{"id":150,"date":"2007-05-30T23:02:27","date_gmt":"2007-05-30T23:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moobz.com\/?p=150"},"modified":"2007-05-31T23:05:01","modified_gmt":"2007-05-31T23:05:01","slug":"tenuous-connections-the-nominees-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moobz.com\/?p=150","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

As the tension builds, the time has come to explain the rules. Each person is allowed only one entry. If you have submitted more than one, I have chosen the\u00c2\u00a0entry I like best. If you disagree with my selection feel free to email me. To assist with administration, please include “IGNORE THIS” in the subject line of your email. Anyone is free to vote. You can pressgang your friends, relatives and those over whom you have some dark sway into voting for you. You can vote for yourself, if you can bear the shame. You get TWO VOTES. One for the UK award and one for the International one.<\/p>\n

In order to vote leave a comment to this message identifying your preferred\u00c2\u00a0candidates. If you live in Florida please note that this computerised voting is beyond you and you really should have learned your lesson by now – move on.<\/p>\n

All votes must be in by\u00c2\u00a010 June\u00c2\u00a02007.\u00c2\u00a0I solemnly undertake to take your votes into account in some (perhaps not immediately obvious) way in selecting the winners of our two prizes.<\/p>\n

And now, as the searchlights sweep the sky and another celebrity trips on her dress and has her stiches tear, here are the nominations:<\/p>\n

