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

In response to Jodan's stirring words recently I have written a couple of entries to bolster the EG (if they get picked ), and after only a minor hiccup putting one initially into the Writing Workshop by mistake they are both in PR .
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A6794797 - Blackberries and how to pick them
A6648339 - Bramble Jelly

Pimms

Why, with my experience of h2g2, do I get (a little) peeved that my entries are not picked as soon as they finish incubating in PR? I am now at the stage of searching for missing commas in efforts to polish them. I know its not unusual for entries to be left hanging a week or two after they become available for picking but these two are *so* good... pauses to slap head in danger of becoming swollen...

That's better Will wait for week and then them

I feel exactly the same when my entries languish in PR too, but I've never had the temerity to comment on it

Well done for being temeritous

Does that make you a tem? A temer?

I can *never* understand why Peerers read other people's Entries in PR, when I've just sweated blood over a huge tome and plonked it in there with a sigh of relief and not a little pride

Nothing like being egocentric, is there Pimms?

Once 7 days have elapsed and people stop commenting I tend to get very impatient.

By all acocunts PR is doing well at the moment which means scouts are having a lot to choose from (or so I was told).

good luck!

Much as I've never understood why no one cares about American politics and Ohio around here, Pimms, I am at a loss to explain why your fine entries have been languishing I'll try to take a look later tonight though. (though I'm not really sure when my next pick date is... )

Even Gnomon was commenting on some of his entries languishing in PR a few weeks ago so I assume that Scouts are run off their feet.

Have I ever mentioned that patience is a virtue, Pimms?

In my recent experience, a good entry sits in PR for about 5 to 6 weeks before being picked.

Do the bad ones get picked more quickly than that?

Yes, because they get a lot more comments in PR and this keeps them in people's attention.

Of course

I'd better write a poor entry next in that case

Mine must be pretty poor then - they've both been picked today . (Sometimes it helps to tempt fate)

Pimms

I didn't even get a chance to read them. I'll see them on the FP now, then, eh?

That's great news Pimms. Well done!

Super! Both are excellent. Raises a glass of blackberry .