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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Contest
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Announcement: Contest deadline extended to 7:00 p.m. EST!
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The thought struck me the other day: "You know what might be fun? It might be fun to have a contest."
And you know what? It might be! I know it will be for me, and I hope it will be for you.
The contest is simple: guess how many movies on DVD I currently own and leave your answer in the comments.
Couldn't be easier, right? A thing to keep in mind: if I own different versions of the same movie, it counts as multiple movies. For instance (and this is a hint, I guess), I own two copies of Batman, the barebones release and the Deluxe Edition. This counts as two movies, at least for the purpose of this contest. (And recent viewers need not fear - we watched the Deluxe Edition, of course.)
The person who guesses closest to the actual number will win him/herself a fancy new MadMup.com mug. (It stands to reason, then, that the winner will have to give me their address or some way of getting the mug to them, so keep that in mind if you don't like handing your address out to random bloggers on the Internet.)
In the case of a tie, the following two tie-breaking questions will be used to determine the winner:
- Alphabetically, what is the first movie in my collection? (Rest assured, since it is alphabetically the first, that means it is also positionally the first.)
- How many movies do I own that start with the letter "S"? (For the purposes of this contest, the articles "a," "an," and "the" do not count as the first words in the title. If I owned a movie entitled The Skunk (I do not), it would count as an "S" movie.)
So! Guess away! The contest will close at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, February 7, 2007. Leave your three answers in the comments section, and thanks for reading!
EDIT: This isn't "The Price Is Right," so it's not "closest without going over," it's just "closest."
EDIT #2: Movies with numbers spelled out (Sixty Cats, for example) get filed according to the word. Movies with numbers as numbers in the title (60 Cats, for example) get filed according to standard alphabetizing rules. Where this leaves the movie Se7en, I really couldn't say.
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Seriously, is it just the closest, or the closest without going over?
# posted by 
: Tue Feb 06, 08:46:00 AM EST
: Tue Feb 06, 08:46:00 AM EST
Mark, I feel that I've been slighted in some way as the last time before Thursday that I was able to see your movie collection was YEARS ago...I should have a good idea, but don't...therefore, alas, it's all a guess. BLAST!
1. 622
2. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls or About a Boy...I can't decide. (but if I have to decide or not win, then I'd go with Ace Ventura)
3. 18
1. 622
2. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls or About a Boy...I can't decide. (but if I have to decide or not win, then I'd go with Ace Ventura)
3. 18
# posted by : Tue Feb 06, 11:07:00 AM EST
: Tue Feb 06, 11:07:00 AM EST
Argh. Also, does 101 Dalmations go in the "A" category or the "O" category alphabetically.
Help me out, here, Mup!
Help me out, here, Mup!
# posted by : Tue Feb 06, 11:30:00 AM EST
: Tue Feb 06, 11:30:00 AM EST
1. 636
2. Adaptation [unless we're going by numbers, in which case I would also say 2001: A Space Odyssey.]
3. 45
2. Adaptation [unless we're going by numbers, in which case I would also say 2001: A Space Odyssey.]
3. 45
301
12 Angry Men (hey I had to watch it in school, you work at a school, it's making sense in my mind)
30
12 Angry Men (hey I had to watch it in school, you work at a school, it's making sense in my mind)
30
# posted by : Tue Feb 06, 01:47:00 PM EST
: Tue Feb 06, 01:47:00 PM EST
Yippee!! I always wanted to spin the big wheel...oh wait, you did say that this ISN'T "The Price Is Right". Bummer! :)
# posted by : Tue Feb 06, 03:35:00 PM EST
: Tue Feb 06, 03:35:00 PM EST
Man, I bet you have about a million. . . hmmmmm. . .
Okay, my guess is
857
I have no guess for tie breaker #2. I really don't know any other movies that start with numbers, but I do want to say that it is utterly hysterical that you have them up in alphabetical order!
You must have 89 "S" movies.
Okay, my guess is
857
I have no guess for tie breaker #2. I really don't know any other movies that start with numbers, but I do want to say that it is utterly hysterical that you have them up in alphabetical order!
You must have 89 "S" movies.
Clarification: My telling "magley" she had the "the BEST guess yet" was more out of my amusement at her choice for my first movie than a hint as to number of movies.
Sorry for any confusion!
Sorry for any confusion!
Man, people are pinning me in. I only have wiggle room of 5 movies below my guess and 15 above. NOT COOL PEOPLE, SPREAD IT OUT A BIT! :P
# posted by : Wed Feb 07, 08:21:00 AM EST
: Wed Feb 07, 08:21:00 AM EST
Scott is probably asking, "Who is G-Knee?"
I'm fairly certain he's "Scootles," an old online buddy from way back.
I'm fairly certain he's "Scootles," an old online buddy from way back.
I'm gonna go with 217. Yeah, 217.
As for the other two questions, well, I won't sweat those unless I do wind up in a tie. I hope that doesn't auto-forfeit a tie.
As for the other two questions, well, I won't sweat those unless I do wind up in a tie. I hope that doesn't auto-forfeit a tie.
Are you counting TV show collections as movies also?
1. eleventeen hundred
2. season one of "the A-Team"
3. 8 1/2 (you must have one somewhere that got recorded over, almost)
1. eleventeen hundred
2. season one of "the A-Team"
3. 8 1/2 (you must have one somewhere that got recorded over, almost)
Hey, Mark
This is Amanda Butram from the Career Class and I was wondering if you could add my blog to the classes page.
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Thanks
This is Amanda Butram from the Career Class and I was wondering if you could add my blog to the classes page.
http://mandy-emergency911.blogspot.com/
Thanks
Slacker,
I thought the contest ended at 5:00 pm. Are you extending it because you haven't actually counted the movies yet?
I thought the contest ended at 5:00 pm. Are you extending it because you haven't actually counted the movies yet?
# posted by : Wed Feb 07, 06:04:00 PM EST
: Wed Feb 07, 06:04:00 PM EST
And furthermore, the contest question is how many DVD's do you own, yet in questions 2 and 3 you state "movies" specifically. Does the DVD question include TV shows on DVD's too? Or just movies? And what about games on DVD?
Now my guess is all wrong - forget it, I give up!
Now my guess is all wrong - forget it, I give up!
# posted by : Wed Feb 07, 06:09:00 PM EST
: Wed Feb 07, 06:09:00 PM EST
Once and for all here, folks: the contest was "guess how many movies on DVD I currently own and leave your answer in the comments."
"Movies."
And I counted them up last night and have been watching with great interest all the guesses. SOon we shall have out answer!
"Movies."
And I counted them up last night and have been watching with great interest all the guesses. SOon we shall have out answer!
I fear I overestimated, but if you're like us, movies just keep multiplying in our apartment. We ended up with two copies of Brain Candy [I was sure we had it, D swore we didn't and I didn't bother to check--I was right] so we ended up giving that one away.
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: Wed Feb 07, 07:15:00 PM EST
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