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Amazin' Avenue Caption Contest: Voting Round #2

* * * ROUND 2 UPDATE * * *

Here is the virtual voting booth for the first ever Amazin'A venue Caption Contest. Remember, the winner takes home a copy of New York Mets Vintage World Series Films DVD.

Voting will end at 5pm on Monday, so get your votes in.

(This is the second and final round of the voting. You can see the results of the first round here.)

UPDATE [12/9 @ 9:53am]: PollMonkey.com, the supplier of these polls, is having some server problems. Once those are sorted out the current poll as well as the link to the first round poll should be available. Sorry for the confusion.

UPDATE [12/10 @ 12:45am]: PollMonkey.com has their server problems sorted out so the poll should be working now. Thanks for everyone's patience with this. The next time promises to be a much smoother process.

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how many times can i vote for me?
Pedro offers you his protection.

by pj on Dec 7, 2006 12:21 AM EST reply actions  

Dude, I know
The poll sucks, but it was the best I could find on short notice. I'll try to find something less cringe-worthy for the next one.

I'm pretty sure you can only vote once.

by Eric Simon on Dec 7, 2006 12:28 AM EST up reply actions  

better now.
different poll? i voted for lieberman, but it registered as buchanan. fuckin e-voting!

anony-
i agree to some extent, but you should vote anyway. it is your civic duty.

Pedro offers you his protection.

by pj on Dec 7, 2006 11:38 AM EST up reply actions  

Yes
I scoured the web for a better poll service and this one is pretty good; even the free version has some nice features.

by Eric Simon on Dec 7, 2006 12:24 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm abstaining
on the grounds that none of the captions, including mine, are remotely funny.  We have got to be capable of better than this!

by anonymous on Dec 7, 2006 12:29 AM EST reply actions  

Can I do a write-in vote campaign
for my late-entry, but obviously the winner, "Haha! She thinks I'm David Eckstein!" ?

Count this at vote #1.

by JohnP on Dec 7, 2006 4:09 PM EST reply actions  

J
I like it, but DW isn't scrappy enough to be confused with Eckstein. Eck would give 120% behind the bar and DW is clearly goofing off.

Eckstein makes a drink called a White LaRussa that is one part vodka and one part "genius" sperm.

Pedro offers you his protection.

by pj on Dec 7, 2006 5:54 PM EST up reply actions  

not possible.
Eckstein drinks nothing but dirt.  Maybe he could produce a drink for others out of equal parts sweat, elbow grease, and grit.  It could be an Ecks-tini.

by anonymous on Dec 7, 2006 5:58 PM EST up reply actions  

I see no poll to vote
Eric?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-

by future on Dec 8, 2006 6:49 PM EST reply actions  

PollMonkey
Their servers are down so the poll is unavailable; try again a little later on.

by Eric Simon on Dec 8, 2006 11:12 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm ready to vote for
never having to see that photo.  Ever.  Again.
Watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachydermous percussion pitch.

by Mr. Met on Dec 8, 2006 7:20 PM EST reply actions  

Hey Eric
I went here  trying to find out what's going on with Marcus Giles, and they have a sort of neat feature I thought you might want to think about emulating - they show the projected 2006 team on the left sidebar.  Just an idea - I kinda like it.
Watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachydermous percussion pitch.

by Mr. Met on Dec 8, 2006 7:53 PM EST reply actions  

Ok
We can definitely do that.

by Eric Simon on Dec 8, 2006 11:13 PM EST up reply actions  

I don't get it.
You say "Here is the virtual voting booth for the first ever Amazin'A venue Caption Contest." But there is nothing. And the first round results link makes me sign up for something... why again do I care?

by JohnP on Dec 9, 2006 1:13 AM EST reply actions  

Because...
...the vendor that supplies the polls is down. http://www.pollmonkey.com Once that site is back up the polls should be available.

by Eric Simon on Dec 9, 2006 9:50 AM EST up reply actions  

Is there a winner?
"It's Father's Day today at Shea, so to all you fathers out there, Happy Birthday." -- Ralph Kiner

by dissento on Dec 12, 2006 12:28 PM EST reply actions  

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