You may have heard about this program. It is a web based word game. The rules are simple:

* Click on the answer that best defines the word.
* If you get it right, you get a harder word. If wrong, you get an easier word.
* For each word you get right, we donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.

http://www.freerice.com/

I just spent a few minutes, and donated almost 2000 grains of rice. (That was my goal, but it locked up on me at 1920 grains).

I challange all of DU to at least meet my score, and post their screen-shots here. And hey, you may learn something! I know I did - the words started getting really challenging for me around level 45. Good luck!

without making it contingent on my working vocabulary?

From the FreeRice FAQ:

Are you up for the challenge? :evilgrin:

:)

:rofl:

I DO love the "clunk-clunk-clunk" sound of those dollars hittiing that tray :)

:rofl:

Myself, I like the free watery drinks. :)

on White Russians (she was bringing me doubles & I don't DRINK)..I ended up in the HighRoller room

It has a happy ending though..

My gambling buddy took all my money from me except $40 ( I had won about $1,500)..and he only let me play a machine in there ONE time I won on every one I played.. the $5, $10, $25, & $50.. I left the high roller room with $760.00).. He refused to let me play the $100 slot :)

"Woman! GIVE ME THAT MONEY I TOLD YOU NOT TO GIVE ME!"

:)

so my "Laughlin husband, Rob" used to drive me there.. I can't drive at night..

He would ALWAYS take my money and make me go to my room (when I'm winning)..and would not give it back to me until we got back into california..Bastard :)

It;s funny.. one time my husband DID come with me, and a lady in the group asked me if I had gotten divorced from Rob ..My husband and I laughed and explained it to her :)

while we went and played our fifty bucks. lol

We were both lowrent addicts. After Sunday dinner, the guys would nod out. As soon as they did, Lady shook up some daquiris and had the cards out. We went up to Reno and Tahoe a few times together. It was almost more fun to watch her have fun than to play. :)

Got up to level 46. Quite challenging indeed.

...where's the screen shot? :evilgrin:

I'll do it again if you tell me how.

:)

I have a geat vocabulary but don't know how to post a screen shot. Too much reading not enough computers. HA.

It's a good thing to know, and really quite simple. You need 2 things:
1) Method of creating a screen cap
2) Hosting site on the web.

For acquiring the actual screen capture, there are numerous freeware/shareware programs out there. I use FastStone Screen Capture (version 2.0). It's freeware and doesn't expire. The latest versions from FastStone are however, only good for 30 days I believe. www.faststone.org

For a hosting site, there are many choices. I use www.photobucket.com. It's free and quite simple to use.

When you have your picture captured and uploaded to a hosting site, you simply use that host link for your uploaded picture in your posts here at DU or anywhere else.

Have fun!

of these here buttons? :)

Although that "Print Screen" button should send a screen cap somewhere! :dunce: The drawback is that it takes a pic of your entire desktop, as opposed to a selected portion.

www.irfanview.com

:hi:

Ignore the other websites I was looking at, please, if you can even make them out...

Can't make them out at all. :evilgrin: What vocabulary level did you make it to?

14,000 grains! :yourock:

Dumb as a brick, but a heart of gold, amirite!?

You HAD to do so much, didn't you? :)

:toast:

:thumbsup:

(and it's parakeet) :evilgrin:

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This thread needs more visibility so people can beat my pitiful score and feed the hungry!

1,008,771 cups of rice so far.

If rice WAS the meal a cup per person would probably be the goal.

and thought you were saying an 'A cup' bra size was equivalent to a 1,000 grains!

:rofl:

And my top vocab level was 51.

That was fun!

:yourock: Thanks for smashing my pitiful score! :thumbsup:

:hi:

there are words that repeat so they shouldn't count. Maybe, 1 or 2 in ten? I hung out at about 45 most of the time. Anyway, what a great idea.

:)

Thanks for beating my pitiful score!!!

:yourock:

lol

:yourock:

Post #10. 14,000!!! :wow:

lol

:rofl:

:yourock:

:yourock: :toast: :woohoo: :applause: :patriot: :yourock: :toast: :woohoo: :applause: :patriot: :yourock:

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :hi:

and will help me study for the GRE. Thanks! :)

Good luck on the GRE! :thumbsup:

Maybe if you visualize Rice 'n Jail every time you get a word definition correct and win some rice, you'll get that wish! :evilgrin:

Everytime someone mispelled a word, they'd shout out "You killed a kid!"

Or do I mean misspelled?

:rofl:

to show you. :(

Maybe next time I play.

Looking forward to it! :thumbsup:

'ya beat me! :thumbsup:

Lacking the time to continue. VOCAB level 50, as you can see.

:thumbsup:

And I would say welcome to DU, but I see that your erudite self simply chooses to lurk most of the time. :hi:

It's a good way for her to prepare for her SAT's

lol

I showed it to him, and he thought it was great! He did this all on his own, with no help from the old man:



He was quite the sight celebrating the donation of that rice! :D

lol

:)

on this thread? lol

:applause: 16,000! :applause:

You are the reason I did this thread! Thank you thank you thank you!

:yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

in sentence. "I have nidicolous suitcases."

:rofl:

I'm fighting the urge to start it again until I have a good chunk of time to spend. ;)

At least it's a worthwhile activity! :hi:

:hi:

:woohoo:

:party: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: Way to go!!! :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :party:

THANK YOU!

LOL

:hi:

:kick:

For the :kick:'s and donations!

:yourock:!