A Stunning Election Result.
In a residence-hall wide election in which twenty people actually voted and nobody else ran for the position, I was elected treasurer of LSE's Butler's Wharf Residence for the 07-08 academic year. Technically, people were allowed to vote against me even though there was nobody else running, since there was an option to "re-open nominations". I slipped by, though, thanks, I believe, to my campaign poster. Besides getting my Thumb in the Pie, this guarantees me a place in the residence halls next year, something which second-year students are otherwise rarely able to secure.
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I can't believe i actually read your poster all the way to the end...
It's good advertising, isn't it? I'm proud of the concept (which is not what I said it was in the ad itself). It's visually eye-catching, especially when placed next to other, much busier stereotypical advertisements. But the main effect happens when someone is reading it -- it takes a long time to read -- and other people walk by and see them reading it. This is especially true if the reader is laughing. It creates intrigue and makes the poster remain in the passerby's memory by using the advertised-to as part of the advertisement itself.
Hey Mike, don't feel bad reading the whole thing.... I printed out copies of it!
I never did see what it was that stung me in the lip. We cannot rule out the possibility of a (unique?)encounter with a species of tiny, winged, stinging bear.
Oh, and when they bite the bars that means that they like it. This goes for all types of bear that I have "screwed".
Yeah, but Sandy, you're a mom, and are expected to do things like that.
Ok, ok, I'm a loyal friend and engineer, I guess that probably pre-destines me for (a) actually looking at it and (b) being thorough enough to read it to the end.
I got the final tally - of 21 votes, fourteen were in my favor, six were left blank, and one was to re-open the nomination (but they apparently voted to re-open the nomination for everyone except one person). If we interpret all six of the non-yes votes as nays, then we cannot reject the hypothesis that less than fifty percent of BW wants me as treasurer with 95% confidence. We can reject it at 90%, but just barely -- the number of votes at which the result becomes significant at 90% is exactly fourteen.
I wonder how many real-life elections end up being statistically insignificant?
I want to know if you've called any other industry 1-800 numbers out of pity for the potentially dejected phone operators, just to feel good about giving a stranger an ego boost (or possibly in the hope of learning something interesting). And I now want to keep wasps, except I don't really like wasps and can't stand having them around. Also, I wonder what it says that more people are commenting about a document they had to click a link for and download, rather than the blog posts which they can read passively (assuming the actual navigating to the blog will happen regardless).
Also, I'm a little disappointed you're guaranteed a spot in the dorm next year. I was hoping the next time I visited you'd have a little place with an extra bedroom for me.
I'm now feeling compelled to call the 1-800 number on the honey jar. Or any jar, for that matter. Perhaps the dill pickles.
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