It has been brought to my attention that there was never an official declaration of the haiku contest winner (Thanks, Commish). In an effort to tidy up around the blog a bit before Team Batgirl returns from eastern Europe (reports have it they were last seen teaching waifs the international sign language for "talk to the hand"), I will declare that Brukowski, with a solid 25% of the vote, is the tentative winner until Batgirl herself comes back and can rule decisively. His unofficially-winning haiku reads:
I beg you, "Kiss Cam,"Don't put us on the jumbo,
This girl's my sister.
Unofficial congratulations to Brukowski and all the finalists!
Posted by Skorch at June 15, 2005 01:15 PMcongratulations, Brukowski! a very fine haiku, for sure!
Posted by: kafumbly at June 15, 2005 01:56 PMBrukowski, you did a great job. Congratulations.... and thanks for not kissing your sister.
Posted by: brent at June 15, 2005 03:03 PMI'm sure your sister thanks you too.
Posted by: aurora at June 15, 2005 03:11 PMCongratulations, Brukowski.
(I think this needs to be made into an official sign to hold up at the 'Dome, on behalf of all siblings that attend games together!)
Posted by: Just Beth at June 15, 2005 03:16 PMWell done. I did vote for this one.
Posted by: LaurieNY at June 15, 2005 03:21 PMAnyone going to be in attendance tonight? I'm planning on going and would like to catch up with some BG folk.
Posted by: AJ Lecroy at June 15, 2005 03:28 PMargh! I was thinking about going.
Posted by: aurora at June 15, 2005 03:49 PMI was going to, but am now going to tomorrow's game, instead. upper club, 1/2 price ticket. ain't Happenings coupons grand?
Posted by: kafumbly at June 15, 2005 03:54 PMIf I'd have only voted another 125 times . . .
Posted by: Me at June 15, 2005 04:10 PMThat haiku makes me remember a Twins game about three years ago when the Kiss Cam wound up a row in front of me and some friends (Our hands got on the Jumbotron, but I digress).
The guy just would not kiss the girl, who was certainly attractive. I thought she made a slight move toward him, but maybe that was my imagination. He definitely had no interest, though.
We all agreed later that we would have kissed her. Neither one provided any explanation, they were just red-faced for a minute and then went back to watching the game. Don't know if they were brother/sister, two complete strangers, some guy out with his best friend's girlfriend, just not into public displays of affection, or what. No one else in the vicinity asked, so we didn't, either. It remains an unsolved mystery.
Posted by: franorama at June 15, 2005 04:26 PMWow. "Unofficial" and "tentative" thanks to everyone who voted for me. I dedicate that haiku to my good friends the Larsons, as well as every other brother and sister who bravely risk public catastrophe at each and every Twins home game. My Dairy Queen "TC" cap is off to you all. You're the real winners.
Posted by: Brukowski at June 15, 2005 04:39 PMCongratulations, Brukowski. As last year's haiku champion, I'm honored to pass along to you the unofficial and tentative green-painted jacket made from Cambria quartz. Or was it an origami Metrodome?
Posted by: kw at June 15, 2005 04:52 PMA beautiful thing about baseball is that there are no ties, thus no inclination to act out the tired analogy about the tepid pleasure derived from kissing one's sister. Maybe MLB should formulate such a campaign: "Baseball....no ties, no sister-kissing" Congrats on the well-executed poem.
Posted by: Ask Kleiner at June 15, 2005 05:50 PMCongratulations Brukowski!
I must say that finishing second in the Haiku contest is like kissing your sister.
(Lame, I know. Sorry, I could not resist)
-NIH
Posted by: NIH at June 16, 2005 07:31 AM