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Alright folks, here they are – the top entries 15 entries recieved for the Pimp Your Sauce Contest. The entries are displayed in alphabetical order based on the name of the person who sent it in. Names are not listed so as not to influence voting.
Remeber: You can only vote once so choose wisely.
The top ten entries will receive a signed & numbered (1-10) bottle of Blair’s Original Death, circa 94-95. Not only that, but the order the top 10 entries fall in will determine the bottle number they recieve. Meaning, the runner up will receive #2, 3rd place will get #3 and so on and so forth. And, the Grand Prize Winner will receive a 16 Million Reserve, direct from Blair. Voting will end Friday (4/28) at midnight. In the event of a tie, the final decision will be made by a handful of judges.
A big thank you to all that entered. I received over 40 entries (some people entered 3-4 times) and I’m going to work on getting all the honorable mentions up sometime this week.
Entry #1
Entry #2
Entry #3
Entry #4
Entry #5
Entry #6
Entry #7
Entry #8
Entry #9
Entry #10
Entry #11
Entry #12
Entry #13
Entry #14
Entry #15
773 responses to “Pimp Your Sauce Contest: Top Entries”
WOW -These are great. There are some seriously creative (or messed up) people here!
Fantastic! I shall vote when I get home so I can take more time to look at them. Off to work!
Remeber folks – I can see those of you that have voted for your own 2x, I’m already starting to scrub the results…
Outrageous!! I knew there would be some cool stuff entered, but I think they surpassed what I had imagined. Good luck to all 15 enteries and hats off to your creativity and imaginations.
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That’s ashame, just a little over an hour into it and we are already tainted. Nick does “scrub the results” mean a “DO OVER” or do you pull the entry of the double votes.
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So far I’m just deleting the double votes – if it keeps happening then the entries will be pulled all together.
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Are you just checking IP addresses? I mean, what if a family member votes from the same PC that I do? Just curious, but this could get complicated depending on how you’re checking the results.
Umm maybe 1 vote per PC. Good thing I have 3. J/K!!!
Too bad #6 doesn’t have the Crapalacky label!
These are cool!! Where do people find some of this stuff?!? Good luck to everyone!!
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good!
These entries are all great! Eventhough i am VERY bias to the Hot Sauce Band. Good Luck to All!
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Yeah there are going to be 15 biased 😉 (or possibly less). I’m biased towards the guinea pig – it took so long to get her to stay still. You can see her tongue out because I’d been giving her lettuce to keep still while I took the photo
p.s. she wasn’t bothered by the stuff on her – she just wanted the food!! 😀
Great Job Everybcody! I can’t wait to see some more entries. This was really fun to do, and the best part is, it gave me some sweet new bottles to add to my shelf!
hah i thought it was a rabbit LOL
HAHA i wasnt sure what it was either. Looked to me an oversized rat
these should all be the first inductees to the Hot Sauce Hall of Fame
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No…..rest assured its a guinea pig – a huge 1 though. It’s twice the size of the other 1 we have at home. It will eath anthing and do anything to get food
The holder that is on it’s back (holding the ZERO) glows in the dark and has red devil horns on it. lol
great job everyone this is going to be a tough competition!!
I think that Cajohns should be given a copy of that bottle of frostbite it would make a nice ad
Some of these are much more elaborate than I expected. It is as if the sauces have come alive. Very nice work.. very creative!
from Blair’s site:
A New Reserve Will Be Available for order in June. This New Reserve will be the Last FOREVER in this Classic Reserve Bottle..Aside From the 2AM and 3AM… Only 300 (Blank Blank) will be produced.
im happy about the reserve having 300 bottles, better chance ill get one!
I think the nice thing here is that there are only 15 entries. That means that most of these guys are getting a bottle. Its a shame they can not all get one. But everyone has a good chance. I will be willing to bet it comes down to only a vote or two getting towards the 9-11th place. Maybe even a recount for the final place. I can’t wait to see the results 🙂
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Close vote? Well this isn’t Florida:)
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that’s true. I really like the thought of 99 bottle reserves but I’d prefer the higher bottles so more people can get them
HAH Fantastic!!
What happens if there’s a tie for tenth place?
is it just me? or does anyone else find themselves hitting the refresh button every 5 minutes to see the scores
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5 minutes – thats a while 😀
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I have not voted yet, just for reasons like this.
Everyone: The voting is IP based as you may have noticed, but cookies are also at work. If you have been cookied on 2 computers and vote from them both, then one of those votes is going to be removed – I understand that you may have your wife or friend voting too, but in order to be fair, this is the way it has to be.
If you have workmates or friends trying to vote from the same IP, they won’t be able to – so ask them to vote from home.
this is going to be a long week for the people who have entries as close as the voting is they aren’t going to be able to get any work done with all the page refreshing they’ll be doing
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good thinking Nick, it keeps it legit 🙂
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I wish I could have gotten mine to show up that well in the dark. Mine actually has a flashing L.E.D. trio inside the bottle that flashes when the bottle is shaken, I just couldn’t get the pics to come out well enough to show it.
Great job everyone, I know a lot of work went into all of these and I like all of them, especially #3! 😉
Hey Matt, I notice a striking resemblence between your guinea pigs eyes and horns, and the “Evil Kitty”. It’s nice to see. Just don’t feed it after midnight now. 🙂
Everbody did a great Job. KUDOS from Jungle Jim’s
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I’ll bear that in mind. She’ll probably try and eat me tho without feeding her tho – she eats and knaws the chair legs when she’s hungry. I’ve never known anything like it
Wow – its pretty hard to decide as they’re really good! You can plainly see that alot of effort and work has gone into them, so well done to one and all, and good luck!
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did you enter Jezza? Whos are all the entries anyway?
Sorry, this isnt the right spot for this post but I have my NUMBERED 3am #3931 and a 4am #642 on ebay. There NOT in perfect condition but are not that bad. I have e-mailed Nick so he can put this in the collectors corner post section.
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No, sadly not… been away on holiday recently and work has been a pain in the neck since I got back, so only got about half way through pimping my bottle of Eve 🙁
Not that I would have stood a chance with the quality of the finalists anyway, but its always fun to take part.
Once again, good luck to the finalists – its a nice prize 10 of you are gonna win!
Danny Cash & Pepperman vote for #2. The pimp and ho theme is dear to our hearts.
There’s now over twice as many votes as there have been for the caption this contest. Kinda makes ya wonder how many people are getting their friends, family, co-workers, you name it, to vote for them.
[Comment ID #30320 Quote] Hey Danny..I’m with you…these are all too funny though..
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Logic like that is hard to ignore:)
These would be great collectors items…I wonder how many are going to be sold after this..
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Well, I have to co-workers that wanted to vote because they helped a little in the supply dept. when I was putting mine together. They don’t post here, but visit on occasion. One of them is starting to collect a little.
I don’t see any harm in it from people that are close or related. Look at it this way, getting someone to visit to vote on this thing will just expose that many more people to the blog. Who knows how many closet chiliheads could be snagged with this contest.
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I’m in the same boat. I’m not soliciting random votes, but only votes from close friends, family, and the people who helped me out when I started putting my ideas together. It doesn’t seem to be working though 🙂
But I have to ask, that’s not against the rules is it? Like DK says, the more people who vote, the more exposure the blog gets.
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That’s still not right. What it then comes down to is a popularity contest and/or who has a bigger family. Granted this may be getting more exposure for the blog, but if they’re not participating in the day to day threads, I honestly don’t believe they should be able to vote. This is looking very similar to the 2004 presidential race and we all know that was a bunch of crap. What I’m getting at is he who has the most friends and family members (even co-workers) willing to take a few seconds to vote is the winner. There needs to be a something done about this.
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I’m not sure there’s an easy solution. I mean, I read this blog religiously, but I rarely post comments (until now :-)) Should it only be people who regularly comment, or also include those who just read? And how can you tell?
Not that I disagree with you entirely, because I don’t. But I don’t see a way that this could possibly be kept truly fair, and I think Nick is doing the best he can already.
I know some of you guys are fanatical about collecting (and that’s cool) but contests like this are for fun, right?
Re: What it then comes down to is a popularity contest and/or who has a bigger family.
With mine getting *one* vote I guess that means that I don’t have any family, co workers, friends, popularity…. or talent 🙂
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Yes, they are fun, but look at any other contest out there where there is a prize that is wanted badly by the participants. Some will do anything to win the prize, even cheat, which according to Nick is happening. Someone is going to get severely screwed over here simply becaue people are willing to break the rules. Yes, I would like one of the bottles, who wouldn’t? But I’m not calling my family, friends and co-workers to ask them to vote for me in an effort to cheat and secure a bottle. I say the voting should start over and the votes be scrutinized even more so than they have been. I’ll be e-mailing Nick.
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With BBQ sauce as good as yours, you’ve obviously got some kind of talent 🙂 And btw, the signed unBEARables made it home safe and sound from the Indiana expo. They don’t have sweet rides like yours does… 🙁
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Contest are fun and some people are fanatical about collecting. Not sure if I agree with he who has the most friends wins. If that is the case everyone that submitted a entry should in the running not just the top fifteen. Nick is doing a great job and it is great to get more people exposed to the site and you can’t make everyone happy. Just hope that the people that win feel they won it fair.
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Yeah, you should atleast have had one post in the last year to put in a vote.
wow, I thought this was a place for hot sauce not sour grapes. Get on the phone send out an email and boost support for your pic.
It’s the world wide web..not the ryan and who he thinks should vote web. And this is a public blog anyone can log on and vote. Last time I checked this isn’t RED CHINA!!!!! My Pic didn’t make the top 15 and I’m not crying…geez.
you have a bunch of days left to win this thing, so get on it.
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Ryan, I think what Nick was doing this morning was trying to nip it in the bud before anything got out of hand. I think he saw where my two co-workers voted from the same network and assummed it was me posting duplicate votes. I have emailed him already, it’s all good. I sure hope noone here is purposely inflating the counts. I can understand how my issue this morning could have been viewed as such, but I don’t think even those two votes (which will be recast tonight anyway from their home) would help me anyway. Nick is doing all he can to track this stuff, believe me. I have seen the vote counts go up and come back down on several of the entries, so if there is anyone up to no good, Nick will take care of it.
Oh, I forgot, vote for #3. Am I allowed a shameless plug or two? 😉
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I don’t have a horse in this race, but I’m not sure I would say anyone is actually cheating. The only rule I’ve heard regarding voting is “one vote per IP address”. Simply because Nick is removing multiple votes from the same IP does not necessarily imply cheating as you can have multiple family members (say mr. & mrs. eman, both voting from home, both active participants) or people at the same large office.
The point of all this was to have fun, not to create an accounting/security nightmare for Nick. If you want to tighten this up, let Nick decide alone, or create a panel to vote or leave it to the top ten or twenty posters, or maybe hire Price Waterhouse like the Oscars, but do it NEXT TIME.
Let’s all enjoy each others creativity and the entertainment it brings. Among other things, I hope that this blog is designed to add new members to the chile head community and is not designed to exclude participation and increased awareness. The prizes may not be so generous next time without a proper attitude.
Just my $0.02. Good luck to all who entered.
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Cheater:)
Just kidding!
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🙂
Did I mention, #3 is mine? Just in case you was wondering why I was plugging it and all!
Boss is coming, back to work!
🙂
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if multiple computers are in fact on the same network, they wouldn’t be able to vote. Networks have an IP address and unless you tell it to change the IP address. My home and office are both on networks. I let my wife vote at home (ya’ll know her as Mrs. Ryan) because she has nowhere else to vote from, and I vote at the office. Due to that, I can’t vote from home, and nobody in the office can vote if I’ve already done it (checked to make sure).
So, I guess Nick should have limited the entries to only those with such-and-such a number of posts? It sounds like you are saying why should someone that doesn’t spend every waking moment reading and posting on here have a chance to win, or even to vote? That would be fair, huh? If you aren’t on the top twenty, don’t bother?
I know you weren’t talking about entries, but your argument could be carried out that far, using your logic.
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Thanks for your two cents Newman. No, this isn’t the “Ryan Blog”. Before you get your panties into more of a wad than they already are because you’re not looking at the BIG picture, I am not the only one affected by this. The whole thing is. I don’t believe anyone likes to lose to a cheater, not to mention possible multiple cheaters. If an entry did not make it into the top 15, it wasn’t due to any campaigning that anyone did, unlike what is going on here. I’m not complaining that mine hasn’t received as many votes as others, I don’t mind losing in a FAIR competition. I’m complaining that the playing field is not even and it should be. If any of you take pleasure in losing, what is supposed to be an honest contest, to people that cheat, then by all means let the world know. You don’t see cheaters winning the olympics, they get stripped of their medals. I am only following the standards that have been placed on the vast majority of other contests and competitions. **insert unfriendly hand gesture**
as soon as you show me in the rules where only certian people can vote I’ll agree…until then Better Luck Next Time.
oh…and I can think of another time “the elite” were the only eligible voters….it was Nazi Germany.
