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 Kill This Thread XIV : Not A Double Devil’s Dozen
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Welcome to......
Kill This Thread XXIV !
The following rules were established by Kent Shakespeare at the start of the first 24-hour version, adapted from the original rules by EDE:
The rules:
1. The Basic Idea: Post to this thread, if no one posts after you for 24 hours, you win!
2. Posts that are not direct responses to one of the five preceding posts are ineligible to win. The topic can drift, but no complete non-sequitors. Posts that are responses to non-sequitors are also ineligible to win. Posts that are responses to responses to non-sequitors, and response nses to those posts, etc., become eligible, however.
3. In the event that this thread is locked, there shall be no winner unless a new thread is started for the contest. Furthermore, any post that results in the banning of the poster shall also be ineligible to win.
4. So, more precisely, one wins if one makes a post, and then no one makes another post that's eligible to win for 24 hours.
Here's a history of our various felons, along with a few missed opportunities.....
I - walkwithcrowds (7-day version)
II - none
III - none
IV - Quislet, Esq
V - Rockhopper Lad (the first 24-hour version)
VI - Rockhopper Lad
VII - cleome
VIII - Rockhopper Lad
IX - Rockhopper Lad
X - none
XI - none
XII - none
XIII - Invisible Brainiac
XIV - Invisible Brainiac
XV - Invisible Brainiac
XVI - Invisible Brainiac
XVII - Invisible Brainiac
XVIII - cleome
XIX - cleome
XX - cleome
XXI - Jfposey
XXII - Invisible Brainiac
XXIII - jfposey
XIV - Invisible Brainiac
XV - PALADIN (eff YEAH!!!)
XVI- Quislet, Esq.
XVII - Invisible Brainiac
XVIII - none
XIX - none
XX - Quislet, Esq.
XXI - thoth lad
XXII - Ann Hebistand
XXIII - Quislet, Esq.
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I win for the second (albeit not consecutive) time! 
Still "Fickles" to my friends.
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Lots of catching up to get None's tally.
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!
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None is such a master at this.
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I think the way just gets on with things, without the need for congratulations or any sort of recognition is a lesson for us all.
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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A humble person, this None.
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None is very 'eavy, very 'umble...no, wait, that's the title of a Uriah Heep album!
Still "Fickles" to my friends.
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He's not 'eavy, he's my None.
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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The number of Nones (not belonging to a specific religious group) is increasing.
Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!
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I'd like a none of the above option on the ballot paper.
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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The Above tribe is very protective of its members, though.
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I’ve had the idea that none of the above should always be an option on ballots. Then if that gets the most vote they have to hold a special election with all new candidates.
Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!
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I wonder how that would work with ranked-choice voting.
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It could just be an option, that when chosen, would remove the requirement to have second or third votes.
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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We all know that such an option will never be put in place.
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Politicians aren't exactly known for wanting to increase our options when it comes to voting.
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We usually have five or six presidential candidates in the final round of elections in the Philippines. Great way to split the vote.
We also elect our presidents and vice presidents separately. Very common to have the winners coming from different political parties...
... which are largely meaningless as politicians jump from party to party all the time.
Don't you just love it.
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The US originally had the Vice President be the candidate who came in second for president
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Which might have worked out better if they hadn't allowed each elector two votes.
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I wonder if a lot of people decided to split their votes "just in case". Then they could tell each winner that they had voted for them.
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Once the party system developed, the way it was supposed to work was that all of the electors for a certain party would vote for the Presidential and Vice-presidential candidate of that party, except one person would not vote for the Vice-presidential candidate, so the VP candidate would come in second. But very quickly this became confusing, and there was a mixup as to who was supposed to not vote for the VP, leading to a tied election between Thomas Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr.
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great plan, poor execution.
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One of our new cabinet members has come out in favour of a return to capital punishment.
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