Messages decoded, and gift points doled out, in previous rounds of the contest. |
Round 1 Winner: laregna | 1,400 Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today. James Dean Round 2 Winner: bokonon | 1,900 Too many times we stand aside And let the waters slip away ‘Til what we put off ‘til tomorrow Has now become today So don’t you sit upon the shoreline And say you’re satisfied Choose to chance the rapids And dare to dance the tide Garth Brooks, from “The River” Round 3 Winner (Quote): laregna | 2,300 Winner (Character): sonic_fan1 | 4,400 I think that life is a lot like a story—there is more to it than just what your eyes can see. If you don’t look beyond the words on the page, then you will miss the true meaning. Believing is seeing. Kelly Armstrong, from "Quorilax" [13+] by Davy Kraken Round 4 Winner: mysterymann | 1,900 Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. Italian Proverb Round 5 Winner: mysterymann | 2,000 Only two things are infinite, the Universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former. Albert Einstein Round 6 Winner: clift1983 | 1,500 Smooth seas never made a skillful mariner. English Proverb Round 7 Winner: blueeyedmuse | 1,900 Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King, Jr. Round 8 Winner: mooneyma | 1,800 Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa Round 9 Winner: mooneyma | 1,700 Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. Lao Tzu, from Dao De Jing Round 10 Winner: clift1983 | 2,000 With the joy of responsibility comes the burden of obligation. Hank Hill, from King of the Hill Round 11 Winner: mooneyma | 2,000 Nothing takes taste from peanut butter quite like unrequited love. Charlie Brown Round 12 Winner: larian | 1,400 Nuclear war would certainly set back cable. Ted Turner Round 13 Winner: larian | 3,000 Patriotism is often arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. George Jean Nathan Round 14 Winner: sunflash222 | 3,400 Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which we will not put. Winston Churchill Round 15 Winner: mood indigo | 2,800 The best way out is always through. Robert Frost Round 16 Winner: Robert Waltz | 3,800 Life becomes harder when we live for others, but also richer and happier. Albert Schweitzer Round 17 Winner: Robert Waltz | 3,200 Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. Henry David Thoreau Round 18 Winner: Robert Waltz | 3,600 It was brillig and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves And the mome raths outgrabe. Lewis Carroll, from “Jabberwocky” Round 19 Winner: Robert Waltz | 5,100 One is always considered mad when one perfects something others cannot grasp. Ed Wood Round 20 Winner: Chook | 3,600 Going cold turkey is not as delicious as it sounds. Homer Simpson, from The Simpsons Round 21 Winner: Wenston | 4,500 What the caterpillar thinks is the end of the world, the butterfly thinks is the beginning. Sarah Davis Round 22 Winner: twyls | 3,900 What a terrible thing to have lost ones mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is. Dan Quayle Round 23 Winner: mood indigo | 5,200 Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain—and most do. Dale Carnegie Round 24 Winner: mood indigo | 6,400 I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. Whitney Brown Round 25 Winner: mudmanpat | 6,000 The expert at anything was once a beginner. Anonymous Round 26 Winner: Robert Waltz | 7,600 When a subject becomes totally obsolete, we make it a required course. Peter Drucker Round 27 Winner: Robert Waltz | 7,000 Our patience will achieve more than our force. Edmund Burke Round 28 First Place: Robert Waltz | 3,000 Second Place: Silver is 2 to the 5th Power | 2,250 Third Place: mood indigo | 1,500 Fourth Place: karabu | 750 The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Aristotle Round 29 First Place: Robert Waltz | 3,800 Second Place: mood indigo | 2,850 Third Place: Silver is 2 to the 5th Power | 1,900 Fourth Place: randf | 950 Never measure the height of a mountain until you reach the top. Then you will see how low it was. Dag Hammarskjold Round 30 First Place: Silver is 2 to the 5th Power | 3,800 Second Place: Robert Waltz | 2,850 Third Place: karabu | 1,900 Fourth Place: Midnight Dawn | 950 If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. Carl Sagan Round 31 