The Prestigious UK Tenuous Connection Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Beardy Rick<\/a> for: “My Mum works with the very deep and purple Ian Gillan’s godson” (surely “devilson” – Ed)<\/li>\n
  2. Floaty Katja<\/a> for: “My friend Pete’s friend’s band supported lovable druggamuffin Pete Doherty”<\/li>\n
  3. CJ for: “I once\u00c2\u00a0worked with\u00c2\u00a0a girl who had a go on Pink Floyd’s drumkit”<\/li>\n
  4. Suburban Mum<\/a> for: “I caught celebrity Chef and Hairstyle Gary Rhodes getting a takeaway Pizza in Orpington”<\/li>\n
  5. Nutty Mummy<\/a> for: “David Essex stole my Dad’s girlfriend at school”<\/li>\n
  6. Drunken Spaniel<\/a> for: “‘Interesting’ Steve Davis\u00c2\u00a0failed to put money in my collecting tin”.<\/li>\n
  7. Rivergirlie<\/a> for: “I once made scrambled eggs for Viola, Duchess of Westminster”<\/li>\n
  8. Geepeemum<\/a> for: “I played the flute whilst others swept up Take That’s unwanted gifts”<\/li>\n
  9. Mikeachim<\/a>: “I knocked Clare Frisby over”<\/li>\n
  10. Jezzafuji for: “My wife’s friend’s friend’s husband fitted blinds in Sir Cliff Richard’s house”<\/li>\n
  11. Disgruntled Commuter<\/a> for: “Douglas Hurd played table tennis on our balcony”<\/li>\n
  12. Pete<\/a> for: “My dad impressed Lulu with an act of chilvary”<\/li>\n
  13. Pog<\/a> for: “My sister once handled Oprah Winfrey’s loose covers”<\/li>\n
  14. Jag for: “Stalking Kim Wilde caused me inadvertently to shoplift”<\/li>\n
  15. Kate<\/a> for: “Big Daddy broke my mum\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sofa”<\/li>\n
  16. Subideal<\/a> for: “Caroline Quentin fancied my brother”<\/li>\n
  17. Lilo<\/a> for: “My pub quiz teammate shared celluloid with Nicole Kidman”<\/li>\n
  18. Lucy Chintz<\/a> for: “My cousin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great grandmother was in the\u00c2\u00a0car crash with Sammy Davis Jr when\u00c2\u00a0lost his left eye”<\/li>\n
  19. Urban Chick<\/a> for: “My friend was a doctor of the brother of the last Emperor of China”<\/li>\n
  20. Jef<\/a> for: “I crushed Courtney Pine’s car”<\/li>\n
  21. Lia<\/a> for: “I had breakfast with Greg Louganis’ former lover”<\/li>\n
  22. Surly Girl<\/a> for: “I used to work with someone who shagged Bobby Davro”<\/li>\n
  23. 100 Words<\/a> for: “I performed karaoke with Chrissie Hynde and Steve Buscemi”<\/li>\n
  24. Bec<\/a> for: “As a 4 year old, I sat on Richard Branson’s knee”<\/li>\n
  25. Yves<\/a> for: “I had tea and chat with Christine Keeler”<\/li>\n
  26. Starcorner <\/a>for: “I kept David Essex waiting while I had a wee”<\/li>\n
  27. Minks for: “I made Boris Becker a BLT”<\/li>\n
  28. Rachie<\/a> for: “Leslie Crowther once shoved my Mum out of the way”<\/li>\n
  29. Lesley<\/a> for: “My brother smoked Princess Anne’s fish”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Equally Prestigious International Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. The Queen<\/a> for: “My colleague’s sister was Brad Pitt’s squeeze”<\/li>\n
    2. The Cronz<\/a> for: “My sister had larks with Billy Idol’s backstage crew”\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>\n
    3. Meva<\/a> for: “My Great Aunt narrowly escaped being painted in the nude by Norman Lindsay”<\/li>\n
    4. Emma<\/a> for: “My fellow college student had been at school with Kate Moss”<\/li>\n
    5. Marmite Breath<\/a> for: “My Dad had Phil Collins’s life in his hands”<\/li>\n
    6. Hev <\/a>for: “I am in a saliva chain with Kim Wilde”<\/li>\n
    7. OTJ<\/a> for: “REM’s Mike Mills\u00c2\u00a0was my midnight pedicurist”<\/li>\n
    8. Pendullum<\/a> for: “My sister in law had her alcoholic advances spurned by Thom Yorke”<\/li>\n
    9. Claudia<\/a> for: “I went to High School with the Nestle Crunch Girl”<\/li>\n
    10. Lady Sweat of Pants<\/a> for: “Harrison Ford’s brother was at my wedding”<\/li>\n
    11. Shannon<\/a> for: “I exchanged a glance with John Travolta between courses in Orlando”<\/li>\n
    12. Flutter<\/a> for: “I once got a hamburger for Ricky Martin”<\/li>\n
    13. Jozet<\/a> for: “I had my baby bump rubbed by a hobbit to be”<\/li>\n
    14. Wimmindance: “My friend once broke Bono’s fall”<\/li>\n
    15. Topetay for: “My Mum went to school with Aaron Spelling”<\/li>\n
    16. Trailing Spouse for: “My cousin’s ex-boyfriend once served drinks to Prince Andrew whilst wearing only furs”<\/li>\n
    17. Hollly<\/a> for: “My Cousin-in-law to be worked for Weird Al Yankovich”<\/li>\n
    18. Crunchycarpets<\/a> for: “My Mum’s friend’s husband used to deliver newspapers to Sir Sean Connery”<\/li>\n
    19. Andreia for: “Roger Miller hurled my mum around on a rollercoaster until she hurled”<\/li>\n
    20. Zoe<\/a> for: “I was a photographed by Motley Crue”<\/li>\n
    21. Iris<\/a> for: “I was RN to one of the members of STOMP when they visited Saskatoon”<\/li>\n
    22. Mumblings from the Alps<\/a> for: “I once went out with a girl who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d been out with Mike Oldfield\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s drummer”<\/li>\n
    23. Swisslil <\/a>for: “I know Daniel Bedingfield\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s godmother”<\/li>\n
    24. Kelly<\/a> for: “I found Stephen Baldwin sat by a fountain in a shopping mall”<\/li>\n
    25. Caro<\/a> for: “My Dad sold Noel Edmonds’s House”<\/li>\n
    26. Gorillabuns<\/a> for: “One of my best friends used to drum for the Flaming Lips”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Penultimately, I have included links to the blogs of those entrants who provided their url with their entry simply because so many of them are fantastic (in a jealous rage inducing sort of way). Try a few.<\/p>\n

      Finally, if you have been nominated you can display this image on your site as a way of assisting your gerrymandering:<\/p>\n

      \"Nominee-button\"<\/a> \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

      Average Rating: 4.7<\/span> out of 5<\/span> based on 289<\/span> user reviews.<\/span><\/div><\/p>

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