Truth be told, I did actually forget to set the vote question. I think I was sidetracked watching TV or doing something of similar irrelevance.
Nice to see that the majority of votes went the direction of Edna actually breaking the website. The thing is, given what I see from Karen, it's not actually beyond my belief that this could happen. Only this week, Karen moved my mobile phone headset and plugged it into the wall to charge and now it doesn't work. She claims she did no more than plug it in and yet the device is now totally broken. I have no idea what's wrong with it - it's like it just gave up on life and died, but it's very coincidental that it decided to do this right after Karen touched it (as opposed to any of the times I've poked with it over the last few years). We have some very interesting conversations where I'll ask “how on earth did you do that?” to which I just get the reply “well, I didn't do it on purpose!”
So, time to go and hide everything I don't want breaking.
(Created on 14th September 2008)
Vote #60
Question:
It's time to think back to the last time you were at a fairground / amusement park. Maybe this was something recent for you or maybe it's been a long time. Regardless, what is your favorite thing at a fairground / amusement park?
Results:
Roller Coaster was the clear winner with 50% of the votes from the following selection:
- Roller Coaster (50%)
- Tea Cup/Waltzer (17%)
- Ferris Wheel (0%)
- Log Flume (0%)
- House of Mirrors (0%)
- Bumper Cars (17%)
- Ghost Train (0%)
- Coconut Shy (17%)
- Ring the Bell (strongman hammer thing) (0%)
Analysis:
What fun! Hopefully that brought back memories for everyone. Hopefully most of those memories were pleasant, but I'm sure a few of you out there have memories of being ill. So the roller coaster wins the day ... or, according to my Mum, “The Big Dipper.” Probably a fair result given the amount of money the amusement parks pump into their roller coasters.
A little surprised that there were no votes for the Ferris Wheel, but then again, it's a fairly boring ride. I think most people use it to take a break from all the faster ones. A vote for being queasy, a.k.a. the waltzer - great fun, but I think my days of going on the waltzer are behind me.
A couple of votes for the old favorites of coconut shy and bumper cars. Reminds me of the fairs I used to go to as a kid. You know - the ones that don't really exist anymore as everyone goes to the amusement park (or theme park). Anyway, not here to reminisce about blokes in sleeveless T shirts trying to chat up all the girls on the dodgeums (bumper cars). It's time to big dipper my chicken wing into some sauce and drink a beer whilst I watch the race.
18:09:48
15th June 2008