LOWDOWN Winter 2008 page 22
COMPETITION RESULTS - SUMMER 2008 ISSUE.
Many thanks for all your replies to our previous competition. Below are some interesting answers, in no particular order, to the problem of finding an original collective noun for Basset Hounds: A ...................... of Bassets.
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Howling by Geoff Alderton
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Waggle by Brian Malin
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Bassinette by Jill Malin
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Monarchy by Roy Drew
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Patience Tester by Roy Drew
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Great Sight by Roy Drew
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Humper by Roy Drew
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Embarrassment by Elizabeth Watson
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Battalion by Beryl Mathews
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Ponderance by Beryl Mathews
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Tide by Tony Roberts
After much consideration
and in a process similar to that of a papal election - the editor’s wife
was bricked up for a number of days and when I spotted white smoke from
the woodburner she was allowed to emerge with the winner's name.
Our first competition winner is:
ELIZABETH WATSON
with:
AN EMBARRASSMENT OF BASSETS.
Judge Frankie’s
comments: What struck me about Elizabeth’s entry was that is apt
and so true. Also, I liked the connection with an embarrassment of
riches. Our hounds are sometimes embarrassing treasures!
Congratulations and well done,
Elizabeth, your prize should reach you shortly.
(Ed. So you didn't like
Tide then?)
(Judge. No, absolute
rubbish, didn't even make the final cut!).
(Ed. Oh, right).
COMPETITION
WIN A
SUPER PRIZE!!!
As the last competition
tested your literary skills, I thought it would be interesting in this
issue's competition to discover your visual talents and so we have a
picture competition.
The winner will be the
member who sends in the most interesting and original Basset Hound
photograph.
This time, the prize is
very special; it is a small, original, lino-cut print by the canine
artist, Ian Mason. This lovely image is hand-signed and numbered
from a limited edition of 100. It will look super framed.
RULES: So as to avoid
any copyright infringements, the only stipulation is that the photograph
must have been taken you. It can be either colour or black & white,
and in digital or film format.
Please send your
submissions, which can be in the form of photographic prints, images on
disc or emailed jpegs, together with your name and contact details
to LOWDOWN by March 31st 2009.
The summer issue of
LOWDOWN will include the winning photograph together with the best
runners-up. Please have a go and see your work in LOWDOWN!
PLEASE NOTE: THE DECISION OF THE
EDITOR'S WIFE IS FINAL.
