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10 May 2011

In continuing the new Metachat raffle tradition, we are also continuing the tradition of randomly choosing a winner who doesn't really want the raffle prize. Winner announced herein....
Cortex had his wife draw the winner for his raffle. I don't have a wife, but I do have cats, and I talk sweet talk to them all the time, which I figure is pretty much the same thing.

All the entrants names' (I think there were 23) went into a hat.

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The hat was presented to Zuzu.

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Unfortunately, Zuzu was more interested in the string attached to the hat.

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Then the college kids next door started yelling "DUDE YOU SUCK" over and over and Zuzu got a little distracted -- understandably, if you ask me.

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So I tried to regain her attention. But in the end, she was still only interested in the string.
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Zuzu always sees through my bullshit eventually, so she finally said "Dude, you suck. What's up with this?"

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At that point I went and got another hat. She tried, but couldn't find the string.

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In the absence of a string, the damn cat finally picked a winner.

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And then proceeded to try to eat the paper.

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It's hard to see here because of the flash (and the fact that it was written in pencil), but the winner of the raffle was aniola.

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Now, before you go getting all suspicious, full disclosure: Aniola and I happen to live in the same zip code. However, to my knowledge, we've never met. And Zuzu doesn't understand the USPS, so I don't think it was planned on her part.

Aniola, you said in the previous thread that you don't like pickles, but you entered, so I'm assuming you want them. If you don't, let me know and we'll draw another name.

Also, send me an email so that we can arrange delivery.
posted by mudpuppie 10 May | 21:37
(And anyone else who really, really wants pickles can have them for the price of postage.)
posted by mudpuppie 10 May | 21:40
I have no idea what this was even raffling for, but it has made my night.
posted by BoringPostcards 10 May | 21:41
That was pretty awesome. The photos were worth the price of admission. That was exactly what I needed tonight!
posted by msali 10 May | 21:52
Zuzu is a beauty! And a good sport.
posted by Miko 10 May | 21:56
Yay, good job Zuzu!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 10 May | 21:57
Best thing I've seen all week.
posted by iconomy 10 May | 22:00
Yaaayy!! You took pictures of your cat pulling a bunny out of a hat!
posted by moonshine 10 May | 22:20
Zuzu is too smart for this shit :)
posted by gaspode 10 May | 22:38
Yay, Zuzu!
posted by occhiblu 10 May | 23:22
Where are her petals? ;-)
posted by brujita 10 May | 23:44
Oh man. I had so much fun reading that and looking at those pictures.

Mudpuppie, I'd love the pickles. I don't love pickles, but I do love feeding my friends pretty and tasty homemade local pickled things. Also: I'm moving. Do you want any of my kitchen things that I don't want, since I'm guessing we'll meet sometime to save you some unnecessary postage? Or a straw sun hat?
posted by aniola 11 May | 00:07
You're awesome, mudpuppie, but I think Zuzu is a close runner-up in the awesome race.
posted by deborah 11 May | 00:11
Pickles? There are pickles?!
posted by tangerine 11 May | 01:57
What a pretty gray, all the way down to her white boots. A beautiful cat.
posted by Ardiril 11 May | 02:04
It's hard to see here because of the flash (and the fact that it was written in pencil), but the winner of the raffle was aniola.

Do I need to download the latest Flash update to participate in these raffles? What if I want to use my iPhone?!
posted by mullacc 11 May | 05:07
Zuzu!
posted by rainbaby 11 May | 07:38
What kind of pickles? Pickles are awesome.
posted by theora55 11 May | 08:45
I love this whole thing.
posted by Elsa 11 May | 09:48
Zuzu is gorgeous. And I bet she knows it ;)
posted by altolinguistic 11 May | 11:34
Super cute way of picking
posted by rmless2 11 May | 16:02
Great photos, mudpuppie! I will have to start training my mice to draw names from hats...
posted by youngergirl44 11 May | 17:39
I have looked at this soooo many times today. Thank you mudpuppie and Zuzu for the storytelling.
posted by rainbaby 11 May | 18:21
Zuzu has made my morning. Also, it reminds me why having mudpuppie in the world makes the world better.
posted by crush-onastick 12 May | 10:02
Batty OMG! || As winner of the inaugural MetaChat New Raffle Tradition Raffle...

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