DISCUSSION THREAD -- September 75 Word Challenge

[stormcrow]

Congratulations to both!

My vote goes to FeedMeTV.

Toss of a coin, anyone?

 

[Abernovo]

What happens if they tie again? Is it the one gets to pick the theme and one gets to choose the genre? Could be interesting.

 

[Ursa major]

Luckily for those who take the brickbats for deciding such matters, there was a winner:

Congratulations to paranoid marvin for winning​

And a round of applause to FeedMeTV for coming so close.​

 

[Dante DiBenedetto]

Damn close, too! 20-19.

Congratulations!

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Wow, there's a nailbiter for you!

Congratulations to paranoid marvin, and commiserations to FeedMeTV! That ought to be enough to keep you hooked on the challenges.

 

[Parson]

now that the regular voting is over, as threatened ... I mean promised, herewith my poem on the brontosaurus:

ode to a vanished species

i sing the mighty brontosaur
who, sad to tell, exists no more,
and never did the scientists say.
(he’s really just an apatosaurus
those upstart apes proclaim in chorus.)
i ask, why not the other way?
Restore the bronto’s old position
consign the apato to perdition!

The beast who used to walk like thunder
they’ve classified as someone’s blunder.
It’s all as ap himself hath plotted,
for, envying long the bronto’s fame,
and most of all, his glamorous name
(which though in question remains unspotted)
with guile he spun his wicked lies
and said, “he’s me – but in disguise!”

and ever since we were chimpanzees
deceiving, thus deceived with ease
(the saddest truth of our psychology)
‘tis not a stretch so very long
to think that science could be wrong
and therefore, paleontology.
And so, my child, ‘tis only the optimists
who put their faith in the fickle taxonomists.

And now poor bronto, all bereft
victim of prehistoric identity theft.
He, the noblest of all his kind,
stripped of his name and reduced in station
from a lordly genus to a poor relation —
what use (we ask) is the elevated mind?
O, of all misfortunes the most colossal,
to be scorned as a mis-identified fossil!

l'envoi:

so let us praise in voice uproarious
all hail the mighty brontosaurus!

brilliant!!! T.E. Brilliant!

Congrats to PM and FMTV great stories and well fought tie breaker.

 

[Abernovo]

Congratulations, paranoid marvin! Congratulations and commiserations to FeedMeTV, too. Both were excellent, reflected in such a close result.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Congratulations PM! And how can you have a better runner up than FeedmeTV? An exciting vote and nailbiting tiebreak what a stunning end to the month.

Confetti and fireworks for you both!

 

[alchemist]

Congratulations PM and commiserations to FMT.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Well done both finalists, really good stories, and big congrats to Paranoid!

 

[Moonbat]

Well done Paranoid Marvin, and comisserations FeedMeTV, a well fought tie break.

 

[The Judge]

Congratulations to both!! (And commiserations to FMT for just missing out on a joint win.)

 

[mosaix]

Congratulations to PM and commiserations to FMT.

And while I'm about it thanks for the mentions and shortlists and thanks to UM for the vote.

 

[johnnyjet]

Congratulations, paranoid melvin!

Also, thanks to Perpetual Man for the nice comments, to crystal haven, Teresa Edgerton and ratsy for the short & long listings and especially to Tisiphone for the vote! (Hope I didn't miss anybody. But if I did, thanks to you, too.)

 

[Bowler1]

Ouch! That was close.

Well done to both of you.

 

[FeedMeTV]

Phew! I've been moving house this weekend and have only just got my internet up and running (been buying sofas and curtains today, more painful than enjoyable unfortunately) so I am very chuffed to have come back online to see all this excitement!

Thank you to everyone who voted for me and a huge congrats to paranoid marvin, I'm more than happy to bow out to your fantastic entry

Right, how long can I dawdle here before I have to hang the curtains??

 

[chrispenycate]

Right, how long can I dawdle here before I have to hang the curtains??

This is a complex equation involving the number of female members of the family and how long since you got the fridge plumbed in. Roughly half an hour before your conscience would have driven you to it anyway.

Congratulations on very nearly winning your first challenge; you've been lurking, haven't you?

 

[Ursa major]

But is this the curtain-raiser for something even more onerous?

 

[FeedMeTV]

*cough* lurking, me?

Unfortunately, I am the female member of the household but my OH is currently cursing at the TV which has a green screen of death so the curtains fall to me. Off I trundle.

 

[ratsy]

Congrats PM and well done FeedMeTV! All the best to you in your new abode!