I'm gonna be mean here, and further splinter the vote for the Willie, the award give the most-memorable primitive.
So far we got:
the late red round one
the bitter old Vermontese cali primitive
the big guy in Bellevue
(the late) Chief S itting Bull, the bird-smacking stoned red-face primitive
the sparkling old dude
That's a really good selection, although I always thought Chief S itting Bull was the Greatest Primitive, Ever, and long overdue for recognition that he set the standards for primitivity. He was the textbook primitive, the exemplar, the paragon, the model.
But in past years, I couldn't get many interested in him, and so I gave up.
But I'm mystified as to why no one's mentioned poor stupid Beth, known both as EFerrari and sfexpat2000, and so I'm nominating her for the Willie. She's been gone from Skins's island for about 15-16 months now, and is sorely missed, because she was such a prolific poster, and in so many different forums.
I believe she was, and still is, the all-time poster on Skins's island, despite that she'd been a member only since November 2004, when she was among the Andyites emigrating to Skins's island after the elections that year.
One could argue there were certain small forums that managed to stay animated and lively because of her presence; the rural life forum, for example. It's been collecting cobwebs since she left.
The sfexpat2000-franksolich love affair rocked the internet, and needs no explanation, and I think some homage needs to be paid the one and only primitive who was an equal match to franksolich. I won, not because of wits, but simply because I had more staying power, more endurance, more tenacity, than she did.
She came very close. Admirable woman, poor stupid Beth.
