Now That's Rice

Where's Cathar? They'll be able to feed the world if he takes the quiz.

add some beans and serve it at the Crawford ranch.

I'm sure this is what the Obama's will do considering how little he and Michelle gave to charity.

Oh, wait. WE must change.

Not him.

I'm sure this is what the Obama family will do considering how little he and Michelle gave to charity.

Oh, wait. WE must change.

Not him.

He's such a mack daddy!

(Sorry for the kinda double post... Although reading it, I was reminded of one of my 90's jams: Return of the Mack!!)

Can't seem to break level 40 but I did donate 2000+ grams. That's fun!

freerice--finally a productive use for 3 years of High School Latin...

It's a good cause and fun, starts easy but would even befuddle our resident grandiloquent mountebank in time, but look at all the food it would generate.

I stopped at 3000 grains level 43.

Good one! So long productivity!!

Level 48 but only 1030 grains??? I guess I got there too fast?

It dawned on me that this is a game that, like much of life, rewards dogged persistence rather than actual knowledge.

I stopped at 1000 grains of rice, level 56. It also helped several times to know Scottish dialect words. Fun, but I suppose the point is to illustrate just how paltry so many grains of rice really are in terms of feeding capacity. It also reminds me of the beach scene in "Local Hero" where the canny old Scottish beachcomber challenges McIntyre to guess how many grains of sand he has in his hand. Okay, as the chorus of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" goes, "Feed the world, Feed the World!"

And I shall be sure to recommend this game at its very lowest levels to several of my fave posters here (hi, Duckie!). And, naturally, to my dear lasermikey.

I love that site. It's evidence for my students that knowing Latin and Greek roots are instrumental in vocabulary building.

And, it's evidence that I am capable of wasting an inordinate amount of time on any given day. At least someone's benefiting from my procrastination.

The best I could do when I stopped at 3080 grains was level 46.

Thanks to "Family Guy", I knew what a "quahog" was. And, thanks to cathar, I knew the meaning of the word "screed"!

cathar, I'm so glad you caught on to the purpose of the game and you are recommending it. I believe that your inflated ego may have outpaced you usual reconditeness in assuming that my post referenced you, unless you have some need to target certain individuals, to which I cry fowl.
I would say that the trade off to help a charity from just playing card games on your computer during your lunch hour is a definitive positive. Thanks.

35,720

You go gracie!

Duck, I don't ever play games on computers. Nor do I spend the day playing, as you seem to, "Candyland."

"Reconditeness?" I don't think so, Duckie. Now, off you go to try and get a date for the prom, time's running out.

Gracie, my salutations for your score.

I donated 40 grains of rice. Go Montclair educashun.

Who looked up words?

FreeRice began on October 7, 2007.

Total Donations by Date
Date Grains of Rice

OCTOBER 2007 537,163,380
NOVEMBER 2007 4,768,969,790
DECEMBER 2007 6,948,988,060
JANUARY 2008 4,551,581,980
FEBRUARY 2008 3,893,361,180

March 1, 2008 81,426,180
March 2, 2008 81,305,920
March 3, 2008 132,758,120
March 4, 2008 139,195,100
March 5, 2008 136,685,180
March 6, 2008 147,217,560
March 7, 2008 149,926,600
March 8, 2008 96,574,940
March 9, 2008 114,300,040
March 10, 2008 177,572,500
March 11, 2008 178,501,900
March 12, 2008 168,892,560
March 13, 2008 174,256,920
March 14, 2008 169,606,400
March 15, 2008 93,429,640
March 16, 2008 91,998,020
March 17, 2008 197,335,880
March 18, 2008 171,434,440
March 19, 2008 181,147,160
March 20, 2008 168,018,880
March 21, 2008 116,903,740
March 22, 2008 85,338,620
March 23, 2008 80,910,000
March 24, 2008 120,839,820
March 25, 2008 134,163,860
March 26, 2008 136,657,720
March 27, 2008 141,798,300
____________
Total All Dates 24,368,260,390

Since I keep thinking of that sand scene in "Local Hero," I am curious now how many grains are in your average box of Uncle Ben's.

Perhaps the counting-out process could even be a make-work project for some of our posters. Or for profwilliams' "classes."

I'm keeping a browser window open and doing a bit at a time parsing out my verbal charity throughout the day, so to speak. I laughed out loud when one of my word choices was cathartic. Zoink!

Vlog: FreeRice reaches Bangladesh
http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=148&Key=193

If my words can help serve as an emetic for you, spots, I'm very happy. Just make sure you're properly diapered.

cathy, I laughed to myself because I imagined my fellow Baristavillians with substitute definitions for cathartic.

And you're so delusional to believe that we're amused by "your" words? Here's a quarter, go buy a clue.

ah, dictionary.com...cheating for a good cause.

?Since I keep thinking of that sand scene in Local Hero,? ??

My Favorite scene in ?Local Hero? is when the realized they are eating the rabbit that they had rescued and given separate names:

It had a name.
It had two names.
You don?t eat things with names!

I suspect, spots (it's in the baseness of your futile attempts at a prose style), that when you "laugh to yourself" you also invariably soil yourself. It's that simple. But y'all keep on posting, y'hear?

MMM, I only remember the rabbit being named "Trudy" in "Local Hero." What was its other name?

That you like and rememember this film immediately paints you as someone of class and distinction, I'll add.

I find word games addicting - got up to more than 4000 grains donated and score of 49... At that level, my 2 years of Latin in high school comes in handy for something. Quite the brain teasers...
Sally

I find word games addicting - got up to more than 4000 grains donated and score of 49... At that level, my 2 years of Latin in high school comes in handy for something. Quite the brain teasers...
Sally

"'Local Hero.' What was its other name?"

A post on a message board had it as "Trudy (or Harry)". But I will need to rent it to be sure.

I think I have the sound track by Mark Knopfler on vinyl somewhere.

A great soundtrack. That's one of my all time favorite cds. Knopfler at his finest and the best bassist ever Tony Levin.

One of my favorite Knopfler disks is also one of the hardest to find - 'Miracle' by Willie 'Mink' DeVille. Mark produced it and played guitar on every track.

I have it on vinyl and digitized it a few years ago.

"Spanish Jack" still gives me chills when I think about it.

The title cut "Miracle" is incredible.