First Place: mood indigo | 3,200 Second Place: karabu | 2,400 Third Place: Midnight Dawn | 1,600 Fourth Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer | 800 Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun. Pablo Picasso Round 32 First Place: karabu | 3,200 Second Place: Silver is 2 to the 5th Power | 2,400 Third Place: mood indigo | 1,600 Fourth Place: Midnight Dawn | 800 Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Round 33 First Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer | 3,400 Second Place: mood indigo | 2,550 Third Place: karabu | 1,700 Fourth Place: Valerie O | 850 We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own. Ben Sweetland Round 34 First Place: Valerie O | 3,600 Second Place: karabu | 2,700 Third Place: Feywriter | 1,800 Fourth Place: frug | 900 Do not judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stephenson Round 35 First Place: Valerie O | 3,800 Second Place: Mantis | 2,850 Third Place: karabu | 1,900 Fourth Place: Chook | 950 The wonderful thing about a dull party is that you get home early. Herbert V. Prochnow Round 36 First Place: m-archibald | 4,400 Second Place: Robert Waltz | 3,300 Third Place: Feywriter | 2,200 Fourth Place: karabu | 1,100 I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. Leo Rosten Round 37 First Place: Memorex | 3,375 Second Place: Wenston | 2,813 Third Place: Feywriter | 2,250 Fourth Place: karabu | 1,687 Fifth Place: mood indigo | 1,125 Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. Oscar Wilde Round 38 First Place: Rhyssa | 4,725 Second Place: greenjellybean | 3,938 Third Place: karabu | 3,150 Fourth Place: Scottiegazelle | 2,362 Fifth Place: Kåre เลียม Enga | 1,575 Hurling my weapon at the face which brought such fear... Even today I can still see it...in pieces of the shattered mirror. From "Shattered" [13+] by Cloudspun Thanks Lexi! Round 39 First Place: dbp220 | 3,825 Second Place: Feywriter | 3,188 Third Place: Rhyssa | 2,550 Fourth Place: Kåre เลียม Enga | 1,912 Fifth Place: Scottiegazelle | 1,275 If you tell the truth, you do not have to remember anything. Mark Twain Round 40 First Place: Scottiegazelle | 4,950 Second Place: Rhyssa | 4,125 Third Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 3,300 Fourth Place: Silver is 2 to the 5th Power | 2,475 Fifth Place: Lynn McKenzie | 1,650 If life gives you lemons, and you get three in a row, do you get a jackpot? From "Invalid Item" [] by A Guest Visitor Round 41 First Place: Scottiegazelle | 4,950 Second Place: Silver is 2 to the 5th Power | 4,125 Third Place: Rhyssa | 3,300 Fourth Place: ftrinta | 2,475 Fifth Place: Becky Z | 1,650 Never test the depth of the water with both feet. African Proverb Round 42 First Place: Scottiegazelle | 4,050 Second Place: thesonrises | 3,375 Third Place: Becky Z | 2,700 Fourth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 2,025 Fifth Place: revka | 1,350 You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. Ziggy Round 43 First Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer | 4,050 Second Place: thesonrises | 3,375 Third Place: mysterycat | 2,700 Fourth Place: dmack | 2,025 Fifth Place: Andrew | 1,350 Though precious youth is robbed by time, The child inside remains behind. From "Invalid Item" [] by A Guest Visitor Round 44 First Place: Fellow | 3,375 Second Place: dmack | 2,813 Third Place: thesonrises | 2,250 Fourth Place: janellecharon | 1,687 Fifth Place: revka | 1,125 It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. Rene Descartes Round 45 First Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 3,600 Second Place: Kåre เลียม Enga | 3,000 Third Place: dmack | 2,400 Fourth Place: Hufflepuffle | 1,800 Fifth Place: Valerie O | 1,200 A dreamer’s greatest joy is to see his dream grow bigger than his own imagination. Benny Russell, AKA Ben Sisko, from "Invalid Item" [] by A Guest Visitor Round 46 First Place: Hufflepuffle | 5,100 Second Place: Valerie O | 4,250 Third Place: Zuly | 3,400 Fourth Place: smphillips | 2,550 Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 1,700 Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson Round 47 First Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 6,300 Second Place: Valerie O | 5,250 Third Place: Davina | 4,200 Fourth Place: mars | 3,150 Fifth Place: TEALA | 2,100 A straw hat topped