Free Republic Voting Thread: 2006 Today's Toons Favorites (Preliminary Round)

various | 1/2/07 | various

[pookie18]

Here it is...Free Republic's 2nd annual Today's Toons favorites. I'd like to publicly thank FReepers corbie, ferri, cgk, StoneGiant, Capn TrVth, Morgan in Denver & AmericaUnite for helping me with some/all of the monthly voting. Via this voting, we tallied the selections (~15/month) which received the most votes. Those monthly selections make up this preliminary round. If you'd like to help for 2007, FReepmail me & I'll tell you what would be involved. Last year, a few of you were disappointed that some of your favorite cartoons/pics didn't make it into the preliminary round; here's your chance to make sure that this doesn't happen again...so speak now or forever hold your peace!!

There are some "rules" here, but not many. When selecting your favorites, use your own criteria. Some like funny, clever, pithy, touching, etc. Some like cartoons, photoshops, animations, etc. So, judge each entry unto itself. As the one who adds click-on audios, videos, pics, toons to existing entries, I judge these to be part of that entry as a whole...you, of course, can ignore that if you wish...but only at your own peril ;-)

Each entry is numbered (1-180). Entries 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 & 12 involve some animation. I put them near the top because if your PC is like mine, once you click on an audio attachment the animation ceases to animate (unless you refresh/reload the page). So, you'll see the animations up front.

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to send me (via comment/FReepmail/e-mail) the numbers, in any order, of your 30 (or less) favorites. If you are caught sending > 30, I won't disavow your existence, but will ask you to remove any excess. This offer will self-destruct at 5 PM ET, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007. Good luck!

If certain pics/toons don't download (even after a refresh/reload), send me their numbers (which will show up) & I'll try to help. My plan is to post the 30 finalists in a new thread on 1/8/07 (I suggest that dial-up users wait for this round) & to ask you to select your 10 favorites in order of preference. The results of this final vote will be posted on 1/15/07. The decision of the judge (Today's Toons editor-in-chief) is final! Questions? Bring it on! And now, on with the show!!

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OK, Swimmer, you've just made Mrs.
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[pookie18]

No more votes, but thanks for your ballot. The only way for you to get more Ramirez and Cox & Forkum into the prelim round is by you becoming a monthly voter & I'm sure you have the spare time for that! ;-)

[brf1]

14, 30, 55, 62, 81, 88, 95, 128, 129, 134, 150, 170,

[brf1]

Those are all my picks.

[alwaysconservative]

Yeah, if I give up sleeping! Seriously, I would love to, but it is too complicated right now.

[pookie18]

Thanks for voting. You still have up to 18 more selections for this round should you decide to use them.

[pookie18]

I know...

[pookie18]

Found your votes. You have 2 picks remaining should you decide to use them.

[Albion Wilde]

This is great, Pookie! So far I'm not seeing a lot of duplication from the entries, except for the NYT front page exposing all WWII intelligence. I haven't been a regular reader, so the entire collection made me LMAO, since I was seeing most of them for the first time.

This was hard! My first list was more than 80 that made me LOL! I had to develop selection criteria, and finally decided on Originality, Political Topicality to Issues of 2006, and Best of Duplicated Topics.

My favorites were:
71: the Pulitzer Prize checklist on a FReeper's sign at the White House Correspondents' dinner;
142: the DU contributor pwned by someone who signed on as Osama bin Laden, and
150: our wonderful troops with the "Halp Us Jon Carry" sign.

Those three were tops for Originality. They are included below in my whittled-down list of thirty:
19, 20, 10, 9, 23, 28, 42, 48, 55, 57, 61, 62, 67, 71, 79, 83, 88, 92, 112, 116, 129, 132, 142, 146, 150, 153, 154, 166, 171, 174

Thanks for the laughs, Pookie18! And thanks for the ping, BufordP!

[pookie18]

Thanks & thanks for voting, Albion Wilde! If you'd like to be on the Today's Toons ping list, just let me know. Re your 1st list of 80, there are 67 on my list now :-( Oh, sorry about the loss of your ass...

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

OK Pookie, in no particular order:
3, 29, 33, 36, 41, 50, 52, 54, 66, 72, 112, 135, 146
and the two best toons of them all - 150 & 151

Thanks,
Cuz

[pookie18]

Thanks for voting, Cuz! You have 15 picks remaining should you decide to use them.

[Albion Wilde]

Thanks & thanks for voting, Albion Wilde! If you'd like to be on the Today's Toons ping list, just let me know. Re your 1st list of 80, there are 67 on my list now :-( Oh, sorry about the loss of your ass...

Pookie, if I spend another moment on FR than I already do, it'll be curtains for me in another key life sector! Wish I could say yes. Oh, and about my LMAO problem:

[pookie18]

Well, at least it's in good hands...

[Albion Wilde]

Well, at least it's in good hands.

Nice one! I'd LMAO, but I ALMAO!!

[pookie18]

:-)

[luv2lurkhere]

Here are my choices:

4,16,21,36,57,65,66,71,76,81
86,88,97,116,117,118,119,124
129,133,138,142,146,150,166

[pookie18]

Thanks for voting! You have up to 5 more picks should you opt to use them.