Okay. I have the final list of players for The Best Thing Ever: England.
Before I get to that, a few things: (What?? No Dickens?!! Okay. I just had to get that outta my system.)
No, really — I had more choices than slots available, so I went based on time, first-come, first-served as I said before. Also, someone emailed me to ask why his choice wasn’t listed and all I can surmise is that the comment must have gone into my spam filter, where I then accidentally deleted it. If any others of you see that your choice isn’t here, it’s either that or just getting in a little too late. Sorry! But thanks to everyone who made a choice!
Okay, already. The list!
The Final Playahs:
1) Mini Cooper — Anita
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Juan Carlos Ferrero, ESP
2) Jane Austen — Sarah
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Richard Gasquet, FRA
3) The judicial system — sheila
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Roger Federer, SUI
4) The Magna Carta — Dave
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Novak Djokovic, SRB
5) Thomas More — Sal
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Marcos Baghdatis, CYP
6) Alec Guinness — ricki
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Mikhail Youzhny, RUS
7) Monty Python — Missy
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Rafael Nadal, ESP
8) Douglas Adams — Cullen
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA
9) The Beatles — JLR
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Andy Roddick, USA
10) William Shakespeare — RR
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Thomas Berdych, CZE
11) Winston Churchill — Witness
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Tommy Haas, GER
12) Typhoo QT Instant White Tea — Kathi
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Jonas Bjorkman, SWE
13) The Sex Pistols — red fish
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Janko Tipsarevic, SRB
14) Margaret Thatcher — Katie
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Nikolay Davydenko, RUS
15) The Book of Common Prayer — Andy
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Player — Lleyton Hewitt, AUS
AND
16) Simon Cowell — the lovely and talented sarahk
Wimbledon Men’s Single Player — Paul-Henri Mathieu
GOOD LIST, EVERYONE! EXPLANATION TO COME SHORTLY! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Remember: Winner gets ONE WHOLE POUND of lovely luscious coffee — hand-packed by moi. Bo+nus.
I miss your blog for a few days and I miss out on the fun. Kudos to the commenters – great best things ever.
The women’s side would have been much more unpredictable. The women are also much more interesting people (at least from my male perspective).
Dave — I edited your comment. I almost deleted it because, frankly, it’s, uhm, somewhat offensive to me. I’ve gone to a lot of trouble to put this game together. I don’t need someone openly second-guessing my choices.
Thank you for your (deleted) opinion on the foregone conclusion of this game.
are we allowed to be confused?
I didn’t mean to offend you or hurt your feelings, Tracey, but since I clearly did both, I apologize. The remark was intended as off-hand, rather than quick-critical. Your other regular readers and I thank you, as always, for providing us with a regular diet of interesting, fun and often thought-provoking diversions.
Live long and prosper, and please forgive me.
And if the results of the “Gentlemen’s” Singles were a TOTALLY foregone conclusion, they wouldn’t bother to play the matches.
Apology accepted, Dave. Thank you.