ZOMG! The '08 Bulwer-Lytton winner is Donald Eugene Ivens!
Huh?
Google the name and you’ll see. At first I thought he was making a reference to that anthrax scientist who killed himself, but it’s a joke about a guy who lost his wallet.
Weirdly, that’s exactly where I went as well.
Could be Steve Fawcett.
I think by “Abigail” you mean “Xerxes”. Or perhaps “Smith”. Those are two of my entries.
If the new winner can’t be found then you should have the “best of the worst” moniker re-instated.
I demand it!
Would that it be so. Because my entries are better, IMO. But whudyagonnado?
If the ultimate arbiter thought mine were good enough to be in the finals, he wouldn’t has asked me to judge, and I wouldn’t have this interesting story.
As to my title here on the boards, I requested that it be changed back to just plain vanilla member. Having a special title has been way more hassle for all concerned. I can’t count all the threads I’ve been in that get highjacked by people asking what’s the deal with the special title.
Well, see, there’s your problem.
Yup, my opinion doesn’t count for much – until the revolution comes, and I get my own wall to put people up against.
Any idea when he’s going to announce the winners?
Stripper geisha (imitations) are actually cheaper than the real, dying breed. The real ones will feed and dance for you, but unless you have an interpreter, you may miss out on the jokes.
If you swing the deal, let me know and I’ll offer my services, unless it’s Kobe the Beefy Stripper, and then I’m sort of busy for a while.
I’m pretty sure by next Monday, unless he can’t locate the #2 guy either.
Winners have been posted here.
There is a Doper among them.
I’m unsure if you mean me, but I am one of the runners-up. Woo-hoo!
Does this mean I get to change my title here? Maybe “Next to Best of the Worst in the Adventure Category”?
Oh gods. Congratulations, but please, PLEASE, think of poor TubaDiva…
No, I didn’t mean you, which means there are at least TWO dopers among the Best of the Worst.
The I have pm’d the other doper, as their real name is listed on the contest website, and I didn’t want to point to it and reveal an identity involuntarily.
To avoid hijacking this thread, I started this one for those who wish to share their submissions now that it’s over.