At the risk of offending some very worthy participants in this wonderful contest, I'm going to attempt to winnow my favorites down to three:
1. GailA's scrumptious-looking gingerbread house on #252 has got to be one of the finalists...I could chow down on that one right now if it was in fron of me!!
2. Ms. Takoma's second submittal in post #403 also gives me hunger pangs, as I'm a sucker fer chocolate and icing and also like the little gingerbread folks out front.
and...
3. Sweetliberty's post #99 has got to be in there 'cuz that one was actually created by a genuine FReeper, which counts fer a lot in my book!! If either of the first two were actually created by the FReepers that posted them, I'd have to give either #1 or #2 the nod, but otherwise, I'm leaning towards post #99.
Now, FTH, you have earned the right to overrule me because you've done such a great job keeping this thread on track despite my part-time participation...just let me know what you think and I'll abide by yer final ruling.
Kudos to ALL who participated by offering entries of humorous asides...this has been really fun and I consider everyone involved to be weiners.
LOL and FReegards...MUD
BTW...xJones' entry at #44 definitely deserves an honorable mention but I haveta deduct points fer the pretzel fence not being chocolate-covered...LOL!!
OK, I'm moving in swift and fasts and pointing at the winning entries like they do in dog contests, before anyone can contest! I like your analysis and your reasons. And I'm calling them out of the box as follows, and I'll repost this announcement in today's Freeper Finest thread, as soon as I patch in the links so that people can go view them:
First prize: SweetLiberty: the book of your choice -- Lynne Cheney's or Carlo3b's -- your call.
Second prize: GailA: whichever book SweetLiberty doesn't want
Third prize: Tgsltakoma: a lovely scenic 2003 Wall Calendar with pictures of America
Honorable Mention (no gift but lots of fame and glory):
Flyer (we're still not sure we believe you ever made the 30-foot high house with the moving train and animated people!)
xJones (deadly failure to ensure that the pretzels were chocolate-coverd)
Aquamarine (music and sweet stuff, great combination!)
Diver Dave (great political analysis!)
Wow; thanks Mud! Some of them sure are gorgeous. And chocolate is definitely a selling point....at least it would be for me.