# The Feud: High School Memories by Ellen Cherry \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 3, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736 "2009-09-03T12:31:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/61 "2009-09-04T06:58:14Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Thank you. Just FTR, I’m sure most of us really really appreciate the effort you put into these things. Please don’t let the occasional whiner get you down. ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/62 "2009-09-04T08:36:29Z")
1. Jocks 2. Art 3. PE 4. English 5. Video game parlor 6. Parking lot 7. Demolay 8. Drag racing 9. Dodgeball 10. 8 ---
**Author:** ![VanLandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@VanLandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanLandry)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/63 "2009-09-04T12:30:34Z")
1. Jocks 2. Gym 3. English 4. History 5. Playground 6. Arcade 7. chess 8. sports 9. Dodgeball 10. 3 Prolly too late, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/64 "2009-09-04T14:14:44Z")
**VanLandry** is #41. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/65 "2009-09-04T17:48:20Z")
1. Jocks 2. American History 3. Spanish 4. Drama 5. Dorm 6. Stayed home 7. D&D 8. Sports 9. Dodgeball 10. 4 11. I went to a boarding school ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/66 "2009-09-05T01:14:32Z")
Count me in as another person who really appreciates the effort it takes to post and grade these feuds. I really enjoy them, thanks for making the effort. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/67 "2009-09-05T01:52:06Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > 1. Jocks > 2. Drama > 3. Biology > 4. English > 5. After-School job > 6. pass > 7. Yearbook > 8. Sports > 9. Basketball > 10. Six > > As far as I knew, no one ever cut class at my high school. The point is to give what you think what is most likely the most popular answer. It is not a poll. It is not about your high school experience. You use your experience as a frame of reference. But the mission is to match as many people as possible. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/68 "2009-09-05T02:56:35Z")
1. Hoods 2. Phys Ed 3. Algebra 4. Wood shop 5. Soda shop 6. Beach 7. Band 8. Drinking, smoking & uh… 9. Football 10. 0 (Dropped out prior to senior year.) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/69 "2009-09-05T21:33:48Z")
> [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](#): > > 1. Hoods > 2. Phys Ed > 3. Algebra > 4. Wood shop > 5. Soda shop > 6. Beach > 7. Band > 8. Drinking, smoking & uh… > 9. Football > 10. 0 (Dropped out prior to senior year.) See post 67. Do you think 0 is likely to be the most popular answer? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/70 "2009-09-06T21:42:46Z")
- sigh \* ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/71 "2009-09-06T21:48:32Z")
I liked it better when **Rebo** was the only one who moderated the feuds. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/72 "2009-09-06T21:59:19Z")
1. Jocks 2. Choir 3. Algebra 4. English 5. Friend’s house 6. donut shop 7. school plays 8. sports 9. scatter ball 10. 3 I hope I’m in time! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/73 "2009-09-06T22:13:42Z")
Hang on - I’m putting in Queen Tonya. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/74 "2009-09-06T22:23:49Z")
1. Name a particular HS clique. **1. Jocks 33** 2. Geeks 2 3. Stoners 2 4. First XV 1 5. Greasers 1 6. High Society 1 7. Hoods 1 8. Preppies 1 9. The Burnouts 1 10. What was your favorite class? **2. English 17** 11. History 8 12. Math 6 13. Art 3 14. PE 3 15. Band 1 16. Choir 1 17. Drama 1 18. French 1 19. lunch 1 20. Study hall 1 21. What was your least favorite class? **3. Math 19** 22. PE 12 23. Science 5 24. English 4 25. General Studies 1 26. Health 1 27. Spanish 1 28. What subject did your favorite teacher teach? **4. English 16** 29. Math 6 30. History 5 31. Social Studies 5 32. Art 3 33. Foreign Language 2 34. Science 2 35. Band 1 36. Drama 1 37. music 1 38. Wood shop 1 39. Besides home, where did you go after school? (four word maximum) **5. Friend’s house 