The seventh annual cork count!
February 13th, 2009 at 9:32 am by David FarrarFor the seventh year in a row, we have the annual cork count of the wine consumption of a group of Wellington layabouts.
The middle jar is the collection for the last 12 months. The aim is to guess the total number of closures (corks and stelvins) in there. For bonus points you can also guess the breakdown between corks and stelvins.
The jar on the left is Feb 07 to Feb 08. It had 512 closures in total,of which 240 are stelvins and 272 are corks.
The jar on the right is from Feb 06 to Feb 07. It had 496 closures in total of which 108 are stelvins and 388 are corks..
This year is hard to guess. The total volume of space is obviously less, but the proportion that are stelvins looks to be a fair bit higher and they take up less space.
The count will be on Wednesday, so make your guess before then. The history for the last few years is:
|
Date |
All Closures |
Winner |
Corks |
Stelvins |
Stelvin % |
|
10 Feb 03 |
325 |
|
325 |
0 |
0% |
|
10 Feb 04 |
393 |
Chris |
393 |
0 |
0% |
|
10 Feb 05 |
392 |
Chris |
377 |
15 |
3.8% |
|
10 Feb 06 |
456 |
Sioux |
375 |
81 |
17.7% |
|
10 Feb 07 |
496 |
Martyn |
387 |
109 |
21.9% |
|
10 Feb 08 |
512 |
Arnold |
272 |
240 |
46.9% |
February 13th, 2009 at 9:20 am
And your friends kids will refer to you as the ‘cork man’ henceforth.
Good work!
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Have you considered professional help?
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 10:08 am
So you keep the corks of every bottle of wine you’ve drunk since 2006 in your apartment?
Doesn’t your place smell of stale alcohol, like the streets of Cairns on a Sunday morning?
[DPF: Ha we don't drink at my place. The wine is consumed in far nicer premise]
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Yes, yes it does.
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Looking at the “All Closures” column it begs the question – has the number of ‘layabouts’
Vote:increased? Or has consumption per head risen?
February 13th, 2009 at 10:23 am
…. or did the recession kick in early for this bunch and drinking at home was the cheaper option.
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Total closures – 503
Vote:Corks – 136
Stelvins – 367
February 13th, 2009 at 10:55 am
my god! its been a year since the last one???
i think you should up the ante for next year… i wanna guess how many hypodermic needles youve gone through
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 11:11 am
d’yawannasee my roach collection..?
phil(whoar.co.nz)
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 11:20 am
423
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 11:23 am
528
Youve had more to celebrate.
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 11:45 am
544
I refuse to use the term stelvins, it is to metrosexual for me. I’m off to remove another screw cap from a nice cold dry white.
Ps: how many layabouts involved? I reckon Mrs CraigM would have nudged 380 on her own over the past year! Nuttin to do with being married to me of course.
Davidp : it’s called ‘rinsing’
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 11:48 am
537
Phule – don’t want to see your roaches but your job application collection would be good to see.
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 11:57 am
555 – corks 65, stelvins 490
the election year was not doubt reason to celebrate
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
561 total
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
424 total. 200 of them corks.
This year’s jar is shorter but has a much bigger girth over most of its height. However the contents are not very efficiently packed…
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Chicken Little said “Phule – don’t want to see your roaches but your job application collection would be good to see.”
There wouldn’t be much to see there CL
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
No IV, I wasn’t holding my breath or anything.
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
corks:17 Stelvins: 211
Never head of the word ‘stelvins’ b4.
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Where have U been wikiriwhis business – ah! you are a Tui person.
52 corks; 412 stelvins. 464 total.
Was a good year – not a vintage one
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
525, 446 screw-caps, 79 corks
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
528 total, 462 stelvins, 66 corks
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
3 jars.
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
576 total: 519 stelvins, 57 corks
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
446 total: 390 stelvins, 56 corks.
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
“d’yawannasee my roach collection..?”
I’m surprised you have the self discipline not to smoke them all.
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
for christ’s sake, everyone. it’s obvious. the answer is 42. douglas adams told me in a dream.
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
“Where have U been wikiriwhis business”
I hear ya
Just stressing that the count will be far smaller than thought. Probably more than I said though, but not hugely.
But I wouldn’t be surprised if I was amongst the closest.
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Brilliant Buggerlugs.
you come close to the genius of Baldrick and he invented a time machine!!
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
WTF is a Stelvin anyway?, sounds like a Labour party candidate for Hunua.
Real men drink Beer, the darker the better, a real man drinks Guinness and owns a bomb proof toilet bowl.
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
“Stelvin” is apparently a brand of screw cap owned by Rio Tinto. Otherwise I’d have thought it was a Labour candidate from Hunua. Not sure what’s the problem with the term “screw cap” – that is, after all, what it actually is.
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
302 stelvins 143 corks = 445 total
Vote:February 13th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
What now, a picture of your liver?
Vote:February 14th, 2009 at 9:24 am
420 total, 340 Stelvin – either your liver is telling you something or you drank more at external locations, since this year is clearly reversing the trend.
Vote:February 14th, 2009 at 9:34 am
52 corks, 472 stelvins = 524
Vote:February 14th, 2009 at 11:42 am
499 Bottles, 415 Stelvins.
Vote:February 15th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
is it a deep cynicism..or a total lack of any empathy..
..that has you ..(a major recipient of key/national largesse)..
..out of one side of your mouth..
..’selling’ the idea that the poorest should get no ‘government handouts’..
..on the grounds ..’they will just spend them on the pokies’..
..and then you..(a major recipient of ‘goverment handouts’..)..
..out of the other side of your mouth..
..boast of the excesses in your lifestyle..
..(is this your version of ‘let them eat cake’..?..)
..btw..a couple of thoughts for you to ponder..
..when it all turns to utter crap..
..do you really think we are going to be ‘polled’..?
..and..
..back to those wine corks for a mo’..
..you really need to watch that jamie oliver doco on tvone on tues night..
..that one where they do an autopsy on a person of about your age..
..who..by all appearances..
..has also lived your wine-soaked/’bad’ food existance..
..if that dosen’t give you a wake-up call..
..nothing will..
..phil(whoar.co.nz)
Vote:February 15th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Looks like it could be a photo of exhibit A against the labour party after the press gallery’s end of year Christmas party
Vote:February 16th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
“..What now, a picture of your liver?..”
that’s on tvone..tues nite..8.30 pm..
..during the autopsy segment..
..phil(whoar.co.nz)
Vote:February 16th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Gutted
Vote:February 21st, 2009 at 3:31 pm
here is a funny/well-written alcohol primer for you dpf..
http://whoar.co.nz/2009/5-of-the-most-overrated-legal-highs-an-attack-on-everyday-drugs-and-a-few-youve-never-heard-of/
phil(whoar.co.nz)
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