Blog of the Week Winners - 16 November

in Silver Bloggers2 years ago (edited)
Authored by @lizelle

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For this edition of the Silver Bloggers Blog of the Week, we had a record number of entries...16 posted by 16 November!

However...sadly only SIX - yes 6 - qualified!!!

Why, you ask?

Although, the quality of the posts was once again of a high standard -
ten - yes 10 -

DID NOT FOLLOW THE RULES!

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PLEASE REMEMBER

YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE RULES
AS YOUR ENTRY WILL BE DISQUALIFIED!


This week's topic was:

Tell us something about yourself that sounds like a lie, but it's actually the truth.

This for me, personally, was a real challenge, as there are many things I've experienced that no one would believe, but sad to say, many are not good memories. However, this topic brought back some really good memories as well, not only for me but also for many of our members.

We will start with the 2 ineligible entries from the Silver Bloggers Team.

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Our super-efficient Silver Flower, got stuck in the loo on two occasions (one of my big phobias, by the way!) but she got to meet a living Saint; the larger than life but tiny in stature, St Theresa!

Head on over to A saint, lavatories and life for an excellent read! In Silver Flower's own words:

These are "stories" I don't often tell. I don't know why, but they don't often come up in conversation. The loony loo tales are probably the most told. Lavatorial humour is a fact of life.

I rarely tell of my meeting Mother Teresa. When I have occasion to mention it, it's generally met with a

No! You didn't, did you? Really?


The second ineligible entry came from Silver-Blond Lizzie who told the true story of How she slept on the rooftop of a high rise building, lost and found her John Lennon glasses in the beach sand.

Miracles do happen and my best friend found it so I was saved from having to tell Mom yet another fib!
So...this all really happened even though it sounds like a lie...

I did sleep on the roof of a 20 storey building, lost and found my glasses on the beach sand and I survived to tell the story some five decades later!
It's the truth, and the whole truth your honour!


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Remember that we mentioned in the announcement post, contributions not added to our announcement post as well as the Discord channel will not be considered.

As the community is approaching the 600 subscriber mark, we do need to stick to our own rules!

In addition to the two ineligible contributions, once again only six entries met all the criteria.

A reminder of the rules

The criteria for entering the Silver Bloggers Blog of the Week initiative:

  1. Posts must be in English and obviously centre on the week’s topic.
  2. Prose must be a minimum of 350 words. If it’s a photo or graphic essay, the photos must be your original work and preferably with some sort of back-story to the images.
  3. The blog must be posted in/from our community
  4. The account must be a subscribed Silver Blogger
  5. Use #BoW - blog of the week - as your first tag. And follow the tag so we can all easily find, upvote and comment on other entries.
  6. Share the link to your entry in the comments of the announcement post and in our Discord channel which is open to subscribed members only.

We will continue to strictly apply these rules for the next and following editions.

I ask again - Why, why, WHY... did not all our Silver Bloggers follow the rules???

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Back to our 6 eligible entries, once again the team, consisting for the moment, of Silver-Blonde Lizzie, Sir Stirling Silver and Silver Flower, were unanimous as to the winners.

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Special mention

@soyunasantacruz who has some silver in her hair now, entertained us with My story really seems like a lie (Fun) and almost committed Parricide; here's a little teaser for you...

When I was about 5 years old I got very angry with my mom because she scolded me for something I do not remember and surely deserved, what I do remember is that I noticed that no one was watching me commit a crime, while everyone was busy with their chores at home I grabbed a liter of disinfectant and emptied it into a bottle of drinking water, those sold for human consumption my intention was clear to poison my family, commit a patricide, this term I had to look it up on the internet because I did not know it had a name.

Runners up

Different though they both were, we had difficulty choosing between the runners up, so in no particular order, they are...

First up, we welcome another newcomer to #bow, @tengolotodo whose post was about Surviving not just one, but two plane crashes and I'm surprised that he was brave enough to get on that second plane!

As we neared touchdown the wind changed direction and whipped the plane sideways and almost catapulted it. Luckily one wing scraped the grass at the edge of the runway and helped slow us down. The undercarriage was a bit mangled and the plane ended up on the grass at an angle. The adults were quite shook up, I was more concerned about how I was meant to get to Edinburgh so as not to get into trouble from matron at school!


Silver Dish once again made it into the top three with her story Truth is stranger than fiction and told us how she only went to Violin lessons for seven years as a child because she liked had a bit of a crush??? on her music teacher; she did not like music at all, yet in her latter years went back to classes, ended up playing in some big bands and now loves music! This story is a reminder that it's never too late to learn new tricks!

When I got up the nerve, I started playing with other adults. I learned a bit about how to play secund (accompaniment), how to improvise, how to compose, how to be part of an ensemble, and how to jam. I became a member of several bands, one of which actually did gigs. And best of all, I now loved music.
That’s the big reveal.
In case you missed it.
I was once a pretty good klezmer violinist.


