Forwarded intact to additional groups.
Here follows the one true ballot for the September 2005 Usenet Kook
awards. Anybody may vote, but your votes may be disqualified, mocked,
burnt, shredded and/or recycled for use as toilet paper at the Vote
Wrangler's discretion if:
* you are a notorious net.kook
* you attempt to vote twice
* you vote anonymously or with an unidentifiable sockpuppet
* you vote for or against yourself
* you vote in a thread other than this one
* you vote in a newsgroup other than AUK without crossposting to AUK
* you follow up to an incomplete or altered version of the ballot
* you have officially been declared non-existent
Crossposting the complete, unaltered ballot is permitted. You have
until 12:00 noon GMT on October 8th to cast your votes. Vote wisely; next
time the candidate might be *you*.
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KOOK OF THE MONTH (Vote for one.)
Brad Guth
Fly Cooter
neither of the above
CLUELESS NEWBIE OF THE MONTH (Vote for one.)
alt.astronomy saucerheads
Fly Cooter
Nunya Bidness
none of the above
COWARD OF THE MONTH (Vote for one.)
Don Ocean
Fly Cooter
NunYa Bidness
Tom Bishop, alias Jinn
none of the above
GOLDEN KILLFILE (Vote yes or no.)
Sylvia Sullivan
VICTOR VON FRANKENSTEIN "WEIRD SCIENCE" AWARD (Vote for one.)
nightbat
Twonky
neither of the above
BOB ALLISAT MEMORIAL HOOK, LINE & SINKER (Vote for one.)
Gordon Radavich, alias The Revd
Raymond Ronald Karczewski
Sylvia Sullivan
none of the above
BUSTED URINAL AWARD (Vote for one.)
Chris Assaf, alias A Former Atheist
Gordon Radavich, alias The Revd
NunYa Bidness
Warhol
none of the above
BOLO BULLIS FOAM DUCK (Vote yes or no.)
Gerald Newton
UNABOMBER SURPRISE (Vote yes or no.)
David Tholen
TAR & FEATHERS (Vote yes or no.)
Fly Cooter
KENNY McCORMICK MEMORIAL MEDAL (Vote yes or no.)
Uni
GEORGE PICKETT MEMORIAL TROPHY (Vote yes or no.)
Fly Cooter
PALMJOB PADDLE (Vote yes or no.)
Fly Cooter
ORDER OF THE HOLEY SOCKPUPPET (Vote yes or no.)
Gerald Newton
GOOFY AZZED BABBOON (Vote for one.)
Colonel Jake
Lightwing, alias his_elect_07
neither of the above
72 RAISINS "CRACKPOT RELIGION" AWARD (Vote for one.)
Dore Williamson
Lightwing, alias his_elect_07
neither of the above
JOSEPH BARTLO "PATHETIC ANAL PINEAPPLE" AWARD (Vote for one.)
Alan Connor
Fly Cooter & Onideus Mad Hatter
Moris, alias superglue
Uni
none of the above
SPECIAL OPS CODY MEMORIAL PURPLE HEART (Vote for one.)
Gerald Newton
Vito Kuhn & fam.*
neither of the above
TONY SIDAWAY MEMORIAL "DRAMA QUEEN" AWARD (Vote for one.)
Gerald Newton
nightbat
Raymond Ronald Karczewski
none of the above
BARBARA WOODHOUSE MEMORIAL DOG WHISTLE (Vote for one.)
Chuck Lysaght, trained by K A Cannon
Joseph Bartlo, trained by Cujo DeSockpuppet
Uni, trained by Aratzio
none of the above
OFFICE OF DARTH BAWL (Vote for one.)
John Bunt, alias Guy Fawkes
Robert Wolfe, alias Michael Davis Disorder
Sylvia Sullivan
OFFICE OF VILLAGE IDIOT (Vote for one.)
Chuck Lysaght, alias the messenjah
Gerald Newton
Kenneth R Pangborn
PIERRE SALINGER MEMORIAL HOOK, LINE & SINKER (Vote for one.)
Gary L. Burnore & DataBasix
Jimmy Snibbler, alias Charles Newton
Kadaitcha Man & Fred Tehbot
none of the above
HAMMER OF THOR (Vote yes or no.)
Archie Leach
HAMMER OF THOR (Vote yes or no.)
Art Deco
HAMMER OF THOR (Vote yes or no.)
Bob Officer
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