.4K - A Season to Be Brief: WE HAVA A WINNER

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:11 pm

emmline wrote:Someone's messing with the final score!

The thread needs to be locked. People can still vote until then.

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:47 pm

Nanohedron wrote:
emmline wrote:Someone's messing with the final score!
The thread needs to be locked. People can still vote until then.

I miscalculated when I set the duration of the poll. It may have something to do with the fact that I compiled the thread at oh, I think, 2:30 am after a long work day.

But all votes are being disregarded (by me). The thing is over and done.

Final scores:

Cloven [ 4 ]
Annie's Baby [ 4 ]
Got a Cigarette? [ 1 ]
Zany Granddaughter [ 9 ]
Cautious Captain [ 10 ]
The Associate [ 1 ]
Blueberry Summer [ 3 ]
Sarah shuffles through fallen leaves... [ 3 ]
Our Song [ 4 ]
Dissolution [ 2 ]

Total Votes : 41

And that's final.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:49 pm

You're a hard man, Bloo.

Will O'B · Post by **Will O'B** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:28 pm

Bloomfield wrote:Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 2:33 am The voting is limited to five days.

Fri till Sat 2:33 a.m. -- 1 day
Sat till Sun 2:33 a.m. -- 2 days
Sun till Mon 2:33 a.m. -- 3 days
Mon till Tues 2:33 a.m. -- 4 days
Tues till Weds 2:33 a.m. -- 5 days

Imagine our surprise when we went to vote this afternoon, on the 4th day, and saw that the polls were closed. Maybe I can't write my way out of a paper bag, but I can still count. No matter how you roll the die, Bloo, the 5th day isn't until tomorrow.

Will O'Ban

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:35 pm

Will O'B wrote:
Bloomfield wrote:Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 2:33 am The voting is limited to five days.

Fri till Sat 2:33 a.m. -- 1 day
Sat till Sun 2:33 a.m. -- 2 days
Sun till Mon 2:33 a.m. -- 3 days
Mon till Tues 2:33 a.m. -- 4 days
Tues till Weds 2:33 a.m. -- 5 days

Imagine our surprise when we went to vote this afternoon, on the 4th day, and saw that the polls were closed. Maybe I can't write my way out of a paper bag, but I can still count. No matter how you roll the die, Bloo, the 5th day isn't until tomorrow.

Will O'Ban

Fair enough. I was thinking Thursday. Anyway, I asked people to get their vote in soon. So I can't count my way out of a paper bag.

And what are you doing anyway, sitting coyly on your vote?

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:10 pm

Plus, if you weren't gonna vote for me, what good was it?

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:13 pm

Oh great, so now I went and praised the other stories and stuff.

(edited to add smiley)

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:45 am

Hmm. Had it gone on to 5 I might have been in the lead. Oh well I didn't expect to be in the running at all.

So where are the prizes??????? I want my prize????

Post by **Dale** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:57 am

I probably need to weigh in on this controversy about the vote. It's a little like Florida 2000, except that Bloomfield is no Katherine Harris. No way. I want to be Katherine Harris. In fact, here's a photo of me in my Katherine Harris costume & make-up:

Anyway, I think everyone ought to give Bloomfield the doubt here, given that he worked very hard on this nice contest. Given how close it was between the top two vote-getters, I need to look at publishing both on RHP.

More on this later which I'm not hungry AND late for work.

Dale

Post by **Dale** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:59 am

I probably need to weigh in on this controversy about the vote. It's a little like Florida 2000, except that Bloomfield is no Katherine Harris. No way. I want to be Katherine Harris. In fact, here's a photo of me in my Katherine Harris costume & make-up:

Anyway, I think everyone ought to give Bloomfield the benefit o'doubt here, given that he worked very hard on this nice contest. Given how close it was between the top two vote-getters, I need to look at publishing both on RHP, anyway. We can make the prize thing fair, too.

Or we can just cut the baby down the middle lengthwise.

More on this later which I'm not hungry AND late for work. AND meeting with the darn accountant.

Dale

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:48 am

I hope nobody takes me too seriously. I was justa jokin. It's not a controversy as far as I'm concerned. I think Captain was a much better story then mine.

And Dale, you must be tired since you double posted. Try some coffee, amphetamines, nicotine and booze. Mix in a tumbler and you're set for the day.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 8:22 am

It's a terrible controversy! Susan, Lee, and I are fixing to rumble over third any day now. I realize that sometimes these small stories get lost in the glamour of the top placers, but 3rd place is where the real drama lies.
I just hope that Tequila worm is a biggie.

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:47 am

I've got a court injunction in the works.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:50 am

emmline wrote:It's a terrible controversy! Susan, Lee, and I are fixing to rumble over third any day now. I realize that sometimes these small stories get lost in the glamour of the top placers, but 3rd place is where the real drama lies.
I just hope that Tequila worm is a biggie.

Will you put the worm in your darjeling?

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:02 am

I've always wanted my very own scandal, so I resent all these concilliatory "it's okay" posts. But, what can you do?

Anyway, I've emailed Will O'B: he & his wife cast the last votes without realizing that I had closed the poll. I of course am too busy dreaming about my very own Bloomfield edition Maybach (you should see the cup holders!) to count properly, and voting was still possible when it shouldn't have been anymore. My mistake. Well, Cautious Captain & Zany Granddaughter were both really good, as were the other finalists, and lots of other entries.

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