If you have a post you want to nominate, please leave a link in the comments below.
The deadline for nominations is Friday SEPTEMBER 5th
For this week (week ending Aug 29th) - there is no POTW as everyone seems to be away…
Ooops, bit late on this one - sorry!
Anyway, our illustrious winner this week is An Englishman in Osaka’s impressive Offensive English Test.
Our Judges said:
“I loved this well thought through, highly original and very funny post.”
“Always good to see swearyness brought to a new audience”
This week’s winner was nominated by Kate, the shortlisting was by Id Entity, your judges were Swiss Toni, Scaryduck, Cathy, and Zinnia Cyclamen and your Head Judge was Lyle, who’s stepping down after this one.
Have fun, y’all.
[Edit : Sorry, Zinnia - link and reference duly added]
The next Post Of The Week will be announced on Sunday evening.
Please note that nominations for next week cannot be accepted until then.
If YOU would like to vote on this week’s shortlist and be part of the decision making for the Post of the Week this week, please pick your 5 favourite posts from the list and award them 5 points for the favourite, down to 1 for the 5th favourite and mail your votes to peacharse@yahoo.com no later than 6pm on Sunday night.
It’s a short shortlist this week, with a hint of controversy surrounding Lyle’s nomination of Charlie Brooker’s post Thanks to China We Have A Blueprint for 2012 at Comment is Free. I’m linking to it, because it is excellent, and well worth a read, but I can’t in all conscience shortlist it, because it is not a personal blog. Sorry.
The Test of English for Offensive Communication is being introduced as a result of numerous student complaints that when they go overseas, they can’t understand the abuse being hurled at them.
I’m not suggesting that fame and fortune is the main reason any of our athletes compete, but it’s got to be a nice bonus, and the fact is that following these Games some of our winners are going to end up a lot more famous than others.
I picked up a can of Coke and headed to the till with my tiny box of cod and chips.
“That’ll be £9.20 please.”
“£9.20? Are you sure? I mean, I know I’ve been queueing for quite a while, but inflation in Cornwall is hardly at Zimbabwe’s levels is it?”
There is a new restaurant in the Outpost.
It’s called the Golden Eagle.
Local competition, with not the tiniest hint of sneering sour grapes you understand, has dubbed it the Golden Cockroach.
If you have a post you want to nominate, please leave a link in the comments below.
The deadline for nominations is Friday August 22nd.
This week, the honour falls to Todger Talk, with the superb We Deal With Love Now on a More Personal Basis.
“When you get to a certain age, you get used to seeing your heroes dropping off. I heard about Barry White snuffing it at a sex show in Amsterdam, when Never Gonna Give You Up came on while some couple were going at it hammer and tong on a revolving stage, and all the English punters around me started clucking and saying “Eeh, in’t it a shame about Barry?” and at the end, the bloke withdrew, stood up and saluted the air in tribute, which was nice. He would have liked that.
Our judges said:
“A touching tribute to loss on many levels, and a reminder how the “universals” out there are always individually imprinted on each of us.”
“In all the Isaac Hayes tributes that I’ve read this week - and I’ve read a lot - this stands out as the most moving and the most true.”
This week’s winner was nominated by Mike. Your shortlister was Sarah P and your judges were Mike and Bob.
