Welcome to the nominating thread for the Top DUmmies of 2014!
This thread is posted one week early, but will be locked until circa suppertime Thanksgiving Eve, Wednesday, November 26, after which one is free to nominate and comment.
It’s posted early so that decent and civilized people have the time to read the rules.
There is a companion nominating thread “stickied†to the top of the Sandhills forum, for use by those who don’t want lurking primitives to know what one’s saying about them.
Nominations will be accepted from Thanksgiving Eve until circa suppertime Saturday, December 6, after which this thread will be closed.
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Voting for the Top Dummies will begin circa suppertime Sunday, December 7, and continue through circa suppertime Wednesday, December 17.
The rules for voting will be on that second thread, but generally, they’re the same as they were last year; private ballot only, and one’s first five choices of one’s top ten are to be ranked by the voter.
With the single exception noted below, primitives may repeat for any award.
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It needs noted that this is the 10th edition of the Top DUmmies, created by the artful Mr. Wiggum at our old home way back in December 2005.
A list of the Top DUmmies 2005-2013, along with links (if available), can be found in the DUmping Ground, a subsidiary forum of the DUmpster, at:
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Nominations are sought for
Top DUmmies of 2014, of which there will be ten winners.
One may nominate any primitive for top DUmmiedom based upon any criteria one chooses, provided the primitive was present at least one time on Skins’s island the past year.
This means exiled primitives and dead primitive are eligible for selection, too--just so they were present at least one time on Skins’s island the past year.
The
Top DUmmie of 2014 is the
sans peer, the
ne plus ultra, of all the awards given, but top primitives second through tenth place are nothing to sneeze at either.
Members of DU Jr., “Discussionist,†are eligible for nomination and selection too…..provided they’re also current or past members of Skins’s island. Members solely of DU Jr. are not eligible for nomination and selection.
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Nominations are solicited for the
William Rivers Pitt award, the “Willie,†for the most memorable primitive of the past thirteen years, since the advent of Skins’s island on January 20, 2001.
Any primitive, dead or alive, current or former.
The “Willie†is a one-time award; previous winners are not eligible for nomination and selection. These include: TomInTib, William Pitt, BouncyBall, nadinbrzezinski, Alan Grayson, and undergroundpanther.
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Nominations are entreated for the
Steven Dawes award, the “Steve,†for the primitive who made the biggest fool, the biggest ass, of himself the past year.
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Nominations are requested for the
Nadin Abbott award, the “nadin,†for the primitive who with the least reason thought the most of himself the past year.
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Nominations are invited for the
Bartholomew Scott award, the “Skippy†or the “Barry,†whichever nickname one chooses to use, for the most paranoid primitive of the past year.
The “Skippyâ€--or the “Barryâ€--replaces the Robyn McGrath award, the “Rob,†of previous years.
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Nominations are asked for the
Steven Senti award, the “stewert,†for the freeloadingest primitive of the past year.
This is a new award.
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Nominations are summoned for the
group award, for a collection of two or more primitives who proved attentionworthy the past year.
A “group†can be either a formal group, such as from one of the “little†forums on Skins’s island, or an informal group of one’s own devisement, provided one defines the “group†in some manner.
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Finally, there’s an award for which no nominations are needed, last year the “CCA award,†but now re-baptized the
franksolich award, as suggested by a
bona fide primitive who thought the latter name would have more “cachet.â€
This award is given at franksolich’s sole discretion, for the primitive franksolich thought worthy of top DUmmiedom, but who alas was overlooked by the electorate.
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Nominations begin Thanksgiving Eve, November 26, and conclude on Saturday, December 6.
Voting begins Sunday, December 7, and concludes Wednesday, December 17.
Awardments are made beginning circa suppertime Christmas Eve, December 24, and given out every single day (obviously, more than one a day) through circa suppertime New Year’s Eve, December 31.