explanation of “the best thing ever”

Okay. Well, The Best Thing Ever Blog Game boils down to this: Random meaningless chance combined with my abiding love of tennis to create a spicy melange of MAADDDDNESS!

So as some of you may know, The Wimbledon Championships are being played right now at The All-England Tennis Club. That’s why I asked you to pick something distinctly English. In honor of the occasion, you see.

So it works like this: The fortunes of your personal Best Thing Ever are now tied to a particular player in the Championships. Each of your Best Things is paired with a player and your Best Thing will share the same fate as your player. See how it works? Oh, and the tournament is utterly merciless single elimination. Naturally, in the end, only one will prevail as Champion and The Best Thing Ever: England!!

Here’s what I did:

First of all, I decided, rather randomly, to stick with the men’s singles side of the draw. Then, I allowed for 16 entries because the 4th round of play starts tomorrow and there are 16 players in the round. Right now, because of rain delays, only half of the 16 have been decided. So eight of you are assigned right now; eight will be assigned by — probably, weather depending — tomorrow.

Then I wrote the players’ names on slips of paper and put them in one bowl. The names of your Things on other slips of paper and put them in another bowl. Then I turned to the dashing and handsome MB for help and he said, “What the heck do you want me to do??” then I had to overexplain it — like now — to get him to start pulling out one player/one thing, one player/one thing, til they were all paired up! Uhm, all except half! (Remember how half of your Things are player-less until tomorrow — Monday?)

So go to the post below to see if you’re paired yet — and if you are, WHO YOU’RE PAIRED WITH!!

Stay tuned for each day’s matches, winners, and losers.

No. Wait! I take it back! You’re ALL winners! Everyone comes first! It’s all GOOOD!

Personally, I’m looking forward to some interesting pairings. Like maybe some, oh, Jane Austen v. The Sex Pistols ‘er somethin’!!

See you on the court, peeps. 😉