Gutter's 5 questions for 7/11 - aka Free Slurpee Thursday

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

1. 2 parter
a. Will you go to a 7/11 today and get yourself a free Slurpee?
b. Have you ever gone to 7/11 on 7/11 and gotten (probably not the right word) yourself a free Slurpee?

2. I am superstitious to a very small degree. When I played Hockey I liked to wear #7. Part of that was because I felt it was a "lucky" number for me.
When you were a young child all the way through high school, was there a specific number you wanted/chose when you played sports and if so, what was/is it?

3. If you were awake for today's sunrise and you saw it - OR the last time you saw a sunrise, rate it on a scale of 7 to 11. 7 being shit. 11 being phenomenal.

4. Two parter.
You're playing Blackjack. You have 16 (a 9 and a 7) and the Dealer has an Ace showing.
a. Do you hit or stand?
b. Do you take Insurance?

5. You can go to a 7/11 and can have between 7 and 11 of the following single things for free. Meaning, you can chose one item but between 7 and 11 of the single items. You can NOT sell them and you must consume/use them.

a. Packs of cigarettes or "chewing" tobacco.
b. Boxes of 3 condoms per box
c. Automobile air fresheners
d. 12 oz Boxes of Cherrios, Special K, or Frosted Flakes
e. Boxes of Kleenex (150 tissues per box)
f. $1 scratch off lottery tickets (but you can only win up to $25 total - and may not win anything)
g. Rolls of toilet paper ("average" size rolls)
h. 10oz bottles of Orange Juice
i. 12.5oz Cans of disinfecting spray
j. 5oz Bags of Gummy Bears/worms
k. Packs of 2 AA batteries
l. Toothbrushes

[pdub]

1. No. No.
2. 8
3. 11
4. Im pretty sure you’re supposed to. With a 16 though and the dealer showing face I go on my gut at the moment ( and piss off the assholes at the table ). I don’t do insurance when I play Blackjack.
5. k - AA batteries

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

1. No. No.
2. 8
3. 11
4. Im pretty sure you’re supposed to. With a 16 though and the dealer showing face I go on my gut at the moment ( and piss off the assholes at the table ). I don’t do insurance when I play Blackjack.
5. k - AA batteries

You and I have identical answers to #4. I'll go one further. There are times when my gut (I hope it's not my brain) will hold on a 12, 13, 14, 15. My GUT (I hope it's not my brain) tells me I would rather still be in the game and lose than out of the game and lose.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

1.
a. Probably not
b. Yes. Once or twice.

2. 7

3. For a typical sunrise for me 7.75 but as a sunrise overall - 8.54321

4. See pdub's response.

5. f (I might answer differently 5 times in the next 5 minutes)

[pdub]

I’ll hit sometimes even if not recommended but usually play by the stats ( though I sometimes forget particular scenarios ).

But I wouldn’t hit on say 13 with the dealer showing 6 even if my gut told me to.

[KUTradition]

1 - no, and no

2 - 11

3 - sunrises over the Wasatch front are nice, but it’s the sunsets here that are killer…9

4 - hit, no insurance



5 - OJ

[ousdahl]

Slurpee Thursday…is this the thread to discuss the hawk tuah girl getting her own reality tv show?

[zsn]

1. No; no

2. 13

3. 8

4. Stand, no insurance

5. OJ, as long I don’t have to consume it all today

[jhawks99]

1) No, not since I was 12
2) 3
3) 11
4) How do you take insurance when you're gambling? If you loose, you get to keep your money?
5) G

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

I can probably never guess correctly why you guys chose the numbers you did but in regards to the first athletes that come to my mind with the numbers you guys selected....

pdub - 8 - Andre Dawson Cubs
Trad - 11 - Ivan DeJesus Cubs
zsn - 13 - Joakim Noah Bulls
99 - 3 - Allen Iverson various teams

[jhawks99]

Practice?

[DrPepper]

1. no & no
2. anything with a 4 in it
3. I've always thought they are all 10s. It never occurred to me to give less than a 10 in a sunrise.
4. stand
5. assuming it is good quality stuff, the OJ. If not the OJ, the tp. I am just looking for value on something I will use.

[Shirley]

1.no & no
2. 7, because Mickey Mantle
3. 10 Like Trad, the sunsets here are better, especially over the Gulf
4. hit
5. K AA batteries, because I still have > 100 rolls of TP left over from hoarding during Covid...

[KUTradition]

I can probably never guess correctly why you guys chose the numbers you did but in regards to the first athletes that come to my mind with the numbers you guys selected....

pdub - 8 - Andre Dawson Cubs
Trad - 11 - Ivan DeJesus Cubs
zsn - 13 - Joakim Noah Bulls
99 - 3 - Allen Iverson various teams

no idea where 11 came from…maybe Phil Simms (Giants fan when i was really young for some reason), but i only wore that number myself playing football. 11 was a guard’s number in basketball, and i always played in the front court

[Shirley]

I can probably never guess correctly why you guys chose the numbers you did but in regards to the first athletes that come to my mind with the numbers you guys selected....

pdub - 8 - Andre Dawson Cubs
Trad - 11 - Ivan DeJesus Cubs
zsn - 13 - Joakim Noah Bulls
99 - 3 - Allen Iverson various teams

no idea where 11 came from…maybe Phil Simms (Giants fan when i was really young for some reason), but i only wore that number myself playing football. 11 was a guard’s number in basketball, and i always played in the front court

Everyone here is adjusting their mental picture of you to bigger/taller than they previously imagined...

[DeletedUser]

1. No and no.

2. Yes. #9.

3. 9.

4. Hit. Never insurance.

5. Batteries.

[KUTradition]

I can probably never guess correctly why you guys chose the numbers you did but in regards to the first athletes that come to my mind with the numbers you guys selected....

pdub - 8 - Andre Dawson Cubs
Trad - 11 - Ivan DeJesus Cubs
zsn - 13 - Joakim Noah Bulls
99 - 3 - Allen Iverson various teams

no idea where 11 came from…maybe Phil Simms (Giants fan when i was really young for some reason), but i only wore that number myself playing football. 11 was a guard’s number in basketball, and i always played in the front court

Everyone here is adjusting their mental picture of you to bigger/taller than they previously imagined...

i’m only 6’2”, 215ish but in junior high and even high school that usually puts you in the front court

[ousdahl]

yeah, but what's your wingspan?

[zsn]

I can probably never guess correctly why you guys chose the numbers you did but in regards to the first athletes that come to my mind with the numbers you guys selected....

pdub - 8 - Andre Dawson Cubs
Trad - 11 - Ivan DeJesus Cubs
zsn - 13 - Joakim Noah Bulls
99 - 3 - Allen Iverson various teams

Bad fan!

#13 Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

I can probably never guess correctly why you guys chose the numbers you did but in regards to the first athletes that come to my mind with the numbers you guys selected....

pdub - 8 - Andre Dawson Cubs
Trad - 11 - Ivan DeJesus Cubs
zsn - 13 - Joakim Noah Bulls
99 - 3 - Allen Iverson various teams

Bad fan!

#13 Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas

GOT ME! I deserve to be called out for that.
Had Chicago on my brain after Dawson and DeJesus.