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

Actually, Ringo seems to have cleaned himself up. To wit, the No No song. I saw him perform last summer.

And if DNA's vote must truly come from his U number... ::: walks off whistling to the login page :::

Coren: Can I vote, or not? I wanna know! Was my vote counted, or not?

Coren, it would appear that our illustrious vote counter has wandered off. He'll be back late tonight (very late most likely, since he lives in that upside down and backwards land of Aussissippi where our days are his nights and our nights are his days ) at which time I would hope he'd provide you with an answer.

Probably won't be the one you want to hear though... He's very stubborn on that one vote per U-number rule.

Coren: Drat! I am a completely separate entity from Esty, we just share a body.

In all this bickering about DNA's vote, he also seems to have missed Flamestrike's clarification of his vote...

He has a *lot* of matters to clear up when he returns!

"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!" "

great movie...did you watch it yesterday...?

Polite inquiry of our illustrious returning officer.

er, I've been meaning to ask you why it was that a short while ago the 2 front runners had over 300 odd votes and then suddenly it was 30 something. What was that about? You see when I became Lady Scott's campaign manager I truly believed we had no chance. I'm not complaining - just curious.

And why we're about it; what's with the .5 votes?

my guess is someone early on when everyone was seriously voting said that they couldn't decide and voted for both...

oh and I vote for Lady Scott...

I vote for Lady Scott

er is such a pedant I think it's not easy to guess such things. When he finally wakes up downunder I'm hoping for a proper answer from the horse's mouth..

Red - better check who wrote those posts giving certain parties 300 or more votes...

Some of us were having a bit of fun with the numbers at one time, so that may have been what you saw.

::: plays a game of tag with a group of numbers :::

Go right to the source
And ask the horse.
He'll give you the answer that you endorse.
He's always on a steady course,
Talk to Mr. Ed

thanx Lady Scott. Its ironic because if I thought you really could become the frontrunner, i might have been too scared to start this whole thing in the first place,,

You must be nearly there now......

come on punters lets make the final push. Somebody must know somebody or two to get us to the top..

Latest Count

Liv Tyler - 36.5
George Formby - 35.5
Lady Scott - 35
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
Inigo Montoya - 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

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 (except with regard to Rule Number 1, which is not negotiable).

esty and coren - refer to Rule Number 1

red - The 2 front runners never had over 300 votes. But due to the vagueries of some web browsers (and depending on how you have them set up) it just appeared that way. The total for Liv, for example, showed up as 361/2 on my browser here at wo*k, but at home it appeared as it should have - as 36 and a half. The half vote was cast a long time ago by someone who couldn't decide between Liv or George.

The Gook - "Actually, Ringo seems to have cleaned himself up. To wit, the No No song" - The No, No Song was, ironically, written in the 70s and at the height of his drinking. He (and his wife) went through rehab at least once in the 80s and may have done it again since.

thanx for the info eR. Its all a bit scary being on the brink. I wonder which lucky researcher will put us in the lead. Honestly I never thought Lady Scott had a chance. Why did my browser suddenly show the correct counts then?

It shows correctly now because I changed the totals to read as ".5" instead of the "half" character.

my vote is for Charlemagne.

Thanx a bunch leoalpha. Thank you eR. BTW have you noticed eR, we seem to get on better online but real life is definitely a no no no