PaintMyHouse Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Math seems to be an issue here. Okay, 22 kids in the class. Sally gets 12 votes and Richard 10. Who gets to be the Class President, the one the teacher picks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatteryPowered Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 14 minutes ago, PaintMyHouse said: Math seems to be an issue here. Okay, 22 kids in the class. Sally gets 12 votes and Richard 10. Who gets to be the Class President, the one the teacher picks? What did the rules say before the kids voted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintMyHouse Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 9 minutes ago, BatteryPowered said: What did the rules say before the kids voted? The obvious of course. The time-honored rule of Majority Rule. You've heard of said thing, right? We also have one called the Winner is the one with the Highest Score. Works like football not golf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintMyHouse Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 For those more visual, I guess Denver won, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benson13 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Sally gets 12 votes and Richard 10. Who gets to be the Class President, the one the teacher picks? sounds like "selection" 2001 between Gore and the AWOl Oil Puppet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatteryPowered Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 5 minutes ago, PaintMyHouse said: The obvious of course. The time-honored rule of Majority Rule. You've heard of said thing, right? We also have one called the Winner is the one with the Highest Score. Works like football not golf. It the rules, before the kids voted, said that the person who got the most total votes would be elected then Sally should be class president. However, if the rules had said each row of students got one vote as a group and the person who got the majority of THOSE votes would be class president then you would need to provide a vote breakdown by row because the total votes is meaningless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatteryPowered Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, PaintMyHouse said: For those more visual, I guess Denver won, right? Nope...according to the rules of the NFL, the team that garners the most points wins the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintMyHouse Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Just now, BatteryPowered said: It the rules, before the kids voted, said that the person who go the most total votes would be elected then Sally should be class president. Remarkable. One actual honest, although verbose, answer. TY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintMyHouse Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 1 minute ago, BatteryPowered said: Nope...according to the rules of the NFL, the team that garners the most points wins the game. Shocking, You mean the loser doesn't win? Must be true only in football I guess. I wonder, did they even bother to write that down as a "rule"? http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/beginnersguidetofootball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatteryPowered Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Just now, PaintMyHouse said: Shocking, You mean the loser doesn't win? Must be true only in football I guess. I wonder, did they even bother to write that down as a "rule"? Keep looking at different examples. I am confident that eventually you will understand that the rules (laws) matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintMyHouse Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, BatteryPowered said: Keep looking at different examples. I am confident that eventually you will understand that the rules (laws) matter. So far I can't find the football rule that says the one with the highest score wins? Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatteryPowered Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 5 minutes ago, PaintMyHouse said: So far I can't find the football rule that says the one with the highest score wins? Interesting. It might require critical thinking on your part. If they have rules to govern overtime, which is only played when the score is tied at the end of regulation, it is logical that if one team has more points at the end of regulation time wins. Are you really that stupid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintMyHouse Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Just now, BatteryPowered said: It might require critical thinking on your part. If they have rules to govern overtime, which is only played when the score is tied at the end of regulation, it is logical that if one team has more points at the end of regulation time wins. Are you really that stupid? You said the winner being the one with the highest score is a rule? I can't find that so far. Why is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skans Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 If you are going to run for Class President, it might be a good idea to have a thorough understanding of the process and the rules first. Then, it wouldn't be a question for a forum board to answer - the (knowledgeable) candidates would know exactly who is the class president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintMyHouse Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 1 minute ago, Skans said: If you are going to run for Class President, it might be a good idea to have a thorough understanding of the process and the rules first. Then, it wouldn't be a question for a forum board to answer - the (knowledgeable) candidates would know exactly who is the class president. Is your bet that the rules say - the one with the least number of votes wins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skans Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Quote Is your bet that the rules say - the one with the least number of votes wins? I'm not a betting man. I don't know what the rules actually say in your scenario. You didn't post the rules, and it's impossible to guess at what they might be. But, rest assured, if I were the one running for Class President, I'd know the rules backwards and forwards and I'd know what to do if others did not follow the rules. If the rule were that the teacher ultimately decides who gets to be class president, I'd learn very quickly how to ingratiate myself to the teacher if I really wanted to win. The rules ALWAYS dictate how the players will play the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintMyHouse Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, Skans said: I'm not a betting man. I don't know what the rules actually say in your scenario. You didn't post the rules, and it's impossible to guess at what they might be. But, rest assured, if I were the one running for Class President, I'd know the rules backwards and forwards and I'd know what to do if others did not follow the rules. It's impossible to guess that the one with the highest number of votes wins? You really want to spin that hard instead of just being a man, for once? Who won? It's impossible to say (without knowing the rules). Must have been the lowest score. 50-50 chance right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z09 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 41 minutes ago, BatteryPowered said: What did the rules say before the kids voted? +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatteryPowered Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 13 minutes ago, PaintMyHouse said: You said the winner being the one with the highest score is a rule? I can't find that so far. Why is that? See Rule 11, Article 1: "The team that scores the greater number of points during the entire game is the winner." https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/2017-nfl-rulebook/#rule11 You're welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skans Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Quote It's impossible to guess that the one with the highest number of votes wins? You really want to spin that hard instead of just being a man, for once? Please, stop with the personal attacks. This has nothing to do with my manhood, or lack thereof. You posed a scenario and we are debating your scenario. I've explained my answer (see previous post of mine). Your turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintMyHouse Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 1 minute ago, BatteryPowered said: See Rule 11, Article 1: "The team that scores the greater number of points during the entire game is the winner." https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/2017-nfl-rulebook/#rule11 You're welcome. TY. By God, they really wrote that down. These people think of everything, even the most obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatteryPowered Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Just now, PaintMyHouse said: TY. By God, they really wrote that down. These people think of everything, even the most obvious. Not really, they just thought that some idiot like you would come along and say one team got more first downs during the game so they should be the winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallopian Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 1 hour ago, PaintMyHouse said: Math seems to be an issue here. Okay, 22 kids in the class. Sally gets 12 votes and Richard 10. Who gets to be the Class President, the one the teacher picks? Please take a civics class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfboy Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 59 minutes ago, PaintMyHouse said: Math seems to be an issue here. Okay, 22 kids in the class. Sally gets 12 votes and Richard 10. Who gets to be the Class President, the one the teacher picks? Depends on the rules of the election. Your analogy is flawed, as is all your logic. This isn't a class(room) president election, it's a school president election. The rules are that you have to win a majority of the 50 classrooms, not just one. When you win 30 classrooms and your opponent wins 20. You win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintMyHouse Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, Skans said: Please, stop with the personal attacks. This has nothing to do with my manhood, or lack thereof. You posed a scenario and we are debating your scenario. I've explained my answer (see previous post of mine). Your turn. Start being a man and respond like one and I'll let it go. The point is you don't know the rules so go with the most obvious, use your common sense. In how many things does the loser - win? Ah, zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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