99 Bottles of .....Wine on the Wall?
So, Sheeps came up for the weekend, as we had my Barony's annual Yule feast to attend on Saturday night. She arrived on Friday evening, in time for me to take her to dinner before I had to head out to work at the bar.
We went to a local steakhouse, and, as they were so busy, ended up eating in the "bar" area, hence, we were surrounded by TV's... We chatted and noshed, and enjoyed each others company, but our eyes did wander to the 'boob tubes' on occasion.
One of the new evening, high stakes game shows came on, "1 vs 100". For those who haven't seen it, the one main contestant answers trivia questions with multiple choice answers, as does "The Mob", which is made up of groups of folks from different occupations. For every member of the mob that gets a question wrong, the contestant gets a certain monetary value, which increases as the questions get harder. Obviously, the first few questions are ridiculously easy.... If the contestant gets a question wrong, the mob splits the money earned so far. If a member of the mob gets a question wrong, they are eliminated, and it becomes "1 vs 86" or whatever. This continues until the entire mob is eliminated or the contestant quits, taking whatever money earned thus far, or gets a question wrong.
One of the first questions was "Which of the following fairy-tale characters would get busted for unlawful entry on Law & Order?" The choices were a) Rapunzel, b) Goldilocks or c) Little Red Riding Hood. Weird, but easy. Surprisingly, a few of the mob got it wrong. Not so surprising? They were Maxim Magazine models.
A couple of questions later brought us this little gem: "In the song '99 bottles of beer on the wall', how many six packs would it take to make up 99 bottles?" The possible answers, a) More than 15, b) exactly 15, or c) less than 15. Okay, it takes a second, but any of us that are capable of chewing gum without walking into walls can put it together, rather quickly...
Not so our contestant. She stared at the screen with a confused look on her face, and actually uttered, "Well, I don't drink beer...." What?? Being confused, she decided to go for this shows version of a life line, which is "Poll the Mob". They highlight two people from the mob, one who got it right and one who got it wrong. (They don't, of course, tell you which is which.) Each then has a turn to explain which they chose and how they came up with said answer.
The first gentleman had chosen a), and explained that "15 times 6 is only 90. 16 times 6 is 96, which is still too small, so the answer is more than 15..." The contest looked at the host and said, "What is this, fuzzy math?" Sheeps and I stared in amazement at the screen... No, you idiot! It is not fuzzy math! It is 3rd grade math!!!
And the other highlighted mob member? Another Maxim model. Her answer? "Well, I don't drink beer either, I drink wine. So I just guessed." Urrrrurrrrrgh?? The contents of the bottles have absolutely nothing to do with the question!!!! It could be '99 bottles of mathematically challenged bimbo blood on wall', and it wouldn't change the answer!! What is wrong with people these days? Sheesh!
I weep at the sheer idiocy factor at work in the world, and, while, I hate to stereotype, these girls were doing nothing for the image of the modeling industry.....
We went to a local steakhouse, and, as they were so busy, ended up eating in the "bar" area, hence, we were surrounded by TV's... We chatted and noshed, and enjoyed each others company, but our eyes did wander to the 'boob tubes' on occasion.
One of the new evening, high stakes game shows came on, "1 vs 100". For those who haven't seen it, the one main contestant answers trivia questions with multiple choice answers, as does "The Mob", which is made up of groups of folks from different occupations. For every member of the mob that gets a question wrong, the contestant gets a certain monetary value, which increases as the questions get harder. Obviously, the first few questions are ridiculously easy.... If the contestant gets a question wrong, the mob splits the money earned so far. If a member of the mob gets a question wrong, they are eliminated, and it becomes "1 vs 86" or whatever. This continues until the entire mob is eliminated or the contestant quits, taking whatever money earned thus far, or gets a question wrong.
One of the first questions was "Which of the following fairy-tale characters would get busted for unlawful entry on Law & Order?" The choices were a) Rapunzel, b) Goldilocks or c) Little Red Riding Hood. Weird, but easy. Surprisingly, a few of the mob got it wrong. Not so surprising? They were Maxim Magazine models.
A couple of questions later brought us this little gem: "In the song '99 bottles of beer on the wall', how many six packs would it take to make up 99 bottles?" The possible answers, a) More than 15, b) exactly 15, or c) less than 15. Okay, it takes a second, but any of us that are capable of chewing gum without walking into walls can put it together, rather quickly...
Not so our contestant. She stared at the screen with a confused look on her face, and actually uttered, "Well, I don't drink beer...." What?? Being confused, she decided to go for this shows version of a life line, which is "Poll the Mob". They highlight two people from the mob, one who got it right and one who got it wrong. (They don't, of course, tell you which is which.) Each then has a turn to explain which they chose and how they came up with said answer.
The first gentleman had chosen a), and explained that "15 times 6 is only 90. 16 times 6 is 96, which is still too small, so the answer is more than 15..." The contest looked at the host and said, "What is this, fuzzy math?" Sheeps and I stared in amazement at the screen... No, you idiot! It is not fuzzy math! It is 3rd grade math!!!
And the other highlighted mob member? Another Maxim model. Her answer? "Well, I don't drink beer either, I drink wine. So I just guessed." Urrrrurrrrrgh?? The contents of the bottles have absolutely nothing to do with the question!!!! It could be '99 bottles of mathematically challenged bimbo blood on wall', and it wouldn't change the answer!! What is wrong with people these days? Sheesh!
I weep at the sheer idiocy factor at work in the world, and, while, I hate to stereotype, these girls were doing nothing for the image of the modeling industry.....
posted by Turtle at 10:25 AM
2 Comments:
I believe another song lyric, this time from Harvey Danger, it apropo: Been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding. I can't decide if there are truly more morons out there, or the vapid vacuum that is Popular Entertainment merely allows more of them to blunder into a camera's viewfinder.
Hey Turtle, how's about a report on the Gator's win? Did G'ville lose its mind?
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