Giving away rice has never been so much fun….
March 5, 2008
I was referred to a website yesterday that, unfortunately, allowed me to waste about an hour of good free time.
It’s called freerice.com. For every word that you correctly define, twenty grains of rice are donated through the UN World Food Program. The words get more and more difficult as you get to higher levels.
Pretty neat.
Now, go! Have fun! Give rice! Waste time!
The guy who runs it is from Bloomington…
Really? How interesting. I think it’s a pretty great idea.
I was having a lot of fun until I figured out that a pound of rice has 120,000 grains in it
I played for 30 minutes and by the end was still 117,000 grains away from 1lb.
Oh well, it’s still fun!
Dangit. I didn’t know it was THAT much.
Well…I guess I’ll keep playing….
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