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.

All nominated posts are IN this week!

1) Bandit Talks - Nominated by Bob with Tex Mexican “This weekend I was at a cookout down along the South Shore. The South Shore is very different from the North: We have contrasting malls, culture and floral. However, somethings remain the same.

Just as when I got infuriated when my Dad would screw up Bette Midler’s name by calling her Betty Middle-er, today’s children suffer the same mispronunciations.”

2) Bluewitch - Nominated by Bob with Some Perspective Please “Everywhere you go there seem to be people warbling on about the Olympics and China’s human rights record.

In answering them, I would ask them to bear in mind that many people from different countries, cultures, religions, and political regimes, have quite different understandings, beliefs, and expectations. “

3) The Hell Hole - Nominated by Daisy with Google is Not Necessarily Your Friend “So I walked into the bathroom and two women are standing there, using the counter underneath the mirror to busily fill out a bunch of Fed Ex airbills. They had a big stack of airbills they were working on, with two or three completed ones already set off to the side. Now, the counter in the ladies’ room seemed like an odd choice of workspace, but this is what makes it really weird.”

4) Pandemian - Nominated by Mike - with Negative Feedback “Debbie, Apoplectic Ebay Buyer
where is the dress? i paid for it on friday and its not here

Jack, Put-Upon Ebay Seller
Your item was posted last Saturday. Please allow another day or two for delivery; first class post can be terribly slow sometimes, anything up to a week in my experience. Please get in touch if it still hasn’t arrived by the weekend. “

5) Todger Talk - Nominated by Mike with 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.”

If you have a post you want to nominate, please leave a link in the comments below.

The deadline for nominations is Friday August 15th.

We’re always looking for fresh blood to help us with the not-at-all-arduous process of judging Post of the Week. If you think you’ve got what it takes, then you can volunteer here……..

Scroobious Scrivenings - “I’ve seen food from both sides now“

(Nominated by Clair)

“Yesterday I found myself thinking I wanted a chocolate, while at the same time I was perfectly aware that I didn’t really, I wouldn’t enjoy it if I had one. What I wanted was the satisfaction which I normally get from chocolate, but which is now gone. (Try to imagine the horror.)”

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Our Judges Said:

“this resonates with me - and I like the style”

“she’s totally wrong about the thinifers, you know…. some of us are just fattypuffs trapped in the wrong body…. but it’s a fun read anyway.”

Your shortlister this week was LizSara. The Judgely huddle consisted of Sarah R, George, Glitter for Brains and SwissToni.

If you like what you see and you want to get involved, then you can volunteer here.

It’s been emotional.

From The Scrivener comes I’ve seen food from both sides now
(Nominated by Clair)

“Yesterday I found myself thinking I wanted a chocolate, while at the same time I was perfectly aware that I didn’t really, I wouldn’t enjoy it if I had one. What I wanted was the satisfaction which I normally get from chocolate, but which is now gone. (Try to imagine the horror.)” Read more…

Fresh from the Trauma Queen we have Side-Arm
(Nominated by )

“The city’s fog bound, darkness falls earlier as a result and transforms this friendly suburbia into the stage for a stand-off. An urban Tybalt stands on the pavement, trainers worth more than my daily wage, jeans sagging, a sharp hair cut, gold stud in his left lobe.” Read More…

Toni gives us a reaction with Oh Dear God, (the stick turned Blue)
(Nominated by Daisy)

“Dear God, Universe, or Elves (I am covering all bases, I cannot afford to be picky here): The stick turned blue. I’m 19. And a half. The stick turned blue. I think my brains just leaked out of my ears because THE STICK TURNED BLUE. It cannot turn blue. I only had sex once. Okay, maybe twice. That’s in base 200. Or something. (Shut up, I am an English major, we’re not expected to know higher math.)” Read More…

and finally (unless there’s a sudden influx this afternoon and someone comes back to edit this post)

An unusual nomination, but a great Big Dog cartoon
(Nominated by an Unreliable Witness)

I can’t put a quote from it here because…well it’s a cartoon. So go and see for yourself how great it is

Well that’s all folks, don’t forget If YOU would like to vote on this week’s shortlist and be part of the decision making process, please award 5 points for your favourite post, down to 1 point for your least favourite post, and mail your votes to peacharse@yahoo.com no later than 6pm on Sunday night. Any votes received after this time won’t count and your email will still be…wait it’s not a premium rate TV show is it. Never mind.

The next Post Of The Week will be announced on Sunday evening.
Please note that nominations for next week cannot be accepted until then. not even with bribery

If you have a post you want to nominate, please leave a link in the comments below.
The deadline for nominations is Friday August 8th.