Tuesday's Internet Edition, September 07, 2010.
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LEE BINKLEY, COME ON DOWNNN!
A long-time contest player, Gentle Lee is now in faraway San Antonio, Texas, working for an oil company, one of the many Clemmons children who have left home to seek fame and fortune. His mother, Mary, got him hooked on the contest. He’s a member of West Forsyth High’s Class of 1986. He missed six.
Second place?
R. ALLEN BROWN, COME ON DOWNN!
One of our hall-of-fame players, Brown also missed six but went too high on the tie-breaker. He has turned poetic in his retirement years and penned this ditty on his entry form:
“Twas the eighth day of January and all through the land,
The bowl games are finished and the final scores are in hand.
There is a final winner. Yes, there is only one who stands tall.
Oh, who is that winner? Did they pick them all?
The Gentle Contest Director knows. Yes, he knows the score.
He reports the winner, the runner-up and much, much more.
Thank you, Gentle Contest Director, and all of your money backers,
We all enjoy the opportunity to just guess each week, both the pros and we slackers.
So to all you who prognosticate and to all Witty Commentors who might —
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and to all a good night!”
Gentle Readers, the Contest Director’s misty eyes are now considering a free “miss” for all poetic contest players to promote the cultural arts. We’ll have to run that by the rules committee first.
Brown also concludes, “Don’t quit the guessing, because the Roundball Contest will start sometime soon!”
Indeed, Gentle Contest Players, now chaffing at the bit to begin, our 20th annual Basketball Contest starts next week.
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