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As it has stated in past contests, inflation of votes will be removed, and possible disqualification. We’ve already got a couple people that have admitted to getting co-workers to vote, family and friends to join in as well. Like I said earlier, I’ll talk it over with Nick. Thanks for chatting Newman, buh bye.
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Thanks Ethan! Glad they got home okay,
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I’d vote for you but my housemate EliseUK has already voted and so won’t let me vote again 🙁
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translation: “I’m losing, so I’m telling teacher and you’re all in big trouble…”
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Well, that’s what I thought, but both workstations here at the shop allowed the votes. We have one in the office and one in the repair bay. I had voted at home before coming in to work. I told the guys that the voting had started and they immediatly went online to vote themselves. One of the votes was pulled because the IP addys and the cookies matched according to Nick, but bottom line is that both machines are on the same network and were allowed to vote. So it is possible, don’t know the technical reason for it, but it happened. And yes, since I found out that only one vote was pulled, only one of the guys will vote from home. It never occured to me, but only one of them has internet access at home anyway.
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and we are on a network, so only one vote. Vote #8 – its my fat guinea pig!
(my shameless plug)
No matter what, this contest is a lot of fun to watch. I’m allready really looking forward to the next one. Great job and good luck to all of the entries.
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Aww… that’s okay- I’ll be home tomorrow and can double the count 😛
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What I’ve suggested is that the voting be done by a panel of judges like the cutting room floor contest. If you don’t like things to be fair for all, that’s your deal. Have a nice day 😀
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It is a great contest and all fifteen entries are awesome. Good luck to all !!!
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Ryan if people want to cheat to win then let them, we sill see how many end up on e-bay instead of a true collectors shelve.
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Do you have a central hub that everything goes through?
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amen to that!
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I have just returned from 5 aside (bout 30mins ago) – during being gone my votes have nearly doubled – this is not my doing and hopefully no-one thinks so. Plus If I am lucky enough to be in the top ten, I guarantee that you will not see this on ebay
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I hope they will not be on e-bay(although I may get one then) and congrats on your votes that is great !!!
I’m off to my girlfriend now so will catch up with you all tomorrow – she doesn’t have the internet and probably wouldn’t let me on anyway- she thinks I spend way too much time on here!! I LOVE this place – except for the occassional misunderstandings. Nite all
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Have a good one, later
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Hey Nick, there’s not going to be a tie..so go ahead and cast your vote for #13!!!!
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So, according to this, having workmates or friends vote for your entry isn’t wrong. Is that correct?
So who gets to vote on who is on the panel of voters?:)
This is being taken waaaaay too seriously. Relax. Take a deep breath. Enjoy the entries.
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I honestly see any reason why it shouldn’t be fine. Look at the total vote numbers. This hasn’t gotten totally out of hand with mass hysteria or anything.
I know off topic.. but this will shed some light on the situation. WHO GOT A CHARGE ON THEIR CREDIT CARD FOR THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR LOT??? I DID YYYAAAAYYYYY
I DON’T see any reason why it shouldn’t be fine that is. (happy fingers:)
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I could not agree with you more this is all in good fun yeah it is for a nice prize but its still for fun
I’m going to get 15 friends to vote – one vote for each entry:)
I voted at work, and Mrs Huvason Voted at home, but with my info – so I guess I got screwed out of a vote!
Good Luck to all.
eman voted when he got home, I don’t get to vote because we have the same IP address. So, I am voting in spirit. This is going to be an awesome competition. I hope everyone has fun.
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Let eman cast your vote at work on your behalf:)
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Lucky you, nothing on mine yet. Still hoping.
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eman works in the field all day – no access to a computer. Consequences of being an electrician.
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I like that, great idea !!!
Just got back from my softball tournament in Vegas, couldn’t wait to log on. What a treat to be able to vote on these entries. I think they are all deserving to be number one. Good luck to everybody that entered.
MR
Hahaha yup funny indeed.
Personally i thing entry #2 rocks.
I did not submit. So I have no bias opinion 🙂
Just the whole pimp your sauce theme and its a pimp with his ho 🙂
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No activity on our card yet… 🙁
But it is the whole top 10 thing. Ohh i forgot the 16million #1 bonus Blair is giving away with the winner, or was it #999. I forget 🙂
Are you going to show all the entries?
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It would be pretty cool to see all entries in the contest.
Did the votes register just disappear or is it only on my laptop? I hope this thing isn’t being reset. That would truly be unfair.
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All votes are still up on my screen
Good. Thanks MrFreeze.
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Oh I see the area were to cast your vote…. Maybe if you vote once from your computer or IP addy the vote box disappears so no way to cast two from one IP. Easier for Nick to sort out.
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All through a common router, then the modem.
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You made a typo, there’s not a 1 in #3. 😉
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Woohoo! another vote! 🙂
Pimp Your Hot Sauce, the video.
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I’m right there with you Jim…must be a Campbell thing…Just remember this, It’s not the Quantity of friends that one has, it’s the Quality of friends! 🙂 🙂
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I thought the same about the Campbell thing 🙂
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Ok, not to get technical here. It is possible to be on the same “network” and have a different IP address out to the internet. It depends how they set it up. You could sit right next to someone who uses a different addy and a person 3 floors up can have the same. It all depends on the gateway you go through to connect to the internet.
It is also possible to have a different address through your home PC. This depends on if your ISP assigns you a static IP or not. Most dial-up is giving when you log in and therefore you dont always have the same one. Of course, most people have broadband and these are almost always static so they keep the same IP.
If you are curious and want to check, just go here and you will see what your IP address is:
http://www.ipaddressworld.com/
check at different times and you will see
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I mean c’mon, really look at #2 and the thought that went into it!
It IS an Adam and eve set of bottles from CaJohn’s, BUT, I say BUT…
If you look a little closer…The Adam bottle is the Chocolate Habanero mash version, giving it a dark skinned color. Of cours it looks like it came right out of the 70’s with the clothing 🙂
It could be the guy from starsky and Hutch LOL I forget that characters name :), and Eve’s the hooker 🙂 that in itself is a little blasphemous but it is soo damn funny. 🙂
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Yeah, but one shouldnt be looking for a way to beat nicks system 🙂
Just vote for your favourite ones 🙂 Have fun with it not scam it!
These guys all did a great job, some a little better(funnier) than others!!!
You all deserve a prise in my humble opinion. But some will have to loose out. Maybe next time 🙂 But I cant wait to see the results, these entrants are going to be like kids on christmas day.
big hand for them all!!!!!!!!! Woohoo yeeeaaahhhoooooo woopiekiyaaa guys! 🙂
Ok i am being silly again but y’all deserve it they are awesome 🙂
I’m looking closer and I see the same chipotle sauce he uses for the log cabins 😉
HUGGY BEAR! Thats where Jims bottle should be in a sky blue cadillac in the same picture 🙂
I agree. Everyone did an awesome job! I wish I had the time and camera to have done mine. I have an idea cooking if another contest comes up again!
My 2 cents,
This is becomming WAY to much to manage and Nick is a busy guy.
This contest was intended to be for fun.
Blair upped the ante and now it’s suddenly more than that. Unfortunately we have some rules and now it seems they may not be not enough.
Nick did not intend for this to create such a stir and this whole thing may put a damper on this sort of thing in the future. Thats a shame cause it could happen. Sure this is bringing in new people to HSB even if just to vote. We are not setting a very good example for all those “new here” to see. Lets “hold back” and try take this in stride.
Voting is open to all, and its limited per IP address. Sure people are getting more votes based on who they know, and right or wrong this will ultimately end up being a popularity contest, since the most votes win. Some are P’d off and I can see that and understand, but I just ask you remember what its all about. You entered the contest for one reason, and thats cause you cared and “felt the chilehead spirit”. Dont let a contest take that away and turn you into something your not. The way I see it, everyone here on HSB wins on a daily basis cause there is so much more you get here and even a bottle of the best hot sauce (for a prize) cant compete with that.
No, Im not trying to come accross as “the good guy” here, (I have been in enough conspiracies already) 😉
Im just speaking up cause its just not the way this should end up and certainly not the way we want to “display” the HSB. It just feels wrong.
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Would probably be worth more than one vote then 😛
You should have suggested this earlier!!
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pmac, Im not trying to help people “beat the system”, just trying to explain why some can “multi” vote and some cant.
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Exactly the sentiment I intended here:
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Thanks chrisk. You are right on target:)
Who did #2? They are really beginning to pull away 🙂 Not my choice but very good nonetheless!!
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Yep, I didn’t think about the static and dynamic IP thing. I thing the DSL at work is dynamic, meaning it can change. Not sure what the criteria is for it to change, but that may be why the two workstations were able to vote. I wasn’t trying to circumvent anything, but it seemed to raise some eyebrows even if by accident.
chrisk, well said. I spent a whole two weeks working on that blasted thing and still didn’t get it completely like I wanted it, but I had fun. I’m having fun watching my entry get its butt kicked as well! 🙂 I can’t complain, I won a free bottle from Nick when he announced the new sauces from the Fiery Foods show. I also won the “special” Batch 2 Zero (That one’s my pride and joy now, can’t even bring myself to throw out the cat hair!). I love just taking part in these things. I have never won a single thing before in my whole life until this. Now let’s just all have some fun with this thing!
Oh, almost forgot my shameless plug, vote for #3 ! 😉 Anybody notice that the “#” and “3” button are the same? 🙂
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AAHHMMEENN!!
Guys – As I’ve told some of you, the competition is as fair as I can make it and still leave it open to the community. Yes, people can ask friends and family to vote for their entry, but so can you (if your in it) – so in that sense, it is fair. It’s not the number of people you know but the number of people you know that are willing to spend the time to vote for you. All in all, you are driving traffic to the blog and bringing this community to a larger audience, so it’s all good.
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You sir are correct 😀
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I know 🙂
I just push the buttons and watch what happens 🙂
snicker LOL
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oopsie 🙂 well if people show me their entries ahead of time, i will coach them LOL
I know what works, I just can;t make one for shiaaat 🙂
This is pmac pimpin’ out for the night
peace yo’ 😀
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If people want to have their friends and family vote, then OK, its legit.
But to be 100% truthful, just give them the link and let them pick which one they like and dont tell them which one is yours.
Let the winner truly be the “best” one.
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Amen, glad you said it! Heck, I said it earlier – I think Mrs Huvason ended up losing me a vote by voting from home with my email address! If I lose by 1 vote 🙁
Have I asked a few friends to vote – ABSOLUTELY. I have Friends that read the blog a couple times a week, never post but will vote. Am I calling everyone I know, no way.
As far as cheating – there are a few ways to do it. I could get my self tons of votes, but I’d just get disqualified. A better plan would be for me to sabotage someone else by voting for them a thousand times….. Mmmmmmmmm 😀 I guess we just have to hope no one will actually resort to cheating.
Also, just want to say GREAT JOB by everyone.
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You could be a sauce pimping consultant. Could be big bucks in that!
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So that was you that got me in trouble this morning Huv! 😉 I must have misread Nick’s email, I though he said he removed 1 vote, I must have missed the zero’s!
One more SHAMELESS PLUG for #3 ! OK, I promise I’ll quit doing that. 😉
That bottle in the beach scene is sweet. The bikini is hilarious, and the little drink and sandals are the cherry on that cake. Nice work whomever submitted it.
besides mine,of course, i like #2…lots of bling-bling
shout out to da west siide boy
for shizzle
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You definitely pimped that one out. Nice lights!
“They so much drama on the HSB, it’s hard being Snopp H o double T,
But somehow, someway, I keep bustin’ out funky-a$$ sauce like every single day” (to the tune of Gin n’Juice)
Word from the Lava Dogg… Hot Sauce style!
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DK That is great- like you said, a little dark but it rocks man- good stuff man.
I’m not sure if my entry even made it in. I feel like such a newbie sometime, but I did posted a pic.
Man, it seems almost every contest gets people riled up. Hell, I got majorly slammed for the Caption #1 contest, and I even donated the prize! Now individuals are worried how many people have computer-owning friends, and whether they have static IP addresses or not. It seems people are taking WAY too many ‘serious pills’. Relax already!
I think people are also forgetting Nick isn’t doing these contests for his health, he’s doing it for fun. I don’t envy the inundation of e-mails he’s probably receiving, not to mention the “displeasure and bickering” e-mails he is now having to put up with. Did anyone ever think that he might just knock off contests altogether so as not to upset anyone in the future? Give Nick a break, he doesn’t own NORAD, so he is filtering duplicate votes as best he can. A few had mentioned picking a panel of people to vote…Well, with the current trend, could you imagine if someone who thought they’d be picked wasn’t?
