{"id":953,"date":"2011-02-08T15:34:52","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T20:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verastic.com\/?p=953"},"modified":"2011-02-08T15:44:28","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T20:44:28","slug":"and-now-the-winners-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/projects\/and-now-the-winners-emerge.html","title":{"rendered":"And Now … The Winners Emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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First of all, I am deeply sorry for taking so long in announcing the winners. It was not my intention. With 848 comments, it was a tad bit difficult trying to figure out who had the highest number of comments. \u00a0Again, thank you so very, very much for even commenting. I heart you. \u00a0Like last year, the winners were randomly selected through Random dot org<\/a><\/strong>. I did not fix<\/em> it. I am unable to edit<\/em> the winner (as in edit the random number). \u00a0So, the winners …<\/p>\n

First random comment<\/strong> is comment number 454 with the total winnings of a tee-shirt and a bow tie.<\/p>\n

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The Winning Number<\/p><\/div>\n

Congratulations, Lucidlilith<\/strong>!<\/a> You won with the, “But you deal with it and you keep ballin’ \/ Pour out some liquor, play ball and we keep ballin’ \/ Baby we’ve been living in sin ’cause we’ve been really in love \/ But we’ve been living as friends”<\/em> comment.<\/p>\n

Second random comment<\/strong> is comment number 265 with the total winnings of \u00a0a $50 coupon code (for the shoes) and a bow tie.<\/p>\n

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The Winning Number<\/p><\/div>\n

Congratulations, BBB<\/a><\/strong>! You won with the “Now it’s all I can think of hiss”<\/em> comment. \ud83d\ude00 \u00a0I’ll e-mail you shortly (Ehm, not today either).<\/p>\n

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Person with the most comments: \u00a0is actually LucidLilith, but because she already won the random comment giveaway, the highest commenter gifts had to go to the next highest person. You won’t believe it. It’s BBB! Well, look at that. So, I had to find the next highest commenter. And voila!<\/p>\n

Congratulations, CaramelD<\/a>!<\/strong> You won with a total of 78 comments. Good Lord! You won a bracelet, a pillow case, and a bow tie. \u00a0I’ll e-mail you shortly (of course, not today either).<\/p>\n

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P.S.<\/strong> Although LucidLilith<\/a><\/strong> won the highest commenter set of gifts, I did not bother asking her if she wanted to keep the random comment gifts or the highest commenter gifts. She left countless comments that said, “I want that tee shirt.”<\/em> I kind of figured she’d prefer the tee shirt.<\/p>\n

P.P.S.<\/strong> I don’t know about you, but LucidLilith’s<\/a><\/strong> winning comment (and all her comments in general) have validated my initial suspicion: the girl is not well oh.<\/em><\/p>\n

P.P.P.S.<\/strong> If you’re wondering why your comment did not get chosen, please contact Random dot org<\/a><\/strong>, and feel free to give them a piece of your mind. It’s their fault! How dare they?!<\/p>\n

P.P.P.P.S.<\/strong> With all the number of comments and recounting I did, you see why it took me so long?<\/p>\n

P.P.P.P.P.S.<\/strong> Please allow four to six weeks for items to arrive.<\/p>\n

P.P.P.P.P.P.S.<\/strong> You may, if you wish, revisit the giveaway page: 2011’s giveaway<\/a><\/strong> or 2010’s giveaway<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S.<\/strong> Stay tuned for more giveaways \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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And big, big, big thank you to my very, very very<\/em> generous sponsors. You’re too much. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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