Huge thanks to @stephenwood for writing a award winning comment story for the #featheredfriends Comment Contest and for taking himself out of the competition and donating generously to the prize fund!
@stephenwood
Everybody was dressed in their finery and ready for a fabulous time. There was a 100 million dollar award from illustrious exchange Goosetrades for the greatest community on the blockchain that scooped the award for top blockchain of the year.
It was down to the final two nominees as the category had been whittled down one chain at a time in-between all of the other awards in order to elevate the tension building up to the highest reward in history ever.
As the President of Goosetrades stepped on stage and in to the spotlight she smiled knowingly as she fully intended to draw things out for even longer whipping the frenzied tension up to an almost unbearable level. She was known as the feel good President, she was the most fun-filled, joyous executive in the organisations great history.
She was known as Orenya the dancing cow, she rose rapidly through the ranks as everybody who met her was captivated by her joyful, mischievous, fun nature. She fully intended to have her fun with this captive audience...
She had given a little speech and kept pretending she was about to name the winner, then pausing and telling a little story about blockchain tech and the future to drag the moment out in an agonizing manner for all who waited, fidgeted in their chairs, biting their nails.
Suddenly she looked extremely serious and the audience realised this was it, she was finally about to rea
The big day had finally arrived The Gooseblog blockchain awards.
Everybody was dressed in their finery and ready for a fabulous time. There was a 100 million dollar award from illustrious exchange Goosetrades for the greatest community on the blockchain that scooped the award for top blockchain of the year.
It was down to the final two nominees as the category had been whittled down one chain at a time in-between all of the other awards in order to elevate the tension building up to the highest reward in history ever.
As the President of Goosetrades stepped on stage and in to the spotlight she smiled knowingly as she fully intended to draw things out for even longer whipping the frenzied tension up to an almost unbearable level. She was known as the feel good President, she was the most fun-filled, joyous executive in the organisations great history.
She was known as Orenya the dancing cow, she rose rapidly through the ranks as everybody who met her was captivated by her joyful, mischievous, fun nature. She fully intended to have her fun with this captive audience...
She had given a little speech and kept pretending she was about to name the winner, then pausing and telling a little story about blockchain tech and the future to drag the moment out in an agonizing manner for all who waited, fidgeted in their chairs, biting their nails.
Suddenly she looked extremely serious and the audience realised this was it, she was finally about to read the name on the golden card she held in her cloven hoof... She paused for a few seconds, you could almost hear the hearts beating in unison throughout the packed auditorium.
She resumed again... "The winner of community of the year on the Gooseblog blockchain is..."
beat... beat... beat...
"Melinda Goose for the feathered friends community!"
The crowd erupted into rapturous applause and jumped to their feet in a spontaneous ovation for an incredibly worthy and popular winner, the flash of the cameras from the press corps lit up the room like mini pyrotechnics.
@brittandjosie has supplied the photo for this weeks contest and has also been the judge and picked the winners! Thanks for all your help
Photo credit @brittandjosie
The WINNERS!
@shemzy
The duck leader has called for a meeting
Duck leader: First maintain a social distancing, we can't take risk.
We learnt the human race are going for a lockdown, though animals can't contract it but we can't trust those people, I saw Joan duck coughing. You will start wearing mask next week
Duck : Our nose can't hold their mask, it can cover our tiny head.
Leader duck: True, so let's just maintain distancing until we hear from the government
@chocolatescorpi
Ah sir?
Commodore Dastardley Sir!
Yes Commander Donaldson?
Yes sir. Well sir, we caught these old ducks trying to escape!
Commodore Dastardley spun on his heels, eyes wide, fury crossing his face.
They will not be escaping- NO-ONE will be escaping on MY watch do you hear me officers?
I said DO YOU HEAR ME officers!
Sir Yes Sir!***
Commander I want you and Flight Lieutenant Duckingbottam to escort this squadron to their quarters and they are not to leave until I say so!
Now take Sergeants Duckley and Ducksby with you and make sure that they guard the door until they get word from me and me only!