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I agree with the creator – Give Nick a break- he does an awesome job, there would be no competition at all without him
[Comment ID #30438 Quote]AMEN Nick..I just checked this for the first time today..man o man…this is great to see so many votes and i will admit i emailed my sister in law and showed her competition she has met a few of the Chile Heads at the shows and she loved it.
PS: I emailed the Cash Gang the real picture for the entry i helped on and they loved it. I wish you have posted that one it would have helped even more and you have to admit that it looked pretty damn good!It really set off the sauces better than the pic you had resent. Great job on this and i am sure that when you do this again the bar has been raised so high that those entries will crush all of these!!
[Comment ID #30461 Quote] Hey Eman my email address is NO EMAIL ADDRESSES send me yours so i can send you a great picture of #2.. It is funny as hell..
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upon taking a closer at entry#2 it appears that the pimp is packing and I don’t mean a gun I don’t remember that on any previous bottles I’ve seen of Adam
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Holy crap! You’re right! The pimp is dang near obscene!
[Comment ID #30510 Quote]he has an enhanced package..also a Yellow Hummer…the..eerrrr..lady has detail you would not believe..Chile Peppers in the hair…
Nick: Sorry about the email thing. I didn’t know that was a NO NO…
its near obscene but it hasn’t crossed the line just yet it just goes to show how much attention to detail was used in the creation of the pimp and ho
It looks like this competition is going to come right down to the wire no on entry is pulling away from the pack and the lead has changed many times
Also Nick doing a great job keeping this as fair as you can
Dis here is the Bishop Don Magic Hab (aka entry #2) sayin’ thanks to all you playa’s out there keeping it real with your most righteous votes. And remember, when dis here contest is over, I ain’t fo sale.
BUT MY HO IS!! PEACE OUT!
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“Nick isn’t doing these contests for his health, he’s doing it for fun”
So true “This contest was intended to be for fun.”
“Did anyone ever think that he might just knock off contests altogether so as not to upset anyone in the future?”
Yep, “Nick did not intend for this to create such a stir and this whole thing may put a damper on this sort of thing in the future.”
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Does this mean I agree with you on this Creator??? 😉 😉
Man, now THAT’s a scary thought. 🙂
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Just an FYI: (its above the comment box) 🙂
“Leave a comment
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Well, we were accused of being twins…lol 🙂
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I am beginning to think there IS a common biological factor with you two 😐
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Thank God we’re not conjoined because we’d probably have the same IP address when we cast our votes for the Pimp contest. 🙂
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ROFL, good point Creator. besides who would want a booger stuck to them 😛
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Hey DC, as long as it was a DYNAMIC conjunction and there was no STATIC involved, then you are ok! 😉
First – I would like to say Great job on all the entries.
Second – Well put Creator, ChrisK and Brian.
Third – You made me late for work again.
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Ahhh, the joy of having zombies in the form of PC’s. (evil chuckle).
Wait a minute, if you had 2 PC’s with dynamic IP’s, would that make them the Dynamic Duo? Ugh, sorry.
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You can pick your friends, but you can’t wipe them off the couch. 🙂
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LOL. I am pretty sure that was somehow supposed to be really gross, but man was it funny…..
Wow! Entry 8 has taken off like a rocket all of a sudden!
it’s the pig!!!!! how can anyone look at that and not think Oh that’s a winner 😛
Wow! Entry 8 has taken off like a rocket all of a sudden!
Indeed. Which is interesting since it’s the last I’d have voted for.
Well its not even close now.
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mrs ryan, your sooooo close to that line…lol 🙂
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Maybe I should have entered the one I did with the cat . 😉
I haven’t crossed it yet? geez I am really slippin 😐
#8 sure don’t look right to me.
I didn’t put in an entry, but wow these are some interesting posts. People sure take stuff competive spirit.
I’m reserving my vote until Thursday night, that way I can help out a 9-11 race.
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I wish I would have waited until the end to vote also..
Come on now #8 whats up with that. #2 by far.
Vote for #6 – by far the best 🙂
I really think that #13 needs a boost in votes…I’m kinda feeling sorry for the person who put in that entry. #13 AND in last place!!! Poor chilehead…
Lets all pitch in and help out a fellow chilehead by showing them our support!!
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Yeah Mrs. R you are slippin- there was a time when you would have sailed passed “THE LINE” singing a song, clapping your hands, and not looking back!!!!!!!!!!
I think this whole contest is great. The only issue I have is no. 15. We’ve been reminded a number of times that this is a family blog, right?
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Well, that and the issue that some people whine way too much when someone else tries to do something nice for them.
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yeah huh Vic, I really need to get back to my old self again….I do have all day off tomorrow…..look out Booger 😀 😛
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I agree Tim 🙂
How about a little support for #1 here!! 🙂 🙂
Didn’t anybody here play with Transformers?
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Yeah, I copy more than meets the eye
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Sheesh 🙂 I sence a little hostillity towards yourself 🙂
Why don’t you two talk it over and get back to us when to settle your differences.
Shh everybody, don’t tell the lurker he is complaining to himself…teehee
if i could italicize that last line o would but I have no idea how 🙂
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To italicize “LESS THAN SIGN” I “GREATER THAN SIGN” text “LESS THAN SIGN” /I “GREATER THAN SIGN”
Pain to try and describe by typing – I hope you understand. If not i’ll send an email
like this?
Like This?
i personally like this one the best, I feel like I am yelling.
DOH! LOL it werkeded So this would be bold then?
and underlined
how do you underline?
sounds like pmac is sensitive about his entry
Love it
noo noo mr lurker, I did not enter this contes, I am not imaginative enough for that 🙂
My comments are purely amusing to the right people…usually myself :)but on occasion I have been known to make Mrs Ryan chuckle 🙂
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and you continue to do so pmac 😀
fair enough, mr pmac. you two have a nice evening. and who said i am a mr?
Hey pmac found that number it is under the 1993 post. Later all got to go to work……
pmac said you were a mr. see it says right here in his post….
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MSK is now in the house of Campbell. That makes 2 of the Campbell Clan he has spent time with over the last few days. Tracy, it was definitely a pleasure to spend time with you. I hope you enjoyed the event and the visit as much as Sue & I did! We had a wonderful shrimp buffett with fresh Gulf shrimp provided by MSK and washed them down with some great Micro-Brews provided by Tracy. The storytelling went on into the wee hours fueled by our shared passion for chiles (oh yea, the beer helped). We spotted 3 bears on Thursday’s trek back to the cabin. MSK was intent on getting a signature on the Black Bear hot sauce he had picked up at the Pepper Palace. To the best of my knowledge, he was unsuccessful. I’m sure there will be more tales to come, but Tracy has been tight-fingered (lipped) as far as I can tell.
To get back on topic, #13 needs some votes!!!
have a good night HSB lurker! Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss its all good, mr is easier to type 😛
Mrs Ryan you have a good one too, now be a good girl and give Ryans pink helmet a rub 🙂 he’s cranky.
Hahahah okie just kidding 🙂 (ABOUT THE CRANKY!)
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B – bold
STRIKE – strikeI – italic
not sure if you can underline….
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LMAO will do and yes he did get a little cranky 🙁 poor guy 😛 😛
MSK gets around doesn’t he 😛
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Hello CaJohn and krew!!! It was a blast! The bears didn’t show up in the pic..very strange.
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It is his “Spring Hot Sauce Tour”! I guess you can do that once you’ve “retired”. I retired from the fire protection engineer life, but jumped ito a whole lot more work (and fun) with the hot sauce biz.
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Hi Cajohn, I miss you! Haven’t spoken in a while, I’m feeling a phone call coming on. Glad to hear no one was eaten by a bear.
someday in like 40 years I can retire too……I hope he is having fun, it sounds like fun, I sure am glad you guys never caught the bears…I would miss you 🙁
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HI TRACY 😀 glad to see ya 😀
Tracy, that’s Krewe…
I know they weren’t a figment of our imagination, I wasn’t drunk either, if I was, we wouldn’t have made our way back to the cabin. We would have been at the bottom of one of those drop-offs. I guess we’ll have to blame Wicked Wanza’s camera skills for the lack of bears in the pic. After all, it was an exciting moment!!!
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There was a plan if we did, We saw a bear expert on TV after the tragic events over in the Nashville area. He told us we should make ourselves as big as possible by raising our arms over our heads and make noise, and if attacked, beat the bear on the nose and head. MSK said he would raise his arms and yell, and Tracy could attack the bear. WW and I just figured we’ld run away while they tried that approach…
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You guys sure you’re not leaving out part of the story here. Sounds like you were doin a little more than drinking in the woods. Imaginary bears, oh ok. lol
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good plan on you WW and your part CaJohn…. 😛 leaving out part of the story? nah not these guys 😛
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Other than the fact that MSK (and myself) got a little motion sickness in the back seat of CaJohns car, I think that it’s safe for me to say that his TN leg of the trip was GREAT!!
BTW when your used to the flat land on the coast, the curvy mountain roads can play tricks on your gyro…
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I was told while hiking out in the rocky mountains that they didn’t like human scent a whole lot. But we were also told to make ourselves as big as possible and not look them straight in the eye!
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Funny = I had to read it twice. I THOUGHT you said:
MSK said he would raise his arms and yell, and Tracy could attack the bear, and YOU would just run away!
“leaving out part of the story?”
Oh, believe me, there’s lot’s more to the story…
Right Tracy?
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well I heard if you played dead and peed on yourself they would go away 😀 that may not be true, but shoot your gonna do one or the other anyway…..
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You can call anytime!!! There’s always time for Tamales!!!
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The bears may not leave but the people will! 🙂
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Look forward to talking to you. Maybe you’ll fess up about what was REALLY going on in those woods!
What happens in the Mountains, STAYS in the Mountains… mostly.
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lmao, they say that about Vegas too…. you know I have heard alot of stories about what has happened in Vegas. The most Important part of your trip Tracy, and CaJohn… is you had a good time, bears and all 😀
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I think that statement could actually be applied to all occasions now that i think about it…. What happens in the (fill in the blank), stays in the (fill in the blank). The all purpose “out.”
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Yea, everything except the pics… 🙂
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I wonder if I could somehow use that to get out of working….I am going to work on that 😀
The bears were just the icing on the cake. Meeting Tracy and getting to spend time with fellow chileheads was great! Mrs. Ryan, you got to share a bit of the good time too. How did I get left out of talking to you Thursday night? I was crushed!!!
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well CaJohn, Tracy and MSK hogged the phone 🙁 but call anytime 😀
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Kristi, you’re relatively new to this chilehead thing… if there’s a good story about someone, EVERYBODY will hear it!!! Just take a look at the posts by Dude and Lee from Danny Cash… and as Tracy pointed out, there’s always the pictures. You can never live anything down. By the way, we’ll bring some pics from the last couple of shows… See it never ends!!!
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Let me know if you come up with anything. I could use some free time from the day job so I can focus more on the sauce!
CaJohn, Wicked Wanza and MSK pimped the “Black Pearl” with there signatures!! Should I sell it on ebay?
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a good reason to go to these shows incognito…..no one would know who they were telling the story about, and you’d have plausible deniability, like the president 😀 not that I could now cus Ryan put my pic on here…. but still it might be fun to wear to big glasses and such 😛
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will do Kristi….this might be fun 😀
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and post the link too 😛
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Unfortunately Cajohn I am way to familiar with the piture situation. Lisa whipped out a few in New Mexico. I would have been more than happy if some of those were “lost in a fire” so to speak. Looking forward to seeing yours though.
Wait till you see the ones we have of Dude/Chip, and the abuse of that armadillo is just the tip of the iceberg!!! These bloggers are in for a real shock when they get around all of us “makers”. As you know, the fumes from the sauce do something to us!!!
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Too funny and most likely too true
I have seen the armadillo pic. It’s just wrong!!
CaJohn, you need to scan them and send them to me…I could do some wonderful things with it 😉
Good to see you’re here Chef!!! You’ll be a newbie at Ft Worth?
Oh I see, its the name that gets you on auto aprove, not the e-mail addy….that sucks.
Yikes!
I’m a little scared
That’s allright, I know you can hang…
Damn it, the auto aprove thing should be set to the e-mail addy
you’re not alone chile, The Mrs. and I will be newbies as well 😀
YO Ryan!
What up CaDog? 😛
Hate to say it CaJohn. I’m cheating on you with another salsa right now
I understand I’ve adopted you & the Mrs. for Ft Worth? ChileChef & Mrs. CC will be part of my entourage as well. It should be fun!!!
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Last I recall it was a sponsorship, don’t know how the adoption came about, but I’m down with that if you are 😀
Looking forward to meeting a lot of chileheads in TX.
