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Butter
09-12-2014, 10:03 AM
Responses due by 7 AM, Wednesday September 17th

The Rules

The rules are the same as previous FOFC “I’m With Stupid" Contests, as set forth by the game's, and indeed our very community's, most cherished and beloved progenitors and inspirational leaders, and also QuikSand. May we never lose our commitment to reverently speak their names and heartily toast their greatness.

The object of this contest is to answer the questions posted, and to provide the most common answer among those submitted. For each question, your score will be equal to the number of people who submitted that response. Your score for the contest will be the product of your individual question scores. For the mathematically challenged, product means they are multiplied together, not added. Highest score wins.

Collaboration of any kind is strictly forbidden. No posting your answers to this board, nor sharing them by e-mail or in any other way with other potential contestants. There are no prizes other than everlasting glory and total consciousness on your deathbed, so the need to cheat shouldn't be an issue.

All determinations of "matches" and anything else requiring even the most trivial degree of judgment fall to that of the sole administrator of this round of the game. You can reduce the need for doubt and judgment by properly spelling your submissions, being clear, and that sort of thing. My decisions are final and utterly inarguable, no exceptions. I summarily reject any suggestion of this structure as evidence of any personal character flaw.

Any references that are unclear to you, due to language or geography, should be understood to be authored from the perspective of an English-speaking American. However...

Your answers do not necessarily have to be correct in order to score points. If I ask "What is the best game on FOFC?" and you answer "Werewolf" along with 9 other people, you each score 10 points, even though the correct answer is "I'm With Stupid."

