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Electric Nitwit

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Oi, Nitwit!

Reberetta is handing out a real prize to the winner of their peehs comp. What you got???

The winner gets the final say in whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie. All participants agreed to abide by the decision when they skipped the really long Ts and Cs!

Necro

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

The winner gets the final say in whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie. All participants agreed to abide by the decision when they skipped the really long Ts and Cs!

What have you done

Electric Nitwit

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

The winner gets the final say in whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie. All participants agreed to abide by the decision when they skipped the really long Ts and Cs!

Now. Its. On.

Electric Nitwit

Lunchtime bump

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Q5: How tall, in metres, was the tallest ever Christmas tree?
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the world's tallest cut Christmas tree was erected and decorated at Northgate Shopping Center, Seattle, in December 1950. How tall was it?

Not sure how many entries are in yet, a lot though

davetherave

Just sent in my answer. It seems both too big (how are they going to move and decorate a tree that big) and either resonable or not big enough (it's the biggest Christmas tree EVER!!!).

I'm going to resist the temptation of looking up what the answer is so it is a surprise this evening. Of course as I was typing that previous sentence I reminded myself that it doesn't matter one cursed bit what the "correct" answer is....

Electric Nitwit

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

The winner gets the final say in whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie. All participants agreed to abide by the decision when they skipped the really long Ts and Cs!

I like it a lot

Siobh73

Just answered based on himself's estimate. He is in horticulture so should have had a bit of an idea. I then googled the answer and himself should be sacked

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

Wait till the best Christmas song tournament starts, then the hair and teeth will start flying

As Necro's being too polite to advertise himself, get yourselves over here!

cee_jay

I asked himself after I submitted. He gave an answer in feet, the number which is less than my submitted answer in meters :eek

mirrorwall14

I am so so far off the real answer. Good lord I hope everyone else is under the real answer too....

tscul32

Just googled the answer. I may well be back at the bottom in a few hours.

Tauriel

mustang shelly wrote: »

I went with how many 6ft tall men does it look like.

I actually needed a lot more men in my calculations

Tempted to check the answer but spoils the suspense filled evening.

Ted_YNWA

I have a feeling I massively underestimated the real answer I reckon, hope everyone did.

Given everyone's posts in here, I'm going to assume that I'm way too high...

cee_jay

Deleted User wrote: »

Given everyone's posts in here, I'm going to assume that I'm way too high...

Same! I still have no concept of how high my guess is though

aaronjennings

Deleted User wrote: »

Given everyone's posts in here, I'm going to assume that I'm way too high...

Yes, but what about the answer to the question?

Found this and thought it seemed appropriate!

Electric Nitwit

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Q5: How tall, in metres, was the tallest ever Christmas tree?
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the world's tallest cut Christmas tree was erected and decorated at Northgate Shopping Center, Seattle, in December 1950. How tall was it?

Final call for Barney, Lough and trs.
Still plenty of time though

Loughc

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Final call for Barney, Lough and trs.
Still plenty of time though

I’m in

Declan A Walsh

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

The exact phrase is: Can I have a P please Bob?

My brother bought my mum a t-shirt once.

“Can I have an E please, Bob?”

She loved blockbusters so wore it all the time

Sephiroth_dude

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Final call for Barney, Lough and trs.
Still plenty of time though

For once I wasn't last anyway!

Enjoy Zaph's lap fella's

Mam of 4

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Given everyone's posts in here, I'm going to assume that I'm way too high...

I bet it won't be worse than my high guess tbh !

Electric Nitwit

Still waiting on Barney and trs so I'll leave it open until the reveal and not give anything away just yet

If they don't get in on time they'll score zero

I'll be back around 8:00-8:30

Purgative

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Still waiting on Barney and trs so I'll leave it open until the reveal and not give anything away just yet

If they don't get in on time they'll score zero

I'll be back around 8:00-8:30

You should deputise a couple of players (not me, the dog needs wee) to track them down.:pac:

Electric Nitwit

OK, have to call it there

So, the tree in question was actually 67.36m tall! Some of you were very close, some weren't!
I'll be back in a couple of minutes with the median and the scores...

Electric Nitwit

The median today was a little off - 50m
Annoying for those who were very close to right answer

A few maximum scores today, and today's casualty is poor aaron, who got a little over-excited about tall trees!