her lemon blond hair, and her narrow body was wrapped in a rippling pollen-colored dress. … She was a walking shrine commemorating either the sun or the past year’s mustard harvest. From "Invalid Item" [] by A Guest Visitor Round 48 First Place: Valerie O | 6,300 Second Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 5,250 Third Place: Silver is 2 to the 5th Power | 4,200 Fourth Place: revka | 3,150 Fifth Place: tra7of9 | 2,100 Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart. Pablo Casals Round 49 First Place: jarich | 5,100 Second Place: dmack | 4,250 Third Place: mars | 3,400 Fourth Place: Kittycat, pics anyone? | 2,550 Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 1,700 We spend so much time Waiting for the dawn to come We forget there’s a moon. From "Invalid Item" [] by A Guest Visitor Round 50 First Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer | 5,400 Second Place: dmack | 4,500 Third Place: mars | 3,600 Fourth Place: C Moore | 2,700 Fifth Place: Seisa-sleepingcatbooks.com | 1,800 The true test of character is not how much we know how to do but how we behave when we do not know what to do. John Holt Round 51 First Place: nomlet | 6,000 Second Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer | 5,000 Third Place: Brandiwyn🎶 | 4,000 Fourth Place: C Moore | 3,000 Fifth Place: dmack | 2,000 Small streams and rivers snaked across the naked countryside in interesting curves and swirls, a signature of nature itself. From "I: Wraith" [13+] by . . . Jeremy Round 52 First Place: nomlet | 3,900 Second Place: Valerie O | 3,250 Third Place: dmack | 2,600 Fourth Place: Brandiwyn🎶 | 1,950 Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 1,300 Confidence is the hinge on the door to success. Mary O'Hare Dumas Round 53 First Place: Anne Light | 6,000 Second Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 5,000 Third Place: Chook | 4,000 Fourth Place: ms_penguin | 3,000 Fifth Place: SaphireLee | 2,000 A mushroom climbs from manmade muck, a rising beauty—cloud of death. And in the path of hellfire force, trees bend and rise as skeletons. From "Invalid Item" [] by A Guest Visitor Round 54 First Place: nomlet | 5,700 Second Place: Anne Light | 4,750 Third Place: IsA: SEEKING UPGRADE - Please! | 3,800 Fourth Place: Chook | 2,850 Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 1,900 I do not feel obligated to believe the same God who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect intended us to forego their use. Galileo Galilei Round 55 First Place: Anne Light | 6,600 Second Place: LoneLily*Still alive! | 5,500 Third Place: dmack | 4,400 Fourth Place: ragatode | 3,300 Fifth Place: Douglas returning | 2,200 They say love is sweeter The second time around. But that can’t be, you see. Cause my ex-wife’s husband now knows why He’s not a happier man than I. From "Rumors Dispelled" [18+] by rl Round 56 First Place: nomlet | 6,000 Second Place: Douglas returning | 5,000 Third Place: ragatode | 4,000 Fourth Place: raino | 3,000 Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 2,000 Nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul as clemency and readiness to forgive. Cicero Round 57 First Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 6,000 Second Place: karenh | 5,000 Third Place: Douglas returning | 4,000 Fourth Place: Davina | 3,000 Fifth Place: Jacaranda | 2,000 Strange, how easily words are formed in reckless youth, and how much more measured they become with age. From "Attaining Absolution" [13+] by Cherokeescribe Round 58 First Place: nomlet | 3,600 Second Place: karenh | 3,000 Third Place: C Moore | 2,400 Fourth Place: karabu | 1,800 Fifth Place: Douglas returning | 1,200 The “C” students run the world Harry Truman Round 59 First Place: dmack | 4,800 Second Place: judykay | 4,000 Third Place: Douglas returning | 3,200 Fourth Place: Jacaranda | 2,400 Fifth Place: dmerrysilver | 1,600 It is better to look ahead and prepare than look back and regret. Jackie Joyner-Kersee Round 60 First Place: nomlet | 5,700 Second Place: judykay | 4,750 Third Place: dmerrysilver | 3,800 Fourth Place: Douglas returning | 2,850 Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 1,900 In my retirement I go for a short swim at least once or twice a day. Either that or buy a new golf ball. Gene Perret Round 61 First