From qotw at qotw.net Tue Jun 2 12:04:44 2020 From: qotw at qotw.net (QOTW) Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2020 12:04:44 -0400 Subject: [QOTW] Ignore this QOTY Email Because It's Just A Duplicate For The Archives Message-ID: ??????, Welcome loyal friends to Quotes of the Year! Us, Kristofer and Wilder have decided the results of this great and un-tampered-with election. Certain fake sources of news information have been wanting UN oversight over QOTW elections. Nonsesne! Some say Kristofer and Wilder have been using Russian and Byelorussian election tamperers to sway results of the election against Mr. Milo Kron and others. Also Nonsense. It just so happened that Kristofer swept the award ceremony, winning every category except Most Underrated Quote, which was given at Russian Minister of Foriegn Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, for his joke: ?What is the difference between Georgia and South Ossetia? One should be internationally recognized as an independent state!? Thank you for reading this, Kristofer ??????????? Mafoochi-Fitanidess Wilder ?South Ossetia should be internationally recognized as an independent state? Perkince Dear subscribers, Sorry about that email. I can?t imagine how that could have got sent out. Anyways, it?s not like I was encouraging interference in the QOTY election from Eastern European dictatorships or anything. So, without further ado, let?s begin the ceremony: MOST VICTORIES: Milo (3), followed by Anand (2) MOST NOMINATIONS: Milo (12, including his 3 wins); if wins are excluded, Milo and Mr. Wharton are tied with 9 WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN AWARD (?given to the person who, like the great Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, gets nominated over and over but never seems to win?): Mr. Letarte (8 nominations), although his daughter did win one week FRESHMAN UPSTART AWARD (for the 9th-grader with the most nominations): Romen Der Manuelian (5) MOST UNDERRATED QUOTE (as determined by the Quotemasters): ?You know what goes well with coronavirus? Lime disease!? ?Ms. Haber, with newly revealed context: she appeared out of nowhere and said this to a bunch of us before we left for Harvard Model Congress MOST QUOTABLE PEOPLE (10 Points Per Win, 4 Points Per Nomination, 1 Points Per HM): 10= Romen (24) 10= Mr. Sherry (24) 10= Collin (24) 9. Mr. Kerner (25) 8. Ms. Grant (28) 7. Ms. Haber (31) 6. Anand (32) 5. Mr. Letarte (36) 4. Chris Maffucci-Fitandes (40) 3. Mr. Perez (45) 2. Mr. Wharton (48) 1. Milo (67) Email Wilder if you want any of the following: - Your points/ranking - The full Most Quotable Person rankings (as an Excel spreadsheet) - A list of all of the quotes (including honorable mentions) from this year (as a Word doc) And finally, the moment you?ve all been waiting for? the 2019?20 QUOTE OF THE YEAR: ?Unlike Tie Day, Condom Day is not an opportunity? ?Mr. Wharton (narrowly defeating the feminism meeting announcement; 3rd place was Ms. Budding?s quote on cats and proscriptions) Quick note for graduating seniors (everyone else can skip this paragraph): if you?d like to keep getting these emails and/or keep voting next year, please reply to this email to request an alumni account. If the way 2020 has been going so far is any indication, the world will probably end in the not-too-distant future, but at least you?ll have funny quotes to read before then. Well, that just about wraps up Season 19 (wow) of Quote of the Week. QOTW will continue next year under the leadership of some number of people who will be named later. Thanks to: - The 20 people who submitted valid ballots for QOTY - Everyone who voted and submitted quotes all year - Alex Ding, for programming the new website (did I mention it?s shiny?), and dealing with glitches and our technical gripes - Reilly Grant, for updating the servers to run the new website, and continuing to host qotw.net - Ben Orlin, for founding QOTW (https://www.amazon.com/Change-Only-Constant-Wisdom-Calculus/dp/0316509086/) - The entire Commonwealth community, for saying enough funny things to fill 17? almost-weekly emails Have a great summer. ?Chris ?That punk Wilder staged a QOTW coup? Maffucci-Fitandes and Wilder ?ask me how to stage a QOTW coup? Perkins