Rockin' the Feud
I just finished playing a couple rounds of the Feud. Family Feud if you don't already know. It's a great game, I highly recommend it. Get it from Yahoo!
Now if you don't know how the Feud works, quit reading because the rest of this won't make sense to you.
Ok now, here are your options: You can play multi-player against someone. That's a good time. Or you can play solo style. When you play solo, you compete against "Average Score". If you win, you play Fast Money for 20,000 bonus points. And believe me... you want those points. Those are 20 thousand bonus points. Nice.
So my first question is "How many minutes does it take the average person to run a mile?" Easy right? "8 mins" Ding! That is the number two answer. Next I'm thinking, and you only get 20 seconds to answer, that "10 mins" is a solid answer. Ding! Number one answer baby, I'm on a roll now. Oh, and by the way, the top seven answers were on the board. So I'm sitting on the number one and number two answers. Those are the easy ones. Now I'm not sure which way to go on this. Remember, they asked 100 people. What would they think? So I think, some people don't know how fast things are. So those people say "5 mins" and that's my third answer. Ding! Number seven.
So we have one, two, and seven. Three for three. The time is ticking, and I think, "This is easy." So I'm feeling good about it and I type in "9 mins". I figure 10 mins is number one, and 8 mins is number two, then 9 mins has to be number three. X(Enrt!) No... What? You mean to tell me 9 mins isn't up there? That's crap. While I'm thinking this, time is ticking away. So I'm thinking, "fine". I type in "7 mins" Ding! Number four.
So out of seven answers, I have numbers 1,2,4,7 and missing answers 3,5,6 (naturally). Hmm.. what would be number three? I look at the board and see 5 mins and 7 mins. Hmm.. Obvious! "6 mins" XX(Enrt!) No. Second strike. Dammit. Ok, now I'm having some trouble figuring out what someone might have said to this question. I've already guessed 5,6,7,8,9,10 mins. Which way do I guess? Do I guess faster or slower than this? I figure, average person... slower. So I type in "11 mins" XXX(Ernt!) Third strike! Ah crap. Let's see what I didn't get.
Show me number three! Ding! "15 mins" What? Wow... ok.... Show me number five! Ding! "20 mins" Wow! I mean really, the average person thinks it takes 20 minutes to run a mile? You've got to be kidding me. That's three miles an hour. 3mph. I'm also thinking, "I would never have guessed that." I'm somewhat amazed at that answer. Right before he revealed number five, I was thinking, "Oh! I bet it it's going be 6.5 mins. Nyah." I wouldn't have thought of half numbers.
So when I saw 15 mins as number three, I figured that, sure someone could think it would take 15 minutes to run a mile. It's slow, but I can see that as an answer. Twenty minutes though!? That struck me as somewhat ridiculous. I'm fairly certain I could run a mile in under 20 minutes and I'm not in good shape.
Now there's only one answer left to be revealed and the board is looking like this:
1. 10 mins
2. 8 mins
3. 15 mins
4. 7 mins
5. 20 mins
6.
7. 5 mins
(Right? Is that consistent with the rest of the story? I'll wait while you check.)
But get this. I figure number 6 is going to be "4 mins". Right? I was thinking the average person (who answered 20 minutes(!) just moments ago) probably doesn't know how fast a four minute mile is. He didn't know that three mph is not really much of a speed so what are the odds he'll know that four minute miles aren't an everyday thing. So I'm certain it's going to be 4 mins. Show me number six. Ding! (I don't know how to spell the Family Feud noise, but that's my best shot) "30 mins".
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What?
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I'm stupefied... I can not believe that is the answer. I would never, not in a million years, guess it would take the average person thirty minutes to run one (1) mile. Never. It would never have occurred to me. However, not only was 30 mins the number six answer, but not one, no... two people gave that answer. There are two people in America that believe it takes the average person thirty minutes to run a mile. That's two miles an hour.
Two people actually think that-that is the case. Wow. Who are these people? I want to know what they do for a living. I bet it's something completely normal and bland. Any office type job. Something with files and spreadsheets. Whatever. That isn't really important here. What is important is that these are two people out in society. Among us. That guy sipping a Starbucks across the street? He might be that guy. He could be the guy that you walk up to and ask, "How long do you think it takes the average person to run one mile?" And he would look at you, maybe even squint a bit (because he's thinking) and say, "Hmm... Thirty minutes?"
And right there. That's your moment.
Now if you don't know how the Feud works, quit reading because the rest of this won't make sense to you.
Ok now, here are your options: You can play multi-player against someone. That's a good time. Or you can play solo style. When you play solo, you compete against "Average Score". If you win, you play Fast Money for 20,000 bonus points. And believe me... you want those points. Those are 20 thousand bonus points. Nice.
