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BigFoot
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2012 BIGFOOT FORUM AWARDS
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12/27/2012 11:26:29 AM (updated 12/27/2012 12:02:21 PM)
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Note: All my capital i's were changed to lower case when i submitted this...???
in 2012, the forum seemed to evolve into one of more decency and civility. i can only draw one conclusion--Bigfoot’s job is being outsourced! i’m talking meaningful, insightful threads no less. Yes, indeedy, learning more but spewing less. But if i must go (you must, you must), i will do so only with considerable kicking and screaming. With some deference to the new culture, i shall offer this parting shot:
Have you ever witnessed an awards presentation where one or two individuals did not hog the event? So i was determined not to let it happen here. Sure i could give Lakngulf numerous awards…Middle Road Musings predicting the things to happen in 2012, a re-write of John Lennon’s “imagine”, or the many sharp-witted responses to certain posts. Yes, the same man who is master of the ‘mater garden and photography expert extraordinaire….but nooooooooo, i will have none of it. Just one…just one…that’s all he gets. Now having secured my position on the ‘mater list for next summer, i will reveal which one it is.
GO FOR THE GREEN award to Lakngulf for his rendition of Taylor Swift’s “Mean” which he named “Green“. This is written to be a message from CAT to McGill about the much ballyhooed grill completion supposed to take place in summer 2012.
Just a snippet:
Someday i'll be eating fine Traeger Prime Rib
And all you're ever gonna be is green
Someday, i'll learn how to cook bar-b-que
And all you're ever gonna be is green
Why you like that big egg so green?
NAKED NOODLiNG award goes to Tiger62 who professes a love for skinny-dipping in an August thread.
SiNK GOOD, BOUYANCY BAD award also to Tiger62 who related complications one might have when friends drive up on a pontoon (“d@mn these things float!)
THEM AiN’T DONUTS award to Lifer in the same thread who referred to his own skinny-dippin’ as “chunky dunkin‘”
SO MUCH FOR FRiENDSHiPS award goes to CAT whose entrepreneurship got the better of him in June. He submitted to the forum a list (see The LiST, now available) for sale of personal and confidential information he had gathered through his business dealings with forum friends. To add insult to injury, he even broke it down into categories of what he thought they would bring. The $1000 Supreme list contained such notables as Lifer and Kizma with the bargain-basement specials going for $20 (buy one, get one free) and you can imagine the characters on that list! This thread spawned some interesting posts. Barneget spewed a Red Bull and had to change his shirt. Jim Dandy observed that the $20 tag on Mav might be a little pricey.
DOWNTOWN JAM award goes to roswellric. in early April, Dinky reported on a long traffic delay on County Road 34. Roswellric (a veteran of the Atlanta traffic wars) noted that he got caught in rush hour at the light at Floyd’s in downtown Dadeville…5 pickups and 2 SUV’s backed up at the light…said it was just terrible. But Osms gets the SNAPSHOT iN TiME award for his response to rr by calling it the Dadeville rush MiNUTE!
FUNNiEST PONTOON NAME goes to HP HQ who started a thread about a 22’ Playcraft pontoon boat that would go 112 mph. Summer Lover observed that his wife might want one since she wanted a boat to just putt around on. With a big laugh, HP HQ posted the boat’s name-- “Little Putt Putt” !
SUMMER COLORS award to Summer Lover. LonghornBoater started a thread about the fluctuating water pressure and Summer PLACE said that his water pressure seemed to drop shortly after they changed the color of the fire plugs. Summer LOVER came up with a quick fix for that problem…just get a couple of cans of spray paint and change it back!
THEM AiN’T PVC PiPES award goes to Lakeplumber. When the fluctuating water pressure subject was changed to fluctuating gas pressure, Lakeplumber gave us a very descriptive account of what happened on Aisle 4 (Walmart)…a certain pressure relief valve was activated…cleared out the three adjacent aisles and one woman fainted…thank God the plumber was there.
LiTMUS TEST award goes to Mack who discovered that he can sit on his porch, look across the creek at Lakngulf's hydrangea’s and predict when his ‘maters would be ready. Pretty blue hydrangeas means tasty late June ‘mater sandwiches for Mack.
There were many informative threads in 2012 such as Beekeeper Tony’s February thread about honeybees swarming…and the many threads about non-ethanol sightings. Also, threads about the beauty of Lake Martin such as the jet trails and fireflies posted by cageytiger and when Mom shared memories of growing up on LM.
Having tried to conform to the new forum morality, you might notice that i have not mentioned bumpers, beavers, or docks. in fact, i decided to close with an award that would be highly informative as well as just downright classy.
CAN’T JUDGE A BOOK award goes to au67, a good Auburn man--a man of distinction. in early August, LoveCamping posted about a problem with fish attacks on he and 5 of his friends. They were biting their legs in a fairly aggressive manner..even cause some to jump out of the water. Several theories were offered by other posts and then au67 came along and posted this:
Most likely you were in the midst of a school of castor canadensis cyprinus carpio suckers, which is any of numerous freshwater fishes related to carps but having unusually thick soft lips and unfortunately large buck teeth.
Well this had to be it…the post i would lean on to shore up my credibility. i hastily googled for “castor canadensis cyprinus carpio” and what did i get? …seems to be some kind of weird cross between a beaver, a common carp, and a longnose sucker…and don’t forget the buck teeth! Visions of long-ago ex-girlfriends notwithstanding, i now see the handwriting on the wall. To echo the sentiments of crappy attitude, “looks like i picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue” and that of CenturyCC, “Rapunzel! Rapunzel!”
i’ll be O.K…..just got to back off the caffeine a tad. Happy New year all!
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