Like a bad reality TV show, today's entry is a follow up to "riddle me this" , the "Riddle Me This" results show, if you will. This entry, then, will have all the hallmarks of a good reality TV results show: hilariously dramatic music, a visit from a B-list celebrity, lots of drawn-out pauses before the big reveal, and a slew of crocodile tears at the end. Hope you'll stay along for the ride.
         (Commercial Break: Voting in the aforementioned entry hasn't closed, so if you have yet to weigh in for your 500 gift points, drop by. I'll update the results here if more answers come in.)
         We've received sixteen responses, which seems like a lot, except when you consider that according to Summary Stats, this journal got 35 views on Thursday and 48 on Friday. Come on, lurking readers, what are you afraid of? I'm hardly intimidating...but I digress.
         Of the sixteen responses, eight people had heard the phrase "getting an MRS" before. Exactly half of the group! How definitive. Two of those eight included with their responses the caveat that they thought it was an LDS phrase, which would be statistically significant (25%) if the other responses didn't mirror the conservative culture aspect of the phrase. I suppose that its frequency in LDS circles (some circles -- it appears not to be ubiquitous among Mormons, either) is due to conservative culture.
         (Is it horrible that I laughed aloud at highly evolved 's comment that in her experience, it referred to past eras? So, so true. The percentage of female BYU students who finish four years of school doesn't scream "21st century.")
         Although the masses seem quite divided (a fifty-fifty break. Really? Not even one person to tip the scales one way or another?) I have, after this discussion, made the decision to remove the reference from my novel. I feel like it's safely established as something that isn't primarily LDS, or even primarily regional, but it doesn't seem common enough to belong in RM's teen lingo. Hopefully I can come up with something that Summer can say with even more disdain. Time to be original...

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The numerical breakdown, if you're curious; I know I would be...
(New data added 10/26)

"Getting an MRS"
Yes: 10
No: 8

Of yes answers (region):
Northwest: 1
Midwest: 1
Southeast: 3
West: 2
Canada: 1
None given: 2

Of no answers (region):
Northeast: 1
Midwest: 0
Southeast: 0
West: 2
England: 1
None given: 4

Of LDS respondents:
Yes: 1
No: 1

Understand it despite not hearing it:
Yes: 3
Maybe: 1
No: 3
No answer: 1

By education (yes):
College: 7
No college: 1
Unknown: 2

By education (no):
College: 1
No college: 2
Unknown: 5