On 01/09/2012 08:42, Guy Barry wrote:
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> "Jerry Friedman" wrote in message
> news:72d291a1-9a7d-4eb2...@m18g2000yqp.googlegroups.com...
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>> On Aug 31, 12:09 am, "Guy Barry" <
guy.ba...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> > "Jerry Friedman" wrote in message
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>> news:88731810-038e-40f3...@u15g2000yql.googlegroups.com...
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>> > > What gentleman undergoes a sex change when topped with something
>> > > sunny?
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>> > Am I supposed to put spoiler space in here?
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>> Not traditional, but not a bad idea.
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> So what happens if I think I've got the correct answer, but I'm not
> sure, and I don't want to spoil it for anyone else? In this case I was
> fairly sure the answer was right.
Post it, don't mess about. You'll see that people also post suggestions
which sometimes contribute to a collaborative process of working out the
answer
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> Also I can't see how this "first-on-the-buzzer" idea can possibly work
> when you've got people scattered all round the world in different time
> zones. Much as I'd like to spend 24 hours a day hunched over the
> computer waiting for the next question to come up, in practice I do have
> a few other things to do. How do you ensure that things are fair for
> all the competitors? (In this case I just happened to see the question
> before I went out of the house at around 7am British time, but I could
> easily have missed it.)
>
Over the years since Garry invented this wonderful game (oh dear, a
touch of the Nicholas Parsons crept in there...) we've tried several
ways of addressing this problem, none of them entirely successful. More
people used to take on the administrative burden, which is quite
significant. I'm just delighted that Jerry and Michael are prepared to
keep it going. I won a Herdwick once but most of the time I just marvel
at the mostly incomprehensible questions and the fact that anyone can
answer them, especially when the replies come in very quickly.