2011 Cork Count Competition
February 10th, 2011 at 12:00 pm by David Farrar
Yes another year has gone by. Guess the number of stoppers and the percentage or number of stelvins. the count will be on 16 February.
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February 10th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
547
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
2011′s jar suggests the recession is beginning to bite …
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
speaking of drugs…
phil(whoar.co.nz)
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
410!
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Does the winner get a wife?
Or 50 free demerits to hand out to the contributor they think deserves them the most?
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
As alcoholism is setting in for all to see, and stelvins are ever more on the increase, I am going to be bold and go for 613. Many many stelvins in there and very few good old corks.
Vote:And I’ll go for a 75% to 25% split.
February 10th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
585
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
617, using the same logic as Michaels; precious few corks there this year.
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
After carefully measuring the containers, the height, the relative “crush” of the various items, allowing for perspective and windage…then throwing all that out with a wild guess…648 with 94% Stelvins.
Not many vineyards persist with corks, just a few who seriously value the aging process. Even my not insubstantial cellar is coming closer to 50% stelvin closures.
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
587 stoppers
Vote:554 stelvins
February 10th, 2011 at 12:58 pm
571
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
oh forgot % stelvins
585 stoppers
27% stelvins
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
602 (88% Stelvins).
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
Stoppers: 540
Vote:Stelvins: 75%
February 10th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
597
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
533
Stelvins: 77%
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
Based on nothing much at all, I’m picking 624 stoppers with 78% stelvins.
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 1:34 pm
535 total closures
Vote:487 Stelvins 91%
February 10th, 2011 at 1:44 pm
Why not just pick the same number as me Invt2? I don’t mind sharing the prize!!
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
609 83% Stelvins
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
536 Stoppers (83% Stelvins)
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Exactly 500% stoppers, with exactly 80% stelvins.
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Based on a complication mathematical formula…571 stoppers 89% stelvins (learned a new word today, thanks)
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
595
88% Stelvins
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 3:02 pm
605
Vote:93.4%
February 10th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
David, I was lunching with our friend from Auckland today and we discussed this competition and decided you need to freshen it up a bit.
Vote:Perhaps asking how many of the corks are from bottles you paid for yourself might make it a bit more interesting, would make the task of counting them a bit easier too.
February 10th, 2011 at 3:18 pm
553 stoppers with 88% stelvins
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
After carefully consulting with my backside, I have pulled the number 564 out of it. 564!!!
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
562
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 4:33 pm
“COMPLICATED…formula” not complication…and I haven’t even partaken today…
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
Good to see you here David, keep posting comments and don’t worry about the pinko’s.
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
557 / 82%
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 4:52 pm
592 and 91% stelvins
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
553 Stoppers
75% Stelvins (also learned a new word today)
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 6:02 pm
612 in total with 502 (82%) stelvins
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 6:34 pm
568 with 89% screwcaps.
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 7:46 pm
532 with 83 percent screwcaps.
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 8:09 pm
560 tops, 88% stelvin
Is the winner announced on Backbenchers? It’s starts the same night.
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 8:31 pm
take it from a pisshead,its 587
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 8:46 pm
73% stelvins
27% stoppers
549 total
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 9:23 pm
626, exactly 500 of which are not corks.
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
639 with 87% stelvins.
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 10:35 pm
What’s the definition of alcoholism?
The biological mechanisms underpinning alcoholism are uncertain, however, risk factors include social environment, stress, mental health, genetic predisposition, age, ethnic group, and sex. Long-term alcohol abuse produces physiological changes in the brain such as tolerance and physical dependence. Such brain chemistry changes maintain the alcoholic’s compulsive inability to stop drinking and result in alcohol withdrawal syndrome upon discontinuation of alcohol consumption. Alcohol damages almost every organ in the body, including the brain; because of the cumulative toxic effects of chronic alcohol abuse, the alcoholic risks suffering a range of medical and psychiatric disorders. Alcoholism has profound social consequences for alcoholics and the people in their lives.
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 10:42 pm
What? Why are you saying these things? What did we ever do to you?
Vote:February 10th, 2011 at 11:05 pm
I have picked a number then added a few because I could and have come up with 612 and 89% Stelvins.
Vote:February 11th, 2011 at 7:31 am
A more appropriate question is how many years you have left DPF with that amount of alcohol consumption combined with BMI and a sedentary life.
Vote:February 11th, 2011 at 8:30 am
Alcohol related deaths in 2008 = 254. Estimated population who are alcoholics = 24.7%
Vote:February 11th, 2011 at 9:30 am
551 total, 495 Stelvins
Vote:February 11th, 2011 at 10:07 am
Estimated National voters who are alcoholic = 90%
Vote:February 11th, 2011 at 11:36 am
562
Vote:February 11th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Estimated Act voters who are alcoholic = 100%
Vote:February 11th, 2011 at 3:36 pm
610/ 85% stelvins
Vote:February 11th, 2011 at 6:44 pm
Jesus Christ David, the previous year’s tally is in the region of 11 bottles a week – or 1.5 bottles per day!
Most of them consumed alone too probably, according to the people down the hall.
Vote:February 11th, 2011 at 9:26 pm
Shumtimze I liiike ta driiiiink allonzee….. aaandz ones bottlesss issss jusssst nevvvvver enough yaa knoow. Youur my pal ain’ts yiz? I love yoooouzz guyzzzz. Stelvinzzz iss my bestest mate. Me an himz go wayssss back, I can tells you a story or twos or threez. ZZZZZZZ
Vote:February 11th, 2011 at 11:54 pm
One day you will be lying in a hospital bed with one of those weird things in your nose and you will think back to this day and the glorious arrogance you once enjoyed when you thought you were immortal, and special., and think ‘If only I’d used my fucking brain.’.
Vote:February 12th, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Just hope the rumour is not true David after consuming so many bottles of wine.
A cabbie picks up a Nun.
She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab driver won’t stop staring at her.
She asks him why he is staring.
He replies:
‘I have a question to ask you but I don’t want to offend you.’
She answers,
‘My son, you cannot offend me. When you’re as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I’m sure that there’s nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive.’
‘Well, I’ve always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me.’
She responds,
‘Well, let’s see what we can do about that:
1, you have to be single and
2, you must be Catholic.’
The cab driver is very excited and says,
‘Yes, I’m single and Catholic!’
‘OK’ the nun says. ‘Pull into the next alley.’
The nun fulfils his fantasy, with a kiss that would make a hooker blush.
But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.
‘My dear child,’ says the nun, ‘why are you crying?’
‘Forgive me but I’ve sinned. I lied and I must confess, I’m married and I’m Jewish.’
The nun says, ‘That’s OK.
Vote:My name is David and I’m going to a fancy dress party.’