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Hey, ya gotta do field testing for possible contenders, right!???
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yay I’ve been adopted… Ryan has been trying to get rid of me for years 😛 😛 😛 JUST KIDDING… maybe 😉
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Yea, sort of the same thing I guess, I’m responsible for no one though, I’m barely responsible for my on actions!
No contender here – Trust me! For something not made in NEW YORK CITY! it sucks!
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Well, it came about as a joke. I said I was sponsored by Jerry’s Kids and was then asked which kid….Dude or CaJohn and I just said you. I’m not hold’n you to anything 😛
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Its true, now there’s this cute blonde at work with a dungeon…wife, dungeon,wife, dungeon….hmmmmmm
Hey Chef, what do we call your better half on here anyway?
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I thought you two were a “package deal”
yeah we all now know who WON’T BE going to Texas…. he’ll be in the dungeon.
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well if he HAS to be part of it then fine 😛
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TX, dungeon, TX, dungeon…..hmmmmmm
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The package is the deal 😎
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Mrs. Ryan, do these two comments have any relation to one another?
ebay, keep the collection, ebay, keep the collection….hmmmmmm
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ROFL, omg my tummy hurts and I am crying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Peeing on myself hasn’t worked so far, she’s still here 🙁
We’ll see how she likes being Mrs ChileChef. That should get a good look out of her.
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wife, jail time, wife jail time….no thought needed, JAIL TIME!
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hello Mrs.ChiliChef 😀
Isn’t Mrs ChileChef at work?
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lmao, and miss out on your cute blondes dungeon? honey, use some logic here 😀
Ryan, Mrs ChileChef is a cute blonde…
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who says she hasn’t got an officer uniform too? 😉
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But does she have a dungeon???
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She is indeed. I’ve been left to my own devices. Scary Huh?
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CaJohn, what are ya sayin? 😛 😛
I am now receiving projectiles with my head. Should I not post tomorrow, call the police…
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Ryan, the question that you should be concerned about is…does she have a DRAGON?!!
Maybe there’s a Rent-A-Dungeon in Ft Worth, there’s lots of blondes in Texas… and you know, everythings BIGGER in Texas…
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Does that count as a threesome? 😛
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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that’s it!!
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Oh NO…another MAD_ scenario… this blogging is dangerous stuff!!!
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How nice of you to notice CaJohn…I’m blushing 😀
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Ryan, you’re in Oregon, we know what happens when it’s wet AND cold!!! Where’s your helmet anyway?
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Except in this case I’ll be killed for what I do OFF the blog rather than on it 😛
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Everythings BIGGER in Texas! Maybe I can use that line to get my wife excited about going!!
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shut up Ryan, he is going to revoke my adoption, I mean our adoption
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Helmet’s on the front porch, I should probably get it 🙁
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LMAO good luck Tracy
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She’ll be thinking of your wallet…sorry to bruise your ego 😉
Rent A Dungeon in Texas? Don’t tell Mrs. ChileChef that. I’ll never get her home.
Tracy, has anyone ever told you you look like Rick Bayless? That was the comment when we were showing the pics around today.
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hasn’t always been wet, but definately cold 😉
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um who is Rick bayless?
now I’m getting death threats…
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unfortunately my funds would eventually run out…otherwise I wouldn’t leave either 😛
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LOL
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you still may not leave 😀
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why is that funny what am I missing?
Not laughing at you Mrs Ryan. Laughing at CaJohn
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fine, maybe I won’t
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We OR-ee-gone folk are miss’n the funny here 🙁
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He’s the Chef behind the Frontera Grill and Topolobombo in Chicago. Has the Frontera line of hot sauces as well. Tracy could be his twin brother. I thought he looked like someone I knew, but couldn’t put a name on it…
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You know those chefs, there an ODD bunch!!!
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oh ok. I thought there was some sick twisted referrence I was unaware of…good to know I’m still on top of things 😛
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I second that one
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When I saw Tracy in a picture today I immediately said that he looked like Rick Bayless. Mostly only food geeks like myself would know that. I knew CaJohn would know though.
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I geek out in othere areas 😛
if you go to fronterakitchens.com, you’ll see a pic of Tracy without the goatee…
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I’m afraid to ask…
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And you still hired me.
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You know, chileheads are the most rational, well behaved, quiet and timid people…
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Right Ryan?
Good night everybody. Gotta go. Baby ChileChef just woke up and is crying.
G’Night Chef!
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ummmm….if my postings on the blog are any indication of how I am, you’re in for a big surprise…maybe I’m NOT a chilihead 🙁
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Night CC 😀
Did I just call my baby Baby ChileChef? I really have to go now!
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yes you did…but that’s not as bad as me…I numbered mine 😀
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your a chilihead… just an outspoken, opionated, crude, lewd, rtc one 😀
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traitor!!!
I just checked out Tracy, I mean rick’s, picture. That’s awesome
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Only when our cycles are running on the same clock…
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Did you sign it? If you did, watch out for MSK!!!
I’ve decided that on my team HSB shirt, on the back it shoud say “EL Guapo” 😀
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MSK can’t have it 😛 he’ll have to get his own.
Now ChileWilly, what’s goin’ on here???
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MSK is 1/1…My kids are 1 and 2 of 2 😛
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ain’t we all? That’s why we get along so well on this bloggg…
yeah I finally got my dial up to load the page
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I mean THEM…
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IT works too 😛
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your safe for now it will be alittle while before msk makes it to your side of the country
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ummmmmmm…yeah….I’m not exactly the town favorite here 😀
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I’ll hide THEM 😀
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I thought ya’ll were stay’n away from Oregon because of me? 😛
c’mon ryan we’re all friends here
Mrs’ Tracy said in an e-mail to Mrs. Ryan that Tracy would be on soon…where is that boy?
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I’m cool with that, but others would beg to differ
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THAT”S the furry little cartoon character we all know and love… you too Ryan, we love you too…
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I;m start’n feel all warm and squishy now…crap…I’ll be on the “throne” for a bit…thanks guys 😛
yes Cajohn every once in awhile I can be nice Ijust don’t do it that often cause there’s no fun in it
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Yeah…what he said. Gotta admit, the drama does get the blog going a bit…can be good for business 😀
I’m gong to sign off and get some rest while Jim has MSK. He likes to stay up waaaayyy late. Trcy can attest to that. You stay friendly now ChileWilly and represent CaJohns well…
G’Night All!
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G’night CaJohn! catch ya later 😀
goodnight
BRB, gonna make me some cocoa 😀
g’night CaJohn 😀 sleep well
Cajohn is getting his employees addicted to the blog one by one good thing he doesn’t mind it so much when I log on from work
good evening chilewilly, I don’t think we have ever talked before, it’s nice to see ya 😀
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LOL there are worse things you could be addicted to
good to see you to Mrs. Ryan are you guys having fun on here tonight
no one even seems to care about the contest anymore
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we have a way of getting totally off topic…..until papa Nick shakes his finger at us 😀 it makes things more interesting
I agree but it would be alot better if I would get with the times and get something faster than dial up at home
I don’t think Nick really cares that much as long as we don’t get to out of line and we’re having fun
well, at least your in this century, you do have internet…although DSL is cheaper than dial up sometimes
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Well, sometimes dial-up is better depending on the situation.
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probably not and we always come back to the topic at hand, I love this place
yeah but not when your trying to load this page with those 15 big pics up at the top
yeah that would definitely suck, you do need something a little faster for loading pics. but just using it for email it would be ok
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That, could be a promlem. Dial-up works if you’re not online much and when you are, you’re just there to check your e-mail. Anything more than that you need to upgrade. DSL is pretty cheap these days. Cabel isn’t too much more, but you don’t need cabel unless you’re a gamer, or hardcore ebay sniper 😛
until I started on here all I did was check my e-mail every now and then but now thanks to you guys I think I’m gonna have to upgrade
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Glad we could help 😛
yay!! it will be more fun when you can hit refresh and make more comments, it’s a wham bam thank you blog kinda feeling 😛
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Wham bam thank you blog? THAT explains a few things
and not to mention, you’ll be one more person us west coast blog junkies can keep up really late 😀
and not to mention, you’ll be one more person us west coast blog junkies can keep up really late 😀
the contest isn’t really much fun since it’s such a blowout now
I think the more interesting thing is going to be the fight between 10 & 11 place
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it’s going to be interesting thursday night, there’s a lot of bloggers that haven’t voted yet they are waiting to see how things go. I am going to be glued to the polls until midnight east coast time just to see what happens.
Hey now you guys can’t keep me up to late cause if I’m late for work then your gonna make Cajohn mad at all of us 🙂
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we’ll just bat our eyelashes and tell him we were discussing important issues and we’re sorry we promise it won’t happen again 😀
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Just look at it this way, you are on here because CaJohn lead you in this direction. So ultimately it would be his fault 🙂 🙂
alright as long as you’ve got a plan but I don’t think that will work getting me off the hook
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see there ya go chilewilly 😀 a plan just blame it on CaJohn 😀
there you go Tracy I like your way of thinking
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Yeah, that will be interesting. Everyone keeps saying that this contest is for fun, which it is fun making these, but when you offer up a prize, it becomes a competition. People may not say it on here (unlike me, I’ll say anything), but there are going to be some hard feelings after this one. I think events like this should be handles like a beauty pagent, or a custom auto show…fair cookoff or something like that. Panel of judges not participating in the event to hopefully eliminate favoritism and popularity contests. Some people have a definate unfair advantage in this type of poling. Whoever ends up in 11th place may lose by one vote and it may be because they don’t know as many people, or have the opportunity to reach as many people and ask them to vote as the 10th place person. To offer up something that EVERYbody on here wants and allow unfair advantages, well, you can guess how I feel about it. Its the equivilant of an Olympian shooting up steroids, but rather than inflate their muscles, they’re inflating their votes. I don’t like having to play by these rules, but I have to or I don’t get a shot at one of these bottles. Personally, I think Blair did it right when he had the cutting room floor contest.
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hey, no problem.
After all, I really think that you should be paid by CaJohn’s for your time on here. “Public Relations.”
well I’m sorry guys & girls I’m gonna get going this dial up is driving me nuts I haven’t been on here that long and I’m ready to throw the computer out the window so I’ll try and catch up with everbody tomorrow
goodnight all
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I’ve tried using that line of thinking at home…just gets me into more trouble 😛
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Night Willy, hope you get upgraded soon 😀
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mmmmhmmmmmmmm
g’night chilewilly
g’nite chile…..
Hello….Anybody out there?
Working really gets in the way of my blog time!!
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Try being here and seeing how much fun it is 😛 Been bouncing back & forth between 10th & 11th for awhile now.
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I can see your point – to, well a point 🙂 I didn’t even think I’d make the top 15, but now that I did, I find myself checking constantly. It is definitely going to be a bummer for those that come in 11-15. I’m not sure that I agree with the panel of judges though (not totally anyway). This blog is about the us chiliheads sharing our passion, and I think it’s great that we get to vote. I think that the contest is run too long – perhaps giving contests time to generate votes.
Maybe we should have the Bloggers votes count for 50% of the score, and the panel score the remaining 50% – and that gets the winners.
I know come Friday night at 11PM, if I’m in 11th place by 1 vote I’ll be calling my uncle bob from Vegas to cast a vote for me!
Well that my 0.02. If it doesn’t make sense, sorry. I’m blogging before my first cup of coffee 😛 (can I get a ticket for that 🙂 )
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Oh yeah, good luck to all. And try to remember, we are all friends here!
Oh yeah (one more time 🙂 ). THANX Nick. I appreciate all you do around here. I have a feeling he’s getting hammered with emails about this.
OK-here’s my .02….to keep this contest “fun”, I think that Nick should INVERT the list.. 🙂 🙂
The entry with the least amount of votes wins!!
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LOL – that works for me as well (as a middle of the pack’er)
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After this, and all the other crying you’ve been doing, my new mission in life is to see that you don’t get a bottle….you’re kinda ruining this for me with your grade school whining. And you should apologize to Nick for causing him headach over something that was ment to be fun.
And who is going to be chosen for the panel? It seems whoever gets on will be construed as having more friends to vote for them, or with the current trend, more friends with dynamic IP addresses, LOL! I’ll be quick to add that the more negative feedback from all these contests, the better of a chance there won’t be anymore, so no one will have to worry about getting any prizes. And just think, that way no one’s widdle feelings will be hurt either, and all you’ll have to do is pay hundreds if not thousands for them on E-bay. Oh wait, it wouldn’t be fair on E-bay if someone won an auction because it’s not fair they had more money to spend on it. 🙂
A competition is a competition, ’nuff said. Hell, look at baseball for instance. Is it fair the Kansas City Royals use minor league pitching because they have no money, and for the Yankees to have a payroll that rivals the GNP of most third world nations? No, but that’s just the way it is. I understand everyone wants to win, but everyone can’t. Perhaps these words are a bit harsh, but being on the receiving end of the nonsensicle bickering from a previous contest it seems the whole “fun” thing is becoming lost in the “Maelstrom of Envy” because someone has more votes.
