Re: SEIU contest

[Max Sawicky <sawicky@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm outraged because none of my equally banal proposals made it to the
finals.


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The SlicedBread blog received 362 comments, all but a handful enraged at the
banality of the 21 finalists.

http://www.sinceslicedbread.com/node/23144#comment

The Sandwichman


Eugene Coyle <eugenecoyle@xxxxxxx> wrote:

        The SEIU is holding a contest with a first prize of $100,000. You
are
        invited to vote to help choose the winning idea. After preliminary
        rounds, we are offered 21 ideas to choose among. The choices are
        unimaginative and without boldness. I did vote, but found it hard to
        support any of them. (I was going to vote for one but learned that
        three choices are demanded. Never mind.) In an earlier round I voted
        for the Sandwichman's entry and asked others to do the same. That
entry
        didn't make the cut of 21 semi-finalists.
        YOU can still participate. But if this is where the SIEU audince is
        at, or where someone thinks it is at, we re in deep, deep trouble.
Take
        a look at the choices. Tom, good you didn't spend the $100,000 yet.

        Gene Coyle

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        Subject: Voting begins!
        Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:01:50 GMT
        From: Terrance Health, SinceSlicedBread.com
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        To:



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