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The Forum Games Sheepish Advent Calendar 2020!

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  • #52
    khalessi
    Registered Users Posts: 6,215 ✭✭✭khalessi


    Electric Nitwit wrote: »
    I have 22 questions I like and 4 more that will do if needed. There's a chance there might be no crap questions this year! Though I'm sure you'll all let me know if you disagree :p

    Any of the ones I get wrong will be crap:D even if they are good


  • #53
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,429 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    khalessi wrote: »
    Any of the ones I get wrong will be crap:D even if they are good
    No wrong answers in sheep(ish) ;)


  • #54
    Neowise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭Neowise


    Purgative wrote: »
    OK, so for a mere innocent.



    Tomorrow you ask a question, the answer of which is a number.


    We answer on thread or by pm, by a certain time, and then you announce the scores the next day and ask another question?


    Have I got it?

    Not on thread, as that could be seen as influencing others answers.

    Eg. How many stars can be seen in the sky? If you answer on thread, then others may just copy what you say, and possibly sheeping. If everybody pms, then the answers remain blind, so no influencing.


  • #55
    Trigger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,583 ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    Electric Nitwit wrote: »
    Pretty much :D

    I'll post the question each day about 9am
    PM me answers by 7pm.
    I'll do a mini reveal (scores and answers) each evening about 8-8:30pm

    I'm probably overcomplicating the explanation. By day two it'll be clear, and the day one question is one that's hard to go too far wrong on :)

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  • #56
    Green&Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,435 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    In!


  • #57
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    It's here, it's here!!! It's sheepish advent calendar day!!!!


  • #58
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,957 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    We're waiting on the first question :D


  • #59
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Yup ready and waiting! :)


  • #60
    Purgative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭Purgative


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  • #61
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,429 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Mam of 4 wrote: »
    We're waiting on the first question :D
    Behave Mam ;)


  • #62
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,429 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Here. We. Go!

    Good morning elves, welcome to day 1 of the Forum Games Sheepish Advent Calendar!
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    We kick off with some Christmas shopping...
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    Q1: What percentage of people (Irish adults) have yet to start their Christmas shopping?
    PM me your answer before 7pm

    Reminder, there is no "correct" answer, you'll be marked by how close you are to the middle be of all the answers I receive

    Please don't divulge your answer on thread until the deadline passes, but hopefully we still have some good chatter :)

    I'll reveal everyone's answers and scores this evening, probably about 8:30pm


  • #63
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,641 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    I assume this question is for a normal Christmas year, not this year specifically?


  • #64
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,429 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    I assume this question is for a normal Christmas year, not this year specifically?
    Good point. Obviously everyone can read the question their own way but I was thinking in a normal year, same for all questions


  • #65
    Purgative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Electric Nitwit wrote: »
    Good point. Obviously everyone can read the question their own way but I was thinking in a normal year, same for all questions


    Oh


  • #66
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,429 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Purgative wrote: »
    Oh
    Sorry, I did mean to say that in the original post, feel free to send me a new answer if you want to :)


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  • #67
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,429 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Eleven answers in already, we're off to a flyer :)

    Me, now....

    happy-xmas.gif


  • #68
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Q. What percentage of Irish people leave their Christmas shopping until Christmas Eve?
    A. Men.


  • #69
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Just after hiring the best actuaries to calculate this, with KPMG oversight & my answer has been submitted.


  • #70
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,548 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    I assume this question is for a normal Christmas year, not this year specifically?
    I assume this is question is for normal people, not people like me?


  • #71
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,400 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Surely if you haven't started your Christmas shopping for previous years there's not much point in starting now.


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  • #72
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,641 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    the purple tin wrote: »
    Q. What percentage of Irish people leave their Christmas shopping until Christmas Eve?
    A. Men.

    In fairness to my husband he buys all his presents in October every year. He is a strange strange man.


  • #73
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    In fairness to my husband he buys all his presents in October every year. He is a strange strange man.
    I see. Please inform your husband that he is to report to the Ministry of Men post haste and turn in his man card.


  • #74
    Necro
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,211 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Mollyb60 wrote:
    In fairness to my husband he buys all his presents in October every year. He is a strange strange man.

    November usually for me :o


  • #75
    tscul32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭tscul32


    My first sheep game. Answer submitted - thanks Electric Nitwit.

    My shopping is mostly done at this stage, but that's just this year, not much else to be doing other than online shopping.


  • #76
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,513 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    First time player here (popping over from the Christmas forum) & answer submitted.

    FTR started the present shopping in September & more or less finished it last week.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #77
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,429 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Up to 20 players :D

    And to our Christmas forum guests...