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Good point. I guess there would be complaining on the panel members as well. Maybe you should be the only one on the panel – no one likes you anyway 🙂 (sorry…. Love you man!)
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Man, we have all been through this sooo many times on this thread now. It is giving me tired head and I will not comment on it again. I will simply repeat…..
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I’m done with this subject.
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Now that was funny, I had to see who wrote it to realise it was a joke! 🙂
I can be on this panel if anyone cares 🙂 I am impartial and know what I like.
Bribes welcome. Bidding starts at 1 signed bottle of any older labelled product. 😛
Not to be mean but in a contest someone has to win and someone has to lose you only hope to lose in a fair contest and I’m sure Nick is doing all he can to keep it as fair as he possibly can and as someone here stated earlier if we all don’t start playing nice together then Nick is going to take these kind of contests away and we’ll never have the chance to win anything like this again aside from winning it on ebay
I think some of these things are amazing, I wish I knew where the creative part of the brain lies, I would go and try to dig it out 🙂
Just to have the fun in the creation of the product.
TBH who really cares about the prize. I just wanna see more of these things. Hey Nick if you have more of them will you post them once this contest is over so we can see everything that was sent in (unless this is all of them).
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Hmmm I didnt vote yet 😉
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Nice try Tracy 🙂
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“the more negative feedback from all these contests, the better of a chance there won’t be anymore, so no one will have to worry about getting any prizes.”
Im thinking this could happen.
Or at least next time there will have to be way too many rules and thats if its even worth the “time” to manage all of that.
“whole “fun” thing is becoming lost”
Yes it certainally has and its really sad cause all this “new traffic” to HSB has to see what it ISNT about 🙁
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That would kinda be fun Tracy and it would certainly tick off anyone who tried to cheat to be #1 I’m not saying anyone did cheat but I do think people tried good job Nick in checking the votes
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Whew! #1 is really falling out of the runnings! I guess I’d better start campaining! 🙂
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Are you sure you guys werent drinking too much and the Cabin wasn’t really a chipolte log cabin and the bears weren’t jims Bear bottle hot sauces? Say it ain’t so! 🙂
“Maybe you should be the only one on the panel – no one likes you anyway (sorry…. Love you man!)”
Wouldn’t THAT be something! Hey Nick, sign me up as Uber-Overseer, Decider of Entrants’ Fates. I know some people don’t like what I have to say, and trust me, I’m not losing any sleep over it. I did my part in a previous contest and caught nothing but infantile BS over it, so be it. I just don’t like having to see the new people to this blog have to suffer through posts from people constantly complaining about rules during ANY contest that is started. I’d imagine a few don’t even enter the contest for fear of being labeled an evil-doer because they have a bunch of friends, a big family (like it’s something bad), oh yeah, and a dynamic IP address. 🙂
Hey Pmac another good pimp your sauce contest entry! We could’ve had some real fun with that one
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Dang! I would have been in the running for that too until my Union Bro’s decided to help out yesterday. A couple of them are now lurkers & are rallying the troops 🙂
morning Jim where’s MSK
Come on- I mean this isn’t like life & death. Go and scrape up somebody’s brains off of the roadway once or twice for a better perspective of what’s important 🙂 And, what ISN’T 😉
Morning Jim!
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Darn it Pmac!! You figured us out..BUZZKILL!! HAhaha
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Well tell them to rally some votes towards #13!! Help a brutha out!!! I’m sinking really fast here…Heeeeeelp!
Hi guys! MSK is now on his way to Jungle Jims to see Bret. Heads up Bret 😉
LMAO! I have to tell ya, I’ve read all the posts this morning and think its great. Gotta love the beating around the bush.
Had a nice visit wiht him. Took him out to a fancy restaraunt in downtown Indy last night. Left a pile of little brown bottles here though 😉
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I was going to suggest that if they wanted their butts kicked by a bear, I knew where they could find one 😉
#7 is #7 and on a rocket sled 🙂 Woohoo!! The length of this thread is killing the load time though- yeeooowwch! So much for DSL 🙁
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I have DSL it isn’t taking so long for it to load….the pics are slowing it down 🙁
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#13 is Hubby’s favorite but he can’t vote for you becauce I already voted – sorry
Jim, I still want to know where you got that little respirator mask…I need about a dozen of them.
Yeah Jim your on a roll now keep those votes coming and you’ll be caught up in no time and I think its your computer having no trouble here
Defcon that’s Tracy C’s entry
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Thank you Pam! It’s the thought that counts 🙂
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Ahhh Yes! I have something that YOU want….heehee
Got to toss the wife off line then 🙂 She’s probably trying to do something responsible like, like school work 😛
John- you’d have to ask Tracy about the masks. I beleive that’s his entry.
Which entry is Jim’s?
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LOL!
So anyway, where do I get a bunch of them?
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Something to think about, Thanks Jim. 🙂
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Hey Tracy,
number and sign those masks and send out a future e-mail about being able to get one. Keep everyone on thier toes for a couple of days before they go up for sale. 🙂
sorry Creator, just giving Tracy an idea 🙂
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Nice one Chris, easy to read between the lines when you print in bold 😉
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Hey whats good for the goose, right???
I believe St Patty’s Night was spent on HSB awaiting the “word” of a special release. Just having some fun here. 🙂
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#7- My UnBEARable on the OCC’s Fire Bike replica 🙂
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Right! Cause what some thing is fun, everybody should think is fun 😀
THINK, not thing…oops 😛
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Come to think of it, NM weekend was a bit rough on here wasn’t it?
All those special bottles coming out and the torture of not being able to get one.
Hmmm, guess thats why everyone’s going to Texas 🙂
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MSK has left the building. With his head spinning. I think I could get him to come and work for me. I not sure what like best all the food our all the fresh and live fish our all the Hot sauce> Had fun hope Randy enjoy himself.
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I’m going to TX for both business and pleasure
His head was spinning when he left here! He blamed it on the rotating restaraunt we ate at though 😉
I’m mad now – the gumball machine is beating me 🙁
Wow!! #2!!! Hearing footsteps yet Matt? 😛 Be afraid, be very afraid- there’s 35,000 drunk firefighters in Indy right now & I’m doing a fundraiser for the burned childrens foundation & survive alive house 😛
Well, that took an hour to read, anyway, congrats to all the contestants, there all winners in my book.
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Wow- Jim great job, what a huge push for your entry. 35,000 votes?, will you have to buy each of those drunk firefighters a beer to get them to vote?
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Sure hope not 🙂 This contest ought to be great exposure for the blog no matter how it turns out. Well, almost no matter 😉 The acrimony can’t be good.
Some crazy voting going on here. Time to call all my friends 🙂
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You’re not fooling anyone, we all know you have no friends. Touche. 🙂
Did you just say ‘touche’ to yourself?
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LOL, funny but sadly true. Probably why I’ve slipped so much. I have a few more to call though 😉 I guess it’s time I prentend I like the family again and send a freindly email – with an “oh yeah… please vote…..”
Seems to be what everyone else is doing.
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What are you talking about? I was referring to a previous post made from The Huvason from inside the walls of Casa Huvason Stronghold, where the first dig was made, here:
“Good point. I guess there would be complaining on the panel members as well. Maybe you should be the only one on the panel – no one likes you anyway (sorry…. Love you man!)”
Perhaps this helps. Due to my lack of multiple personalities, I am unable to touche myself. Man, that just doesn’t sound right.
“I am unable to touche myself”
I don’t know why, but reading that made me laugh harder than I have in a really long time! 🙂
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Another fan Creator?
Wasn’t there a song…. “When I think about you, I touche myself..”?
Sorry – work has fried my brain….. 🙂
It is kinda funny. Kind of like when someone asks you, “How do you feel?” And you reply, “With my hands, like I always do.”.
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footsteps – i’m being left behind 🙁
I haven’t been on since last nite, I come home to find that everyone has got bout 50 more votes. lol
Matt- I promise that if by chance I should win, you will still get the 16 mil reserve you covet. I’ve a few of those coming so I really won’t need it.
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Wow Jim, I don’t know what to say……such a generous offer…..Thank you
VOTE FOR JIM
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LMAO Matt, I think you said all that can be said.
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No big deal really- not like I’m donating a kidney or something 🙂
In the hot sauce world I think a 16 mil reserve is the equivolent of a kidney 😀
you’d definately need some new organs if you ate that vial!!
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I don’t think so Matt…#13 only has about 4 more votes since yesterday. 🙂
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ROFL! That’s the spirit 🙂
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I’d think livers would be in higher demand with this group 😉
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They’re not listening to you Matt 😛
I don’t know whether to be flattered or insulted that nobody dressed up one of my hot sauces!
Great job to all the entrants, I wish I could have voted for more than one entry!!
T
For those of you worrying about the # or quality of votes, the final scrubbing will occur after the end of the contest (Friday night). The great equalizer will come into effect. 🙂 So all of you frantically trying to pad your results can stop – all of the dupes and suspected fraud will be cleansed before the final winners are determined.
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How are you supposed to heal if you keep typing? 😛
No crying from me no matter how it turns out! This contest has been a blast & has undoubtedly turned a lot of new folks onto the blog.
Night all!
You know, I think for the next contest, it might work to make each person that votes have to vote for three entries (depending on the size of the field). That way, even if someone has a lot of people voting for their entry, they would still have to look at the remaining entries and make a decision for the other two votes. Just something that popped into my head last night. Any thoughts or opinions from the group?
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I think that’s a great idea! I have to say that is the best solution yet. Nick, hope you caught Capcicum’s coment there. I don’t see why that wouldn’t work for everybody. Nice going Jeff 😀
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LOL either way Jim, I am sure it would be worth it to most on here 😛
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Indeed, no crying here either! I called some friends and family and told them to check it out – whatever they did beyond that I have no idea! All I know is that I wouldn’t be suprised if some chicainery was involved 🙂
Everybody did great and I really can’t wait to see some more entries. It would be sweet to get all these sauces together in a museum or something!
when are we going to see the rest of the entries?
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LOL – I said I wouldn’t do that and ended up emailing and calling everyone (and I mean everyone I know). It seems to be what most are doing. Hopefully a few more votes will trickle in today….. If not, oh well. It has been fun.
again, good job and good luck to all.
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Livers? We don’t need no stinking livers!
Jim….from last to first? Nice job!!!
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They definately are!! 😀
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I dont think anyone would want my liver anyway – its been abused by a student!
Trying to figure out how the worst two entries are at the top in votes. Fascinating, really. Kinda makes me glad I don’t have a dog in this fight.
You know, with all the bull going on, I decided not to vote for the entries that stand in the 8-12 place and help out one that I like only between that bunch. I’m just going to vote for the one I think is the best, and hope after the “scrubbing” the real winners prevails.
I entered this contest in good fun and for the love of the serum they call hot sauce. I would love to add this bottle to my collection. I think the voting did get out of hand but what do you expect, what die hard chili head wouldnt want to win? I just hope there are no arguements, bad feelings, etc about the results. Good luck in the final hours everyone, and more importantly good luck Nick in going through all the votes.
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What is really amazing is how that crap 12 is moving up…
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Any comments on why you feel the need to leave negative comments about anybody’s entries? What’s worse is that one of you has to hide and use an alias to be negative. I may be a prick, but you don’t see me ragging on anybodies entry.
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no, you just rag on the process, the freebies, those giving the freebies, the 2004 election (c’mon – get over it), I could go on and on. At least the self assessment is on target.
But point taken. all positive from now on. can you do the same?
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amen ryan
Hey guys I come her to get away from the stress of running a business and having a full time job. Why don’t we just agree to disagree. Let’s leave this as a pleasant place to be.
Ryan, I’ll buy you a bottle of the 16 Mil if you never post again.
HSB lurker you and I are now friends for life.
Don’t feed the Trolls…
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Though people may not believe this, I had the best interest of all involved in my rantings, but sometimes, even with the best of intentions, you get percieved differently. I know what I’ve done in the past, especially in regards to Creator, and I have stopped making personal attacks unless first provoked. I came to terms with how things are being done, and I know why they are the way they are. So I started playing by the same rules. I’ve done what I have done in this instance not to win, but to prove a point. I had already planned, that in the event I did win a bottle, I was going to give it to a friend that I feel is far more deserving than myself. I still not agree with how this has been handled, but there’s nothing I can do about that. Sure, I can keep things positive. Will I still question things?…yes. That is simply my nature. Doesn’t mean that there is any ill will intended, I just like to figure things out. I’m not a prick out of the pure enjoyment of being one, it is a means by which I can get some answers to things that could revealed any other way. You may not understand this, but I do it for me and no one else. Have a great day Lurker, and may the sauce be with you.
