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"Please don't take this as an attempt at influence"

LOL -- yeah, it's fun to relive it. What a thread it was, huh?

And as to "attempt to influence," I'm pretty much of the view that everyone who's already been judged at this point is in a position where, now that they know which way at least my whimsy is blowing, I shouldn't consider any of their posts in the 400 series. So I won't consider them for purposes of the contest in any way. So we can just chat.

At which point I readily agree, the recap essay is gingerbread-housey. I so agree. And you know why? 'Cause y'all are gingerbread-housey. You guys MADE this contest by being sweet and kind and nice and homey and patriotic and giving and all the things that a good American gingerbread house might be. This group of people was the perfect place for a contest such as this.

Tgsl, hope it made you smile. :) I know some times FR can be a little brutal -- LOL, you have *no idea* how brutal I was being just today on another thread to some Microsoft shill -- but Freeper's Finest is so nice it's positively sweet as sugar cane.