Friday, August 5, 2005

AND THE WINNER IS, AGAIN… ———– by Steve Nadis

And now, the moment we’ve all been waiting for: I’m going to announce the winners in our latest, hotly-contested, BLOGGING BUMPER STICKER SWEEPSTAKES. This one was a real cliffhanger, with Gatemouth waiting until the last possible second to send in his (as usual) brilliant entries. So let the drums roll. Ladies and gentlmen, do I have your attention? Vanna, the envelope please… And the winner is …. ME!!!!!!! Sorry, I can’t resist doing that, especially since I am a winner, among many other winners, I should add.

Winner in the “HANDS-DOWN, FLAT-OUT BEST” category is me for my off-the-cuff entry: START BLOGGING AND STOP LIVING! Gatemouth captured the “Incoherence” prize for: BLOGGING — THE LAST REFUGE OF THE INCOHERENT. OldRoses wins the “Most Prolific” award for her many entries. OldRoses also took the “Funny Humor Writing” prize for: WILL BLOG FOR FOOD. Turd Blossom wins the “Most Creative Name” award, plus the “Spiritual” prize for: GOD IS MY CO-POSTER. And, finally, the winner in the “Most Likely to Spawn Sequels” category is (big surprise) ME!!! for the incoherent (the runner-up in that category as well): I WENT ONLINE TO BUY A T-SHIRT. ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY BLOG.

I want to thank all the participants. It’s fair to say this was, by far, the most successful competition yet. I, for one, will treasure my prizes always. I hope the other winner will value theirs as well. As for the losers, I can only offer the standard palliative: There’s always next week.

Posted by Snake in 15:23:20
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8 Responses

  1. gatemouth says:
    August 5, 2005 at 2:37 pm

    Hey–what about the "Best Foreign Language Entry" category? I’m sure I won that one. (I’ve often wondered about the anti-Latin bias on this site. You never mention any of the Roman basketball players, and you pointedly ignore all the contributions the Romans made to the web. Where would we be if they hadn’t invented "forums"?)

  2. Snake says:
    August 5, 2005 at 3:15 pm

    And that’s what I call a "gracious" winner. But it’s true: You have hit on one of my sore spots. I never took Latin in high school and now have a bias against it, as its use often tends to be showy and pretentious. Not in your case, of course, but in others surely. I don’t have anything against Romans. In fact, I used to think Roman Gabriel was a decent quarterback.

  3. gatemouth says:
    August 5, 2005 at 3:38 pm

    See–that’s where you’re wrong. I was trying to be showy and pretentious. In fact, I demand a prize for the "Most Showy and Pretentious" bumper-sticker. Though maybe you could call it "The Bumper-Sticker Most Likely to Provoke Road Rage" category.

    Actually, come to think of it, I’m pretty happy with the "Incoherence" prize. Never mind…

  4. Snake says:
    August 5, 2005 at 3:53 pm

    I’m glad you’re ultimately happy after getting that out of your system. But I’ll keep that idea in mind and we’ll have a "Most Showy and Pretentious" prize in the next contest. I probably should just give it to you now.

  5. OldRoses says:
    August 6, 2005 at 2:20 pm

    First time participator and I take home two prizes!

  6. Snake says:
    August 6, 2005 at 4:51 pm

    Congratulations, OldRoses. You deserved every one of those prizes. And if there were more categories, you might have won another.

  7. Windfall Woman says:
    October 19, 2005 at 7:08 pm

    I missed all this fun! I wonder what I would win — if I were to be so lucky of course…..

  8. Snake says:
    October 19, 2005 at 8:40 pm

    Don’t worry. There’s always next time!

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