# Match Game anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 24, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949 "2011-08-24T21:01:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/161 "2011-09-10T20:03:58Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > I agree… I think floppy disk should count as a match! 😉 The judges say NO. There’s nothing floppy about disk’s Willy–I mean, Willy’s dick–I mean. Blargh!!! _furious buzzing_ Waiting on two panelists for the response to “B!” ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/162 "2011-09-11T04:52:08Z")
KneadToKnow, I seem to failing as an MC. I think we need to bring out the crushinator! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/163 "2011-09-11T14:00:09Z")
Aw, I think you’re doing just fine. Have you tried PMing the latecomers? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/164 "2011-09-11T16:17:42Z")
There, there, antonio. There, there. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/165 "2011-09-11T16:45:20Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > There, there, antonio. There, there. He wants to be called “Gene”. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/166 "2011-09-11T23:33:42Z")
We could employ 8 or 9 panelists and the first six that respond to a question are the answers you use to match the contestant. It should speed things up a bit, especially on weekends that some posters take off from here. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/167 "2011-09-12T20:39:27Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > We could employ 8 or 9 panelists and the first six that respond to a question are the answers you use to match the contestant. It should speed things up a bit, especially on weekends that some posters take off from here. There’s a thought! (one more panelist to hear back from…) ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/168 "2011-09-12T20:52:40Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > We could employ 8 or 9 panelists and the first six that respond to a question are the answers you use to match the contestant. It should speed things up a bit, especially on weekends that some posters take off from here. > [@antonio107](#): > > There’s a thought! Yeah, [why didn’t I think of that?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14213562&postcount=111) ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/169 "2011-09-13T00:04:41Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Yeah, [why didn’t I think of that?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14213562&postcount=111) But…but ideas are never plagiarized on the internet! 😕 Ok. Last nameless panelist, I say I wait on for until the end of the evening, and then we figure out some sort of resolution. It’s unfair to swap a panelist mid game, though, since they already answered for the other contestant… ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/170 "2011-09-13T19:56:36Z")
I think what Skammer meant was that don’t “switch” panelists, but instead designate 8 or 9 panelists to answer the question, and the FIRST 6 that respond (PM you) of those 8 or 9 would be the answers you use for the contestant. You don’t need to swap anyone unless you have a waiting list beyond the 9 panelists and one of the 9 current panelists hasn’t responded to anything in the last _x number_ of days. That will speed things up for sure. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/171 "2011-09-13T21:31:26Z")
OK. Here’s what’s going down. I’m going to wait until 10 PM EST for **etv78** to reply. Please do not harangue the…man? Woman? If I don’t get an answer by then, the next person to PM me gets to be Richard Dawson. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/172 "2011-09-14T04:22:04Z")
Alright. The writ has been dropped. First one to PM gets to be a panelist! ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/173 "2011-09-14T14:26:35Z")
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/174 "2011-09-14T15:13:45Z")
So [del]antonio[/del] Gene, does this mean we get to harangue our truant panelist now? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/175 "2011-09-14T17:42:09Z")
…Chomp…Chomp…Chommmmmmmp… ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/176 "2011-09-14T22:58:46Z")
Ok! The truant panelist has bowed out for this round, due to mechanical failures. KneadtoKnow has provided a replacement answer (which is quite good). So I leave the floor now to our contestant! **Yeticus Rex** : Bill Gates said: “Being the world’s richest nerd sure has its perks. Not even Steve Jobs has his own gold-plated \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/177 "2011-09-15T18:34:40Z")
So many ways to go with this question… Well…there are two operative words to consider here…“richest” and “nerd”. When I think richest, I think gold-plated gold bars would definitely be “richest”, but when I think “nerd”, I think of computers, slide rules and pocket protectors…although I believe personally that Gates and Jobs actually have gold-plated pocket protectors, my job is to match the panel and I think out of everything here considered, my response will be: **Pocket Protectors** ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/178 "2011-09-15T18:57:11Z")
HALLELUJAH! The game finally continues!!! ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/179 "2011-09-15T19:31:07Z")
Gold plated POCKET PROTECTORS. Alrighty, let’s compare the panelist’s responses! KneadToKnow graciously stepped in, and provided us with a gold-plated **bar of gold** , which certainly fits the bill of opulence! Skammer says pocket protector, which is a match! Dr. Girlfriend, our resident futurist, think Billy boy has a gold plated **robot**. If he plans on doing anything lascivious with it, we’ll have to hope it doesn’t run Windows 8! 😃 Cmkellar’s lovely rhyming couplet: _In grade school, being a nerd Meant you get to run the projector But when you’re a grown-up, it means you get rich And can afford a gold-plated POCKET PROTECTOR._ That’s a match! HardlySanguine said that since it was a “nerd,” it would have to be gold plated **dice** …:dubious: Dungeons and Dragons, perhaps? Good try! Finally, janis\_and\_c0, in keeping with the assumption all nerds are lactose intolerant, decided that the porcelain throne was also gold plated for Bill: **toilet**! So after two rounds, we have a tight game: two to one! Yeticus, you are in the lead, so please select either A or B! (can I also ask that all panelists please subscribe to the thread, so that we can keep tabs on the game? Thank you!) ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/180 "2011-09-15T21:15:27Z")
I’ll pick “A”, Gene! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949.md?page=10)