Player | Guess | Score
Ted_YNWA | 4.75 | 3.2
mirrorwall14 | 13.00 | 4.4
Mollyb60 | 15.00 | 4.7
mustang shelly | 15.00 | 4.7
bubblypop | 18.50 | 5.2
ShaneU | 20.00 | 5.5
tscul32 | 20.00 | 5.5
Homer J. Fong | 23.00 | 5.9
Neowise | 23.00 | 5.9
the purple tin | 25.00 | 6.2
Builebeag | 30.00 | 7.0
Declan A Walsh | 35.00 | 7.7
Hyblaeus | 35.00 | 7.7
Purgative | 38.00 | 8.2
Posy | 40.00 | 8.5
Siobh73 | 40.00 | 8.5
Kolido | 45.00 | 9.2
cee_jay | 50.00 | 10.0
Green&Red | 50.00 | 10.0
HeidiHeidi | 50.00 | 10.0
Necro | 50.00 | 10.0
Trigger | 50.00 | 10.0
hurlingman97 | 50.00 | 10.0
Toto Wolfcastle | 52.00 | 9.7
rainbowtrout | 55.00 | 9.2
Reberetta | 55.00 | 9.2
Zaph | 57.00 | 8.9
duffman13 | 60.00 | 8.5
JohnGreenFan | 60.00 | 8.5
Strawberry Milkshake | 62.00 | 8.2
Spook_ie | 63.18 | 8.0
davetherave | 65.00 | 7.7
Mam of 4 | 68.70 | 7.2
Ectoplasm | 69.00 | 7.1
Sephiroth_dude | 69.00 | 7.1
DvB | 70.00 | 7.0
Skyler Scarce Frown | 70.00 | 7.0
khalessi | 70.00 | 7.0
Loughc | 70.00 | 7.0
Collie D | 77.00 | 5.9
Irish Aris | 90.00 | 4.0
kitten_k | 100.00 | 2.5
Also Starring LeVar Burton | 120.00 | -0.6
aaronjennings | 200.00 | -12.6
Barney92 | | 0.0
TRS30 | | 0.0

Electric Nitwit

Which adds up to little change at the top, Reberetta building a little cushion. Last year's champ, kitten_k falls awaya bit and poor aaron crashes right to the bottom of the pile

Place | Player | Old total | Today's score | Total
1 (1) | Reberetta | 34.8 | 9.2 | 44.0
2 (2) | davetherave | 34.8 | 7.7 | 42.5
3 (4) | Siobh73 | 33.9 | 8.5 | 42.4
4 (9) | Green&Red | 31.4 | 10.0 | 41.4
5 (5) | Loughc | 33.4 | 7.0 | 40.4
6 (17) | hurlingman97 | 29.9 | 10.0 | 39.9
7 (7) | khalessi | 32.4 | 7.0 | 39.4
8 (15) | rainbowtrout | 30.1 | 9.2 | 39.4
9 (16) | JohnGreenFan | 29.9 | 8.5 | 38.4
10 (12) | DvB | 31.0 | 7.0 | 38.0
11 (20) | Zaph | 29.0 | 8.9 | 38.0
12 (3) | kitten_k | 34.4 | 2.5 | 36.9
13 (28) | Necro | 26.8 | 10.0 | 36.8
14 (29) | cee_jay | 26.8 | 10.0 | 36.8
15 (13) | Neowise | 30.8 | 5.9 | 36.8
16 (8) | mustang shelly | 32.0 | 4.7 | 36.7
17 (6) | Irish Aris | 32.5 | 4.0 | 36.4
18 (11) | bubblypop | 31.2 | 5.2 | 36.4
19 (19) | Builebeag | 29.2 | 7.0 | 36.2
20 (26) | Posy | 27.3 | 8.5 | 35.8
21 (14) | ShaneU | 30.2 | 5.5 | 35.7
22 (18) | Collie D | 29.3 | 5.9 | 35.3
23 (24) | Declan A Walsh | 27.5 | 7.7 | 35.3
24 (23) | Ectoplasm | 27.6 | 7.1 | 34.7
25 (21) | Homer J. Fong | 28.8 | 5.9 | 34.7
26 (22) | the purple tin | 27.8 | 6.2 | 34.0
27 (32) | Toto Wolfcastle | 23.6 | 9.7 | 33.3
28 (34) | Trigger | 22.5 | 10.0 | 32.5
29 (33) | duffman13 | 23.5 | 8.5 | 32.0
30 (25) | mirrorwall14 | 27.4 | 4.4 | 31.8
31 (31) | Skyler Scarce Frown | 24.7 | 7.0 | 31.6
32 (10) | TRS30 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 31.3
33 (27) | Ted_YNWA | 27.2 | 3.2 | 30.4
34 (35) | Spook_ie | 21.9 | 8.0 | 29.9
35 (38) | Kolido | 20.6 | 9.2 | 29.9
36 (37) | Hyblaeus | 21.0 | 7.7 | 28.8
37 (30) | Also Starring LeVar Burton | 25.8 | -0.6 | 25.2
38 (40) | Mollyb60 | 19.6 | 4.7 | 24.3
39 (42) | Purgative | 14.9 | 8.2 | 23.1
40 (41) | Mam of 4 | 15.1 | 7.2 | 22.3
41 (44) | HeidiHeidi | 11.3 | 10.0 | 21.3
42 (36) | Barney92 | 21.1 | 0.0 | 21.1
43 (43) | tscul32 | 13.8 | 5.5 | 19.3
44 (45) | Sephiroth_dude | 8.1 | 7.1 | 15.2
45 (46) | Strawberry Milkshake | 6.9 | 8.2 | 15.1
46 (39) | aaronjennings | 20.3 | -12.6 | 7.6

Necro

Holy guacamole! 200m?!? Sure, the good Lord himself would have to put the star on top of that!!!! It'd be in the feckin' clouds!!!