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@Chrise

I'm aware of that, and have done it successfully on a number of occasions, but was rushing to get it in before deadline.

geeker 17: 3
mattrom 9: 2
spike 19: 1

1 vote each for;
chrise 2
paul 4
SS 8
dorrien 11
buddy 13
spike 19

Geeker @17 2 votes
One each for
Paul @4
Chrise @2
Buddy @13
SS @ 8

Thanks to the valiant seekers of perfection who entered this weekend’s challenge and a very Happy New Year all! All entrants received some votes and it was close at the top.

Chris@2 and Paul@4 share third spot with 6 votes a piece.

Geeker@17 was second with 10 votes, but just nudging ahead with 11 votes is Buddy@13 with …

Luxuriant hair? Golly, that's the dream! (4,5)

Congratulations Buddy, here are the prizes. If you were expecting Monty Python, bad luck, that would have been too obvious…

The Unthanks… I love this, and there is a connection with the Holy Grail (perhaps tenuous, but kudos if you know what it is)…
https://youtu.be/w6EIFD80f90

…and Parsifal’s prelude…
https://youtu.be/d5u3MdE4FBA

See you all tomorrow for Clueless. Cheers!

Well done, Buddy. Thanks for hosting, Jono.


Appreciate the votes from, Tyke51, Geeker, Paul, Buddy and Mattrom.

Congrats buddy - my favourite. Thanks jono, and thanks everyone for the votes.

I know the Unthanks. Perhaps people mightn't know that it's actually their surname.

I love the Parsifal prelude.

Interesting voting this week, as geeker's 17 (which was clearly the best clue in my opinion) was the "high variance" candidate, with 3 outright firsts but 2 no-votes, whereas my 13 got only one outright first but was at least inoffensive to everyone else. So the "middle of the road" candidate beat the "extreme" candidate, which, in the political realm, is the supposed benefit of preference voting. Whether it's a good thing here is not for me to say.

So thanks to all (literally) for the vote(s) and to jono for hosting/clips. The link jono gave for the Unthanks was "unavailable in my country" but this seems to work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MNBXQ0Ki0Q

No kudos for me relating the clip to the Holy Grail, however. Maybe someday - I can dream, can't I?

And Happy New Year to all. Enjoy Handsel Monday.

Thanks for reposting the link Buddy. Seems that BBC YouTube links don’t travel well.
Had I been voting, or indeed had this been tomorrow’s Clueless, I suspect Geeker may have nudged it 😉