You can run but you can't hide, Anne Burger
I know the last time we hit a commenting milestone, it was quite traumatic for you, Anne Burger. As the marketing manager extraordinaire for BaltimoreSun.com, you came up with a lovely gift for our 3,000th commenter, the inestimable Owl Meat Jerky, who had this to say: ...
Screaming Yello Zonkers Remember the great Quisp versus Quake war of the early 70s? It all turned ugly when they showed graphic photos of Quisp's POW camps.
OK, maybe you had to be there.
Before then, the most exciting thing that had happened on this blog was the 1,000th comment by Hal Laurent (not yet the Voice of Reason). He said:
I was just mentioning this discussion to my wife, and she said that a place that she really misses is the old Harvey House on Charles St.
He was awarded many wonderful prizes, not the least of which was the stainless steel BaltimoreSun.com travel mug, which he never got, and an advance copy of the dining guide, which he also never got.
Owl Meat and Marketing Manager Extraordinaire Anne went through a long and difficult process trying to get hold of a gift certificate to the restaurant of his choice, a process I won't go into again because I don't want to open old wounds, but he finally had a very good dinner at Salt.
I thought it best not to say anything when No. 5,000 was posted a few months later because I was afraid Anne (MME) wouldn't return my calls, but today we hit a milestone so significant I don't think we can ignore it.
The Dining@Large Commenting Hall of Fame welcomes e, who posted the 10,000th comment at exactly 12:14 p.m. with these immortal words:
Matt- You can find the dates/locations of area markets here:
http://www.mda.state.md.us/md_products/farmers_market_dir.php
Luckily e included his/her e-mail address, and with his/her permission I will give it to Anne (MME), who has come up with another wonderful prize for our winner, a $100 gift certificate from the Maryland Restaurant Association, which she already has in hand.
What can go wrong?
Or am I going to be very sorry I said that?
Comments
To think I thought about sending my comment. If I had hit send instead of eating lunch I 'd be holding my breath waiting for
Posted by: mdlrvrmuncher | April 26, 2008 5:48 PM
Congrats, e.
Why am I afraid that Maryland will be defined, for the purposes of this exercise, as Garret County on Tuesdays and alternate Saturdays, Carroll County on first Sundays and Queen Anne County the rest of the time, unless it is a full moon, in which case the cert is only good at 3 McDonald's in Frederick, with the prior permission of the rector at Zion Lutheran?
Posted by: Lissa | April 26, 2008 8:36 PM
Don't hold your breath, e. I won the contest to guess the worst new restaurant name, and I have exactly zilch to show for it.
At least we didn't promise you all sorts of wonderful things. :-) EL
Posted by: Dahlink | April 27, 2008 7:29 AM
That's true, but we can always hope!
Posted by: Dahlink | April 27, 2008 10:51 AM
stainless steel BaltimoreSun.com travel mug, which he never got
I did eventually get the travel mug, thanks to the tireless efforts of the wonderfully named Anne Burger. And it's a really nice travel mug.
There may be hope yet then. Of course, I never sent you the advance copy of the Dining Guide, but it's hard to do that six months after it published. EL
Posted by: Hal Laurent, VoR | April 27, 2008 11:12 AM
Esteemed Leader EL wrote: Of course, I never sent you the advance copy of the Dining Guide, but it's hard to do that six months after it published.
Well, as the Brooklyn Dodgers used to perennially say: "Wait 'til next year!" There will be a new Dining Guide in six months or so, right?
Posted by: Mr. Old Fart | April 27, 2008 4:54 PM
EL: I would be interested in knowing the lapse of time between comments 1000 and 3000; 3000 and 5000; and 5000 and 10,000. It seems to be that D@L has become a most popular blog on the Sun's surface - or at least one of the most loquacious.
Congratulations, e. Any thought of hosting the next Sandbox meeting with that gc? LOL
What is the next number to celebrate, EL? 15,000?
That will be up to Anne. Hal posted No. 1,000 last September, and Owl Meat's post was the beginning of January. EL
Posted by: Piano Rob | April 28, 2008 8:20 AM
I'm here! I'm here! And I'm really impressed by this Restaurant Association of Maryland gift certificate; it can be used in lots of restaurants that I love, which is why I chose it.
I will also send a stainless steel travel mug, which I will lovingly place inside the mailbox with my own 2 hands this time.
Posted by: AnneB | April 28, 2008 10:22 AM
Holy cow! It pays to de-lurk. Thank you!
-e
Posted by: e | April 28, 2008 11:03 AM
OK, they're in the mailbox... we'll see what happens this time!
btw, e, I mailed the mug and gift certificate separately...
Posted by: AnneB | April 29, 2008 3:07 PM