My OperaGround Hog's Eve Soup Competition
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 6:40:07 AM
As alluded to in my previous post, Scottie and Jackie hosted a Ground Hogs Day Eve soup competition.
There were 15 entries, all vying for the coveted SouperBowl trophy.
Some of the participants felt it necessary to advertise what type of soup they made in a (futile) attempt at getting votes. I guess Wade made Turkey soup, or......?
Big Mick made his perennial loser, The Potato Leek, this time spicing it up with a different type of cheese. Wisely, he chose a name which did not translate into English as "House of Pee" like last year. But once again he resorted to underhanded attempts at securing victory. The judges found the ballot box stuffed with several unofficial ballots all voting for his soup. Fortunately hi-tech ballots were used this year, thwarting his attempts.
I have not entered this annual soup competition in the past, but this year decided to try. I studied the rule book carefully and found what I perceived to be a loophole. The kids are allowed to vote, and there were a lot of kids there, as we were also celebrating Connor and Emily's birthday.
In previous years the competition has been close with several soups in close contention. I figured that if I scooped the kid vote, I could win as the adult vote would be split over several soups. Unfortunately I made a couple of tactical errors. While all of the other soups were served hot, I went with a cold soup. Very cold, also known as Neopolitan Ice Cream. Every kid said they would vote for my soup as it was being served. I learned later, that I should have asked to see the ballots. Some of them confessed to voting for their Mum's soups so that at least their Mum would get one vote. I too fell to this trap, and let Eric vote for Kim's soup, even though Eric only ate birthday cake.
Two other miscalculations hurt my entry. The first being Mike. Seeing how popular my soup was, he renamed it Pedophile Soup, therby eliminating any adult votes. The second was that Miles, made a fantastic soup, taking almost all the adult votes. In the end, Miles was victorious, beating me out by a slim 2 vote margin.
Of course there were threats of disqualification because my soup was not homemade, but I am sure that the judges would have ruled in my favour. Next year I will take the ice cream out of the container and pretend I made it myself, just to be sure.
It seems that some of the people attending the party mistook the Souper-Bowl to refer to the American Football Super Bowl Game, which coincidentally happened to be on at the same time.
Cheers
Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold Bryan
There were 15 entries, all vying for the coveted SouperBowl trophy.
Some of the participants felt it necessary to advertise what type of soup they made in a (futile) attempt at getting votes. I guess Wade made Turkey soup, or......?
Big Mick made his perennial loser, The Potato Leek, this time spicing it up with a different type of cheese. Wisely, he chose a name which did not translate into English as "House of Pee" like last year. But once again he resorted to underhanded attempts at securing victory. The judges found the ballot box stuffed with several unofficial ballots all voting for his soup. Fortunately hi-tech ballots were used this year, thwarting his attempts.
I have not entered this annual soup competition in the past, but this year decided to try. I studied the rule book carefully and found what I perceived to be a loophole. The kids are allowed to vote, and there were a lot of kids there, as we were also celebrating Connor and Emily's birthday.
In previous years the competition has been close with several soups in close contention. I figured that if I scooped the kid vote, I could win as the adult vote would be split over several soups. Unfortunately I made a couple of tactical errors. While all of the other soups were served hot, I went with a cold soup. Very cold, also known as Neopolitan Ice Cream. Every kid said they would vote for my soup as it was being served. I learned later, that I should have asked to see the ballots. Some of them confessed to voting for their Mum's soups so that at least their Mum would get one vote. I too fell to this trap, and let Eric vote for Kim's soup, even though Eric only ate birthday cake.
Two other miscalculations hurt my entry. The first being Mike. Seeing how popular my soup was, he renamed it Pedophile Soup, therby eliminating any adult votes. The second was that Miles, made a fantastic soup, taking almost all the adult votes. In the end, Miles was victorious, beating me out by a slim 2 vote margin.
Of course there were threats of disqualification because my soup was not homemade, but I am sure that the judges would have ruled in my favour. Next year I will take the ice cream out of the container and pretend I made it myself, just to be sure.
It seems that some of the people attending the party mistook the Souper-Bowl to refer to the American Football Super Bowl Game, which coincidentally happened to be on at the same time.
Cheers
Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold Bryan