Place: SolarFlare | 5,700 Second Place: Douglas returning | 4,750 Third Place: judykay | 3,800 Fourth Place: Anne Light | 2,850 Fifth Place: dmerrysilver | 1,900 By the time a man realizes maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he is wrong. Charles Wadsworth Round 62 First Place: SolarFlare | 5,700 Second Place: judykay | 4,750 Third Place: zee13 | 3,800 Fourth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 2,850 Fifth Place: Laidback Larry | 1,900 There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed. Mohandas Gandhi Round 63 First Place: nomlet | 5,700 Second Place: SolarFlare | 4,750 Third Place: Sinclair | 3,800 Fourth Place: twyls | 2,850 Fifth Place: dmack | 1,900 A very thin line stands between the greatest of rights and the most horrible of atrocities From "Invalid Item" [] by A Guest Visitor Round 64 First Place: judykay | 5,700 Second Place: Jacaranda | 4,750 Third Place: dmack | 3,800 Fourth Place: Anne Light | 2,850 Fifth Place: jimnabby | 1,900 We have too many high-sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them. Abigail Adams Round 65 First Place: jimnabby | 4,800 Second Place: judykay | 4,000 Third Place: Jacaranda | 3,200 Fourth Place: Anne Light | 2,400 Fifth Place: Andrew | 1,600 Stressed spelled backward is desserts. Coincidence? I think not! Anonymous Round 66 First Place: jimnabby | 6,000 Second Place: Nezbit | 5,000 Third Place: judykay | 4,000 Fourth Place: dmack | 3,000 Fifth Place: Anadaya | 2,000 Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis. From “Deep Thoughts,” by Jack Handey Round 67 First Place: jimnabby | 4,500 Second Place: Nezbit | 3,750 Third Place: SolarFlare | 3,000 Fourth Place: dmack | 2,250 Fifth Place: Jacaranda | 1,500 What a person believes is not as important as how a person believes Timothy Virkkala Round 68 First Place: jimnabby | 4,500 Second Place: nomlet | 3,750 Third Place: Nezbit | 3,000 Fourth Place: jmthornton | 2,250 Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 1,500 Teamwork is essential; it allows you to blame somebody else. Anonymous Round 69 First Place: jimnabby | 5,400 Second Place: nomlet | 4,500 Third Place: Nezbit | 3,600 Fourth Place: jmthornton | 2,700 Fifth Place: dmack | 1,800 A man who does not trust himself can never really trust anyone else. Cardinal De Retz Round 70 First Place: nomlet | 4,500 Second Place: jimnabby | 3,750 Third Place: Nezbit | 3,000 Fourth Place: dmack | 2,250 Fifth Place: kmurray | 1,500 Silence is more musical than any song. Christina Rossetti Round 71 First Place: jimnabby | 5,700 Second Place: | 4,750 Third Place: dmack | 3,800 Fourth Place: Dragon 8 | 2,850 Fifth Place: kmurray | 1,900 When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. Henny Youngman Round 72 First Place: | 6,600 Second Place: jimnabby | 5,500 Third Place: dmack | 4,400 Fourth Place: r26a14 | 3,300 Fifth Place: Brandiwyn🎶 | 2,200 Anybody who believes the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach flunked geography. Robert Byrne Round 73 First Place: Brandiwyn🎶 | 5,400 Second Place: jimnabby | 4,500 Third Place: | 3,600 Fourth Place: rlthomas | 2,700 Fifth Place: revka | 1,800 The surest sign intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried contacting us. From “Calvin and Hobbes,” by Bill Watterson Round 74 First Place: jimnabby | 5,100 Second Place: Stallion | 4,250 Third Place: 3rd Daughter | 3,400 Fourth Place: Nezbit | 2,550 Fifth Place: A.W. Mosby | 1,700 A dog may be man’s best friend, but the horse wrote history. Anonymous Round 75 First Place: l.a.p | 4,250 + Detective Merit Badge Second Place: Stallion | 12,750 Third Place: Dragon 8 | 11,250 Fourth Place: Krish D. | 9,750 Fifth Place: Brandiwyn🎶 | 8,250 Sixth Place: nomlet | 6,750 Seventh Place: mariahbforre | 5,250 Eighth Place: Outasync | 3,750 Ninth Place: Nezbit | 2,250 Tenth Place: dmack | 750 Weather forecast for tonight: dark. George Carlin Round 76 First Place: Nezbit | 5,400 Second Place: Brandiwyn🎶 | 4,500 Third Place: 3rd Daughter | 3,600 Fourth Place: l.a.p | 2,700 Fifth Place: Stallion | 1,800 A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has insufficient capital to form a corporation. Howard Scott Round 77 First Place: l.a.p | 4,200 Second Place: Stallion | 3,500 Third Place: Nezbit | 2,800 Fourth Place: jphager2 | 2,100 Fifth Place: