You know that FreeRice game that all the bloggers are playing? For the uninitiated, it is a vocabulary game that, through the auspices of advertisers, lets you donate ten grains of rice to the hungry for every correct answer.
Not only has Az the Husband repeatedly achieved the highest vocab level of 50, but he has now also reached the point where the game stops, with the message, “We are unable to process donations that quickly.” He is very proud.
And you thought I married him for his callipygian beauty. Well, I did. But his smarts helped too.
OK, you got me. I have done FABULOUSLY well on that rice site ’cause I got me some smarts when it comes to words. But I had to look up callipygian. Butt. Huh. Who knew?
Wow. That’s hot.
I’ve only gotten up to 48! I’m impressed. Wow. 50.
I am so impressed. I have only gotten up to 47, and that’s with very successful guessing. Wow.
Wow. I may have to play some more.
I hit 49, briefly, a time or two. Funny, “callipygian” never came up.
Love that word. I described it once as a word that elevated the tone, although admittedly not the content, of my internal discourse at the gym.
I hit 42 just once….I should have taken a picture.
I’m jealous! Every time I hit 49 it chucked me some doublers and I slid right back down to the lower 40s again - now you’ve got me heading back to try again!
Wow. I wish I hadn’t read any of this. I only hit 43. For the sake of my ego, I am going to blame foreign language interference.
Veronica,
Taking this reminds me of everything I disliked about the verbal portions of the GRE. What is the relationship between a pair of word and 4 other pair of words…they are 5 pairs of words I’ve never seen or used in my life. Thank goodness for some of the technical words or I’d have had my callipygian flapping in the breeze.
I do take some solace in playing a game that measures verbal aptitude that I scoring between 76-80% of AZ. Given our divergent educational and vocational paths I’m happy just scoring a passing grade.
brother
Veronica,
Proof reading was never one of my strong points either.
brother
Its a great idea of doing charity while you play and increase your vocabulary.
still playing it…
I wonder how many grains of rice total have been donated? Does it say?
Your hubby sounds very very very very smart.
Hmmm… That last comment was me. I forgot to logout of my other blog. I’m dumb. Not like your husband. :>
That’s really fun. My 10-year-old daughter got some of them that I didn’t know.
I/we hit 48. I’m going to keep trying.
kudos to the callipygian god with his fine vocabulary, saving the world one grain of rice at a time.
my partner is now feeling like he should master the game, so i can post about him too.
Wow! What a smartypants.
Good for him—and for you. Aren’t smart husbands yummy?
I got three words right, missed two, and lost interest in the game. Can you say ADD? It’s too bad there isn’t some way to turn that huge vocabulary into some money. He’d do fabulously on jeopardy until they asked him something simple like who starred in Seinfield.
That was fun
Jillian
FIFTY.
I am in awe.
Oh! I was just talking to a friend the other day about the words in that game and how it get sreally hard for me around level 42. I was thinking that callipygian should be on the game but then I couldn’t think of the word callipygian and I didn’t think she would understand if I said “You know–the firm, round, b*tt word?”