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

and just to make sure it's at the top of the next page......

Latest Count

Liv Tyler - 36.5
George Formby - 35.5
Lady Scott - 33
Rolf Harris - 5
The Ukulele - 4
Nicole Kidman - 3
- 3
mAd_CaDeT_fIsH - 2
Nathan Lane - 2
Nighthoover - 2
Al Gore - 2
Lime Marmalade - 2
Bob the Farmer - 2
George Foreman - 1
Will Hay - 1
The Didgeridoo - 1
Kitkat Chunky - 1
Chunky--icecream - 1
Harry Lauder - 1
Kebab - 1
Johnny Depp - 1
Carrie-Ann Moss - 1
Carey Elwes - 1
Glass of Water - 1
Inigo Montoya - 1

Rules and Regulations:

Number 1: Only one vote per Researcher ID.
Number 2: Once cast, a vote cannot be re-cast or changed.
Number 3: Proxy voting shall not be allowed
Number 4: There is NO Rule number 4.
Number 5: Rule Number 2 is subject to change at the whim of the official vote counter.
Number 6: There are no regulations.

The judge retains the right to add to these rules as we go along. The judges decision is probably final, but correspondence will be entered into whenever I feel like it.

Could you explain rule #6 to me?

Perhaps I just don't understand, but it would appear to negate all the other rules.

What's proxy voting, and how can we break that nonexistent rule, Great Sir?

I'd like to vote for Lady Scott please.

I have my reasons ...

Thank you to everyone who has cast a vote in my direction!

Only 2.5000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 votes to go to pull ahead of Liv!

Rule # 6 means that the rules are not regulated, and I can therefore do whatever I want and there is very little that anyone can do to stop me.

Proxy voting would be where a researcher showed up and announced that he/she has collected votes from various other researchers.

The only way to break Rule # 4 would be by trying to introduce a Rule # 4.

Latest Count

Liv Tyler - 36.5
George Formby - 35.5
Lady Scott - 34
Rolf Harris - 5
The Ukulele - 4
Nicole Kidman - 3
- 3
mAd_CaDeT_fIsH - 2
Nathan Lane - 2
Nighthoover - 2
Al Gore - 2
Lime Marmalade - 2
Bob the Farmer - 2
George Foreman - 1
Will Hay - 1
The Didgeridoo - 1
Kitkat Chunky - 1
Chunky--icecream - 1
Harry Lauder - 1
Kebab - 1
Johnny Depp - 1
Carrie-Ann Moss - 1
Carey Elwes - 1
Glass of Water - 1
Inigo Montoya - 1

We've just found a dusty envelope containing a note written in Douglas Adams' own hand ...

... It clearly says, "I wish to place my vote for Lady Scott, a froody woman who truly knows where her towel is. ~ Signed Affectionately, DNA".

This clearly isn't voting by proxy. It's an absentee ballot if ever I've seen one!

This clearly isn't voting by proxy. It's an absentee ballot if ever I've seen one!
And since it is DNA's... I propose it counts as say...
1.5000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 votes.

The note is clearly a forgery, AW.

hmmm who shall I vote for hmmmm this requires some deep thought

Vote Lady Scott

Since I got told it was not accepted.....

Now where is that tenner WIRO promised

Well I see there other choices than just George Formby (who I have never heard of) and Liv Tyler (who is really, really hot)... So for the sake of argument and because The Princess Bride is one of the BEST movies ever made, I shall say Inigo Montoya!

"My name is Inigo Montoya, you have killed my father, prepare to die!"

sorry to let you down Flamestrike, but i said a tenth of a penny. Not a tenner.

What - is it too late to change my vote? Vote for sale?

Flamestrike, you do remmeber that i am well placed in the assassins guild, no?

Yes and remember I have survived you once there mate and I am purposfully noone in the assasins guild.....



but would I doublecross you?

The note is clearly *not* a forgery, ER. See? Right here in the corner ... it's been notorized and signed by witnesses, including his mother. We've had the FBI do an analysis and the Feds tell us it's a legal document, no funny business. The paper has genuooooine DNA fingerprints all over it, the ink has been traced to his favorite pen, and we have a photo of him holding up the note with a delighted look on his face. All evidence proves without a salmon of doubt that the note is real, and therefore, the vote is valid. So there.

And yes, as stated earlier by a thoughtful researcher, a vote by "The DNA" himself should count as more than one, in fact, it should count as several.