15** 40. Sports practice 5 41. Work 5 42. Arcade 3 43. band practice 2 44. Baseball field/Playground 2 45. Library 2 46. Mall 2 47. Soda shop 2 48. Store 2 49. Beach 1 50. Bus stop 1 51. Dorm 1 52. When people cut class, where did they go? (four word maximum) \*\*6. Beach 8 53. Mall 8\*\* 54. Restaurant 6 55. Friend’s house 4 56. Woods 3 57. movies 2 58. park 2 59. Arcade 1 60. Cafeteria 1 61. Cemetery 1 62. Library 1 63. Parking lot 1 64. pass 1 65. riding in cars 1 66. Smoke pot behind auditorium 1 67. Stairway 1 68. Stayed home 1 69. What extracurricular activity did the dorks participate in? **7. Chess club 20** 70. Band 9 71. AV club 2 72. Dungeons and Dragons 2 73. Altar servers’ guild 1 74. Debate 1 75. DECA 1 76. Demolay 1 77. Ham radio 1 78. Key Club 1 79. National Honor Society 1 80. school plays 1 81. Science club 1 82. Yearbook 1 83. What extracurricular activity did the cool kids participate in? **8. Sports 30** 84. Cheerleading 4 85. Debate 2 86. Drag racing 1 87. Drinking, smoking & uh… 1 88. jazz band 1 89. Key club 1 90. none 1 91. Student government 1 92. TV Production 1 93. Name a game played in gym class. **9. Dodgeball 27** 94. Basketball 8 95. Volleyball 4 96. Badminton 1 97. crab soccer 1 98. Football 1 99. scatter ball 1 100. Number of times your picture appeared in your senior yearbook \*\*10. 4 10 101. 3 10\*\* 102. 5 7 103. 2 5 104. 10 3 105. 1 2 106. 6 2 107. 8 2 108. 0 1 109. 12 1 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/75 "2009-09-06T22:32:01Z")
And the winner is… **labtrash**! Congratulations! (I think he’s channeling **Swampy**! ;)) **labtrash** got 9/10 top answers. Great job! Perfect was 453.48. Thanks for playing, everyone! Thanks for the kind words, too. I like running the Feuds. Thanks to you, too, **Ellen** , for a fun theme. And to **Twicks** for the tweaking! I’ll get another one up either tonight or tomorrow. \*\*1. labtrash 441.86 \*\* 2. GuiriEnEspaña 423.26 3. iamthewalrus(:3= 413.95 4. madmonk28 400.00 5. Normal Phase 390.70 6. Oredigger77 381.40 7. 42fish 369.77 8. Larry Borgia 367.44 9. swampbear 365.12 9. winterhawk11 365.12 11. astorian 360.47 12. notfrommensa 344.19 13. Sternvogel 337.21 14. Mahaloth 334.88 15. twickster 323.26 15. ArchiveGuy 323.26 17. bibliophage 316.28 18. VanLandry 311.63 18. ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 311.63 20. Snickers 306.98 21. Queen Tonya 300.00 22. Really Not All That Bright 295.35 23. MsWhatsit 293.02 24. Freudian Slit 290.70 25. Drain Bead 288.37 26. Zebra 281.40 27. AuntiePam 269.77 28. SylverOne 262.79 29. garygnu 260.47 30. Elendil’s Heir 255.81 31. drm 253.49 32. Chronos 241.86 33. ShibbOleth 234.88 33. Dolores Reborn 234.88 35. Simmerdown 232.56 36. gonzomax 230.23 36. kaylasdad99 230.23 38. Sigmagirl 227.91 39. cucuy 223.26 40. NDP 181.40 41. Cunctator 134.88 42. Ellen Cherry 113.95 43. John Carter of Mars 95.35 ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/76 "2009-09-06T22:59:28Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > (I think he’s channeling **Swampy**! ;)) All me, baby (no offense to **Swampbear** ) !!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/77 "2009-09-06T23:07:57Z")
Believe me **labtrash** you **do not** want to be inside my head. Heck, what’s in there scares even me. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/78 "2009-09-07T00:18:08Z")
What is it about people doing so poorly in the feuds they come up with?! Ah well, it’s all fun! And thanks to Twicks for the clarity. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/79 "2009-09-07T00:38:58Z")
Many thanks, **DoloRebo** , and keep doing that Feud thang you do so well! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736/80 "2009-09-07T03:26:36Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > What is it about people doing so poorly in the feuds they come up with?! Ah well, it’s all fun! > > And thanks to Twicks for the clarity. It was a really fun theme – I just made a couple of teeny changes to make it easier for **Rebo** to score. Thanks to both of you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-high-school-memories-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/508736.md?page=5)