dmack | 1,400 It is much easier to become a father than to be one. Kent Nerburn Round 78 First Place: l.a.p | 5,700 Second Place: Stallion | 4,750 Third Place: Outasync | 3,800 Fourth Place: MKEidson | 2,850 Fifth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! | 1,900 You will always miss one hundred percent of the shots you do not take. Wayne Gretzky Round 79 First Place: Grin 'n Bear It! | 4,200 Second Place: Stallion | 3,500 Third Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! | 2,800 Fourth Place: Outasync | 2,100 Fifth Place: ZukoRocks30 | 1,400 There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche Round 80 First Place: l.a.p | 8,050 + Wisdom Merit Badge Second Place: Grin 'n Bear It! | 6,150 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Third Place: A.T.B: It'sWhatWeDo | 4,250 + Wisdom Merit Badge Fourth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! | 2,350 + Attention to Detail Merit Badge Fifth Place: melzgr8 | 450 + Wisdom Merit Badge Sixth Place: lifunio | 8,550 Seventh Place: ZukoRocks30 | 6,650 Eighth Place: Christina~Thanks StoryMaster | 4,750 Ninth Place: Stallion | 2,850 Tenth Place: Missy ~ EnjoyingBeingAMommy | 950 The next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it. Frank A. Clark Round 81 First Place: Stallion | 6,000 Second Place: Grin 'n Bear It! | 5,000 Third Place: ZukoRocks30 | 4,000 Fourth Place: d_fishy5925 | 3,000 Fifth Place: Kourosh | 2,000 Those who promise us paradise on Earth never produced anything but a hell. Karl Popper Round 82 First Place: ZukoRocks30 | 3,900 Second Place: dmack | 3,250 Third Place: Grin 'n Bear It! | 2,600 Fourth Place: Stallion | 1,950 Fifth Place: Sirius | 1,300 Love is blind; hate is deaf. Anonymous Round 83 First Place: ZukoRocks30 | 6,300 Second Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! | 5,250 Third Place: Lady_crow | 4,200 Fourth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 3,150 Fifth Place: Itchy Water~fictionandverse | 2,100 If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito. Betty Reese Round 84 First Place: l.a.p | 5,400 Second Place: ZukoRocks30 | 4,500 Third Place: Lady_crow | 3,600 Fourth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! | 2,700 Fifth Place: Itchy Water~fictionandverse | 1,800 A man is getting old when he walks around a puddle instead of through it. RC Ferguson Round 85 First Place: l.a.p | 9,000 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Second Place: ZukoRocks30 | 7,000 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Third Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 5,000 + Detective Merit Badge Fourth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! | 3,000 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Fifth Place: Itchy Water~fictionandverse | 1,000 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Sixth Place: Outasync | 9,000 Seventh Place: Rebecca - expiring | 7,000 Eighth Place: melzgr8 | 5,000 Ninth Place: 3rd Daughter | 3,000 Tenth Place: Zachary Scott Hastings | 1,000 Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Scott Adams Round 86 First Place: l.a.p | 5,100 Second Place: ZukoRocks30 | 4,250 Third Place: Outasync | 3,400 Fourth Place: Itchy Water~fictionandverse | 2,550 Fifth Place: Yera ~Twelve!~ | 1,700 Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar. Bradley Millar Round 87 First Place: l.a.p | 4,800 Second Place: ZukoRocks30 | 4,000 Third Place: Outasync | 3,200 Fourth Place: Itchy Water~fictionandverse | 2,400 Fifth Place: Yera ~Twelve!~ | 1,600 If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it. Andy Rooney Round 88 First Place: jimnabby | 5,400 Second Place: ZukoRocks30 | 4,500 Third Place: Valerie O | 3,600 Fourth Place: Yera ~Twelve!~ | 2,700 Fifth Place: nomlet | 1,800 Statistics are like bikinis: what they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. Aaron Levenstein Round 89 First Place: jimnabby | 5,100 Second Place: ZukoRocks30 | 4,250 Third Place: l.a.p | 3,400 Fourth Place: Valerie O | 2,550 Fifth Place: Lady_crow | 1,700 If you kick a stone in anger, you will hurt your own foot. Korean Proverb Round 90 First Place: l.a.p | 8,050 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Second Place: jimnabby | 6,150 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Third Place: ZukoRocks30 | 4,250 + Detective Merit Badge Fourth Place: Valerie O | 12,350 Fifth Place: Yera ~Twelve!