Tuesday, September 26, 2006
The One Useful Thing Geraldo Has Told Me in the Last Year
For those that like the competition of sports betting and fantasy sports, but don't like the sports part, here's an alternative.
Fantasy Husband.
Now, why would anyone want a Fantasy Husband? Even if you don't have the real thing, a Fantasy Husband can't cook you dinner or rub your feet after a long day of shopping. Well, perhaps your fantasy husband can, but none of the "players" on your Fantasy Husband team can.
That's because they don't exist. The scenarios are fake. Unlike fantasy sports, in which scoring is based on actual plays made in real games you can actually watch on TV, Fantasy Husband is based on 20 fictional characters. Each team manager (to use fantasy sports terms) chooses three to be on her team. Each week, scenarios are posed to the men (there are real ones making up answers for the fake guys you see on the site), and psychologists and experts score the men on their answers.
Searching around the website, you find a list with photos and descriptions of the husbands (no idea where they got these photos). It's a bit jarring to know that these profiles are completely false. Can they get more cliche? Alberto, 31, likes cooking and Latin music, and in his photo wears an open button-up plaid shirt. Dennis, the 33-year-old pilot, also likes boating and diving. The youngest man is 27 years old, and he is the egoist (sound familiar?). Half of the men are 6'0 and 190 lbs. (at that estimate Kevin is in really good shape), and of the 20, there are two African American men (the rest are Caucasian, European or Hispanic). Not much to choose from.
Forward over to the Discussion Forums, where 655 members air their opinions on, surprisingly, not many topics. Most of the posts are just there to clarify rules, how the scoring works, and questions. This is also, apparently, a section started by the administrators of the site called "Christian Perspective," which offers Bible verses and "Christian" answers to the weekly scenarios.
Wow. Could not believe it. Not my cup o'tea, but I congratulate the women that put this together. It obviously took a lot of forethought, planning and computer know-how to set up the FHL (yes, that's the acronym the FHL Commissioners use).
But as for me and my house? We'll stick with the real deal.
Fantasy Husband.
Now, why would anyone want a Fantasy Husband? Even if you don't have the real thing, a Fantasy Husband can't cook you dinner or rub your feet after a long day of shopping. Well, perhaps your fantasy husband can, but none of the "players" on your Fantasy Husband team can.
That's because they don't exist. The scenarios are fake. Unlike fantasy sports, in which scoring is based on actual plays made in real games you can actually watch on TV, Fantasy Husband is based on 20 fictional characters. Each team manager (to use fantasy sports terms) chooses three to be on her team. Each week, scenarios are posed to the men (there are real ones making up answers for the fake guys you see on the site), and psychologists and experts score the men on their answers.
Searching around the website, you find a list with photos and descriptions of the husbands (no idea where they got these photos). It's a bit jarring to know that these profiles are completely false. Can they get more cliche? Alberto, 31, likes cooking and Latin music, and in his photo wears an open button-up plaid shirt. Dennis, the 33-year-old pilot, also likes boating and diving. The youngest man is 27 years old, and he is the egoist (sound familiar?). Half of the men are 6'0 and 190 lbs. (at that estimate Kevin is in really good shape), and of the 20, there are two African American men (the rest are Caucasian, European or Hispanic). Not much to choose from.
Forward over to the Discussion Forums, where 655 members air their opinions on, surprisingly, not many topics. Most of the posts are just there to clarify rules, how the scoring works, and questions. This is also, apparently, a section started by the administrators of the site called "Christian Perspective," which offers Bible verses and "Christian" answers to the weekly scenarios.
Wow. Could not believe it. Not my cup o'tea, but I congratulate the women that put this together. It obviously took a lot of forethought, planning and computer know-how to set up the FHL (yes, that's the acronym the FHL Commissioners use).
But as for me and my house? We'll stick with the real deal.
# posted by ange : 9:58 AM
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