# mMundane and utterly pointless .. a game! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032 "2004-11-22T03:04:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/1 "2004-11-22T03:04:03Z")
There is some trick to [this](http://www.flamjam.com/spank/), but I can’t quite decide what it is. My best so far is about 325. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/2 "2004-11-22T03:19:10Z")
Ok, I give, what do you do and where is the score? I have dragged and waved and played around with that, but I don’t seem to be doing much and I don’t see a score of any kind anywhere. I could just assume it’s a computer glitch and not me being completely dense, but we all know what happens when you ass-u-me. ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/3 "2004-11-22T03:21:52Z")
It took me a while to figure it out too. I was hoping I wasn’t the only one. The little hand turns into the little whate and gray bar. Click the bar with your mouse and drag it quickly at the monkey (“spank” it). Then you’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/4 "2004-11-22T03:26:10Z")
265 and the Monkey seemed pretty happy about it…I got a pink flashing sign and music! ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/5 "2004-11-22T03:34:35Z")
Yikes! 434 miles per hour and some “Another One Bites the Dust” style music. ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/6 "2004-11-22T03:38:11Z")
DAmn you **Nightwatch Trailer**. There’s some trick to this game. Anyone _else_ figure out what it is? And willing to share it? ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/7 "2004-11-22T04:04:09Z")
281 is about the best I can manage. If I ever need a monkey spanked at speeds above 300 miles an hour, I’ll call you guys. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/8 "2004-11-22T04:06:42Z")
I can’t seem to get over 100mph…Maybe ya have to be a guy to be good at spankin’ the monkey? ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/9 "2004-11-22T04:13:21Z")
The secret to getting over 200 is to drag the hand near the monkey, but not actually spank it, and then let go. Then, when you slap, you get more power. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/10 "2004-11-22T04:15:08Z")
837MPH. The trick is to move your mouse to the right, out of the field, while holding down left click. Then move to the left side of the monkey and slowly move the cursor onto the field. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/11 "2004-11-22T04:16:57Z")
846mph. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/12 "2004-11-22T04:18:15Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/13 "2004-11-22T04:22:45Z")
339 without cheating 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/14 "2004-11-22T04:23:49Z")
I had figured out the part about dragging the hand off to the right first, but I still don’t get the second part of what you said. Could you clarify that for me, please? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/15 "2004-11-22T04:25:04Z")
846 using **Ilsa** ’s method. Best I did before that was 235. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/16 "2004-11-22T04:32:43Z")
847 using **Ilsa** ’s method. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/17 "2004-11-22T04:47:06Z")
Hey, hey - let it be known that I did NOT cheat to get 434. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/18 "2004-11-22T04:47:20Z")
Looks like 848 is the highest you can get. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/19 "2004-11-22T07:06:03Z")
We messed around with this at work for awhile last year. We would occasionally get flukes in the 2500 range but we could never really figure out what constituted a “fast” spank so we quit messing with it. The version we played was from ebaumsworld, which may explain our high scores while this one appears to have an 848 cap. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032/20 "2004-11-22T08:32:23Z")
[Here’s](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/spankmonkey.shtml) ebaumsworld’s version. Can’t do better than 848, but it’s _way_ tetchier. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmundane-and-utterly-pointless-a-game/276032.md?page=2)