The Bergoff is a place, not a person. It is the holder of Liquor License #1 in Chicago and brews its own beer. Until the mid-80's the bar was men-only, and it only had 1 bathroom. If/when you make it to Chicago, we can meet up there and is quite the good place for the beers. And I just want to figure out WHY you have your opinion, not change it.

Now I'm just going to ponder how Ustwo managed to change roachboy into a 14 year old female MySpace user and whether or not that means that he/she still fits the age requirement.

All hail the Wizard, he is all knowable...

so....when is this going to start?

It did already...


The staff is waiting for more nominations...

this should be interesting....

So...is it based solely off of nominations, or is it staff input as well?

Staff are members, and so ought to be able to nominate people too. :)

The way I understood it, and I may be wrong, is that the staff will get to see all of the suggestions PMed to them by the members plus get to nominate some that they feel may have been overlooked. So it's a combination of members and staff, but I know that a lot of the suggestions that I have seen so far have been excellent choices. I just hope that we get some more PM's from people because that would help us to see who the members really feel is making these positive impacts.

We need more nominations...


We need A LOT more nominations...

I really don't have a way with words. This is basically what I was asking...if staff could nominate too...so thanks :)

why isn't there a 'a best tilted newcomer' or something?

That's essentially what "Tilted Natural" is :)

We need more nominations, folks.

Please. :)

OK - nominate yourselves for the positions. Each of you has been around long enough and done enough in various roles to be able to take home any of the prizes. Rinse, wash, repeat.

I just put some nominations in.

One question though: Will the awards ceremony be effected by the Writers' strike? I was looking foward to wearing a pretty dress.

My dogs are usually outside because they tend to raid my kitchen, jump on my furniture, and chew on non-doggie things. It was cold and snowing this morning, so I thought I would be nice and bring them inside where it's warmer (it's my day off work so I can watch them). I put a blanket on the floor so they'd have a nice warm, cozy spot to call their own. They resisted, and I saw these thoughts running through their heads.

I had to laugh and share this because it reminded me so much of this thread.

Shadow: Look, she's holding the gate open. Does she want us to actually...go inside?
Peaches: Looks that way. Do you think we should?
Shadow: I have a bad feeling about this. What if I feel like, you know, barking. I'm not modifying my behavior for this.
Peaches: Yea, and all our bones are out here. I think she's gonna hide them once we're inside.
Shadow: And she'll probably make us lay on a blanket. Like dogs.
Peaches: Let's protest and refuse to go inside.
Me: *drags dogs into the house*
Shadow: It's a trap! She's going to slam the door shut on my tail, I just know it!
Peaches: Look, a blanket on the floor. I knew it.
Shadow: Terrible idea. This will promote the idea of cliques (man vs. beast) in this household.
Peaches: Hey look, she has a cookie.
Shadow: A cookie? I'm not jumping through a hoop for that cookie.
Peaches: Fine. I will.
Shadow: Traitor. I'm not sharing the blanket with you. You can lay on the cold floor.

Sums up my opinion of these perfectly jorgelito, as I have said in the what would it take for you to leave TFP thread:
But hey it'll be fun for the Clique members to get recognition I suppose.

done.

nice idea anyway.

:thumbsup: I'm actually a fan of Cromps' idea more than the "Stars Upon Thars" one behind this thread, but whatever. Y'all go ahead and do what you want, we'll see how this latest experiment shakes down.

What about people who don't WANT to be nominated for anything, btw?

Maybe just say "Thanks, but no thanks." if you're selected. That way you make second place the winner and feel like a massive tool.

No, I mean what about if I nominate people who might not want to have the "I am an Honor Student at TFP Jr. High" sticker posted on their avatar/bumper, and they get embarrassed, annoyed, etc?

I remember when we did the "Hotseat" threads (individually), it seemed to be common practice to send a PM asking the person ahead of time if they would mind being put on the pedestal. Maybe we could do something similar in this case.

I say we vote him "Best Meaty Substrate"

Like advice from your grandparents... you'll TAKE it and you'll LIKE it.:mad:

Ew, I remember that line, and it was beets she was cooking.

We need a catagory "most references to parents/grandparents"

TFP is cool. TFP is not Jr High. C'mon Abaya.

Hey, I never said TFP wasn't cool. But the idea does remind me of those stickers on some parents' cars, y'know?... I was quoting what they usually say, which is "at so-and-so jr high"... didn't mean to say that TFP is jr. high, Hal. But I guess I am not a big fan of the idea, anyway.

Personally, I see no harm at all in this idea, and for a few in will be quite nice. In the long run it might actually improve the place too....so lets just do this thing, and be cool about it.

Ok, Donor.

I think some people are taking this a little too seriously.

Did I miss the part where it was explained that these were going to be cash prizes, vacations and new cars? Because I don't see why anyone should be overly excited or pissed off to any degree. If getting one of these awards is the high point of your day, you need to get out more often. If missing out on one because you don't feel loved by other tfpers is the lowpoint of your day, you need to get out more often.

I'm just sayin'...

if you win something, you get an all expenses paid trip to gardner, maine...

do with it what you will...

Yeah, I should probably just wear a regular dress instead of something fancy.

I do hope there will at least be canapes.

But...but...I was looking forward to the pictures of you in your fancy dress!

Why hasn't anyone nominated me?

I'm wondering if once a month isn't too frequent, if this idea is going to go down. I'm all for trying new things, and so I say "Why not?" If it doesn't have the desired affect, it can be shut down. Like the panty-swapping club a few years back. I personally think once a month might be too frequent, but once again time will tell, and other standby phrases.

You're already King of the World. What else do you want? 99 virgins?

"The proof is in the pudding".

Halx neglected to make Tilted Olive Making or Tilted Italian one of the categories. C'est la vi.

I nominate Crompsin for Best "Newish TFPer". His posts had made tfp alot more interesting as of late (or at least since mid summer 2007) and have helped some of us lesser-posters enjoy fresh responses that are pretty damn funny and always "true" to his character! And he doesn't thread jack!!! Yeah!:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I think I'd enjoy Maine.