A big Drumroll for our Winner Silver Fish

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This week's winner, Silver Fish entertained us with his childhood mischief downing shooters, when his parents backs were turned. His story Stranger than a Silver Fish had us in stitches just imagining that little boy likely falling all over the place!
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So, i've been drunken for the first time with only three years old, to me at least, this is the reason i never really liked alcohol since. Until today i prefer water, coffee or tea. Don't get me wrong, i like to drink a glass of wine with dinner or going for a good night out with friends and have some Guinness. But that is just occasionally!
Conclusion: May we should make 3 year olds drink more applejack to be sure they wont like any alcohol later in life...

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The prizes

This week's prize pot is a 🤑whopping 40 Hive 🤑 and which will be distributed among four winners:

As usual, the winner gets

  • 50% of the liquid rewards from this post and @mondoshawan's account has been set as a 50% beneficiary
  • 10 Hive sponsored by @lizelle that she will send directly to the winner's wallet
    and
  • 10 Hive sponsored by the Silver Bloggers Community and which will also be sent to the winner's wallet

The runners up win, too

Thanks to our founder and Silver-Blonde Lizzie, the runners up will also receive 5 Hive each, and which she will send to @tengolotodo and @owasco's wallets.

And there's a little more...

Thanks to a boost and another 50 Hive sponsorship from Silverbeet we can continue allocating 10 Hive from the community account for the runners up. This and 4 hive each will be sent to the runners up and 2 Hive to @soyunasantacruz , this week's special mention.

All prizes will be sent directly to the winners' wallets.

If you would like to sponsor a prize...the pot is getting low...

Please tag either @lizelle or @fionasfavourites in the comments below, or find us in the Silver Bloggers Discord server.

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Watch this space for the next topic

Entries will close on 💥Tuesday💥 30 November, whereafter we will take a break until the new year.

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Happy day, thank you very much for the special mention I am very happy to be among you.

Congratulations to all who participated and to the winners. I thought I had read all the entries but I realize that no, because among the winners is an acquaintance that I appreciate very much congratulations @tengolotodo what a joy to be in Hive and among the Silver Bloggers Community, I wish you much success.

Thank you I will be looking forward to the next proposal. Thanks to the sponsors and all those who contribute their bit.

 2 years ago  

Congratulations to the winners and also to all of the entrants.

A pity that so many other good entries did not follow the rules.
But such is life and we will all get it correct sooner rather than later 😊

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 2 years ago  

Thanks so much you guys! congrats to all the winners, and thanks to everyone else who entertained me with their quirky stories.

@lizelle - I would like to sponsor 20 hive for the prize pot for this next contest.

Wow that's so generous of you @owasco aka Silver Dish, thank you very much! Quirky and fun the stories certainly were🤗 I admire the way you went back to music, and especially the violin, I simply looove listening to that instrument, thank you for your #bow entries and for this wonderful gesture 🤗

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20 hive are on their way to hive-106316. Please let me know if you got them.

Received the 20 Hive Silver Dish, that is so kind of you! Thank you so much @owasco ❤🤗

Thank you so much, you all made me feel dead chuffed with this pleasant surprise.
A big congratulations to the winners and everyone who participated and to the admins of this awesome community and to all prize donors.
It does pay to read the rules of entry in whatever you do!

For sure pays to read the rules, you were very brave @tengolotodo, it was an amazing story! Thank you for your great #bow entry.🤗

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what an pleasure to see that with my first
drunken night was such a success.
Thank you all!!! 😁

 2 years ago  

Well done @mondoshawan, it was hilarious!

😁 thanks for the love!

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Just loved your post @mondoshawan it was so funny.

 2 years ago  

Good stuff everyone, congrats!

Applause to all the winners of this fabulous contest! Best regards.

 2 years ago  

Congratulations to the happy winners!

Thank you @mjvdc, hope to see your #bow in Discord as well next time😉
Silver-Blond Lizzie

 2 years ago  

This is how it will be 😀

Congratulations to all the winners... Awesome Stories! 🙃

Very true @mondoshawan, let's hope everyone follows the rules next time, as they're losing out!
Silver-Blond Lizzie

yep, as we already know from the sandwich contest... and hopefully these folks start again to pay the needed attention on the meaning of words. 😊

 2 years ago  

Congratulations to all the winners

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Congratulations to all the winners for your fabulous posts, well done.

The stories all were really funny, some scary ones too, thanks for your nice feedback @artywink 🤗

Congratulations and celebrations in #silverbloggers you guys/gals are good!

The stories were indeed very entertaining, glad you enjoyed them @joanstewart 🤗

👍🙌 Topics to keep everyone on their toes.

Any suggested topics for future posts would be appreciated from you Joan.

Will give some thought and DM you in Discord 😉

Congratulations to all the winners for all the amazing posts :)

Thank you @coquicoin, hope to see your #bow entry next time😉

I think I got caught in this one trying to figure out which story to tell, but I'll be sure to join the next #bow. Cheers! :)

It was not an easy topic even for me🤔

Thank you to everyone for participating in #bow, but please remember to follow the rules and if you have a problem, contact me @lizelle or @fionasfavourites.
Payouts for our well-deserved winners below.
Note I had some spare Hive and for her really funny story, gave a little bonus to @soyunasantacruz.
Payouts from @hive-106316 (Silver Bloggers') Wallet:

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Payouts from @lizelle's Wallet:

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Yours,
Silver-Blond Lizzie 🤗

Thank you very much, silver blonde @lizelle 🌹

Well deserved😉


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