Similar to what we did at the end of 2009, I am putting up a slew of comments which were penned in 2010 to a vote to determine which is the best of the year. The winner, hopefully not MSPD, has the choice of eating lunch with me at a location of my choosing (on me) or a $10 gift certificate to some SOTR restaurant I can find to agree to fork over a freebie ;-)
Please read the following comments and choose one and vote on it below. The vote will run through January 2nd, 2011 at 11:59:59 PM.
1. MSPD’s faux AP press release about Dan Gustafson taking over the BPAC
2. jorn’s attempt to drink Mayor Mary’s AVTS Kool-Aid
2010's Best Comment
- Reuben's McRib alternative (37.0%, 31 Votes)
- MSPD's faux AP press release (23.0%, 19 Votes)
- Chad's BPAC SWOT analysis (21.0%, 18 Votes)
- jorn's love of the Kool-Aid (19.0%, 16 Votes)
Total Voters: 84
Loading ...In addition to the winner of the best comment, one commenter below will win another $10 gift cert (two distinct winners only) so make sure you vote and comment on below in order to be entered. Bonus points if you note why MSPD should not win this or any future Lazy Lightning contest. So go ahead and vote and then comment on below and may the best commenters win.
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December 28th, 2010 at 7:58 am
I really wanted to vote for myself, but I thought that MSPD had the best of the four deserving comments.
As I am sure there is a rule built into the site that MSPD cant win this contest, I probably wasted my vote.
December 28th, 2010 at 8:27 am
It’s too bad you didn’t do worst comment again, because I think Sir’s from last night would have been a strong contender.
I liked Chad’s SWOT analysis, myself. If it was turned into a Powerpoint presentation, he could have charged a nice consulting fee for it. :)
December 28th, 2010 at 8:40 am
Totally unrelated but Jason DeRusha ranked Lazy Lightning one of his favorite Twin Cities blogs: http://bit.ly/dpW62z
December 28th, 2010 at 8:51 am
I voted for Reuben because I’ve seen a picture of him and he’s kind of cute. And that’s how I vote for everything, based on how attractive it is visually.
December 28th, 2010 at 9:01 am
I voted for myself because I always vote for whomever Kassie votes for.
December 28th, 2010 at 9:45 am
I dunno I guess I have driven below the Apple Valley “Arc de Triomphe” (the recent replacement for the prior Arc in front of McDonalds) too many times not to have a good appreciation for jorn’s comment. Last night I was heading south, nearing the Arc, I marveled at the young person wading through the waist deep snow in the median to cross Cedar, totally oblivious to the walk-way above, just a couple feet south of their chosen crossing point. Non-Conformists….
December 28th, 2010 at 9:45 am
Voted for myself, of course.
Chad, you are correct, votes for me are programmed to redirect to hitting “Like” on a randomly selected post by Bill on his own Facebook page.
Kassie, I know I’m far cuter than Reuben (even though I haven’t seen a picture of him). Photo below. I’m sure Bill will gladly change your vote.
Now that I think of it, maybe Bill will have a LazyLightning Cuteness Contest. I need all the chances I can get to win a gift certificate to a restaurant that’s about to close before I have a chance to use it (see: Chateau Lamothe).
December 28th, 2010 at 11:05 am
If you do the math, MSPD and Bill both enjoying a restaurant will cause it to shut down almost immediately. Go head, check it out. You’ll see I’m correct. What kind of hell are you trying to unleash upon us here, folks?
December 28th, 2010 at 11:13 am
Is someone suppose to want to win with a prize option of “has the choice of eating lunch with me at a location of my choosing (on me)”.
Who would want to subject themselves to this hell?
December 28th, 2010 at 11:53 am
I doubt it is a coincidence that the two comments leading in votes at the moment have references to spooging in one’s pants and to shit sandwiches.
With all due respect to Spinal Tap, I voted for the spooge guy.
I am wondering if db’s eyes fell out when she read these.
December 28th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
MSPD should be eligible, because then maybe he’d actually win something and then he’d quit bitching about it.
December 28th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
You’d be bitching too if you were carrying this dead weight….er…..blog for all this time and you mysteriously never won any of its stupid little contests.
December 28th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
MSPD should not be eligible because he thinks the contests are stupid.
December 28th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Yeah. So….there!
December 28th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
(and I just re-voted for myself)
December 28th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Dang MSPD, if only I would have known. That’s why there should be pictures of each candidate next to any place I need to vote. I shouldn’t have to read words, too complicated.