Any comments on why you feel the need to leave negative comments about
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Already got one, but thatnks anyway 😀
The opinion police are out in force today! I seem to remember another group that only wanted its own “positive” views expressed. They were called the Nazi party, and they nearly wiped God’s people off the Earth.
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Uhhhhh oohhhhh!!
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You have a great day also Ryan.
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Can never have too many friends!
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can I get in on some of that? lol
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2nd THAT
I wonder if I could ask my standard question again without getting bashed….
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Ask away Thak.
No, I think I’ll just be a good guy today. It’s a Friday, sunny out and I’ve got wings ready to go, so I think I’ll just keep it to myself.
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That brings up a very good point. Everybody believes initially that their opinion is the right opinion. Well, there’s an old saying that goes along with that. Opinions are like A-holes…everyone’s got one. Doesn’t mean that someone is right or wrong, its an opinion, a personal feeling on a matter. People are going to disagree on things no matter what it is…doesn’t make anybody right though.
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Well, should you feel the need, get my e-mail addy from Nick. I’d like to hear your question.
THANK YOU Nick for doing this contest!! I have really enjoyed the true chilehead spirit that these entrants have shown in designing their own unique bottle.
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I haven’t heard ANYTHING but negative spew from these two!!! Can you two say anything positive while on this blog???
If either of you have anything personal against Ryan, then let me suggest that you get his email addy from Nick, and take it up “like a man” with Ryan!!!
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Good call… I’m having a small Defcon Day gathering at my house tonight. Cooking up a batch of 3,2 & 1. Should be a great night. I have Bass Ale chilling in the fridge as we speak!
I picked up some Boddingtons Pub Ale; it getting to the perfect 41 degrees as I type.
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Thank you Tracy. Its greatly apreciated.
Well, I have been attempting to keep my feelings out of the comments section, but here the yare. I may have inadvertantly started this whole mess when the guys here at work voted on the same network the first morning of the contest. Nick saw multiple vote coming from the same place and made an attempt to stop it, whether it was an honest mistake or not. THis led to questions about how Nick was moderating the votes and a few people figured a way around it. Nick, in an attempt to clarify the process,
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may have inadvertantly opened a can of worms on the whole thing. I admit, I took this statement to heart as well and also contacted a few people to campaign for votes. In this process however, I began to notice that the focus was being shifted away from the actual enrties and more towards who could whore up the most votes. I found this very disheartening to say the least. I feel that no matter what happens with the votes, the whole thing got away from its original intention. Let’s all quit bickering and figure a way to prevent something like this from happening again. I like the idea of requiring three votes, seems to be a good suggestion that can be taken note of, maybe even combined with other ideas.
At this point, I really don’t care who wins or loses. I was very happy when I won (tie for first) the caption contest, and very suprised. I only made two comments in that whole thing, and one of them scored a tie for the win. The fact that my caption won on its own merit was very cool. If I end up in the top ten after this whole thing is over, I could only hope to have the same feeling I had when I won the “special” Zero.
Another thing that has really bothered me is the personal attacks during this thing. One person in particular that has been attacked may be one of the main reasons this contest existed to begin with. He didn’t do the first pimp sauce, but he sure carried it along. And before you attack me for my opinion, look back at the B-99 thread and see where you see the first mention of a Pimp Your Sauce ( comment #18 by the way). The point is that the roots of this contest are deep in this community, and everyone here is involved in its creation, not just the popular people. Whether you agree with someone or not they have every bit of a right to post here as anyone.
Now, everyone shut the he(( up and vote for who you honestly think should win. That is all it takes. No matter the outcome, we will all have other chances in the future, so win or lose, get over it and move on.
And good luck to all. I’m done. See ya on the other side tommorrow.
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Ryan, I appreciate your comments. I have found that most of the comments that you have made on this thread, have been for the concern of a positive and honest outcome. I think that the comments that Nick has made througout this contest, backs up your concerns.
Keep up the good work!
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Yummm! Me likes cold beer!!
Also would like to add a big thanks to Nick. If anyone deserves a prize for anything it’s him for working so hard to keep all of us happy! The man has more patients than Bellvue. Take that however you want, there’s a point there somewhere. 😉
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Like the man said, we all have out opinions 🙂
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Like the man said, we all have our opinions 🙂
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Me thinks he’s saying we’re loony!
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Greatness! If only we had a ManUtd game to watch with the Boddingtons!
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Well, that “we would be self inclusive on my end. 😉
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I couldn’t agree more! I love being loco…Blaaahaaahahahihihihooo!!!
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Loco? Loco Luna?
🙂
The thing that would dissapoint me the most is if people got so self involved in this contest, and the ones that deserve the prize dont get one. I see #2 teetering on the way out of the race.
THAT BAFFLES ME! It angers me even to a lesser degree, but it mostly dissapoints me.
I will be leaving the blog if that happens. I would be too disappointed in the people I have come to know here not giving credit where crdit was due, rather than just thinking about getting a 5oz bottle of sauce for their shelf, I would have given most of you more credit than that. I truely hope it does not come down to that.
Sincerely,
A very disappointed blogger.
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Well said! I agree completely.
You stay put, now. We don’t need YOU leaving!
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That is exactly what I had hoped to avoid by suggesting what I did. Unfortunate thing is nobody wanted to listen to what I had to say and this is what it has come down to. I agree with you 110%, Pmac. As I stated earlier. Should I win anything, I am sending it to someone more deserving because I am not proud of the way things have had to go in order ot win.
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Crazy name…Great sauce!! 🙂 🙂
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Whoa pmac!!! You’re not going anywhere! Most of us have your email addy, and if you should decide to leave, we will haunt you forever!!! 🙂
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I hope things do not come down to that, because pmac you are a big part of this whole thing and partly why I enjoy this blog. I agree that the creativity has crossed over from artistic to self-promotion but in my opinion that is part of the fun. I would hate for you not to be apart of this and we all would suffer due to your loss.
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pmac,
I am very disappointed in the fact that you would consider leaving the blog because a few jerks took matters in their own hands and got selfish.(if indeed they did) If you leave, you let those ba$%ar$% win. think about what you would be losing out on. don’t let this contest get to you.
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HA HA PMAC YOUR NOT GOING ANYWHERE 😀
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Way to go Vic! This is all for fun. If someone is being deceptive in obtaining votes, then I hope that Nick will be able to decipher who it is.
I am in dead LAST in this contest! In my honest opinion, it really doesn’t make a hill of beans to me. I would LOVE to have one of the prizes, however, the relationships that I have made here on this blog, are WAY more important to me than ANY prize!
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You really think you should be throwing down the name calling like that? Is that how you keep things fun and civil? Very interesting, given Mr. Ryan admitted to doing the same thing, albeit in response to others. Also, a certain Nick stated that it is not cheating if not from the same IP.
Have a happy night.
Although I don’t post often – I lurk on a daily basis and have come to think of the people on this blog as an extended family. EVERY family has its disagreements and some times disappointments as well. But you don’t leave the family because of them. Don’t leave the family Pmac.
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I agree to agree with the agreement! Tracy you also have a valid point, most of us here would love to win or place, it’s the prize but at what cost?! I don’t want to jeopardize losing any potential friends I have met here, it’s a contest and not worth the negative consiquences. 🙂
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you have a happy night also lurker 😀
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Why is it, that the three most hostile comment makers on this thread, have been made by folks who have less than 20 comments????
And every Family has that one menber who you just have to ignore
oops change that to member
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i called people a bad name one time and I am not fun and civil 🙁 oh well so be it
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Thanks Pam for the correction..I was beginning to think that you had something against men..Hahaha
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Shame on you! Blaaahaha
yeah shame on me, all because i was mad at someone for wanting to leave 🙁
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ever wonder if they are actually regs on the blog but to scared to say what they really feel under their original blog name?
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Not just someone! We are talking “pmac”!!!
yeah pmac, if i had his email addy I would write a big long email about what I really feel about all this, but I don’t have it, and I really don’t think he’d want to read it.
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Makes one wonder….
Booger isn’t doing his job, LOL!!!!!!!!!!
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Nobody said anything about cheating. It’s about the focus of the contest and the fairness. There seems to be only one person in this thing that has not been affected by it one way or another. I believe that this person would truly deserve to win this thing on character alone, which is something that a lot of others (including myself) have not displayed. I can easily see who this person is, even though I stooped to the same tactics as others here. I admit I was wrong, but I was just trying to catch up and stay in this thing, but it was still wrong, even if I was still “within the rules”. Within the rules or not, the focus was torn away from the entries, which is what made it wrong. The contest was called Pimp Your Sauce”, not “Pimp Your Vote”. That’s what happened, people started pimp’n for votes.
Sure wish I knew more people 🙂
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very well put DK and thank you. I hope every one that pimped for votes was safe, you never know what you might catch… 😛
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capsicum, did you get my e-mail?
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This is something that can be checked through the “backend”.
I nominate TracyC as the winner 😀 and pmac too. they can split the winnings 😛
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no offense thak, but I am not checkin anyones backend 😛
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Don’t start that now..nothing needs moderated!
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Thanks TracyC for keeping it real. Maybe after the vote adjustments tonight and in the morning you will be rewarded.
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lmao Thak, if I don’t push his buttons who is going to? besides I have a line I need to cross in a fun civil way of course 😀
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I know I’ve push his buttons a few times.
Maybe Nick should go backwards, the person in last place is first and so on….
so tell me Thak, it was fun wasn’t it? I don’t think I have pushed him to far yet….
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LOL what the heck is a hill of beans, you must be one laid back individual to say that 🙂
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Ryan has my e-mail you can always get it off him.
Peace, lov and harmony. Hope everyone gets what they deserve in the end my friends!
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Thiwas suggested earlier in jest, but now I am thinking the same thing. 😉
It was fun. But I did get ALOT of backlash, which was desearved. I still haven’t recovered and still can’t ask my standard question.
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What the? I meant, “This was suggested ….”
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don’t tempt me pmac, i tend to go off on tangents and forget what the point was 😛
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I know that my darling husband isn’t always liked on here but what he said when this whole thing first got started with the voting had some validity, I am just sorry that everyone took it as he was a sorry loser, and mad that he wasn’t in the top 10 at first, because it’s not the case, and I think if we flood Nicks email box we may be able to sway him to our point of view 😀
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he isn’t here so go ahead and ask….
(I wanted to post this under the Capalacky post but it’s closed)
What happens if I interviewed a sauce maker and they said something bad about another person’s sauce? Do I post it or not?
my standard question is:
Is there a way to eliminate certain commentors from showing up in the comment section?
I would say edit it out, try and keep it as professional as possible. if they say something bad, it’s their opinion and may not be shared by all. no need to have a bunch of angry chiliheads refuse to buy their product because they didn’t share the opinion, or turn it into another cackalacky scandal.
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if there is I haven’t found it, sorry thak.
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But what if that’s the only interesting thing the person had to say?
Otherwise, it’s a useless post.
well, than it comes down to a moral delimma, or ethical whatever it may be. I personally wouldn’t post it, but get other opinions as well, from responsible upstanding bloggers.
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Good job Tracy, since I’ve been slacking…lol maybe you can be my backup 🙂
lmao omg have you guys seen the travelocity commercial where the lawn troll calls for backup….. our moderator is a troll booger 😛 LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thak- My opinion is yes, could it cause an uproar- possibly, but if the overall info is good then let everyone decide their own opinion. If it is very negative then I would stay away from it, it’s a tough call but if it’s presented in the light of “shock jock” comments and viewer beware people will go in expecting the shock value for what it is.
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this is why I answered the way I did Vic, but I do believe you have a point.
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Use a disclaimer like the TV stations do for infomercials (sp?). “The material contained within this review is ….” know what I mean?
I have been following this contest from the start, even had two entries in it (none in that top 15), but I am glad that I even had the chance to try to win one of the 10 bottles. I can say that in watching this contest I am disapointed in the way some of the so called chiliheads on this site are acting. You can tell who the real chiliheads on this site are. I am sure that Nick never envisioned the problems this contest would have (who could have), but he is still doing a great job in making it as fair as he possilbly can. I just hope that when this contest ends this site returns to the way it was when I first stumbled upon it, a place to share your love for the heat with other chiliheads. Well I could write all night so I guess I will stop for now with my rambling. As I say PEACE, LOVE -N- PEPPERS
I hope that made some sense, to many thoughts running through my head at one time…
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I think we are saying the same thing- pretty scary!! great minds……maybe
Wow, I just noticed that I have over 200 comments, and still have not gotten back into the top 20. I always manage to stay just outside buy a small #.
