Tour Contest Winners Announcement

Hola, all. It's been a long time since I rapped at ya. Well, the bike tour is over (mentally anyway) and I thought I would update everyone with the winners of the Tour Contests.

Contest #1 – Pronounce Maquoketa.

I guess there’s a limitation on how far back in history Facebook retains posts as this contest and its entries are no longer available for viewing. Drats. I recall there were about six entries, five with the correct amount of syllables but none had the “t” pronounced softly like a “d.” Surprisingly, there were a couple entries with the “quok” pronounced correctly like “coke.”

Unfortunately no one earned a victory here.

Correct answer = muh COKE uh duh.

Contest #2 – Name my bike.

Here are the entries received, in chronological order:
1. Herb
2. Sally
3. Surly
4. Tom Cruise
5. The Green Bullet
6. Herb
7. Walter
8. Jerry The Lobster
9. Zenovia

I think Facebook data retention is again suspect as I remember there were more entries. I think “Knife” was an entry but I can’t recall any other specific ones.

I let the bike decide which name it would have. I tried to establish communication with my bike but I never completed the circuit. It may have been because my palms were covered with gloves and therefore my life force couldn’t interact with the bike’s. Or it could be because the bike does not have a life force. Either way I couldn’t connect so I had to change the criteria for the winning entry. I decided the criteria would be quantitative, not qualitative, awesomeness.

Here are the entries ranked by quantitative awesomeness:
1. Jerry The Lobster
2. Zenovia
3. Herb
4. Knife
5. The Green Bullet
6. Tom Cruise
7. Walter
8. Herb
9. Surly
10. Sally

Congratulations, Jonas, for naming my bike!

Contest #3 – Author a caption to the attached picture.

Phil Lockwood won this contest with “Deluxe midgets sold separately.”

This contest did not receive many entries. I suspect it had something to do with the significant quality of Phil’s entry.

Congratulations to all who participated and/or read this. You are truly the most unique person in the world. Yeah, you!