| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3657 Registered: 8-2001 |
Many Americans, formerly including me, have a scrund about a particular American practice that neither they nor any of their acquaintances have participated in. What is it?? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 137 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is the practice: a sport? a process of government (e.g. how the president is elected)? an aspect of popular culture? Is it a practice that can be performed locally, in other words in a specific place, or does it need to occur at a national scale? | ||
| Travis (Travis)
New member Username: Travis Post Number: 156 Registered: 12-2007 |
Is this scrund more likely to be found among: children (0-12)? teens (13-19)? adults (20-39)? middle-aged (40-59)? old people (60+)? Is this scrund uniquely American (i.e., found only in America) or just primarily American (i.e., originated in America but spread elsewhere)? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3659 Registered: 8-2001 |
Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 137 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 12:52 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the practice: a sport? no a process of government yes (e.g. how the president is elected not how the president is elected)? an aspect of popular culture? no Is it a practice that can be performed locally, in other words in a specific place, or does it need to occur at a national scale? locally, but there's more than one specific place where it is performed Travis (Travis) New member Username: Travis Post Number: 156 Registered: 12-2007 Posted on Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 2:40 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is this scrund more likely to be found among: children (0-12)?most likely between about 6 & 12 teens (13-19)? less likelyadults (20-39)? still less likely middle-aged (40-59)? equally likely for all adult ages--aren't middle aged & old people also adults, by the way?? old people (60+)? see previous answer Is this scrund uniquely American (i.e., found only in America) or just primarily American (i.e., originated in America but spread elsewhere)? the latter | ||
| Bodo (Bodo)
New member Username: Bodo Post Number: 2437 Registered: 2-2001 |
Does it have to do with voting? | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 142 Registered: 2-2008 |
Does it involve campaigning? Town hall meetings? Direct elections? Public utilities? Tax paying? Law-making? The police? Prison? (There are so many things Americans don't understand about our government, it's hard to think of just one...XD) | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3665 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bodo (Bodo) New member Username: Bodo Post Number: 2437 Registered: 2-2001 Posted on Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 8:50 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does it have to do with voting? no Gourami (Gourami) New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 142 Registered: 2-2008 Posted on Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 6:50 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does it involve campaigning?no Town hall meetings? no Direct elections? noPublic utilities? no Tax paying? no Law-making? no The police? see next answer Prison? yes (There are so many things Americans don't understand about our government, it's hard to think of just one...XD) Keep in mind that a scrund is not just anything one is ignorant about. To have a scrund, someone must have a firmly held belief whose falsity is immediately obvious to those in the know but which persists in the "scrunder" because the subject is obscure in his milieu & hence doesn't come up in conversation. | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 143 Registered: 2-2008 |
Understood--that's what I meant. Is it a misconception about the daily routine that takes place in prison? Sentencing periods? Parole? An object found in a prison? Prisons vs. jails? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 467 Registered: 9-2007 |
Is it a scrund that might have its misleading origins in hollywood films? books? news? documentaries? Does the misbelief indicate that prisons are harsher on prisoners than the actual truth suggests? Is it related to: - The initial act of imprisoning someone? - Initial practices of 'induction' for the prisoner (eg. collecting their belongings, in some cases cropping their hair, providing uniforms, disinfecting them, etc.)? - Practices encuntered during jailtime itself? - Or something that happens towards the time they are released? Any of the following relevant? Sexuality? Probation? Solitary Confinement? Death Row? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3668 Registered: 8-2001 |
Gourami (Gourami) New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 143 Registered: 2-2008 Posted on Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 11:02 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Understood--that's what I meant. Is it a misconception about the daily routine that takes place in prison? Sentencing periods? Parole? An object found in a prison? Prisons vs. jails? Noobdogg (Noobdogg) New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 467 Registered: 9-2007 Posted on Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 6:38 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it a scrund that might have its misleading origins in hollywood films? In theory, sure, but I've never seen a film that promotes it books? ditto news? ditto documentaries? ditto Does the misbelief indicate that prisons are harsher on prisoners than the actual truth suggests? no Is it related to: - The initial act of imprisoning someone? no - Initial practices of 'induction' for the prisoner (eg. collecting their belongings, in some cases cropping their hair, providing uniforms, disinfecting them, etc.)? no - Practices encuntered during jailtime itself? yes - Or something that happens towards the time they are released? no Any of the following relevant? Sexuality? no Probation? no Solitary Confinement? no Death Row? yes | ||
| Bigpurple (Bigpurple)
New member Username: Bigpurple Post Number: 28 Registered: 8-2008 |
Is it about walking the green mile, which is not necessarily green? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 305 Registered: 5-2003 |
Does it involve: The "last meal?" "Last words?" Ethnicity, faith or gender of Death Row inmates? A specific method of execution? In a particular state? For a particular crime? The law officers responsible for the execution? Doctors? Spectators? Current or past executions? Both? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 495 Registered: 9-2007 |
The phrase 'Dead man walking' relevant? I'm aware that some death row inmates are given a last meal before the 'D-day' and they may choose whatever they wish to eat. Relevant? Is a confusion with what the term death row technically means the scrund? I've heard that almost a quarter of inmates in the United States on death row die of natural causes! | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3670 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bigpurple (Bigpurple) New member Username: Bigpurple Post Number: 28 Registered: 8-2008 Posted on Monday, September 01, 2008 - 10:58 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it about walking the green mile, which is not necessarily green? no Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 305 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 3:58 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does it involve: The "last meal?" no "Last words?" no Ethnicity, faith or gender of Death Row inmates? no A specific method of execution? noIn a particular state? no no For a particular crime? no The law officers responsible for the execution? no Doctors? no Spectators? no Current or past executions? Both? yes Noobdogg (Noobdogg) New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 495 Registered: 9-2007 Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 4:02 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) The phrase 'Dead man walking' relevant? no I'm aware that some death row inmates are given a last meal before the 'D-day' and they may choose whatever they wish to eat. yesRelevant? yes Is a confusion with what the term death row technically means the scrund? no I've heard that almost a quarter of inmates in the United States on death row die of natural causes! Actually, I thought it was even more than that! ***SPOILER************* Manmy people think that for their "last meal," prisoners get to eat whatever they want. Alas, that is not true. The prison kitchen will normally let the condemned man choose from what's available, & sometimes prisoners can have their last meal delivered from outside. But lobster, pheasant, & caviar? Forget it. Sorry it was so easy (I'm a lousy predictor of that) & please check out my new (harder??) puzzle at the bottom of the page. |