Do You hear me Officers! I said take them away and DO NOT LET THEM ESCAPE THIS TIME!
SIR, YES SIR chimed in the lower ranking officers as they saluted Commodore Dastardely, grabbed the prisoners and marched away with them.
They soon arrived at the holding cell, silence filling the air until the door slammed shut and Commander Donaldson and Flight Lieutenant Duckingbottam saluted them, turned on their feet and marched out.
Sergeants Duckley and Ducksby took their positions on each side of the door and stood stiff, the silence suddenly shattered by a cacophony of quacking sounds coming from inside the room.
Ducksby and Duckley hurriedly unlocked and opened the door to see white feathers flying everywhere.
Soon after, the sound of the alarm woke them, heads spinning as they got up from the floor and raced outside and looked up into the air to see the squadron flying away n their V pattern.
Well done Squadron Leader, that was a very well hatched escape plan.
Why thank you very much Wing Commander.
They don't call us the Magnificent Seven for nothing!
@joanstewart
Hey goose you going gandering,
Off to the Oscar awards,
Don't have too much barley and rye,
Ending up in Chef's pie....
@gems.and.cookies
The Ducks Achievers Awards Night
These are the eleven achievers who were to be feted that night. Among them they produced a total of 250 ducklings last year. Upon a thorough audit and verification, all 250 were indeed live hatches and are of outstanding health and beauty. These have added to the dwindling population of the species and ensured that they will not be classified as endangered. Tonight is the awards night and it is to be a formal, strictly "wear-a-tie" affair. They just came from the hotel were they were billeted and are awaiting the limo that would take them to the 7-star Walducks Hotel where the awards night is being held. They are a bit antsy because the service is running a bit late due to the traffic and they didn't want to be late for the awarding ceremonies. Plus, the ties were making them uneasy because they were not really used to wearing them.
@daniella619
There was a duck named Cindy.
Cindy was a beautiful duck which was loved by her parents and relatives.
One day, she went out to get something to eat. As she was gathering the best for the tummy, a stranger (Flex) met her and they began to enjoy the available food.
They ate until it was remaining just one grain. Flex who has been looking for a companion took the advantage to deeply introduce his agenda with the last grain.
Cindy laughed for some time before saying anything.
Flex, a good listener was just there to hear what she wish to say.
Cindy said yes and yes and yes which bring us to this day where we have to wait for Cindy (the bride).
Somebody shout glory!
It's Cindy's wedding day and we are very dressed for it.
Let it happen!
1st place @shemzy 8 Hive
Runners Up
@chocolatescorpi 4 Hive
@joanstewart 4 Hive
@gems.and.cookies 4 Hive
@daniella619 4 Hive
banner by @shastaInformation about the Shadow Contest
HERE
banner by @barbara-orenya
This week's Contest is HERE
by @barbara-orenya
@brittandjosie has supplied the photo for this weeks contest and has also been the judge and picked the winners! Thanks for all your help
Photo credit @brittandjosie
The WINNERS!
@shemzy
The duck leader has called for a meeting
Duck leader: First maintain a social distancing, we can't take risk.
We learnt the human race are going for a lockdown, though animals can't contract it but we can't trust those people, I saw Joan duck coughing. You will start wearing mask next week
Duck : Our nose can't hold their mask, it can cover our tiny head.
Leader duck: True, so let's just maintain distancing until we hear from the government
@chocolatescorpi
Ah sir?
Commodore Dastardley Sir!
Yes Commander Donaldson?
Yes sir. Well sir, we caught these old ducks trying to escape!
Commodore Dastardley spun on his heels, eyes wide, fury crossing his face.
They will not be escaping- NO-ONE will be escaping on MY watch do you hear me officers?
I said DO YOU HEAR ME officers!
Sir Yes Sir!***
Commander I want you and Flight Lieutenant Duckingbottam to escort this squadron to their quarters and they are not to leave until I say so!
Now take Sergeants Duckley and Ducksby with you and make sure that they guard the door until they get word from me and me only!
