Let the hilarity continue - as we contemplate a name change
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You'd be forgiven for thinking the FIA had moved to Cape Town, as the South African Blog Awards introduce a whole new set of rules for this year's awards. Not unlike the Formula One Championship, and in keeping with last year's theme, the organisers have once again plummeted into an orgasm of contradiction and dissimulation. It is this further reminder of their lack of validity and importance, that helps us understand why they have been nicknamed "The Zucchini Awards."

The 2008 SA Blog Awards
(The Zucchini Awards)

The SA Blog Awards are YET to announce any judges which, for something starting in just over a week, further enhances the dormant stench of last year's alleged tampering and general contrive that can only be eclipsed by Zimbabwe's current regime. You would think they would attempt to escape the stigma of damaged goods and, perhaps, give it a fresh new name, like "The South African Blog Awards - Seriously."

Or, "THE ZUCCHINI AWARDS."

Seriously.

Your basic muffshow

Further marred by the cancellation of a Johannesburg ceremony, and not shy to add vinegar to the paper-cut-wound, the organisers of the muffshow have succumbed to last year's gripe by The Sunday Times, in that they have now announced (quite cavalierly, I might add) that the organisers will NOT be involved AS CONTESTANTS in this year's awards!

Oh...!

Not..?!

Hell, but that's BLOODY decent of you guys! Are you saying you want to make it "DEMOCRATIC?"

HELLOOOOO; but, like, where's the fun in that??

What happens to the past awards?

Nice one, fellas. And back to what we were saying earlier (suggesting a name change, perhaps?), what happens to the awards that were won in the past by the judges and/or organisers? Are those null and void now? Shouldn't they be handed back? I mean, in the spirit of Marion Jones and the recent returning of her Olympic medals, (and capitalising on the organisers' aforementioned tone) would that not be the right and noble thing to do?

And the other winners from the past - what happens to them? Did 2oceansvibe really win seven awards in the first two years (prior to the annual rule-changing fiasco)? Or should we start fresh with a new name and permanent non-changing set of rules?

There's a great party trick you can do with a zucchini..

Seriously, how about "The Zucchini Awards?"

I'm in!


Seth Rotherham
Editor
2oceansvibe.com
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