| Saturday, July 14, 2007 |
| and the trucks roll in from los angeles. |
Hola mi amigos. Please allow me a moment to thank all you lovely folks who read, comment, don't comment, subscribe, don't subscribe, like, dislike - basically, everyone reading these words right now. Just for being here. From time to time it's nice to remember what common love brings us together, in spite of no two of us being alike. It's liberating to realize that being alike and being one are two different, unrelated things. :)
The results of that fun little quiz we had a few posts ago are overdue. I had promised to put it out in the next post, and I had the results typed out in a text file, but the computer had to crash before I could save it. Such is life. After some procrastination, I've counted the winners again... but first, the answer.
Question: How many times is LA city referenced in Switchfoot songs? / How many Switchfoot songs mention LA?
Answer: #5 - Two of the above (more than 1, more than 2).
LA city is mentioned in Switchfoot songs 4 times. ("Home", "Love Is The Movement", "Awakening", "Let Your Love".)
The following 9 people gave the best answer, #5:
rachel
natalie
Steph
vee
mary
kitty
Mike
chris byerly
x3beccamariex3
Other correct answers (honorable mentions), i.e., people who got it technically right by picking "more than 1" (choice #4) or "more than 2" (choice #1):
ashneth, sarah, megan, anonymous, jess/JLee91587, sophie
Good job, guys! :)
Some of you may be wondering why I made the options so confusing. Well, I was just mimicking universities' style of multiple-choice questions, to make it more fun/competitive. If I didn't do that, we probably would've had 27 people to list above rather than 9, ha.
Thanks everyone for your honesty. There's really no "winner" here. Needless to say, knowing the answer to a silly question about Switchfoot doesn't mean much as far as winning or losing in life goes. But everyone who participated in the spirit of community, with honesty, wins. And by the way, the 162 comments on that post is a record for this blog... highest ever, in our 266-post history. Go us!
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Clarifications/notes (read these if you think your name should have been mentioned above):
- If you broke any of the rules mentioned in the post, your answer wasn't counted.
- Only the first time you answered was counted and your subsequent comments weren't.
- Yes, "Los Angeles" counts as a mention of LA city. If I had put LA in quotation marks (like this: "LA") then it would've meant only the exact string "LA" counts and "Los Angeles" doesn't. Also, driving on the 405 (in "Amateur Lovers") is NOT a mention of LA city, even though the 405 is in LA.
- Someone asked, "So, are we supposed to have 2 answers: One for the reference of LA and another for the actual times LA is said? Or add those two answers together to form one answer?" Good question. I didn't mean to count the 405 mention, which could be seen by some as "referencing" LA (one of the two phrasings of the question). I apologize for this confusion. Both the questions were one and the same... just phrased differently (one simpler than the other) so everyone could understand the question. I thought the slash would make it clear that both questions were one and the same, but the word "referenced" (in one of the questions) was probably not the best word choice.
- Those who picked the right choice (#5) but then went on to explain the answer, and gave the wrong number of songs that mention LA - your vote wasn't counted.
- Conversely, those who gave the right number of songs, but picked the wrong multiple-choice option were also not counted.
- Those who answered after the next post (by gellie) were not counted.
- Someone said "it's unfair for us canadians who doesn't know places in the states!" My sincere apologies to those who didn't know that LA stood for "Los Angeles"... it wasn't my intention to be unfair to you non-Americans (I'm not American either.)
- If you have any questions, or I somehow didn't count your name but you feel I should have, then feel free to ask in the comments section of this post.
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posted by phil @ 11:48 AM  
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happy july 14th!! *fireworks and stuff*
Phil, i was wrong, i don't know how to count up to 4...
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Well...CONGRATULATIONS to all the people that got it right!! i was wrong. :( That was a fun quiz thing that you put on Phil. There should be another one of those in the future.
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wow..there's another rachel on here b/c that one that won isn't me. lol.
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I won!! Thanks for the challenge Phil!
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I think it was awsome that there was 162 comments! Sweet!
You went all Jon on us again Phil. When I first started reading this one, I almost thought Jon or Tim had made a post. ;)
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Eat at Giovanni's in Willmar. you'll love it. Have a good show.
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6 is right because 5 is right 1 is right and 4 is right
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^no, I had put 5 and 6 alongside each other. so 5 wasn't "above" 6.
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a-ha!! the tricky!! I was going to point that out too. But alas, I should have known that you would have already thought of that phil.
Whens our next brainteaser?
~Linds
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good job guys! i didn't pick the right one...*tear* thats ok though...yalkl did a good job with your switchfoot history!
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Congrats to the winners.
And Phil......it's all your fault.
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Hi rachel...I am the other rachel...I'll post as rachel2...I am new to the conversations...but been lurking for awhile. I just had to jump into this poll, yeah...I was right!
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@shawna lea. I totally thought the same thing. When I started reading the post, I thought one of the band members had posted. Scary, huh? Phil must eat, sleep, & breathe Switchfoot! :P
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@shawna & faye
stop flattering me, yo! =D
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oh and i'll have the next one as soon as i have another idea for a question that, like this one, only around 10 people would answer correctly. ;)
glad ya'll enjoyed this!
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well i actually did submit #5 but my comp was being messed up and i wasnt sure if it posted or not....aparently not!!!
ah well! such is life :P
anywho, congrats to the winners!!!
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That was a fun quick quiz Phil! Good idea, I look forward to more Switchfoot trivia. I really enjoyed reading the "clarifications/notes". Thats some funny stuff there :)
Thanks for everything you do.
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I rather liked that brain-teaser.
:)
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bummer - got the right number of songs, but picked the wrong multiple choice answer =(
you did an astounding job phil - can't wait for the next questionaire!
peace to you,
joy
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guess what is going to happen in exactly 1 month?!?!?!
TIM FOREMAN'S BIRTHDAY!!!!
just thought that was something that i needed to say...but im sure every die-hard SF fan knows that.
and, i thought this was a sharing thing too, it's his last birthday in his 20's....HE'S GROWING UP! *TEARSSSS*
LOL..jk
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i stumbled upon some 90's switchfoot and it's pretty funny!
everyone has to check this out and if you've already seen it..doesn't matter..watch it again!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2LYYwnbDD8
i think it's cute and it made me laugh [ALOT]
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Wow, who doesn't know what LA stands for? That's an embarassment to us Canadians! haha, lydz, you think THAT one is old? Check out THIS vid!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vu-dcYO1sBA&mode=related&search=
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LA= Louisiana OR la la la la la la la
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@zach: i thought it was awsome i didn't really mean it was that old dude!
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i followed the link and it didn't show me anyhting...whats it supposed to be?
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i was right! that makes me really excited :D :D hooray! thanks for the quiz phil!
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happy july 14th!! *fireworks and stuff*
Phil, i was wrong, i don't know how to count up to 4...