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NottaSackville
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Feb 19 2015, 6:45pm
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Vote for Sam as the all-time greatest second banana
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Grantland is running a humorous poll to find the all-time greatest sidekick. Samwise Gamgee is a 12 seed in the Lou Costello region (find him in the upper right bracket, squared off against Robin Quivers of ewww, Howard Stern fame - nice contrast). Click on the pairing and then vote for Sam on the window that pops up - he's currently losing.
http://grantland.com/second-banana/
Notta
 Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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BlackFox
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Feb 19 2015, 7:35pm
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Go Sam! 
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Gianna
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Feb 19 2015, 9:07pm
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Thank goodness, Sam seems to be ahead now! 
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NottaSackville
Valinor
Feb 19 2015, 9:35pm
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Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Feb 19 2015, 10:23pm
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Me too - Sam's gonna be top banana, er.. top 2nd banana!! :) //
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Ataahua
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Feb 19 2015, 10:29pm
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We've got to give him something for hauling Frodo up Mt Doom.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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NottaSackville
Valinor
Feb 19 2015, 10:37pm
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You may notice that there is no #1 seen in any of the brackets - but there are two #2 seeds... :) //
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Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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cats16
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Feb 20 2015, 12:37am
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Join us every weekend in the Hobbit movie forum for this week's CHOW (Chapter of the Week) discussion!
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arithmancer
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Feb 20 2015, 5:01am
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it does not seem to want to let me vote.
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Kim
Valinor
Feb 20 2015, 5:06am
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it looks like Samwise has already advanced to the next round (yay!). Maybe the voting hasn't opened up for that yet?
#OneLastTime
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NottaSackville
Valinor
Feb 20 2015, 1:04pm
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** Update: Sam makes it to round 2, voting opens later today **
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Thanks, I'm sure, to a big TORN boost, Sam beat out Robin Quivers almost 2-1 in round 1.
In round 2, Sam is up against the #4 seed in his bracket, John Stockton - a long time and very popular basketball player in the USA. That's going to be a tough matchup, because Grantland is first and foremost a USA sports website, a branch off of ESPN.
Voting doesn't seem to be open yet, but probably will be in a few hours. Look for Samwise Gamgee near the top right corner of the brackets.
Well done, TORNSIBS, keep it up!
http://grantland.com/second-banana/
Notta
Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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NottaSackville
Valinor
Feb 20 2015, 5:50pm
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Voting is now open, Sam is losing
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It's a close battle, but Stockton is up 6000-5000.
Dave
Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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Brethil
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Feb 20 2015, 6:34pm
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Fun.
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Silverlode
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Feb 21 2015, 2:48am
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Some of the other battles are cracking me up.
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Ed McMahon vs. Canada?
Arsenio Hall vs mustard?
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Longbottom Leaf
Lorien
Feb 21 2015, 3:05am
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Voted Sam, Flea and Garth of course..
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No Chewbacca on there? I'm a little disappointed.
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NottaSackville
Valinor
Feb 23 2015, 2:23pm
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It was a good battle, but poor Sam was ousted in the second round
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He lost to John Stockton 10788-8868. As expected, Stockton, a famous basketball player in the USA, was a tough out on a primarily USA sports website.
Regardless, well done, TORNadoes! Samwise pulled an upset in round 1, and gave a tough battle to a tough opponent and much higher seed in round 2.
Notta
Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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Voted!
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