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cause some people have nothing nice to say???? 😉
at least some of us can talk “crap” and say what we aare thinking while also managing to hold a valued conversation here.
I agree with you Mr.Freeze, in all fairness, I don’t think anyone tried to cheat or tried to make anyone feel bad or portray themselves as a bad person, I do believe that alot got caught up in the moment and just ran with it, I think that everyone had good intentions that got a little out of control.
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I still don’t even have numbers – Does this mean I don’t….COUNT
where did thak go? I was curious about what his decision would be….
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Preach on bro. This contest has been fun for the creativity and all, but I for one will be glad when things get back to normal. I’m almost glad I ran out of time to put an entry into the mix.
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LMAO, go to off topic and chat to yourself for awhile, maybe that will help get you back in the 20 again 😀 just a random thought
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you count in a huge way Pam, eventually hopefully it will be fixed 😀
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Yes it did get out of control and as I said, I just hope that when this is over everyone will move on.
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🙂
Are you using the same email each time? I know if you use different emails it will mess up the count.
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Yea! What’s up with that? Talk about a true chilehead, Pam is making comments that don’t even count towards the commontaters list! BRAVO Pam!
I use the same email each time.
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I totally agree Mrs Ryan. Simplest statement on the matter that sums it up best.
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At the time though thakswet, it was a group of us that did 90% of the posting, now you have some newbs, who, with all due respect, are looking to attack a couple people. I think ther truth might be they are a regular that has taken it upon themselves to lash out against a few individuals to get out some frustrations. It might be a good thing because once they feel vindicated, maybe the new names will disappear, and they will resume where they left off. But that whole statement is purely speculation. But it is derived from the opinion, that no one, and I mean no one in their right mind, would come into someone elses house and sh*t on there floor. Now I may have done that once or twice in my life, but it was at a VERY good friends house 😀 with a few too many drinks!!! So I have to believe it is someone who is very comfortable here and just wants to say something without causeing permanent hostilities. 🙂
But thats juts me LOL!
Actually it was while ice fishing and i really had to go, so the hole looked good at the time LOL!!!
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She’s in a league of her own! 🙂
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I’ll be putting in the comment. Hopefully I can get the post done this Sunday.
OK you have my permission to delete that last one hahah too freindly 🙂
thak, I would just make sure the comment doesnt border on Slander. That is the only thing you should be careful of.
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Nope it’s not just you, I have been saying the same thing since the negative influence started posting, and I even blamed booger for being the lurker guy….. anyway, it doesn’t really matter, eventually they will find someone else to go after and quite frankly I am hoping they pick someone that can spread a little Karma their way 😀 in a fun, civil kind of way that is 😀
Pmac said: “and I mean no one in their right mind, would come into someone elses house and sh*t on there floor. Now I may have done that once or twice in my life, but it was at a VERY good friends house with a few too many drinks!!!”
Now that my friends, is a TRUE chilehead!!! You go pmac!!!
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good thing I am not a cat Thak I would’ve been dead already 😛
I just got done reading all of todays posts, boy is there a full moon out or what..
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my question is,….was he trying to show them what the ring of fire was/is?
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Yeah, you got that right. Reminds me of an old joke about a guy getting drunk and using a gold toilet at someone’s house.
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uhh, I’ll take the 5th on that one 😛
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well I am going to let my nerdy side show here, the truth of the matter is we use a full moon as an excuse to blame weird behavior on, but the moons pull is not really effecting humans because we are to small a target, and yes folks I still have my college astronomy text book that says it, so it has to be true 😛 in reality I think people are menstrating this week 😀
Believe me, anybody that has access to the ‘backend’ of this site can see if the posters are previous posters with a different name.
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It’s not slander.
(and as a side note, I do perfer the lowercase t when addressing me)
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that’s good because I really didn’t want an answer 😛
Woohoo, top 20!
Hmm, says 209 in the top 20 list, but 210 by my last comment. Strange. Maybe I’m migrating into Pam’s part of the blog! 🙂
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whooph, heck yeahs I’m full flow right now dammit.
uhh.
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lowercase t it is……why does it matter? no I am not being mean just wondering.
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I have to gree with both of you on this one. You don’t hop on a blog and start bashing the veterns of the blog. Everyone on this ite has been more than helpful to myself and from what I see anybody that would like to learn out hot sauces and such you are on the right blog. If you are here to do some bashing I am sure there is some spin off of this site that would love to have you. So, so long and please forget to write !!!
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someone get pmac a manpon, we don’t want him overflowing.
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WELCOME!!!
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LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please forget to write I love it
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You are cracking me up almost fell out of my chair..
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yes but they would not necessarily tell us.
i thought I always use lowercase t, as I prefer the lowercase p Pmac just doesnt look right to me 🙂
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too late back teeth are floating, no where to flow from LOL
hehehe, uhh be right back need one more beer to go too far 😀
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I guess it just means something to me. I’m pricky like that.
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Do you have some chilihead secret society going on here.
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I hope you are reaching for a Molson……
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Here lately, more like the Twilight Zone!
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I can be that way too. I get picked on at work because I make them put the combs and brushes in certain area or drawers, and I hate it when my real first name is mispelled 🙁
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Do you really want to know though?
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Everybody else see the one digit difference between my comments and the number in the top 20 list? Or is it just me?
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How would one misspell Mrs. ???
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Hahaha nope not really me at all, because that is not what is bugging me in the least. I just spoke of what might be happening. I would think too much of myself if i was actually right LOL!
that’s why I asked…..
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Thats a fact. You have now entered the CHILIHEAD ZONE be afraid be very afraid.
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Nah a Labatt product. I have no brand loyalty, just whatever is cheap and tastes the least like camel pee.
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How do you mispell Mrs.? 😉
“miss”pell
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Yes tHAK-I am interested in knowing, just curious 🙂
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pmac beat me to it! I know how to misspell mispell!
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Yeah, I love my Molson…..
I see the digit difference DK that is quite weird….
pmac….my first name is not Mrs. as some would like to believe…. 😛 and believe it or not, I have been asked how to spell mrs. sad but true.
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or is that mispell misspell? 😉
spell check says misspell in Word heh i thought i was wrong too 🙂
anybody notice chris k slowed his posting down since his new responsiblity?
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LOL cute 🙂
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Oh let me guess..it was Ryan that asked, wasn’t it..
i think he is just slacking off….
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I guess it would be misspell misspell! 🙂
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LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’d been real interesting to be with another blogger during this week of craziness. That way, we could have realtime discussion about the goings on here. MSK and I have had lots of ups and downs with this thread.
This contest has exposed many new folks to the blog as they have come to vote on their associated entry. We will undoubtably be joined by some of these visitors. I see Chilechick, who is from the Netherlands posting, she’s from the chileheads list at globalgarden dot com. Jim C and I have been on that list for years. Welcome to you all and I hope the “flamewars” here don’t scare you all away. We sat through many such episodes on that list and I have to tell you, these are minor league compared to some of those. This is over a STUPID contest that was meant to bring us together and show each member’s creativity.
Those of us who make sauce certainly disagree on many different areas of our trade, however, there is a certain code of conduct that is based upon a mutual respect for each other. Afterall, we are all doing the same thing! I think you will find very few of us willing to be openly critical of another’s efforts. It’s that respect for what we are doing that leads to respect for each other. We just don’t go around trashing each other’s products like the “Press Release” from H. Page Skelton. His poorly thought out rant (done for his own benefit) has left him in a poor light within our community. We all are here because of the chiles and the sauce. as a member from the chileheads list posts after each comment. “Peace, Love and Chiles”
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As long as they didn’t spell it Mr. S ! 🙂
CaJohn,
very well said. hopefully this gets us back on track and helps us all remember what is important.
Where is MSK?
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rofl, MR.S if you say that like I did it comes out mister ess mistress 😛
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I second that, thanks CaJohn well put and honest
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Cajohn, in the Pimp’n world it is spelled Stoopid, like your liquid stuff. 😉
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We have a secret handshake and a password and everything
H. Page Skelton
is actually supposed to be
Harry Page Skelton.
Hi CaJohn,
I would love you to know that I received the 2 boxes yesterday, and am Extraordinarily happy I have been unable to call due to hell at work and have been very sick this week.
But I will call you as soon as my voice and throat are not as swollen as they are.
My sincere gratitude CaJohn and Steve for the most superior packing and shipping speed I have ever experienced!
SHE IS TRUELY BEAUTIFUL (Both of the ladies)!!!!
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Couldn’t agree more. You have to welcome new people to the site, but in that same respect the new people have to understand that they ARE NEW to the site and you have to show some respect. You don’t walk into a bar you have never been in before and start raising cane, because if you do you are going to get the s**t kicked out of you. You need to be somewhat reserved and friendly.
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I missed it, maybe not a bad way to spell it then. 😉
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Vic, that was funny.
I’m not saying anything.
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Thanks, though I can hardly claim any credit. This contest got put out to another couple of groups of chileheads & they want to see me win for LOTS of various reasons, best summed up by ‘you reap what you sow’ 🙂
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How do I get in?? I hope the hazing isn’t to bad…
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Well put CaJohn
and thanks
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It’s so secret I don’t know it yet! 😉
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He’s packing up his truck, heading home tomorrow. His grandbaby is about to make his/her debut appearance and he wants to be there. He’s cutting short his “Tour” and heading out first thing. Can’t say as I blame him, it’s been a GREAT time!!! We’re going to a little Mexican joint for some refreshment and food.
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Roger on the “STOOPID” I’ve got 2 of them…
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ok keep it to yourself we didn’t wanna know anyway 😛
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Totally agree with you here. I remember the first day I saw your post and thought to myself, “here’s a great new addition to this site.”
But raising cane? is that like a hill of beens?
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Tell him that I said HELLO!!! And Congrats!
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Hummmmm
Hazing…Peppers
That could get ugly
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That’s cool- a man of mystery!!! 🙂
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On secong thought maybe I should just wait and make sure someone else make it through first. “LOL”
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congrats on the new granbaby MSK!!!!! HI and have fun 😀
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and I don’t mean me and MSK!!!
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Come on be Brave.
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Yeah that is true, I guess I could have said raising h**l, but we all know what it means “I hope”.
I feel I should apologize to one and all, though I’m still not quite sure about what. This contest was a great opportunity to try and introduce some new what, at the time anyway, seemed to be a pretty great group of people! Still are, I’m positive, just momentarily in a cyclical phase that seems to be ‘normal’ for any loose association of peoples.
I’ve already stated that 2nd place can have the 16 mil. I could care less about winning this thing & didn’t enter it for that purpose. I entered it to support Nick and the blog and to have fun!
Anybody got any recipes for Chinchilla stew? 🙂
CaJohn,
is it all good if I get your email addy from Ryan?
Well, I’m outa here. Just jumped in to bitch and got sidetracked. 😉 JUST KIDDING!
Good luck to everyone tonight!
Peace and goodwill to all mankind and Hotsauce to the winner! 🙂
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Oh, by the way thanks. I love this site, it is great to just sit down and do some chatting and learn a few things along the way.
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MSK here, thank you, thank you, thank you!
Now we’re off to supper. See ya in a bit.
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certainly…
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haha!
Well, both are hot as hell, I know that much. Good stuff.
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ROFL, thank you thak with a lowercase t, that was the best laugh (since I saw this one picture) I’ve had all day.
Anybody got any recipes for Chinchilla stew?
Jim, I don’t but I would like to try a bowl or two!!!!!
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Comment #666, my lucky number!
CaJohn, thanks for the words of wisdom. You my friend carry a very big stick and sadly that is what it takes to get anyone here to stop and think. Tell MSK to be sure to check his e-mail for me when he gets a chance. I’ll catch you guys later off the blog. Rock on my friends!
Sure:
1 Mature Chinchilla
2 Tablespoons sale
1/2 teaspoon pepper
10-15 garlic cloves
Gut and skin the Chinchilla, removing the head and toes. Mix garlive, salt, and pepper into a paste, spread on the mean, then placce in direct dunlight for 6-8 hours, until dry. Fry in deep vegatable oil for 15-17 minutes, until crispy and yellow in coler. Serve with sticky rice, sweet0sour sauce, fish sauce, or a hot chili paste, and raw vegetables.
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And my next comment had the word “hell” in it! 🙂
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Excuse me while I “Bow to the King”!!! You guys are great!
Have fun at supper….If it’s authenic Mex that your going to eat, ask them what they will be doing to celebrate, “Not a Gringo Day”. That’s some sort of mexican slang for a protest that they are having nation wide on Monday…
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No need to apologize, this is what this site is about ” I think ” bringing chiliheads together. It is just everyone needs to respect each others opinion and not bash. That is what makes this site great you can get on here let your opinion be heard on anything from hot sauce to just about anything else. People just need to show respect. I hope in no way have I offended anybody with thses or previous statements. JUST SHOW SOME RESPECT or you will probably get none in return.