December 28th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Just read all 4 of the entries and, with all apologies to Bill, I found MSPD’s to be the best.
Unlike MSPD I do promise to only vote once.
December 28th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
The hell with the stiff, my eyes just fell out.
December 28th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
It’s really too bad I didn’t get nominated because I am way better looking than Matt Damon.
December 28th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Apple Valley Realtor Named “Awesomest Realtor Ever of the Whole Millenium”
(AP) Apple Valley, Minn.
In a hastily arranged press conference, a very prestigious south Metro (Twin Cities) organization has named Bill Wallace of RE/MAX Apple Valley its first ever “Awesomest Realtor Ever of the Whole Millenium”.
Representing the unnamed organization at the press conference was the head of the organization and prolific diner, blog commenter, and photographer who goes by the moniker “MSPD”. Mr. MSPD attributed the award to a close partnership between his organization and Mr. Wallace, dating back to at least 16 minutes ago.
When asked how Wallace could receive the award despite never having actually sold a home for a client or assisting a client make a sale, MSPD pointed to a computer screen with Wallace’s nifty looking RE/MAX web site on it, as well as noting Wallace’s unwavering support for MSPD’s online endeavors.
“If I was buying or selling a home,” noted MSPD, “I would very highly recommend considering using Mr. Wallace. Not that I would use him…I have a realtor who doesn’t frequent online scuzzholes like LazyLightning.org. But he looks like a nice enough guy, and he has now won an Awesomeness prize from a very prestigious south Metro (Twin Cities) organization.
In related news, the City of Burnsville announced it would be adding a $25,000 one-year membership fee to its 2011 budget to MSPD’s prestigious south Metro (Twin Cities) organization because Mayor Elizabeth Kautz wants “to ensure we, too, remain prestigious.”
December 28th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
We’ll have to ask Claire about that.
December 28th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Well, we thought they were all good. But in the end MSPD made us laugh a little more. Sank will get mad when I say this, but we threw away our vote on MSPD just like voting for Horner for Governor.
December 28th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
23rd post! Boom!
December 29th, 2010 at 11:17 am
It was tough. I was stuck between Chad, MSPD, and Reuben. They were each pretty different too. I voted for Chad’s in the end but can’t promise I’d reach the same conclusion if I were to read them again. The comments reminded me why I read LL.
December 30th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
I voted for Jorn…because when I read it over again…I almost spit up my “Kool-aid”…well so to speak.
January 1st, 2011 at 8:58 am
I didn’t vote, because a: I’ve been out of town and just got back and I think it may be too late? and b: the only one that made me laugh was MSPD’s and I just can’t spend a vote for him. This vote is rigged, there’s no good candidates, I feel like I’m not voting for someone, I’m voting against someone.
So I’ll go with my gut and write-in Mr. Solle, my 8th grade social studies teacher.
January 1st, 2011 at 11:45 pm
I was torn between MSPD and Chad’s comments; I recall especially enjoying both those posts. While the SWOT analysis was hilarious, the passages below are jewels, and ultimately swayed my vote for MSPD:
This was really a no-brainer, and no-brainers are our M.O.
efficient bothersome-quorum-free, closed door session
made the small gesture of adopting a lap dog to serve as interim Council member
January 2nd, 2011 at 7:40 pm
DM, it’s never too late. Adding comments to last-weeks polls is my new way of recycling old news, since I can’t wrap fish in a laptop.
Bill, I was so outraged at Jorn belittling those of us who get a cheap thrill by staring at the retro waves on the side of the new pedestrian bridge, that I accidentally voted for him. Please change my vote to the McRib one. Shit on a bun……HA!
Thanks,
-Mr Marcos, new Bay 2 Manager, Cedar Ave Midas
January 2nd, 2011 at 10:42 pm
After much consideration, I have decided to concede the race and bow out for the good of the party. I was advised by my attorneys that I was within my legal rights to demand a recount, however I am going to take the high road and accept that I have lost this race.
I want to thank all my loyal supporters for their support, votes, and devotion. Without them, I would simply be me.
I formally concede this election to MSPD……err wait………..Reuben.
January 3rd, 2011 at 11:45 am
Yay for Reuben. I’m taking him to McDonald’s for a McShit.
January 3rd, 2011 at 11:52 am
Well now that I’ve officially won, I can admit that I thought MSPD’s comment was way funnier than mine. Good thing for me this poll was rigged.
January 3rd, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Sigh.
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