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1 Jon 10
1 Aristo 13
1 Spike 23
1 SLH 25 and nice to see you!
1 Dorrien 32
1 Mattrom 33

One each
Jono 10
Tyke 7
Darla 5
Aristo 18
Paul 16
Spike 22

Just one vote (or two? is santa's little helper going to vote?) pending but as it is 2:30 am in Sydney, the suspense will continue for some time!

@Buddy

Just noticed Paul has voted for me at #23, maybe should be #22?
No idea if it will affect anything anyway.

1 vote each for;
paul 8
jono 10
jono 14
aristo 18
spike 22
darla 29

Oy vey, Here's hoping SLH votes!

Yes my vote is for Spike 22

With the voting booths closed, we have an odd situation.

darla 29 and mattrom 33 have five votes, and spike 22 has six.

But, jono 10 and dorrien 32 both have 7 votes, consisting of one "joint-first" 2-pointer and 5 "joint-second" 1-pointers, So there seems to be no way to break the tie based on the rules as stated. So. I made up a new tiebreaker. The idea is that if a clue appears on a ballot where only (say) 4 clues got votes, that's expressing a stronger preference for that clue than if it appeared on a ballot where 6 clues each got a vote.

So, "jono@10 voters" voted for a total of 34 different clues, whereas "dorrien@32 voters" voted for only 31 different clues. Under this (quite possibly ludicrous) method, dorrien's clue is preferred:

Extraordinary little fellow - the beginnings of a Tolkien character

Well done dorrien, apologies to jono and thanks all for playing. Merry Christmas!


Prizes:

Congratulations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIiu89zKa4U

Not Elves, but Elvis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6WnnZRSKYs

A much better version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg7HvF3a_Iw

Oy vey ist mir indeed! Well done Dorrien, enjoy the break Jon, and thanks to everyone who voted for me!
Cheers Buddy - are Israeli universities in the Oy Vey league?

Happy Xmas to everyone!

Nice one Dorrien - well done! Cheers Buddy, I hope we all enjoy the day off tomorrow - appreciate the votes!
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