Congratulations....

The winners of the 2005 Bloggies were finally announced yesterday in Texas. As some of you may recall, noodlepie was up for 'Best Asian weblog'. I didn't win, nor did my fave in the Asian category Tokyo Times. It is of course the taking part that is the most important point here. Losing is just a nice bonus. Something to tell the grandkids. The fact that I lost out to a hot babe in Singapore doesn't leave me bitter, twisted or sore in the slightest... grumble, mutter, bah humbug, pass the Jagermeister.... A gargantuan thank you to all who nominated me and those who then voted for me. Very, very much appreciated :)

In other Bloggie news, 'Best Food weblog' goes to Cooking for Engineers - big shout. Commiserations to the many fellow food blogger losers. One query though. I followed Where is Raed? very closely during the Iraq war and found it fascinating. It won 'Best African or Middle Eastern weblog', but the most recent post is dated August 18, 2004. Is that daft or am I? Hmmm?? By the way, if you haven't already done so, you really should follow that Jagermeister link. It's a bit of an oxymoron, it's German & funny, well almost. OK, at least they're trying, jah?

UPDATE: There's a bunch of flickr photostreams coming out of the Bloggies thing. I'm reliably informed that this photo was taken at the precise moment that noodlepie was announced a loser.

UPDATE: The BBC are on the story. Since when were losers not newsworthy? My phone hasn't stopped ringing rung all night.

Comments

[anthony]

It's not the winning that matters, it's the taking part...

Nope. That didn't work, where's that glue stick?

[pieman]

This sore loser's corner's already full Anthony. Half eaten pizza, empty bottles, tin foil and fag butts will be my friends until I have recovered sufficiently enough to carry on with life. In the meantime, please go away. Oh... before you go, you got a spare fag. Go on tightwad, just one.

[anthony]

Ate 'em all. Ta ta! there's still half a tub of margarine in the fridge I've got to finish off.

[pieman]

Are you deaf? I thought I told you to go away. It's a helluva squeeze with just the one loser in here. Please don't make noodlepie some kinda loser repository. It's not the image I'm going for.

[Lee]

Too late Pieman, this is turning into some kind of losers love fest!

Any chance of a bit of that margarine anthony for another bitter blogger?

[pieman]

Note to all losers - Please go away and close the door behind you. I'm really not very generous, I'm all out of beer, the fridge is empty and the pizza is all mine, mine, mine. Go back to your dungeon and sniff some nail polish or something.

[anthony]

Man, go-go boots! That hurts.

Lee- allllllll gone. I'm just heading out the back to see if I can find those bottles of home-brew I made in Uni.

[Lee]

Thanks for nothing Anthony!

Looks like I'm going to have to resort to sniffing the ends of some old felt tip pens I've managed to dig out.

[AugustusGloop]

You was robbed man...

[pieman]

Robbed indeed, while bound, gagged, tied to a treestump and given a serious bollock kicking by go-go boot girl. I've lost every shred of my dignity. Where's that paint thinner gone to?

[Third Shift in Las Vegas]

What food blog can go up against go-go boots and come out unscathed? You need to take this to a whole other level; you need to take this war to boot girl on her turf; you need pieman's own pair of go-go boots. Bun mam will never be the same. Trust me on this.

[AugustusGloop]

Some people pay good money for that kinda bollock treatment you know...

[pieman]

This is a go-go boot free blog... for now.

On a deadly serious note - when the Bloggies were announced I emailed my direct competitors, or I left a comment on their blogs, to say 'may the best man/woman/go-go boot wearer win' blah, blah, blah. Lee, who also comments here, was the only one to respond in kind... As a wise man once said "To win is to lose politely." I think I did that and more, much more.

Lee, Anthony - you're both winners in life and that's worth remembering in difficult times such as these. A naff pair of boots, amazing, drop dead gorgeous looks, sacks of warpaint and a humorous blog will get you only so far. Manners give you class. We have that.

[Reid]

Noodlepie,

I'm sorry that you didn't win. If it's any consolation, you still got my vote.

[pieman]

Reid, it is a consolation and very much appreciated. Think I'm over that nonsense now. Back on the streets.

[deependdining]

Um, I think I recall comparing Noodlepie to "The Aviator" back when The Academy Awards and the Bloggies were in full hype mode. Sorry, "The Aviator" didn't win either. Marty's been robbed several times. He's probably sniffing glue and playing Russian roulette with Bobby DeNiro as we blog. I shoulda compared you to "Million Dollar Baby"!!! But who knew Karate Kid Babe would pull it off once again??? There's always next year. Peace.

[pieman]

Nah. One shot. I blew it. Next year, there'll be more go-go boots, more flesh and lip gloss. No chance.

You could of course use the Salam Pax route to blogging success. His method's pretty cool, stop blogging on April 11, twiddle your thumbs for about a year, then go pick up an award. How easy is that? Some voters must be more than a bit thick... mumble, grumble, gripe, miaoww...

[josie]

Aw, too bad. Sorry you didn't win. You had my vote.

[ML]

I thought your blog is the best for the Asian category! Actually, I was a bit surprised that u didn't win. I read the winner's blog but personally, didn't really like it. Thought there is too much crude language and all. (well, thats my personal opinion)