Rob_Robe | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 04:36 am     Bocce Ball... yet another game where you can gang up on other players... i would not be surprised if the twist is ... that erika is able to take part in this competition... |
Kennyb | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 05:34 am     According to your title the twist is........they don't do it till SEPTEMBER 20th a whole month from now!:-) |
Therlin | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 05:46 am     We play Bocce Ball in the hallway at work (when the boss is gone) |
Spwisc | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 06:06 am     Funny webpage, Therlin! Liked the pictures too. Did you do your own caricature?  |
Gigglesalot | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 06:23 am     Therlin, I had to check out the webpage since Spwisc commented....and it's so much fun! Thanks for the laughs this morning! |
Therlin | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 06:45 am     Thank you. I didn't do my own caricature (I wish, but I can't draw). Normally my page has more content, but I've been on vacation until recently and I haven't had much time to update it. I try to post at least one new thing every day. |
Philamom | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 06:53 am     I think the bocce ball thing will have individual lanes for each player, with whoever gets closest to the circle winning (sort of like the competition last year -- it was kind of like shuffleboard, where they had to get closest to the edge). At least, that's what I'm hoping happens. I don't like it when the contestants have a hand in eliminating one another in the comps. |
Needmylifeback | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 07:13 am     I agree Philamom...I thought it was going to be on an angle, on a slick surface ...and again using their key's vs. a ball....but, I didn't think about individual lanes....I think they'll draw ping-pong balls for the order that they do it in and the last person has a lot of power to be able to either push someone elses key out of the way and into the hole or just try to get theirs closer. |
Bohawkins | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 07:45 am     So the title of the thread is 9/20 HOH. Is that some kind of a special code? Or is that the new American way of saying 8/20? I need to keep up with the latest trends. |
Boberg | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 07:58 am     Bohawkins you are TOO observant...I have looked at this thread twice and did not notice that..LOL Thanks |
Mamie316 | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 08:02 am     Being the lemming that I am, I also had to follow and check out Therlin's webpage. Very funny..thanks for the laughs! |
Rob_Robe | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 08:34 am     i don't know why MOD can't obviously change the title of this thread... but loves to delete some of my post???? guess they got something against me |
Moderator | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 08:44 am     Rob - We don't have anything against anybody. We just have real lives too. Title is fixed. (K) |
Jpgramma | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 09:10 am     I'm wondering what the purpose of that tall, looming erector set type structure is. Maybe the HGs will be hung by their feet from it and will have to roll their balls from that upside down position..lol seriously, it seems like an awfully large and tall structure up there. Surely it must figure into the comp somehow. Why else would it be there? Has anyone heard any of the Hgs wondering about it? |
Charvie | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 09:17 am     Yes they have. One of them said the very same thing about being hung upside down and having to roll the ball. |
Spunky | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 09:19 am     All I can say, this HOH competition is not geared to make Jack win, so maybe even the producers are saying...It's time Jack jons Nate and Dana....and Justin. |
Eos | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 09:37 am     My guess is that the disc at the end of the lane will be spinning during the competition. I'm surprised none of the HGs has noticed that. |
Wilsonatmd | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 09:44 am     JPGramma, my guess is the erector set thing has a camera mounted on it...notice it's at the end where the hole is. It's probably to show a top-down view of the area around it to show who's winning. |
Jpgramma | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 09:57 am     Thanks for the answers folks. Wilson, I hadn't even thought of that. Makes perfect sense that BB would need a place of a camera shot like that. Charvie, I'm glad to know that at least one of the HGs thinks as weirdly as I do. lol Eros, I'm going to have to go look at some pictures of the thing to see what disc you're speaking of. I hope you're wrong. lol. Recalling how very badly Jack performed in that last spinning comp, and how well Ali the figure skater did! |
Eos | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 10:20 am     I can't find any closeups, but there was a clearly visible circle with diameter roughly the width of the lane around the hole. Anyway, the latest setup is that they've added a second lane and have introduced a bump (or 2?) before the hole area. Can't tell for sure because there's glare during the brief moments the camera is on it. |
Jigglywigglyjun | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 10:50 am     Therlin, I want you bosses direct number..LOL How dare you play Bocce in the hallway , when your boss isn't around! TSK TSK.... Prediction TWIST TODAY WILL BE LAME |
Wilsonatmd | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 11:40 am     when they did a comp similar to this last year (in this case, it was get the ball as close to the edge without going over) they used two lanes. The first player used one lane, and the others used the other lane until the first person was beaten, then they switched. Thus they don't have to worry about bumping other balls, if a person doesn't beat the first player, they'll just remove it, so each HG will have an open lane to shoot from. |