So my first question is "How many minutes does it take the average person to run a mile?" Easy right? "8 mins" Ding! That is the number two answer. Next I'm thinking, and you only get 20 seconds to answer, that "10 mins" is a solid answer. Ding! Number one answer baby, I'm on a roll now. Oh, and by the way, the top seven answers were on the board. So I'm sitting on the number one and number two answers. Those are the easy ones. Now I'm not sure which way to go on this. Remember, they asked 100 people. What would they think? So I think, some people don't know how fast things are. So those people say "5 mins" and that's my third answer. Ding! Number seven.
So we have one, two, and seven. Three for three. The time is ticking, and I think, "This is easy." So I'm feeling good about it and I type in "9 mins". I figure 10 mins is number one, and 8 mins is number two, then 9 mins has to be number three. X(Enrt!) No... What? You mean to tell me 9 mins isn't up there? That's crap. While I'm thinking this, time is ticking away. So I'm thinking, "fine". I type in "7 mins" Ding! Number four.
So out of seven answers, I have numbers 1,2,4,7 and missing answers 3,5,6 (naturally). Hmm.. what would be number three? I look at the board and see 5 mins and 7 mins. Hmm.. Obvious! "6 mins" XX(Enrt!) No. Second strike. Dammit. Ok, now I'm having some trouble figuring out what someone might have said to this question. I've already guessed 5,6,7,8,9,10 mins. Which way do I guess? Do I guess faster or slower than this? I figure, average person... slower. So I type in "11 mins" XXX(Ernt!) Third strike! Ah crap. Let's see what I didn't get.
Show me number three! Ding! "15 mins" What? Wow... ok.... Show me number five! Ding! "20 mins" Wow! I mean really, the average person thinks it takes 20 minutes to run a mile? You've got to be kidding me. That's three miles an hour. 3mph. I'm also thinking, "I would never have guessed that." I'm somewhat amazed at that answer. Right before he revealed number five, I was thinking, "Oh! I bet it it's going be 6.5 mins. Nyah." I wouldn't have thought of half numbers.
So when I saw 15 mins as number three, I figured that, sure someone could think it would take 15 minutes to run a mile. It's slow, but I can see that as an answer. Twenty minutes though!? That struck me as somewhat ridiculous. I'm fairly certain I could run a mile in under 20 minutes and I'm not in good shape.
Now there's only one answer left to be revealed and the board is looking like this:
1. 10 mins
2. 8 mins
3. 15 mins
4. 7 mins
5. 20 mins
6.
7. 5 mins
(Right? Is that consistent with the rest of the story? I'll wait while you check.)
But get this. I figure number 6 is going to be "4 mins". Right? I was thinking the average person (who answered 20 minutes(!) just moments ago) probably doesn't know how fast a four minute mile is. He didn't know that three mph is not really much of a speed so what are the odds he'll know that four minute miles aren't an everyday thing. So I'm certain it's going to be 4 mins. Show me number six. Ding! (I don't know how to spell the Family Feud noise, but that's my best shot) "30 mins".
...
What?
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I'm stupefied... I can not believe that is the answer. I would never, not in a million years, guess it would take the average person thirty minutes to run one (1) mile. Never. It would never have occurred to me. However, not only was 30 mins the number six answer, but not one, no... two people gave that answer. There are two people in America that believe it takes the average person thirty minutes to run a mile. That's two miles an hour.
Two people actually think that-that is the case. Wow. Who are these people? I want to know what they do for a living. I bet it's something completely normal and bland. Any office type job. Something with files and spreadsheets. Whatever. That isn't really important here. What is important is that these are two people out in society. Among us. That guy sipping a Starbucks across the street? He might be that guy. He could be the guy that you walk up to and ask, "How long do you think it takes the average person to run one mile?" And he would look at you, maybe even squint a bit (because he's thinking) and say, "Hmm... Thirty minutes?"
And right there. That's your moment.
posted by Mike at 7:00 PM
3 Comments:
I probably would have started out at 7 or 8 and then went to 10 then 15. I'm not sure where I would have gone to after that. 20 and 30 minutes is just ridiculous. But, I also remember many times watching this show and being baffled at the answers. You can't think in terms of "actual", real circumstances, but you must remember all the idiots out there that have a say in this little game.
Well, I have run Cross Country and Track and understand these distances a little better than say... the two idiot who answered 30 minutes. WHAT??
Imagine the high school track surrounding the football field. If you sincerely tried, you may be able to walk around it four times in 30 minutes. The word "run" is the operative word here. An 8 minutes mile is kinda slow, but for someone not in shape 10-12 is an easily attainable goal. Lets say 15 minutes if you were really huffing for breathe.
I believe you'd honestly just have to walk with no running involved at all to make it in 30 minutes.
I can walk a mile in 20 minutes, but if I tried to run a mile, it would probably take me a day because I would pass out or have a heart attack. So I would answer 24 hours to run a mile.
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