Do You hear me Officers! I said take them away and DO NOT LET THEM ESCAPE THIS TIME!
SIR, YES SIR chimed in the lower ranking officers as they saluted Commodore Dastardely, grabbed the prisoners and marched away with them.
They soon arrived at the holding cell, silence filling the air until the door slammed shut and Commander Donaldson and Flight Lieutenant Duckingbottam saluted them, turned on their feet and marched out.
Sergeants Duckley and Ducksby took their positions on each side of the door and stood stiff, the silence suddenly shattered by a cacophony of quacking sounds coming from inside the room.
Ducksby and Duckley hurriedly unlocked and opened the door to see white feathers flying everywhere.
Soon after, the sound of the alarm woke them, heads spinning as they got up from the floor and raced outside and looked up into the air to see the squadron flying away n their V pattern.
Well done Squadron Leader, that was a very well hatched escape plan.
Why thank you very much Wing Commander.
They don't call us the Magnificent Seven for nothing!
@joanstewart
Hey goose you going gandering,
Off to the Oscar awards,
Don't have too much barley and rye,
Ending up in Chef's pie....
@gems.and.cookies
The Ducks Achievers Awards Night
These are the eleven achievers who were to be feted that night. Among them they produced a total of 250 ducklings last year. Upon a thorough audit and verification, all 250 were indeed live hatches and are of outstanding health and beauty. These have added to the dwindling population of the species and ensured that they will not be classified as endangered. Tonight is the awards night and it is to be a formal, strictly "wear-a-tie" affair. They just came from the hotel were they were billeted and are awaiting the limo that would take them to the 7-star Walducks Hotel where the awards night is being held. They are a bit antsy because the service is running a bit late due to the traffic and they didn't want to be late for the awarding ceremonies. Plus, the ties were making them uneasy because they were not really used to wearing them.
@daniella619
There was a duck named Cindy.
Cindy was a beautiful duck which was loved by her parents and relatives.
One day, she went out to get something to eat. As she was gathering the best for the tummy, a stranger (Flex) met her and they began to enjoy the available food.
They ate until it was remaining just one grain. Flex who has been looking for a companion took the advantage to deeply introduce his agenda with the last grain.
Cindy laughed for some time before saying anything.
Flex, a good listener was just there to hear what she wish to say.
Cindy said yes and yes and yes which bring us to this day where we have to wait for Cindy (the bride).
Somebody shout glory!
It's Cindy's wedding day and we are very dressed for it.
Let it happen!
1st place @shemzy 8 Hive
Runners Up
@chocolatescorpi 4 Hive
@joanstewart 4 Hive
@gems.and.cookies 4 Hive
@daniella619 4 Hive
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Information about the Shadow Contest
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This week's Contest is HERE
by @barbara-orenya
HERE
This week's Contest is HERE
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STOPDo not miss the last post from @hivebuzz:
Oooh...I was too fast and Luigi has already shared the post...
I messed up and didn't get it into the community. Oh well......
Haha ! like I did with the curation post...oh my ! 🤪
Hopefully we will get it all figured out soon! I'm off to try again with the new contest post!
Good luck ! 😉
Dat Orenya Dancing Cow has a word for the winners :
@shemzy @chocolatescorpi @joanstewart @gems.and.cookies @daniella619
And also to @stevenwood 's generosity, playfulness and great writing talent !
(Yep, the chilling cow has also a say..😁)
Congratulations to all the winners. And thank you to @stephenwood for your generosity and support to this contest. They are much appreciated. And of course to our community moderators and administrators. Excellent job guys!
Congratulations to everyone involved in this contest! From @Shemzy and all of the other winners- @joanstewart, @gems.and.cookies,@daniella619, @StevenWood and to everyone involved in the creation, organisation, photos and judging of it! Brilliant job once again!
Thank you and I can't wait for the next one! 😀
Thanks for mentioning
Thanks for a fun little love story! 😀
I look forward to more.
Okay.
More will surely come
Great!
I look forward to it!
👍😀
Okay
Thanks @stephenwood and congratulations to all the winners which includes ME