Not much of an "Empire..."

[matronbabs]

If all 12 finalists are based in North America! Think I must've missed that caveat in the rules/conditions of entry...

[Moderator]

You might want to take a look back through the thread itself and the semi-finalists as you'll see that there were submissions from places outside North America. I guess you missed those.

[GNTLGNT]

I smell the scent of sour grapes....hmmmmm

[king family fan]

well put Ms. Mod. Thank-you

[matronbabs]

You guess wrong. I guess you missed that I was specifically referring just to the 12 finalists....

[fushingfeef]

Two posts: one to enter, one to complain. Methinks I smell a bit of sour grapes.
matronbabs, if it's any consolation, I liked your picture and caption! But any time you have a contest where 2,000 people enter and only 12 can win, odds are you're going to be in the fine company of 1,988 people who did not win! I was just grateful for the opportunity to compete at all, it was a lot of fun.

[Moderator]

You guess wrong. I guess you missed that I was specifically referring just to the 12 finalists....

Look again, then. The 50 finalists that Steve was choosing the 12 winners from included posts from outside North America. Honestly, I doubt very much he was bothering to see where they were posted from--he was judging by the photo and the caption.

[PatInTheHat]

They never really are in the end...hmm, I imagine that's why they feel an uncontrollable need to strike back.

(yeah yeah..but come on, not a lot to work with here...oh really, well go ahead and try to come up with a snappy Ottaman/Roman/British v. lil' 'ol SK Empire's pun/joke/epiphany/deep meaningful thought....uh huh thought so, they can't all be gems ya know)

[staropeace]

I think someone needs to knit herself a Hallmark card.

[king family fan]

Am I sensing someone thinks King is an unapprpiate judge? Anyway you can't please everyone. Hope there will be more contests for us all to try again. Iam in the challange and the funny.