Once that was completed, there were a grand whoppin' total of 22 comments in the running, which I have to say is a lot better odds than most contests.
Perhaps I scared people off with my standby travel stories or something, because according to my stats, there have been over 300 unique IP addresses visiting my blog since the contest opened. Maybe my readers have more money than time (lucky), maybe they don't have an Uncle Fester they need to visit. Who knows what motivates people. Not me, that's who.
So anyway, I went to my impartial, highly neutral friend, random.org, because after reading all your stories there is NO WAY I could possibly pick a winner without some personal feelings playing into the decision. And that wouldn't be fair at all now would it? Do I choose the person worthy of the most pity? Best writing? Longest? Shortest? Most enthusiastic? See the conundrum I'd have been in?
So I plugged in the range 1-22, and clicked "Get Numbers" and here is the result:
On my honor this was the VERY FIRST number it generated. So I looked up and discovered that the winner of this extremely competitive activity is "ern". If you read ern's post, you'll quickly discover that "ern" probably isn't short for Ernie, as the poster is a cute young mom living in Malaysia with her family. Ex Pats! Now they've GOT to have some good travel stories, doncha think?
Having a winner in another country on the opposite side of the earth may make coordinating a trip a little bit tricky. Hopefully Ern has Skype, or an Uncle Fester that she'd like to gift her prize over to. Ern, if you're reading this, please email me (link in my profile) with your info to claim your prize. And be willing to swear an oath of confidentiality about the TRUE IDENTITY of your new favorite blogger. And be ready to promise to behave on your flight so I don't get booted from my job because you caused an inflight ruckus. (No smoking in the lavs!)
On the off chance that I never hear from Ern in the next couple weeks, I did click the "Again" button to generate one back-up number. StrumpMan, you were the slightly less-lucky second place winner as submission #19. So if Ern doesn't come through, I'll let you know. And I advice you not go to Vegas anytime soon.
As for the rest of you, it's been really great to hear about the good, the bad and the vomit, to say nothing of the blow-outs, delays, fantastic vistas, turbulence, sleep deprivation, emotions and memories you created in your journeys. You guys are awesome. Thanks for participating, it's been a lot of fun. ♥
1 comment:
Always the bridesmaid....never the Bride... Here's to hoping ;-)
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