Posted on 01/15/2007 3:43:04 AM PST by pookie18
After starting with >13,000 possibilities, the 2nd annual Best Of Today's Toons is over & all the votes have been tallied. Neither hanging nor pregnant chads were encountered & Diebold equipment was not used. First, a few stats. 29 of the finalists received 1st-place votes. There were 71 valid entries received & thanks to all of you who took the time to vote!! Votes were cast, in order of preference, for between 1 & 10 of the 44 finalists. Cartoonists Glenn McCoy(5), Michael Ramirez(4), Gary Varvel(2), Mike Shelton(2) & Paul Nowak(2) all had the multiple items in the finals. The method of scoring was as follows: A 1st-place vote received 10 pts., a 2nd-place vote earned 9 pts., ..., down to a 10th-place vote which got 1 pt.
If you'd like to inquire about possibly helping (as one FReeper has already done) with the Best Of 2007, FReepmail me by the end of this month at the latest (shortly after which the Best Of January 2007 will be determined) & I'll tell you what would be involved. And now, the results:
#44 (7 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round): #43 (25 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 26th in the preliminary round): T#41 (34 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 18th in the preliminary round): T#41 (34 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 18th in the preliminary round): #40 (35 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 18th in the preliminary round):
#39 (38 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round):
#38 (43 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 7th in the preliminary round): T#36 (44 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round): T#36 (44 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round):
#35 (49 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 13th in the preliminary round): #34 (51 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 13th in the preliminary round): T#32 (52 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round): T#32 (52 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 7th in the preliminary round): #31 (55 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 2nd in the preliminary round): T#28 (56 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 13th in the preliminary round): T#28 (56 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 18th in the preliminary round): T#28 (56 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 13th in the preliminary round):
#27 (57 pts./3 1st-place votes; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round):
#26 (58 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round): #25 (59 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 2nd in the preliminary round): #24 (60 pts./2 1st-place votes; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round): #23 (63 pts./3 1st-place votes; finished tied for 7th in the preliminary round): #22 (67 pts./3 1st-place votes; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round): T#20 (69 pts./2 1st-place votes; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round): T#20 (69 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round): #19 (70 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round): #T17 (76 pts./2 1st-place votes; finished tied for 26th in the preliminary round): T#17 (76 pts./2 1st-place vote; finished tied for 18th in the preliminary round): #16 (83 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round):
#15 (88 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 18th in the preliminary round): #14 (89 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 18th in the preliminary round): #13 (91 pts./2 1st-place votes; finished tied for 4th in the preliminary round): #12 (96 pts./4 1st-place vote; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round): #11 (103 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 26th in the preliminary round): T#9 (106 pts./2 1st-place votes; finished tied for 7th in the preliminary round): T#9 (106 pts./2 1st-place votes; finished tied for 18th in the preliminary round):
#8 (109 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 4th in the preliminary round):
#7 (116 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 7th in the preliminary round): #6 (117 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 4th in the preliminary round):
#5 (127 pts./2 1st-place votes; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round):
#4 (143 pts./5 1st-place votes; finished tied for 7th in the preliminary round): #3 (144 pts./3 1st-place votes; finished tied for 29th in the preliminary round): #2 (184 pts./4 1st-place votes; finished tied for 13th in the preliminary round): #1 (346 pts./17 1st-place votes; finished 1st in the preliminary round):
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I'm with Rob and I also really liked #41. Hear that, Miss Cleo?
Excellent work, pookie18!!! You're a treasure.
I see a few of my choices were picked. (Do I have great taste or what?)
Thank you pookie for bringing me smiles. Can you add me to your ping list, please?
Nice round-up and great job all year(s)long.
Great Job!
Goes for every week day, as well as these great annual events!
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Thanks, Pook! You're an FR treasure! Yours are the first threads I read everyday. Thanks for starting my days off right.
Great job, Pookie! Thanks!
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