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Today's No-Prize
2007-11-28 07:42:57

Today's No-Prize winner is Daniel Way, who sent me the following e-mail this morning:


Hi, Tom -

I'd like to put in my bid for a No-Prize. In Wolverine: Origins #19, Logan makes the following comment: "'Course, that play never would'a made it into the book...if the Trojans'd only sent in one guy."

The Greeks sent the Horse, not the Trojans.

My address is: ADDRESS WITHHELD, BECAUSE I'M NOT THAT MEAN. When can I expect my No-Prize?

Thanks,
Dan


And when I sent Daniel his No-Prize via e-mail, and told him I'd be reporting this up on the blog, he replied:


SCORE!

Blog away, my friend! If you print my address, could you please just change "116" to "114"? My neighbor is a total *******.

Dan


More later.

Tom B
Hey...
Aren't you supposed to offer an explanation as to why a 'mistake' isn't a mistake to earn a no-prize.

Ask for that no prize back immediately!

:)

Posted by paintsd on 2007-11-28 08:12:22
You want an explanation, here's an explanation.

You see, Wolverine, by virtue of his codename, is a huge fan of the University of Michigan's Wolverines. As such, he has religiously followed for over a century, carefully jotting down all sorts of esoteric stats and facts in case his memory gets wiped for the eleventeenth time.

The book he speaks of is not Homer's Odyssey or Virgil's Aeneid, but in fact the playbook of the 1904 University of Southern California Trojans, who defeated Logan's beloved Michigan with a devastating play requiring three men to make it into the endzone to keep the Wolverines guessing as to which one would receive the winning pass. Obviously, "that play never would'a made it into the book...if the Trojans'd only sent in one guy."

Tell Mr. Way that he can send me my No-Prize whenever he likes.

Posted by jim_smith on 2007-11-28 10:05:43
no-prize
well, all I have to say is: congrats

Posted by alan parker on 2007-11-28 13:14:57
Also, deliberately making a mistake in a comic and then claiming a no-prize for spotting it is cheating!

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Posted by andrema on 2007-11-28 16:34:05
Another explanation:

"'Course, that play never would'a made it into the book...if the Trojans'd only sent in one guy."

If the Trojans had only sent one guy inside to see what's in there, the Greeks would never have made it into Troja.

Posted by Michael Heide on 2007-11-28 20:25:54
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