Raft Debate

cujimmy

The following "people" are in a raft, you have to get rid of them one by one, until one is left. So the question is who should stay and more importantly why and who should go and again why.

The list of who's in the raft is
Britney Spears
Frodo Baggins
Homer Simpson
Andy Murray
Harry Potter
Tony Blair

Oh and this is to help my 12yo with her homework so please try to keep it clean

Karoma

I'm pretty sure the homework is for your child and your child alone with reason... *sigh*

Britney Spears
Frodo Baggins
Homer Simpson
Andy Murray
Harry Potter
Tony Blair

Okay.. looking at this logically..

The first person to go would be Homer Simpson. He weighs the most and the less weight on this raft the best. I don't fancy the idea of drowning thank ya very much. So he's gone.

Next I would get rid of Andy Murray. Not entirely sure who he is but I just don't trust him. So he's gone.

With Britney Spear's breast implants and it being scientifically proven that silicon does float, I think she'd have no problem with it.

If Harry Potter were magical, he would've figured out some sort of way to get us off this raft. But nope. We're still stuck on this poxxy raft, so he's going for a swim.

Tony Blairs swollen ego would weigh down on the raft heavily so he would surely have to go. Goodbye Mr. Blair.

So, the winner and survivor is Frodo Baggins.

Edit:
How do you do the strike outs?

sonic juice

The education system is really in decadence.

cujimmy

OK guys thanks for the replies, I particularly like the Britney flotation devices and I suspect my daughter will too. I had better explain this a bit, my daughter has just started secondary school and is getting an introduction to the wonderful world of debating, next week she and another 5 kids have to adopt the personality of the listed characters and then debate who should go and why and likewise who should stay

Piste

Ah this is called "Ballon Debating" because it's usually a hot air balloon, but the same principle stll applies. School debating ftw! Balloon debating is lots of fun, she should enjoy it

ziggy

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Collie D

ziggy67 wrote:

I would keep Frodo and Britney. They both have rings that i would love to do things with.

Well that's gonna get the kid an A. :rolleyes:

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Homer Simpson FTW... I think thats fairly obvious... Tony is first to go, not only would I help him off the raft but i'd hold his head under until he stopped struggling.

connundrum

What if you were on the raft? Would you not be the eventual winner if everyone had been evicted by you?

I think TV3 should inplement this idea as a new reality tv show, it'd be far bettet than The Box!

Adam

cujimmy wrote:

The following "people" are in a raft, you have to get rid of them one by one, until one is left. So the question is who should stay and more importantly why and who should go and again why.

The list of who's in the raft is
Britney Spears
Frodo Baggins
Homer Simpson
Andy Murray
Harry Potter
Tony Blair

Oh and this is to help my 12yo with her homework so please try to keep it clean

Ok, I know a couple on the list are somewhat lesser beings, but why is people in inverted commas??

ziggy

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cujimmy

Ok, I know a couple on the list are somewhat lesser beings, but why is people in inverted commas??

Because she will be taking part in a class debate and the 6 kids will have to pretend to be one of the 6 people/characters

Pigman II

Simpson already has form for blowing up a raft with a magnifying glass so he'd have to be first off. After that I really wish you had made your kid pick a different class.

wow sierra

Id get rid of Tony Blair first for sure - couldn't listen to him, and wouldnt like to be too near in case Bin Ladens boys came after him. Next would be Britney and Harry Potter. Homer would have to go cos of weight factor. Big decision between Frodo and Andy Murray - Frodo is a great guy to have around for getting out of scrapes- but would have to be Andy Murray to stay ( then I could ask him who the hell he is - would be too embarassed infront of the others::) )

Gordon

cujimmy wrote:

The following "people" are in a raft, you have to get rid of them one by one, until one is left. So the question is who should stay and more importantly why and who should go and again why.

Oh and this is to help my 12yo with her homework so please try to keep it clean

Good question: what did your daughter answer?

Seeing as this is not the help-my-daughter-become-a-professional-debater forum, I'll reply:

Britney Spears as I would like to have sex with her and I don't want those other people standing around watching.

cujimmy

wow sierra wrote:

would have to be Andy Murray to stay ( then I could ask him who the hell he is - would be too embarassed infront of the others::) )

Andy Murray Well, it seems is an up & coming British (Scottish)Tennis player - I suspect that a good British Tennis Player may be a bit of an oxymoron, but I suppose that I had better give him the benefit of the doubt

bluto63

Frodo. Not only because he's the lightest but I'm sure he has experience in catching fish without a rod. He could get some din dins for you then

cujimmy

Thanks for all the replies. she has decided to be Frodo as she has lots of reasons why everybody else should go but still has very few reasons why Frodo should stay, Thanks again

MarkR

More reasons to keep Frodo

1. Samwise Gamgee - Bound to turn up with sandwiches, elven bread etc to save his "friend"
2. Gollum - another guy who is bound to turn up. He can fish too. More food.
3. Those big feet. Great for paddling, steering.
4. Possibility of being saved by the giant eagles (rocs?)

FX Meister

Keep Britney Spears just to keep me entertained, don't give a **** what order the others go in, I'd dump them all as soon as possible.

Victor

Piste wrote:

Ah this is called "Ballon Debating" because it's usually a hot air balloon

In which case you throw out the fattest one.