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  • #78
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    DvB wrote: »
    First time player here (popping over from the Christmas forum) & answer submitted.

    FTR started the present shopping in September & more or less finished it last week.

    Like many, you will be drawn in, or checking in, to this Forum, never to leave! A bit like Hotel California!
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #79
    Irish Aris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,157 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    I think my answers will completely skew the average, but hey it's all a bit of fun!!!


  • #80
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,513 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    Like many, you will be drawn in, or checking in, to this Forum, never to leave! A bit like Hotel California!

    We'll see. I'm pretty much at home in the christmas forum all year round though & rarely venture further afield :)
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #81
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    If this is Hotel California, where is the pink champagne on ice.

    Worst game host ever !!!

    :P


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  • #82
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,429 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    If this is Hotel California, where is the pink champagne on ice.

    Worst game host ever !!!

    :P
    I'm afraid that's just for the penthouse suites, for our favoured guests ;)

    27 players on board! :D


  • #83
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    *sips her pink champagne on ice, smugly*


  • #84
    aaronjennings
    Registered Users Posts: 1,515 ✭✭✭aaronjennings


    Sounds like a Castle Coin Challenge question, that, do we get 5 jelly beans each if we get it right?


  • #85
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,791 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Just sent in my answer please god I'm right

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  • #86
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,641 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    Oh god I just asked my husband what he thought the answer was and he gave a VASTLY DIFFERENT NUMBER. Self doubt beginning to creep in.


  • #87
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,429 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    Oh god I just asked my husband what he thought the answer was and he gave a VASTLY DIFFERENT NUMBER. Self doubt beginning to creep in.
    Yeah, but...
    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    He is a strange strange man.
    ;)


  • #88
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,429 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    aaronjennings wrote: »
    Sounds like a Castle Coin Challenge question, that, do we get 5 jelly beans each if we get it right?
    I have no idea what this means :p


  • #89
    Trigger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,583 ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    The shops will be open on Christmas eve right?

    RIGHT??

    :/


  • #90
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,429 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Trigger wrote: »
    The shops will be open on Christmas eve right?

    RIGHT??

    :/
    24hrs a day after lockdown, that's what I heard :pac:


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  • #91
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    Does Gt Aunt Jemima's socks that she brought me and that I intend to re-gift to Uncle Cecil count as shopping?


  • #92
    Necro
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,211 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Electric Nitwit wrote:
    24hrs a day after lockdown, that's what I heard

    That's just Penney's :D


  • #93
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,495 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    And I'm in :)


  • #94
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I’m in!


  • #95
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,429 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Strawbs and Shelly bring us up to 35!
    A real bumper crowd

    Still a good few regular names missing too, can we get to 40? :pac:


  • #96
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Only just spotted this!
    Can't believe I forgot.
    I'm in :)


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  • #97
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    I'm ashamed to say I have my Christmas Shopping all done this year, because of lockdown I did it all online there last week just to be on the safe side. Usually I wait until December 17th/18th head into the City Centre or Dundrum SC and try to beat my previous record of how quick I can do it from the year before... Last year I had the lot down to 23 minutes (which included till queueing time) and then went for lovely pints by myself, in a nice empty pub off the beaten track, with nary a Christmas decoration in sight (because Christmas is the worst), and it was great.


  • #98
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Electric Nitwit wrote: »
    Still a good few regular names missing too, can we get to 40? :pac:

    It's okay EN, don't worry, I'm here now...

    giphy.gif


  • #99
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,429 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    It's okay EN, don't worry, I'm here now...
    tenor.gif


  • #100
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,548 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    I'm ashamed to say I have my Christmas Shopping all done this year, because of lockdown I did it all online there last week just to be on the safe side. Usually I wait until December 17th/18th head into the City Centre or Dundrum SC and try to beat my previous record of how quick I can do it from the year before... Last year I had the lot down to 23 minutes (which included till queueing time) and then went for lovely pints by myself, in a nice empty pub off the beaten track, with nary a Christmas decoration in sight (because Christmas is the worst), and it was great.
    Are you me??? :eek:


    (or aspirational me, never quite got to 23 mins, I am DEEPLY impressed!)


  • #101
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Are you me??? :eek:


    (or aspirational me, never quite got to 23 mins, I am DEEPLY impressed!)

    I've always believed its not something to waste much time or energy on, so I usually pick out 2-3 shops, usually got around 9 or 10 people to buy for, and the original goal when I was about 18 or 19 was to get everything done in less than an hour, and year by year I've whittled minutes off that time, until I now have it down to a fine art... ;)

    It was either 23 or 18 I got it down to last year... I did write it down (because I'm a nerd like that) but can't find my daily planner from last year to confirm - was something in or around that anyway.


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