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Hall of Heroes


Abe Sargent - IWS#49, IWS#149
Ahbrady - IWS#15, IWS#41, IWS#85, IWS#100
Airhog - IWS#1
Albionmoonlight - IWS#30, IWS#50, IWS#101, IWS#127, IWS#146, IWS#190, IWS#200, IWS#210
Archer219 - IWS#18, IWS#100
Arctus – IWS#135
Ardent Enthusiast - IWS#6
Atatange1 - IWS#79
Autumn - IWS #207
Barkeep49 - IWS#62, IWS#100, IWS#117
bbor - IWS#23, IWS#26
Bearcat729 - IWS#82, IWS#93
bhlloy - IWS#179
BishopMVP - IWS#36
Blade - IWS#13
BrianD - IWS#106
britrock88 - IWS#185, IWS#193, IWS#215, IWS#222
Bryce - IWS#40, IWS#53
Buccaneer - IWS#47
Butter_of_69 - IWS#128, IWS#144, IWS#158, IWS#176, IWS#225, IWS#227
Bsak16 - IWS#6, IWS#9, IWS#17
cartman - IWS#48, IWS#100
Celeval - IWS#146
Chief Rum - IWS#45, IWS#56, IWS#95
Claphamsa - IWS#184
CMP - IWS#171
Coffee Warlord - IWS#176
ColtCrazy - IWS#178
Cornhuskerly - IWS#46
Crim - IWS#57
Cringer - IWS#155, IWS#158
Cthomer5000 - IWS#54, IWS#75
CU Tiger - IWS#152, IWS#179, IWS #226
cuervo72 - IWS#27, IWS#38, IWS#191, IWS#211
DanGarion – IWS#100, IWS#122, IWS#178
Danny - IWS#54
Dodgerchick - IWS#177
Desert Dweller - IWS#6
Desnudo - IWS#88, IWS#120, IWS#137, IWS#199
Digamma - IWS#14, IWS#92, IWS#185, IWS#190, IWS#192, IWS#198
DougW #219
DukeRulesMAB - IWS#76
Dutch - IWS#90, IWS#189
EagleFan - IWS#41
Farrah Whitworth-Rahn - IWS#126
flere-imsaho - IWS#214, IWS#216
Frozenrope - IWS#86
George W Bush - IWS#80, IWS#84
Glengoyne - IWS#71
gold101 - IWS#63
GoSeahawks - IWS#64, IWS#131
gstelmack - IWS#116
Hammer755 - IWS#38
HeavyReign - IWS#23
Henry296 - IWS#12
Honolulu_Blue - IWS#129, IWS#144
Hoopsguy - IWS#170, IWS#174, IWS#181
HornedFrogPurple - IWS#10
jbergey22 - IWS#172, IWS#187
JeeberD - IWS#44, IWS#52, IWS#61, IWS#87, IWS#91, IWS#110, IWS#138, IWS#141
Jesse Ewiak – IWS#100
Joe Canadian - IWS#29
John Lynch - IWS#10
Karlifornia - IWS#81, IWS#97, IWS#99, IWS#124, IWS#134, IWS#158, IWS#161, IWS#172
kcchief19 - IWS#195
kingfc22- IWS#75, IWS#123, IWS#140, IWS#151
kurtism - IWS#79
KWhit - IWS#142, IWS#147, IWS#150, IWS#164
Lathum - IWS#182, IWS#206, IWS#212
lighhousekeeper - IWS#125
lurker - IWS#158
Logan – IWS#100, IWS#186
Maple Leafs - IWS#34, IWS#84, IWS#94, IWS#113, IWS#118, IWS#139, IWS#168
Marmel - IWS#8, IWS#211
Masked - IWS#22, IWS#30, IWS#31, IWS#33, IWS#100
MattJones4Heisman - IWS#157
mauboy1 - IWS#77
MIJB#19 - IWS#59, IWS#69, IWS#117, IWS#194
Msf518 - IWS#11, IWS#15, IWS#35, IWS#39, IWS#100
Neuqua - IWS#19
Nilodor - IWS#208, IWS#217
nol - IWS#213, IWS#220
NoMyths - IWS#46
Noop - IWS#46
Nothingman - IWS#6, IWS#45
ntndeacon - IWS#81
Oliegirl - IWS#72, IWS#81
PackerFanatic - IWS#130
Panerd - IWS#3, IWS#84, IWS#89, IWS#107, IWS#120, IWS#133, IWS#190, IWS #201
PineTar - IWS#108
Pjstp20 - IWS#42
Primelord - IWS#11
PurdueBrad - IWS#173, IWS#197, IWS #205
Pyser - IWS#85, IWS#163, IWS#180, IWS#197
QuikSand - IWS#9, IWS#16, IWS#18, IWS#24, IWS#32, IWS#58, IWS#66, IWS#70, IWS#73, IWS#78, IWS#83, IWS#93, IWS#100, IWS#103, IWS#111, IWS#132, IWS#156, IWS#165, IWS#169, IWS#179, IWS#202, IWS#224
Qwikshot - IWS#5
Radii – IWS#100, IWS#106, IWS#208
Raiders Army - IWS#154, IWS#179
Ramzavail - IWS#53
Raven Hawk - IWS#68, IWS#96
RendeR - IWS#6
RGunner - IWS#121
rkmsuf - IWS#145
RonnieDobbs - IWS#37
RPI-Fan - IWS#9, IWS#182, IWS#203
sabotai - IWS#143
Samdari - IWS#21
ScottVib - IWS#9
Solecismic - IWS#83
spleen1015 - IWS#98, IWS#196
SplitPersonality1 - IWS#4, IWS#104
Sterlingice - IWS#28, IWS#31, IWS#35, IWS#51, IWS#183, IWS#197
stevebollea - IWS#169
stevew- IWS#159, IWS#164 #204
Subby - IWS#107, IWS#110, IWS#112
Sublime 2 - IWS#25, IWS#134, IWS#148, IWS#161, IWS#179, IWS#188
Suburban Rhythm - IWS#221
Suicane75 - IWS#109
Swaggs - IWS#2, IWS#35
Tarcone - IWS#162
Tasan - IWS#65
TazFTW - IWS#153
ThunderingHERD - IWS#114, IWS#119, IWS#122
Timmae - IWS#115, IWS #224
Toddzilla - IWS#167
Tredwel - IWS#6, IWS#9, IWS#20, IWS#43, IWS#67, IWS#84
TRO - IWS#7, IWS#9, IWS#12, IWS#85, IWS#102, IWS#109, IWS#209
tucker342 - IWS#60
tyketime - IWS#175, IWS#178
Umbrella - IWS#218
Vince - IWS#37, IWS#46, IWS#62
wademoore - IWS#166
Wbatl1 – IWS#105, IWS#136
Whar - IWS#75
Wheels - IWS#55
WSUCougar – IWS#105

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IWS #228

We may have done this theme before... if so, I'm doing it again hopefully with different questions.

Stupid's Parenting Techniques

Stupid and his wife, Idioette, have been parents for a little while now. Somehow, through poor understanding of contraceptive techniques, they ended up with 10 children. However, knowing now what he knew then, they really wish they would've had less.

1. How many children are in the ideal family unit?



Luckily, Stupid has a great job as the CEO of IWS, Inc. which makes cell phone apps with microtransactions, and lots of them. As such, money is really no object for the Stupids. (Yes, his name is Stupid S. Stupid... but, I digress.) His kids range in age from 6 months to 17 years old, but he tries not to spoil his kids too much because he wants them to find their own way without having everything handed to them. However, he also realizes that they have certain needs as kids... like cell phones with those cool apps on them.

2. At what age should a child get their first cell phone?



Over Christmas break, Stupid finds out that his 17 year old boy was caught drinking at a party where he was assured there would be parents, but as it turns out that was just a lie to get out of the crammed house for a few hours. Luckily he was able to book it out the back as the police were arriving, but he ran all the way home and came in still pretty wasted. Incensed, Stupid settles on a grounding punishment which equals No TV, no Video Games, and no hanging out with his friends for a period of time.

