"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:12:42 -0500, Bob Molder wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:11:45 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>In article >,
>>> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Blue ribbons: Yee-hah!!
>>>> Raspberry Jelly!
>>>> Blackberry Jam!
>>>> Apricot Butter!
>>>> Pickled Beets (that I have never tasted!!!
>>>> Bread & Butter Pickles !
>>>> Barbecue Sauce
>>>> Tomato Juice !
>>>>
>>>> Second Place
>>>> Mint Jelly
>>>> Apricot Jam
>>>> Nectarine Jam
>>>> Watermelon Rind
>>>> Stewed Tomatoes
>>>>
>>>> Third Place
>>>> Peach Jam
>>>>
>>>> Fourth Place
>>>> Blackberry Jelly
>>>> Corn Relish
>>>>
>>>> That's placing in 15 of 20 entries -- 75%. I am thrilled beyond words!!
>>>
>>><cough> Actually it's 16 ribbons for 20 entries. I forgot to mark that
>>>the Peach Melba Jelly received a second place ribbon, too.
>>
>> Actually placing is first/second/third, seems you got a gimmee for the
>> Blackberry Jelly & Corn Relish.
>
> In horse racing, only first and second "place".
>
> -sw

But... but... Melba aint no horse!!

(And she sure isn't cursed with "Catherine Zeta-Jones Muzzleface" neither!)