The Boxing Challenge had come and gone but we still needed a winner, so with our algebra skills and our Lisa in tow we set out to find a conclusion. What happened may shock you...

With no obvious champion in sight we called upon Lisa to scour the inside crap in search of some clarity. Inside Crap: Boxing Challenge, the result of her research, only ended up adding fog to an already cloudy situation. Against all better judgement the challengers entrusted their room selection, and the conclusion of the challenge to Lisa anyway.

"I, Lisa, have been chosen to choose whether Brian, Ralph, or Greg get first choice of the choicest bedroom. My decision will be final, and with all finality shall I bring a finale to this dispute. I have decided to decipher this decision with the use of either an Algabraic Expression or a Calculus problem thing-ee, both of which I failed miserably in school. I have, as my advisors, a CFO of a publicly traded company who has a college degree in a Mathmatical discipline, and another guy who studied Algebra and Calculus who is more inclined to succeed in the math/science region. My advisors have no particular interest in, nor do they have any partiality in full or in part and will display complete bi-partisanship. I shall post my Mathmatical Theorem sometime in the near future, and then spend all of my days and nights proving my theorim until I am spent."
- Lisa, resident Typical Crap analyst

To assist in the mathematical dissertation the three challengers each submitted an essay no longer than 200 words in length and also responded to 40 bio questions. These materials are now online for your review.

Ralph: Essay - Bio Questions
Brian: Essay - Bio Questions
Greg: Essay - Bio Questions

While Lisa hit the books the challengers sat and waited. Some played video games, others took up pottery, all waited and wondered what sort of hand fate would deal them.

And then one day a Fed Ex package arrived. The challengers met, traded statements of love and devotion, and opened the monkey covered envelope. This is what they were met with.

When faced with step two the challengers decided that they would use a toin coss to determine if the person with the highest or lowest number would win. Heads for highest. Tails for lowest. Ralph cossed the toin and it landed heads. The victor was to be the one burdoned with the highest number. Holding hands (well not really) we opened envelope #2.

And just like that the mysterious formulat became public domain. Say it with me now:

.25( # of boxing challenge posts )
+ .25( #bio questions matching Lisa's )
+ .3( # of essay words )
+ .1( # of forum posts )
+ .1( #of votes in the boxing poll )
= score out of 100

Mental calculators ready, we tore into envelope #3. Each individual challenger's weary eyes were met with an individual sheet of paper. On each sheet was the challenger's math breakdown with all unknowns filled in. All that was left was the calulation. It took us about 40 minutes.

Ralph's Score = 64.05

Brian's Score = 69.05

Greg's Score = 68.6

For those of you playing at home that gives us Brian with first pick, Greg with second pick, and Ralph with last pick. As you may have guessed, Brian selected the biggest room, Greg selected the medium sized room, and Ralph selected the smallest room out of necessity.

After such a wild ride the boxing challenge really just came down to a coin toss. If that's not typical crap then I don't know what is. We shall see you all on Southwest Ave. Don't be surprised if we are wearing boxing gloves.