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

First votes for BAGGAGE...

1. (750a) Before Accepting Generous Gifts, Assess Givers Expectations! (Tsarina)

2. (749) Baboons are gleeful, gregarious and generally entertaining. (Blackberry Cat)

3. (748) Barely any government gets a good ending. (Pimms)

Icy

BAGGAGE

1st Before Accepting Generous Gifts, Assess Givers Expectations! - Tsarina - 751

2nd Blair annoyed great groups, albeit gained elections - B'Elana - 760

3rd Blue And Gold Gains At General Election - Icy - 745

BAGGAGE



Before Accepting Generous Gifts, Assess Givers Expectations! - Tsarina

Bush Attacks Generals - 'Get Army Groups Empowered' - MMF


Busy Airports Generally Guard Against Guns Entirely - Artisan

Gold - Before Accepting Generous Gifts, Assess Givers Expectations! - Tsarina
Saliver - Be a good girl and get elevenses - Icy
Brontosaurus - Blair Agony - 'George Galloway? A Government Employee?' - MMF

Gold: Barely any government gets a good ending. -- Pimms

Silver: Because all goons grope after girly excitement -- CARDIFF

Bronze: Before Accepting Generous Gifts, Assess Givers Expectations! -- Tsarina

And the nominations from sunny Glasgow for BAGGAGE are as follows,


1. Tsarina 750a
2. Icy North 745
3. Blackberry cat 749


Arty

And the votes have been counted, with a recount in the ward of Kew-North-by-Thames... and the results in reverse order are:-

- by one vote Artisan - 1 point.
'Blair And Gordon Gerrymander Afore General Election!'

- tsarina - 2 points
'Blair Always Gushes After Gaining WElections!'

and

- Blackberry Cat -3 points
'Ballots Annulled, Good God, Another General Election!'

Loved the theme. Love to be topical.

Well done all of you who didn't get my votes... It was a toughy and you all deserve

MMF

Hellbound almost forgot to vote for BAGGAGE!

1) Before Accepting Generous Gifts, Assess Givers Expectaions! - tsarina
2) Ballots annulled, Good God, another General Election! - blackberry cat
3) Baboons are gleeful, gregarious and generally entertaining. - blackberry cat

Voting for COFFEE...

1. (768b) Cleaning Out Filthy Filter Enables Extraction (Shirps)
2. (781a) Condoleezza Offers Firearms For Ejecting Evildoers. (Harpo)
3. (765) Cherishing one's "fairweather" friends encourages empathy. (Pimms)

Icy

COFFEE

1st Crepuscular Ogres Flogging Fairies Every Evening! - Artisan - 772b

2nd Corset on, fuller figure's extremely elfin - Icy - 764b

3rd Cabinet Office finds fewer expert employees - Vestboy - 766b

Before we go on voting : MMF, could you please tell us which of your telegrams you want to choose, cause obviously, you forgot the two telegrams you posted a week ago
Please everybody, don't vote before this is cleared. I thank you

and thank-you, B'Elana. I thought I had played earlier, just couldn't find it.

In deference to fair play please go for Posting 769, and ignore posting 782.

Shall be a little more aware next time...



MMF

Back to the voting then

COFFEE

Cherishing one's "fairweather" friends encourages empathy - Pimms

Corset on, fuller figure's extremely elfin - Icy North


Come on! Feel fit! Exercise energetically! - Vestboy

Artisan votes for COFFEE;
1.Snailrind 777b
2.MMF 782a
3. HarponotMarx 781a

Arty

Arty, I'm sorry, but you can't vote for MMF 782, it's been withdrawn.Read postings 391&392

Gold: Condoleezza Offers Firearms For Ejecting Evildoers. -- Harpo

Silver: Come on! Free Food Every Evening! -- Harpo

Bronze: Could Our Foreign Friends Employ Emigrées? -- Kew

Wait! No! Scratch that! I think I missed reading a page of 'em. I'll get back to you....

Oop's , I never noticed that post,MMF,765 Pimm's

Okay. Here we go. IGNORE post 396 (sorry, guys). I've read *all* the entries now:

Gold: Cherishing one's "fairweather" friends encourages empathy -- Pimms.

Silver: Carefully Obfusticating, Fiona Fails Every Exam -- Rosemary.

Bronze: Caffeine opens floodgates for electrifying effervescence -- Pimms.

Hi Snailrind,

You may find the Telegram Index useful when you come to vote - it lists all the entries for a word on a single page.

Find it at F1813449?thread=451310&skip=0&show=200

Icy