Toadfish Monastery

Quote from: Alpaca on June 27, 2008, 10:44:24 PM
In my defense (what little I have), I didn't come up with the idea - some friends were originally doing it with an Excel spreadsheet, and of course, I immediately decided that that was far too clumsy and not always accessible and difficult to keep updated across all copies and...

Now that I think of it, you can do that using google maps or flickr.

From the other side of the looking glass... I once had to interpret responses to a County vehicle trip survey where answers to the questions "where did you start the trip on which you received this form?" and "where were you going?" with detailed spaces for address and postal code information were filled in with things like "the doctor's office" and "my mother's house".

When stopped my Dad always used to answer those surveys with places like "Birkhenhead" and "Cornwall", even if we were just going down the road in Surrey to Sainsburys. Wonder if they screen those out, or even now a new motorway is almost finished.

Quote from: beagle on September 30, 2008, 08:51:54 PM
When stopped my Dad always used to answer those surveys with places like "Birkhenhead" and "Cornwall", even if we were just going down the road in Surrey to Sainsburys. Wonder if they screen those out, or even now a new motorway is almost finished.

Usually not, since there's no way to confirm or deny the responses unless they're truly wacky (e.g. if your Surrey survey said "Ediburgh" and "York")... but if the sample size is large enough, a small number of fake responses won't have that much impact.

Quote from: Sibling Lambicus the Toluous on September 30, 2008, 09:55:45 PM

Quote from: beagle on September 30, 2008, 08:51:54 PM
When stopped my Dad always used to answer those surveys with places like "Birkhenhead" and "Cornwall", even if we were just going down the road in Surrey to Sainsburys. Wonder if they screen those out, or even now a new motorway is almost finished.

Usually not, since there's no way to confirm or deny the responses unless they're truly wacky (e.g. if your Surrey survey said "Ediburgh" and "York")... but if the sample size is large enough, a small number of fake responses won't have that much impact.

How large is Beagle's Dad?

Where is this heading?


(Not Cornwall).

What's wrong with Cornwall?

I like Cornwall...I went there once.

Recently our canteen has put out two customer survey forms, both of which I filled in.  The second form was quite large but you got a free chunky Aero if you completed it.  I got to slag off the food and got free chocolate thrown in.

The food has become considerably worse since then.  I think it's because they got the impression from the survey that people want British Food.

Quote from: beagle on October 01, 2008, 07:48:52 AM
Where is this heading?


(Not Cornwall).

Goin' To The Zoo

Quote from: Black Bart on October 01, 2008, 02:23:07 PM
What's wrong with Cornwall?


I like Cornwall...I went there once.

Me too, But watch out for the goats.

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Recently our canteen has put out two customer survey forms, both of which I filled in.  The second form was quite large but you got a free chunky Aero if you completed it.  I got to slag off the food and got free chocolate thrown in.

I once got free beer in a pub for answering a questionnaire. Unfortunately "permanent free beer" wasn't one of the survey options, and the miracle hasn't been repeated since.

I shall be giving away free beer at my 50th birthday party...Pirate themed of course...that's the nearest to free beer you'll ever get...not free to me sadly.

Quote from: Black Bart on October 01, 2008, 02:23:07 PM
What's wrong with Cornwall?

I like Cornwall...I went there once.

Who the hell goes to Cornwall?

Seriously!  Who does that?

Hmmm...It's true...you don't see many dinosaurs in Cornwall.

My grandson (6 mths) just went to Cornwall.

When he went to the acquarium there, where the big fish got him very excited, he jiggled his arms and legs about and hyperventilated.

What kind of therapist would you advise?

Rick Stein's maybe?

Rick Stein...now there's a man who knows how ta cook Fish Stew.