h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The whole concept of Voted "#1" or "best" can be a joke.

Take for example the Mystery Spot of Michigan. There are billboards advertising it as "Voted #1", but there is no citation or clarification as to what it is being Voted #1 of. One day many, many, years ago we decided to check it out. Turned out to be a waste of money. The "Mystery" is why the fk anyone would vote it #1 in any category besides the following: Waste of time, waste of money, or example of how shoddy advertisement can attract people. We later, (as in this year) found out who voted it and for what. Of course the publication that voted it has been around for decades, for all we know this could have been during the 70's.

So my point is this, people can freely put one of those labels on just about anything without citation and people are gullible enough to believe it. And the people promoting it could probably vote it that themselves to eliminate any false advertising suites.

The moral: laugh whenever you see something that says "Voted #1" or "Voted Best".

I know I do.