On Aug 25, 9:34 pm, Melba's Jammin' >
wrote:
> . . . somebody else. Bummer.
>
> Oy, such a horse race it was. We were tied for points (they assign 5
> points for first, 4 for second, etc., down to fourth place). TIED!
> Fair Competition department broke the tie by toting up our scores for
> the individual items (seems fair to me) and she won. Are you ready? By
> THREE points! ROFL!! THREE points out of more than 1150! What a
> hoot! I had 1153, she had 1156. Good on her!
>
> I spoke at length with the building super after the announcement and he
> seemed to be feeling awfully bad for me. And I told him, as I tell one
> and all, I do this for laughs and in the grand scheme of things, one
> more ribbon or medallion is way down on the list of Important Things.
> Pretty high up on my list of same, though, is my little friend who had
> the stem cell transplant at the U 5-6 weeks ago. Before that
> transplant, he was on his way to becoming toast. The transplant was
> wicked painful with nasty sides, but it took (if I understand things
> correctly) and guess what! Now the little guy has HOPE! How good is
> THAT!!
>
> Me and my ribbons and medallions? B F D.
>
> There's always next year, eh? I expect to have a lot of fun talking
> about it on Wednesday when I do my radio gig.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJhttp://www.jamlady.eboard.com- Fair baking

Second place? That's great! Now you have something to strive for
next year! (was that Minnesotan enough?)

I think you should plan a grand day of pouting where you wear all the
medals and ribbons (along with your June Cleaver pearls and pumps) and
heave deep sighs over the injustice. As I always say, you might as
well feel sorry for yourself, because no one else is going to.

At least you know how Al Gore feels!

Susan B.