I have a real quick request for everyone. Many of you know my snorty happy little french bulldog Wilma, who has been my sidekick at festival for many years. Well, she is currently entered in the Twin Cities Cutest Dog contest. There are over 6500 dogs entered so I have no delusions that she'll actually win, but I would love to see her make a strong showing and see people vote for her. And I really do think she's pretty darn cute:
All personal attachment aside, she is an old dog...an old bulldog even. And I would love to see that type of cute win over the typical fluffy puppy entry. Every puppy is cute at 8 weeks, and don't get me wrong....I totally LOVE puppies. But I think takes a special kind of cute for a dog to stay that way at 8 1/2 years when their puppy charm has faded and they're missing half their teeth. And wouldn't it be awesome if a festie dog actually WON??
So if Wilma has ever made you laugh or smile, if I'VE ever made you laugh or smile, or if you just want to help out a fellow festie, please vote for her! You can vote up to 30 times total (once per hour) for a photo, and if you'd like, I would really appreciate it if you could even vote multiple times. And if you think she's cute, totally tell friends and ask them to take two minutes to vote for her as well! There are so many contestants that every person voting really counts, and each of you taking a minute to click a button each day and asking a friend to do the same could really, really make a difference.
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You can vote here: http://startribune.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?contestid=4247&pagetype=VOTING&SubmissionID=417313
Thanks for showing Wilma some love. :)
Ethel the Nerd
OK, gotta admit, that pup is indeed just oozing cuteness!
She is chock full of cute, to be certain!!
I don't think I can vote from my PC at work, but I'll definitely lend my support once I'm home for the day! ;D
I'm not getting the registration email to confirm so I can vote. Otherwise you'd have my vote already. I'll keep trying though.
click to vote on her and try to log in...then do the resend option and you'll end up getting the confirmation.
I voted...she's oozing cuteness. I agree!
How can you not love that face! :P
Yay Wilma!
I've voted for her twice now.
Finally got it, and my vote is so in there. Good luck Ethel and good luck to Wilma too. Like ND said, she is just oozing cuteness!
I just got back into town and wanted to thank everyone for their votes! Wilma is actually doing quite well in the voting and is currently placed around #28 out of 6500 dogs. She needs to stay in the top 30 through next Thursday to make it to the next round, and the competition is pretty fierce. I am starting to hope that she really might beat the odds and make it to round 2, which would be absolutely amazing for an old bulldog!
The really cool thing is that you can vote once per minute. All it takes is a click of a button every time you happen to think about it, and she can stack up a lot of votes that way.
So please...won't you vote for Wilma...lots? :)
http://www.tinyurl.com/votewilma (http://www.tinyurl.com/votewilma)
Finally got registered and I'm voting for Wilma! :)
I'll keep voting periodically throughout the next couple days! Voting for Wilma all the way from Texas! :D
Yay, thank you!
She is currently in about 20th place. I am kind of in shock...I honestly didn't think she would get this many votes.
Go Wilma! Roast that wiener dog! ;D
Quick update...there were 6,562 dogs entered originally....now there are just ten. And Wilma is one of them! Most of the rest of them are puppies....Wilma will be 9 this summer. Don't get me wrong, I love puppies, but any puppy can be cute. Let's see how many dogs are this cute at Wilma's age! I'm proud of my old bulldoggie.
The contest ends this Thursday at midnight. Wilma has won $125 so far, which I am matching and donating to a friend's medical fund. My friend and ex-coworker Kelli was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's last year, and we're all trying to raise money for her bills. The grand prize is $1000...if Wilma is so lucky as to win that, I will also be donating that to Kelli's fund. And I received an offer last week from a benefactor who wishes to remain anonymous...if Wilma wins, they'll match the $1000 donation for Kelli's fund!
I don't really have a stake in this anymore aside from wanting to help Kelli. I have bragging rights already, I'm not getting any money, and after weeks of bugging my friends and family reminding them to vote, I'm looking forward to not being annoying about it anymore! But yeah, I freely admit it'd be totally awesome if Wilma won, because she could help Kelli out so much.
Oh, I almost forgot! As a reminder, the url is http://www.tinyurl.com/votewilma. People can vote once per hour between now and midnight Thursday.
Very thoughtful gesture, Ethel. I hope Wilma wins! Keep voting everyone!
i just saw this thread. Whata thoughtful gesture indeed ! I will deffinitely vote !
That is wicked cool Wilma, just one more reason to hope Wilma wins. It just sounds right anyway when you think of it. I mean really. Wilma Wins, it's Wicked Wild.
I'm beginning to get a little nervous. There's just two days left. The odds are against her winning, but it's hard not to hope a little.
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