jellybean poll

[fearlesstemp]

Tonight at dinner, my brother and I were discussing the jellybean contest held at one of the three (3) Easter gatherings we attended last weekend. During the brunch, a jar of jellybeans was passed around with a piece of paper on which you were to write down your name and the number of jellybeans you thought were in the jar. There was an unspecified cash prize to go to the winner (the bill was folded up on top of the jar and held there by clear tape, but the denomination was obscured by a sticker) as well as the jar of jellybeans. BIG STAKES!

Our discussion centered on acceptable vs. not acceptable behavior in such a contest. Imagine you are taking part in such a contest, and while watching the jar of jellybeans make its way around, you notice someone counting the number of beans on the bottom and then counting the number of layers in the jar. Your reaction!

[Poll #966757]

Comments

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

oh god, am I *really* the only stickler annoyed by sneaky counting of jellybeans?!?!

[cjmarlowe.livejournal.com]

Though, that said, trying to count like that isn't going to get you an accurate result anyway. Jellybeans don't settle themselves into rows in a jar.

[meinnim.livejournal.com]

The unwritten rule for jellybean contests is wild guessing! Writing a number off the top of your head! Rattling the jellybean jar in the hopes that you'll get inspired with the right number!

[meinnim.livejournal.com]

I should say those are my unwritten rules. I have done the rattling thing. That never seems to work but I live in hope that it will someday.

[pink-aster.livejournal.com]

I went to a baby shower where there was a baby bottle with jellybeans in it. There were ounces marked out on the bottle, so I said there were 8 ounces of jellybeans in the bottle.

I think I should have won. lol

[fearlesstemp.livejournal.com]

You are not alone! meinnim agrees with you, but alas, most of us are sneaky jellybean counters!

[fearlesstemp.livejournal.com]

I think that's generally true, but this time I lucked out - I used the method described and won the contest! I was seriously excited at the time but distraught last night when my brother revealed to me that what I thought to be good strategy might be viewed by others as cheating. Horrors!

[fearlesstemp.livejournal.com]

Hee! I didn't know this unwritten rule, and apparently cheated in the eyes of others! Most people in the poll are fellow count-and-multipliers, though, I'll have lots of fellow morally questionable peeps to share my jellybeans with. :)

[fearlesstemp.livejournal.com]

Dude, that is awesome! You totally should have won.

BTW, your post the other day with the comment re: balls being injured made me laugh out loud. I didn't have time to comment then, but wanted you to know that I think you're hilarious and commisserated with you when I read it - there's nothing more brutal than making a joke in a room full of people with no/different senses of humor.

[cjmarlowe.livejournal.com]

Woo! \o/

I say if they didn't want you to try to count, the jar shouldn't be clear.

[foxyfrau.livejournal.com]

Dude, you totally played fair! You used problem-solving skills! Isn't this what you try to convey to your students? You're a teacher, what can they expect?

Do you remember when I won the jellybean contest in the dining hall freshman year? And I got to walk around campus with a GIANT Valentine basket/stuffed/aniaml/candy thingee and pretend I had a boyfriend who gave it to me? That was awesome.