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I hope you meant the sauce and salsa…
NOT me & MSK!!!
See you after the Fiesta Jalisco experience!
Thanks Thak! 🙂 No harm is intended to your pet Matt 🙂 Bear stew recipes accpeted also 😛
Shagging out early too- gotta go back & work the fundraisers again all day tomorrow as well.
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Are you making fun of me”lol”. Just trying to be polite never know who is reading these posts.
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Well you said that you didn’t mean you and MSK, so I thought it was a safe comment! 🙂
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(there’s that BIG T..see how weird it looks?)
Your safe DK, pmac, ChileChef thanks you for your support. I’m glad everything made it OK! Now we’re gone for a while… MSK had to “freshen up” a bit… Makes me wonder DK…
I have been thinking….(shut up Ryan there is no smoke) the blog has had a few posts every day, and then as soon as someone says something that is negative this blog explodes with truths wisdom insight and a chinchilla recipe 😛 it’s good to know so many people read and respond, but maybe we should kill the negative bloggers with kind and polite posts….. spread a little love, LMAO
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I just noticed you wanted stew: SO, do the previous and then:
Mix with olive oil, wine, and garum, capon testicles, some small fish, tiny meat balls, suckling pig sweetbreads, leeks and mint. Add pepper, coriander, alittle honey, and more wine. Thicken with pieces of flour and oil.
It should taste like a pmac’s ice hole surprise.
FYI…”it really doesn’t make a hill of beans to me”……that is a polite Southern term for, “I really don’t give a SH!T”!!!!!
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How long do you let it simmer- or is it brew?
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Just don’t lret him read comment #585 if you are going to eat mexican, especially if he is taking these comments to heart! Things could get messy!
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Ok, i’m gone for good this time, I promise. G-night everyone.
g’night DK sleep well 😀
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Later Tater!!
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Good night- have a good one
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Night DK, catch ya tomorrow 😀
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Night Mr. S!
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Hello Ryan, Goodnight Ryan! Ok, I’m done.
Ryan- What’s up my brother from another mother!!!!!
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Are you sure we’re from different mothers? I thought I tasted something funny while I was breast feeding and it reminded me of you!
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Are you sure that it was a breast??
Was it the opossum stew or the two cigarettes I had?
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can you say geez you guys are sick!!!!!
anybody know of a good way to eat crab with a hot sauce? I got these massive crab legs from my fish mongler today and want to figure out how to make a post of it. These legs are baseball bat size.
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Can’t say my memory is too good any earlier than age 4, so you might be on to something 😛
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I believe it was the cigarettes, which is why I started smoking in the first place 😀
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use the sauce like a cocktail sauce…..
or make crab salad, or make a hot open faced crab sandwich and use the sauce like gravy, or hmmm let me think on it
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Get a syringe (tell the pharmacy you’re a diabtic), inject large doses of hot sauce into the crab leg (preferably the joints) and crack that baby up. Have some hot sauce in a dish on the side to dip the unsauced portions 😀
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Oh so your going to try and blame that on me too?! Mom always liked you better; I always got your hand-me down clothes, it was always what Ryan wanted to watch on TV, Ryan gets the good grades, Ryan’s the captain of the cheerleading squad, Ryan Ryan Ryan!!!!!
Yinz got me thinking.
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Hey man, although I did get the upper hand most of the time, daddy never snuck into MY room at 3AM to treat me like “his specail boy”, and as far as the cheerleading squad goes, I always looked better in a mini-skirt anyway!
I know I’ve tried Blue Crab Bay’s Sting sauce and it wasn’t up to the task. I think on Sunday I’ll be making and picture taking my hot king crab legs adventure.
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I’ll be looking forward to it 😀
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I have to admit, your right on the mini-skirt thing………
But Dad’s “Firehouse Game” was kinda fun
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Dannit Thak, now I want crab. Looking forward to seeing what you do.
(on a side note, when first typing this I typed “crap” instead of crab…is that a freudian slip? Kidding)
dang thak, there is the T again 🙁 I think you’re stuck with it 😛
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I always wanted to slide down his pole, but dad said I don’t do it as well as you 😛
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oops———the “T” thing again, tHAK’S gonna flip!!
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Just won’t to say eveybody did a great job. Hope it all works out. pmac just want to say been there done that but only at a real good friends place, enjoy the beer..I enjoy the blog very much, Cajohn. Jim C. MSK. I have told them all I learn alot from this site. So keep the commemts comeing. But ONE WRONG commemt In my younger days can’t say I never had my as……s kick even if it was my frist time in that bar. Them were the good old days. Can’t you all just get along our do you need a time out in the corner PEACE BRET
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Well he can just flip on over my way…got this new skirt I’ve been dying to try on…need a REAL man’s opinion 😉
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they all need a time out 😀 it’s getting them to shut up and take it that’s difficult 😛 I am just kidding
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I’m gonna give YOU a time out 😀 maybe a little spank’n too 😉
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And this just shows, newbie or not, your pigtails will always get pulled, you bra strap will always cause you a pain in the back, and that sometimes, the comments make you feel welcomed.
Ok all- gotta call it a night………I need to hurry up into the BOOM BOOM ROOM while I still have the image of Ryan in a mini- skirt…….Look out Wendy!!!
C-ya all
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LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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LMAO. Night Vic, and don’t scream “Daddy!” like you usually do…it really pisses Wendy off 😛 g’night my friend 😀
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Hey man, I know I’ve ragged on ya in the past, but you’re a chilehead like the rest of us (even Lurker, Newman, and Micah) and you’re always welcome here. But don’t expect me to be this mushy all the time, I have a reputation of Supreme Asshole to uphold 😀
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How ’bout a crab boil, use lots of Blair Nitro in the spice mix. Then a hot sauce on the side for a dipping sauce!
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Excellent idea DK!
DK, I’m with ya there. Already have idea rolling. Gotta steam these, so I intent on use extract in the water..Nitro will go on top of the legs as the steaming starts. What do you think?
so much for sleeping huh DK? 😛
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Vic – For the safety of my mental images, don’t ever say Ryan & Boom Boom in the same sentence again. 8)
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Don’t make me start. Comparing my to them. Really now. And saying I’m always welcomed here.. Like your some king of…….
🙂
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oh yea, now ya talking!
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Who said anything about sleeping? I just had some things to get done before it got late. And I’ll tell ya, you can’t talk much about seafood without me popping up I’ll tell ya. I know what’s for dinner tommorrow for sure now!
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LOL, ok, I was trying to be nice, but it seems that YOU TOO can smell a lie like a fart in a car 😛 Just letting you know I respect you and your individuality.
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C’mon Nick. You just haven’t seen me do a college fight song in full cheerleader uniform. I’ll send ya some pics to help sway you 😉
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you gotta admit, have an adversary is nice for the blog.
(I love you in a non-faggot way)
okay, you want a positive comment….here you go.
um…..er……..um…..you have nice hair…or something.
newman I like you already, cause I shave my head.
Now back on message.
Was it Me, Micah, or Lurker who was calling everybody “cheaters” fifteen min into the contest?
Because I dont post 200x a day, doesn’t mean I don’t know what is going on – just like Pam. It is comical that you are trying to come off as mr positive and I’m mr negative. Oh well… life goes on. Sleep tight all.
Ok here’s my picks from front to back:
#2 Pimped out, creative if they never got so see….
#4 Saw this on the early post….was original unless #2 never saw you.
#1 Great creative mind. Very neato.
#9 Awesome idea. I once saw a turkey in a bikini and laughed. This is just as good.
#10 Very creative. Funny and cool. I thin you may have been thinking ‘out of the box”
#5 Great effects. An intelligent result.
#13 Too bad it was “pre-post.”
#3 I can’t see where the bottle really is. But the art is great.
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you’re the closest thing I’ve ever had to a brother.
well 15 minutes into the contest, nobody mentions the words cheater cheat or anything close to it …..
since Mrs. Oliver Stone here is looking back so carefuly….please remind me who the first to utter the word “cheat” was? Was it one of the Negitive Newbies(Me Lurker Micah)? or an “old head”?
my bad Nick actually alluded to it in comment number 3 before anyone else……
Newman I realize you have this hate thing for my husband but leave me out of it, I am actually trying to figure out who said what first and why.
that’s not what I meant…allusions aside who said “cheat” first and caused all this uproar?
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Nobody named either of you as the one saying anything about anyone cheating. Some things were left to interpretation until otherwise cleared up by Nick. Things were set straight and the contest continued uninrerrupted. So are you capable of moving on, or do you live to perpetuate things like this? Here’s a few fact you’re just gonna have to deal with. I will post here as long as it suits me, or until Nick bans me from posting ever again. Believe it or not, I have friends on here and will chit chat with them regardless of how you feel about me or how strong your need to stir the pot is. And lastly, if you’re so concerned about other people’s conduct on here, why don’t you take a moment to look at what you’re doing. The great thing is that by you continuing as you are, you are doing a far better job of making you look bad than I could ever hope to accomplish. Sure people slip up once in a while, but what matters is how they handle themselves after the fact. This whole voting thing is a dead issue and will be over in 56 after this is posted. Its time to move on. If you can’t, then you just don’t get it.
One question – common denominator to all flame wars here? You figure it out.
All I’m saying is don’t act like some are totally in the wrong for responding to what many view as sour grapes and being a cry baby.
Lurker out.
the word cheat was mentioned in comment 54, by Ryan, but funny it was an ongoing convo that was just a discussion of rules UNTIL you posted you high and mighty comment # 58 when everyone freaked out, so actually it wasn’t Ryan that caused the uproar Newman. 😀
Everything was cruising right along quite nicely until comment #737…look whos back. The three stooges. Do you guys always travel in a pack?
Honest question’s,
What is your purpose here?
Do any of you have anything to share with the community within the HSB?
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I have no problem with people responding to things, especially since I do quite often. As for “common denominator”, I’m not it. There have been many other “wars” that were not started by anything that I had posted. Hell, Chris and thak have gone back and forth, Pmac started one once, I understand that if you put a group of people together, everyone will pick someone to hate for one reason or another, and this case I’m it, but do you have anything else to say on here other than jump in arguments, put in your two cents, and then disappear until the next?
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Your right Newman and lurker, you don’t have to have a lot of post to know what’s going on here.
But the difference is how and what you post. I have never once posted something that was disrespectful or mean spirited and never will – what’s the point in that. It’s unnecessary and out of place. So please don’t use me as a part of your argument
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Very well put Pam
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Thank you Pam..I really enjoy your informative and respectful comments.
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True and true.
I can’t seem to grasp the point of this all..
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it’s ok thak, I don’t either, and it stopped being funny 300 posts ago 🙁
I hate being the old fart vet, but 300 posts ago used to mean 150 days of posted materal…
All I know is the one I voted for I thought was hilarious! Of course most of the people that don’t post much won’t get #6 But there were many cool ones. I do know that my idea would be running away with it all had I been able to unleash it on you all! One of these days it might come out for all to see!!
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In this threads case that means about 12 minutes at the current rate!
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I’m right there with ya man. I got in on this back on the 16 million thread when things were still moving at a snail’s pace 😛
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“I even blamed booger for being the lurker guy…”
Just for the record, I have never posted under a different name 🙂
The way I see it is, if you cant say it using your name, dont!
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I’d like to see it some day. Send it to Nick and perhaps he can put it up with other Pimped Sauces that weren’t entries for this contest.
I think it’s about that time to call it a night.
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Night Thak
Night all
night Pam 😀 sleep well
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That’s because you won’t tell me where to get the mini-masks. 🙂
“But it is derived from the opinion, that no one, and I mean no one in their right mind, would come into someone elses house and sh*t on there floor.”
But there is the almighty “Upper Decker” where you perforn your consitutional in the water tank on the back of the toilet. Makes for great ‘odorizing’ for weeks. 🙂
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thak, nice list and great feedback on the entries. Yhis is what this whole thread should have been about. Thanks for including #3 in your picks. Yea, I agree about the bottle, but the highlight of the bottle is not visible in the pic. I could never get the right pic to come through. Follow my link to see another poor pic with the highlight.
Another view of #3
And in case you missed the cheesy video:
#3 cheesy video
The whole point was to put a flashing L.E.D. into the bottle and get it to flash when the bottle was moved or shaken. It probably would have looked better before I poured the “wax”, but without a good pic of the light, then probably not. At least I got the light thing to work, even if everyone didn’t ge tto see it!
And good luck on the crabs! Wait, that didn’t sound right did it. 😉
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Thanx Aaron – I call it “Nickalacky” I wanted to do props to the blog….