3. How long should Stupid, Jr. be grounded for underage drinking and lying about it to his parents?



Stupid has also noticed lately that his girls are really starting to grow up. They've attracted a lot of attention of the male kind... but he's not sure if they should be allowed to start dating yet. One fine afternoon while polishing his shotgun, Stupid settles on an allowable dating age for his daughters and prepares to break the news to them.

4. At what age should girls be allowed to begin dating?



Finally, after a period of grounding, Stupid, Jr. turns his senior year around and graduates high school with honors. Just turning 18, SJ decides that he is going to spend a month or so backpacking around Europe with some buddies in the summer before college, but he doesn't want to hit all the tourist traps.

5. Name a city in Europe where Stupid, Jr. should start his trip besides London, Paris, or Rome.



With one child finally getting out of the nest, but 9 more to go, Stupid and Idioette trudge back from the airport after dropping off SJ and decide to head back into the den and enjoy some quality family time with the other 9... After all, the time goes by so fast so they have to enjoy the kids while they can. So they fire up Netflix and start up a film....

6. What 1980's R-rated comedy do they watch with their 9 children?

I said they were parents, but never said they were good ones.

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There you have it. PM your responses to me, with something sufficiently clear in the title.

Contest closes 7 AM Eastern, Wednesday, September 17th.

Please help with the "snet" and other suitably amusing response-bumps to help keep the contest in mind.

britrock88
09-12-2014, 10:54 AM
ents

timmae
09-12-2014, 10:57 AM
thanks buddy!

JeeberD
09-12-2014, 11:53 AM
Scented

Butter
09-15-2014, 06:39 AM
Bump.

Butter
09-16-2014, 06:59 AM
Only 10 responses. I'm sure that we can get that up to 20....

sterlingice
09-16-2014, 08:12 AM
I think I might have to Google the last one

SI

Butter
09-16-2014, 05:29 PM
Only 13 entrants? We can do better. You can answer the questions in the time it takes you to think about answering the questions.

nilodor
09-16-2014, 06:23 PM
I think I might have to Google the last one

SI

The list is super surprising. I won't list any here but when I was looking at them a lot of the movies I considered to be pg-13 or maybe lower by today's standards.

flere-imsaho
09-17-2014, 06:36 AM
The list is super surprising. I won't list any here but when I was looking at them a lot of the movies I considered to be pg-13 or maybe lower by today's standards.

Yeah, but when I thought about it I realized the mores of today are to the 80s as the mores of the 90s were to the 60s. Which then made me feel old.

Butter
09-17-2014, 06:39 AM
Ended up at 15 participants.

Results

1. How many children are in the ideal family unit?

2 children - 15


2. At what age should a child get their first cell phone?

10 years old - 8
13 years old - 5
15, 12 - 1 each


3. How long should Stupid, Jr. be grounded for underage drinking and lying about it to his parents?

1 month - 7
1 week - 4
2 weeks - 3
1 year - 1



4. At what age should girls be allowed to begin dating?

15 years old - 6
16 years old - 6
13 years old - 2
12 years old - 1

These last 2 questions are really where the separation happened:

5. Name a city in Europe where Stupid, Jr. should start his trip besides London, Paris, or Rome.

Amsterdam - 5
Barcelona - 4
Berlin - 3
Venice - 2
Madrid - 1


6. What 1980's R-rated comedy do they watch with their 9 children?

Beverly Hills Cop - 3
Porky's - 3
National Lampoon's Vacation - 2
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - 2
The Breakfast Club, When Harry Met Sally, Risky Business, Meatballs, Stripes - 1 each

Now the scoring, out of a possible 75600 points:

Desnudo - 270
NobodyHere - 2100
sterlingice - 2160
JeeberD - 3780
Dodgerchick - 5400
NoSkillz - 9000
Suburban Rhythm - 9450
nol - 12600
PurdueBrad - 12960
flere-imsaho - 20160
korme - 23040
Pyser - 28800
nilodor - 43200
britrock88 - 75600
timmae - 75600


Congratulations to britrock88 and timmae, co-champions of IWS#228!

britrock88
09-17-2014, 09:35 AM
woo!

timmae
09-17-2014, 09:36 AM
"Tell Victor that Ramon - -the fella he met about a week ago? - -tell him that Ramon went to the clinic today, and I found out that I have, um, herpes simplex 10, and I think Victor should go check himself out with his physician to make sure everything is fine before things start falling off on the man."

Awesome flick... fun IWS!

Brit.. you want to roll with 228? I can add questions if need be. Otherwise I can run with it. I'm down with whatever.

britrock88
09-17-2014, 09:41 AM
Ha, we're both out of pocket until next week. Look for something then, forum!

JeeberD
09-17-2014, 04:47 PM
I *almost* went back and changed my answer on #2 to 10, but didn't find the time. But I didn't hit on #5 either, so it really wouldn't have mattered, I guess...