~ | 450 + Detective Merit Badge Sixth Place: Bobby | 8,550 Seventh Place: Dream ~★~ Justly | 6,650 Eighth Place: 3rd Daughter | 4,750 Ninth Place: Dragon 8 | 2,850 Tenth Place: . . . Jeremy | 950 Ours is the age proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to. Howard Mumford Jones Round 91 First Place: l.a.p | 5,100 Second Place: ZukoRocks30 | 4,250 Third Place: Bobby | 3,400 Fourth Place: Valerie O | 2,550 Fifth Place: nomlet | 1,700 Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans Allen Saunders Round 92 First Place: l.a.p | 5,700 Second Place: Valerie O | 4,750 Third Place: ZukoRocks30 | 3,800 Fourth Place: Bobby | 2,850 Fifth Place: nomlet | 1,900 My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. Orson Welles Round 93 First Place: nomlet | 4,500 Second Place: l.a.p | 3,750 Third Place: ZukoRocks30 | 3,000 Fourth Place: Valerie O | 2,250 Fifth Place: Bobby | 1,500 Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat. John Frederick Boyes Round 94 First Place: ZukoRocks30 | 4,200 Second Place: Bobby | 3,500 Third Place: Dream ~★~ Justly | 2,800 Fourth Place: Valerie O | 2,100 Fifth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! | 1,400 Worries go down better with soup. Jewish Proverb Round 95 First Place: ZukoRocks30 | 6,150 + Attention to Detail Merit Badge Second Place: l.a.p | 4,450 + Detective Merit Badge Third Place: nomlet | 2,750 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Fourth Place: Brandiwyn🎶 | 1,050 + Detective Merit Badge Fifth Place: Bobby | 9,350 Sixth Place: Valerie O | 7,650 Seventh Place: Outasync | 5,950 Eighth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! | 4,250 Ninth Place: Robin | 2,550 Tenth Place: dmack | 850 O, Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? Percy Bysshe Shelley, from Ode to the West Wind Round 96 First Place: ZukoRocks30 | 5,700 Second Place: l.a.p | 4,750 Third Place: Lady_crow | 3,800 Fourth Place: Brandiwyn🎶 | 2,850 Fifth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! | 1,900 The problem with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. Bertrand Russell Round 97 First Place: ZukoRocks30 | 5,400 Second Place: Lady_crow | 4,500 Third Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! | 3,600 Fourth Place: dmack | 2,700 Fifth Place: Valerie O | 1,800 There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. True nobility is being superior to your previous self. Hindustani proverb Round 98 First Place: ZukoRocks30 | 5,700 Second Place: nomlet | 4,750 Third Place: Valerie O | 3,800 Fourth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! | 2,850 Fifth Place: dmack | 1,900 The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half. Feodor Dostoevski Round 99 First Place: ZukoRocks30 | 5,400 Second Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! | 4,500 Third Place: Valerie O | 3,600 Fourth Place: Bobby | 2,700 Fifth Place: melzgr8 | 1,800 The most remarkable discovery made by scientists is science itself. Gerard Piel Round 100 First Place: ZukoRocks30 | 60,000 + Wisdom Merit Badge Second Place: 👼intuey | 57,500 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Third Place: Valerie O | 65,000 Fourth Place: Bobby | 62,500 Fifth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! | 50,000 + Wisdom Merit Badge Sixth Place: Outasync | 57,500 Seventh Place: Yemel | 55,000 Eighth Place: nomlet | 42,500 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Ninth Place: dmack | 50,000 Tenth Place: Robin | 37,500 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Eleventh Place: LostGhost: Seeking & Learning | 35,000 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Twelfth Place: ruwth | 42,500 Thirteenth Place: MysteriousWriter | 40,000 Fourteenth Place: MKEidson | 27,500 + Detective Merit Badge Fifteenth Place: Shaye | 35,000 Sixteenth Place: taliah_l | 22,500 + Detective Merit Badge Seventeenth Place: Turtle ~ KanyáthƐko:wa:h | 20,000 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Eighteenth Place: Sarah Rae | 17,500 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Nineteenth Place: A*Monaing*Faith | 15,000 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Twentieth Place: Brandiwyn🎶 | 12,500 + Detective Merit Badge Twenty-First