Does anyone want to guess

[Breezy du Nord]

how many standing ovations there were in the SOTU last night?

Note: I did not count the ones at the beginning and the end.

[jimbo fett]

1. I dunno.... 13? (just grabbed a number out of the air)

[Breezy du Nord]

2. Higher

Much higher.

[VelmaD]

3. That depends...are you including...

the times when just the Rethugs stood? :evilgrin:

[Breezy du Nord]

5. I counted when anyone stood up

So yes.

[VelmaD]

15. Then the answer is 1...

shrub boy stood up the whole time. Everyone else was just getting some exercise. Work those glutes. :)

[Tripper11]

4. 69?

I think that's what I heard on the telebision

[Breezy du Nord]

7. I got a lot lower, actually

And I thought I was watching it pretty closely. Unless I blacked out. Bush's monotonous tends to do that to me.

edit: or course, if you heard that on Fox news I'm sure they embellished it quite a bit.

[Richardo]

6. How many sentences were there?

I bet the SO's are a high percentage of the total...

[Lostmessage]

8. 100? 200?

Fox will report it that way. I swear that I heard booing last night when I turned it on for a second.

[Breezy du Nord]

9. They clap at about every other word

On the bright side, at least the speech did not have much substance to it that way. It's like it was written by the write from "Spider-man."

[beyurslf]

10. Maybe you heard me.

I was booing pretty loudly for much of it.

[BurnInHellFoxNews]

11. booing rule

We had to institute a rule in the house.

You could only boo during applause. Of course, I was hoarse before Bush even started because the camera showed his ilk...Condi, Rummy, Cheney, etc.


BOOOOOO! HISS!

[ihaveaquestion]

12. 71

According to the commentator on CSpan - I don't know her name.

[BlueJazz]

13. I'll say 97

N/T

[ConcernedCanuk]

14. lets see - the "speech" was 54 minutes long

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Dunno how many noticed that the speach STARTED at 9:11 - yup yup

And ended at 10:05 (is there a significance to 10:05?)

so I would take a guess around the 25 - 30 mark at the most

BUT - I'll tell ya what, there were TOO many !

and sorta demeans the "honor" of a standing ovation

- heck - I watched a few where they were obviously "on-cue"

[Breezy du Nord]

16. Yep, you're right

35 is what I got, but apparently the chick on CNN got something different, but 35's what I got.