But first, y’all have had some seriously yucky jobs — yucky jobs that would make Mike Rowe himself cringe.
If I were choosing the winner of the Lands End fabuloso backpack based on what I think was the worst job, hands down, it would be BYOC of Bring Your Own Cheese, the turkey de-beaker. Just the thought of touching a bird makes me shiver.
However…
If I were picking the most popular yucky job, or the one that most people mentioned as being the worst, it would be poor Lisa, the Preacher’s Wife who had to clean up a pediatrician’s office after an intestinal incident.
However…
Because I love you all the same and want everyone to win a backpack and could never choose (and because my blog doesn’t have numbered comments (if anyone can make it do that - let’s talk!) which makes using a random number generator a task well beyond my patience I had to resort to sourcery and numerology. No, not really. It occurred to me that since it was the 8th month of the 8th year of the new millenium, I would add 8 + 8 to get 16 and then I had to scroll down about 10 times because I kept loosing track of where I was, but according to my calculations, #16 and the winner is….
Stretch Mark Mama! Email me Stretch and we’ll set you up with a backpack!
Lisa @ The Preacher's Wife says:
lol…i love your number logic..
sad i didn’t win a backpack but i sure am thrilled you thought me worthy for a call out! LOL
Great contest..congratulations Stretch!
August 4th, 2008 at 9:09 am
apathy lounge says:
See…if everyone was registered at Backwoods they could get a free backpack when their birthday came around. Then you wouldn’t have to feel bad about choosing because so many of us would already be set up with one. Just saying. In other news: Isn’t the heat awful?
August 4th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Penny Raine says:
wow did i miss a good one! I was sobusy with my own giveaways I didn’t stop long enough to enter yours!
blssings, Penny Raine
http://www.pennyraine.com/blog
August 4th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Kelly @ Love Well says:
Math on a Monday. You truly are a miracle worker.
August 4th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Qtpies7 says:
I’m so bummed that my mom’s story didn’t win! She really did de-beak turkeys! Yikes! I couldn’t do that.
August 4th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
The Diaper Diaries says:
Seriously we need to bombard WordPress with emails about this numbering thing. The Bloggy Giveaway just about killed me!!
August 4th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Angela says:
Boo Mama uses some sort of random counter/thingy on her giveaways – maybe if you ask her, she could tell you how to do yours.
August 20th, 2008 at 4:30 pm