Place: Inky | 20,000 Twenty-Second Place: OOT™ | 7,500 + Detective Merit Badge Twenty-Third Place: Patrece ~ | 5,000 + Detective Merit Badge Twenty-Fourth Place: Fi | 2,500 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Twenty-Fifth Place: Elle - on hiatus | Birthday Merit Badge We are always the same age inside. Gertrude Stein Round 101 First Place: ZukoRocks30 | 9,750 Second Place: Sarah Rae | 8,125 Third Place: LostGhost: Seeking & Learning | 6,500 Fourth Place: dmack | 4,875 Fifth Place: Bobby | 3,250 If you drink, do not drive. Do not even putt. Dean Martin Round 102 First Place: ZukoRocks30 | 500 + Wisdom Merit Badge Second Place: Sarah Rae | 8,750 Third Place: Valerie O | 7,000 Fourth Place: Bobby | 5,250 Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 3,500 Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird. Paul Eldridge Round 103 First Place: ZukoRocks30 | 2,000 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Second Place: Sarah Rae | Attention to Detail Merit Badge Third Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 8,000 Fourth Place: mariko | 6,000 Fifth Place: Valerie O | 4,000 Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit. Jeremy Taylor Round 104 First Place: ZukoRocks30 | 4,250 + Detective Merit Badge Second Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 1,875 + Wisdom Merit Badge Third Place: duskiestar | 9,500 Fourth Place: Outasync | 7,125 Fifth Place: Sarah Rae | 4,750 We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts. Harold Nicolson Round 105 First Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 2,750 + Attention to Detail Merit Badge Second Place: ZukoRocks30 | 625 + Wisdom Merit Badge Third Place: Outasync | 8,500 Fourth Place: Lipless & Sarah Rae | 6,375 each Fifth Place: Andy~hating university | 4,250 You do not get harmony when everybody sings the same note. Doug Floyd Round 106 First Place: Andy~hating university | 4,250 + Detective Merit Badge Second Place: Hannah ♫♥♫ | 1,875 + Detective Merit Badge Third Place: Dream ~★~ Justly | 9,500 Fourth Place: Sarah Rae | 7,125 Fifth Place: RainbowFish | 4,750 Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: You find the present tense and the past perfect. Owens Lee Pomeroy Round 107 First Place: Mastiff | 5,100 Second Place: Dragon is hiding | 4,250 Third Place: Grin 'n Bear It! | 3,400 Fourth Place: OOT™ | 2,550 Fifth Place: Hannah ♫♥♫ | 1,700 He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. Albert Einstein Round 108 First Place: Hannah ♫♥♫ | 4,200 Second Place: Kåre เลียม Enga | 3,500 Third Place: the Wordy Jay | 2,800 Fourth Place: Mastiff | 2,100 Fifth Place: ruwth | 1,400 The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see. GK Chesterton Round 109 First Place: Mastiff | 6,000 Second Place: ruwth | 5,000 Third Place: Kåre เลียม Enga | 4,000 Fourth Place: Sarah Rae | 3,000 Fifth Place: Angelica Weatherby- Grateful28 | 2,000 They say nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they would make up their minds. Wilt Chamberlain Round 110 First Place: Mastiff | 5,100 Second Place: Kåre เลียม Enga | 4,250 Third Place: Scottiegazelle | 3,400 Fourth Place: ruwth | 2,550 Fifth Place: C.E.Wilder | 1,700 The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn. David Russell Round 111 First Place: Kåre เลียม Enga | 2,750 + Grandmaster Merit Badge Second Place: Sarah Rae | 625 + Attention to Detail Merit Badge Third Place: Robert Waltz | 8,500 Fourth Place: Dream ~★~ Justly | 6,375 Fifth Place: Miranda Foix | 4,250 A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation. James Freeman Clarke Round 112 First Place: Robert Waltz | 3,500 + Grandmaster Merit Badge Second Place: Andy~hating university | 1,250 + Grandmaster Merit Badge Third Place: Dream ~★~ Justly | 9,000 Fourth Place: Words Whirling 'Round | 6,750 Fifth Place: Write_Mikey_Write! | 4,500 If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. Louis Brandeis Round 113 First Place: Robert Waltz | 5,000 + Grandmaster Merit Badge Second Place: Angelica Weatherby- Grateful28 | 2,500 + Grandmaster Merit Badge Third Place: Words Whirling 'Round | Attention to Detail Merit Badge Fourth Place: Kåre เลียม Enga | 7,500 Fifth Place: Kit MacPherson | 5,000 It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces, there should be none alike. Thomas Browne |