By Popular Demand

Round 7

a word game in ten rounds

Every turn I give you five categories.   Send me one entry in each category.   In each category, you score one point for every person sending the same entry as you.   If you submit the only occurrence of your entry, you score one point.   Please work alone.   There will be ten rounds.

Anyone may join at any time.   Anyone joining after the first round will start with the lowest score as of the prior round.   Anyone missing a round will be given the lowest score of the missed round.  

Round 7 ( Babies ):

1	Baby is	Something most of us would want our baby to be.	Healthy 11,   Boy 3,   Cute 2,   Doctor 2,   Quiet 2,   Happy 1,   Intelligent 1,   Popular 1.
2	Color	A popular color scheme in baby's nursery.	Blue 12,   Pink 6,   Yellow 3,   Pastel 2.
3	Furniture	Furniture found in the nursery.	Crib 17,   Cot 4,   Cradle 2.
4	Food	Ya gotta feed these critters. What are you going to give your baby so it'll grow well.	Milk 11,   Breast Milk 4,   Formula 4,   Apple Sauce 1,   Banana 1,   Carrots 1,   Pureed Carrot 1.
5	Missing	Tell us something you lost when your baby arrived.	Sleep 15,   Time 3,   Freedom 2,   Patience 1,   Silver Spoon 1,   Social Life 1.

Name	Baby is	Color	Furniture	Food	Missing	score	total	position
Ward Narhi	Intelligent	Blue	Crib	Milk	Time	44	289	1
Tim Snyder	Happy	Pastel	Crib	Milk	Sleep	46	269	2
Fred Wiedemeyer	Boy	Blue	Crib	Milk	Sleep	58	265	3
David Partridge	Boy	Pink	Crib	Milk	Time	40	253	4
Brendan Whyte	Quiet	Blue	Cradle	Milk	Sleep	42	249	5
David McCrumb	Healthy	Blue	Crib	Banana	Sleep	56	248	6
Jim Burgess	Healthy	Pink	Crib	Breast Milk	Time	41	246	7
Kevin Wilson	Healthy	Yellow	Crib	Apple Sauce	Sleep	47	242	8
Brent McKee	Healthy	Blue	Crib	Breast Milk	Sleep	59	241	9
Andrew York	Cute	Blue	Crib	Milk	Sleep	57	239	10
Jon Fetter	Doctor	Blue	Crib	Formula	Sleep	50	233	11
Bart Denny	Healthy	Pink	Crib	Breast Milk	Sleep	53	231	12
Martin Burgdorf	Boy	Blue	Cradle	Milk	Silver Spoon	29	227	13
Bill Scharf	Healthy	Pastel	Crib	Milk	Sleep	56	224	14=
Mom	Healthy	Pink	Crib	Breast Milk	Sleep	53	224	14=
Elissa Narhi	Popular	Blue	Crib	Formula	Sleep	49	221	16
Mark Stretch	Healthy	Yellow	Cot	Milk	Freedom	31	188	17
David Charlton	NMR!					29	181	18
John Wilman	Healthy	Yellow	Cot	Milk	Sleep	44	177	19
Jim Reader	Healthy	Pink	Cot	Pureed Carrot	Sleep	37	173	20
Peter Boyum	Doctor	Blue	Crib	Carrots	Freedom	34	171	21
Keith Evans	NMR!					29	149	22
Don Williams	NMR!					29	137	23
Douglas Kent	Healthy	Blue	Crib	Formula	Sleep	59	134	24
Brad Martin	Quiet	Blue	Cot	Milk	Patience	30	111	25
Deborah Denny	NMR!					29	93	26
James McQuinn	Cute	Pink	Crib	Formula	Social Life	30	77	27

The theoretical maximum possible score was 115.  This round's actual maximum possible score was 66.  Actual maximum score was 59, achieved by Brent McKee, Douglas Kent.

I went back and rescored last round with Hindustani equivalent to Hindi. Differences were not big, but this should explain some scoring discrepancies to the sharp-eyed in the crowd. This time around, we have clear winners in every category, and some big scores.
Baby is	I would have thought that most folks would want either a boy or a girl. I figured "healthy" would come third. Glad to see most of you know what's important!
	Tim Snyder says, "...although it was a tough choice between that and 'alive'" Getting right down to basics, huh, Tim?
Color	I thought it would be "blue" or "pink", and much closer than it turned out. Barb was rooting for the "yellow" crowd. Pastel? That would be either crayons, or a delicate, soft, slightly grayish tint. We were looking for the actual tint, or colour, here.
	Brent confesses, "I'm not a father myself, but in a couple of months I'm going to be an uncle for the first time. My answer for (2) is a popular colour scheme, although I understand that many people are getting away from the traditional pink and blue options. Most popular is Yellow, but Janna (my sister-in-law) painted her nursery Green (with a strip of animal wallpaper)."
Furniture	You all went for the item the baby sleeps in. I guessed it would be a toss up between "crib" and "bureau", and completely forgot about the British faction. I would also expect to see a table and a chair, and thought one or two of you might have mentioned those. I see I've gathered a couple of old souls who'd also prefer a simpler time when we had time to sit and rock the cradle.
	Brent continues with, "As for furniture they not only have a crib, but also a cradle made by Janna's dad."
Food	If you didn't put down, "Mother's milk", you better go back and retake parenting 101! "Mother's milk" and "Breast milk" were scored as the same thing.
	Elissa wrote: "milk/formula (if you cannot accept the slash, please take formula as my answer - although I feel breastmilk should be considered an equivalent answer to formula to be fair to those of us who are nursing :)" For someone who's actually DOING the right thing, I'd have thought you'd do better on this item...
	Brent informs us, "As for food, breast milk is the most natural, and probably the best choice in terms of both nutrition and transmission of anitbodies."
Missing	I thought "sleep" would take it with "independence" or "freedom" close behind. Guess we have too many parents here: loss of independence, nor much of anything else, is noticed by the sleep deprived.
	Brendan wonders "if anyone will guess 'virginity'"
	Bart adds, "(although sex might be another good answer....) :)"
	Jim Burgess says, "That last one SHOULD be Diplomacy Hobby Time. You have of course heard about my entry in the Diplomacy AtoZ Encyclopedia, haven't you??? BOOB'S RULE OF SZINE PUBLISHING (1) <MN:Aug96> Jim Burgess' rule that having a child permanently doubles turnaround time and this increases exponentially with each additional child. Eventually, as they grow up, turnaround time begins to slowly drop. The pubber's comfort level with turnaround delays determines whether the zine folds or fades away. Also know as the Dick Rule, after Gregg Dick whose zine faded away and finally folded."

Categories for Round 8 ( Seen in public places ):

Name something frequently seen in places where people congregate.

1	Mall
2	City Hall
3	Park
4	Airport
5	Library