Thread: What about a honing contest?

Originally Posted by Bruno

I think people shouldn't take this too seriously.

A medium-sized +2 for that! You can't take such an important event too seriously

Originally Posted by Bruno

It doesn't matter who wins

I thought there was going to be a prize for the winner?

If only 6 people sign up, I figure I have a decent chance of winning even if my honing skills are nonexistent. Let the games begin

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

If only 6 people sign up, I figure I have a decent chance of winning even if my honing skills are nonexistent. Let the games begin

That made me chuckle, Lee. I agree with you. For me to say that I actually hope I'm at the bottom of the list wouldn't be accurate and would be defeatist; that said however, if some such there were to happen, it wouldn't bother me in the least because it would tell me that my skills could only improve. That would guarantee a long road of enjoyment and challenge working to "get there", now wouldn't it?

Chris L

I agree with Bruno.
Honing while drunk would definitely make the contest more fun.

Originally Posted by Utopian

I agree with Bruno.
Honing while drunk would definitely make the contest more fun.

I've made the ground rule that alcohol and razors don't mix that well.

I did once study 400 pages of my analog electronics course while drunk, during the 2nd year of my masters. I had 18 bottles of Belgian beer left over from my birthday party. It was dead winter so they were chilly.
I was working through the evening, and suddenly thought that a beer would cheer things up, seeing as it was Christmas, and I was sitting all alone in my attic to prepare for the january exams.
By midnight, the beer was gone and I was at the end of my book.
Surprisingly, the insights I had gotten during the evening stuck.

I do remember that those beers seemed to have conspired to wait with releasing the alcohol in my bloodstream until they were all united.

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

A medium-sized +2 for that! You can't take such an important event too seriously

Interestingly, that sentence can mean 2 things, depending on whether 'can't' is used as 'not possible' or 'should not'

Originally Posted by Bruno

Interestingly, that sentence can mean 2 things, depending on whether 'can't' is used as 'not possible' or 'should not'

I don't think you should ever take anything too seriously, and in a case like this where you can't take it too seriously, you don't have to worry too seriously about the should, because the can't doesn't allow for any other option

seriously though (but not too seriously), what's wrong with having a fun contest with prizes and having people who may or may not be perfect judges to judge it? The prize will only carry as much importance as you attach to it I think.