Best Blend of 2023: An Elimination Game
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That puts us at 14 points with the bookies
I vote to deduct one point from each leading Stokkebye.
Living:
Anomalous - Sutliff - 15
Brown Twist #4 - SG - 8
Luxury Navy Flake - Peter Stokkebye - 23
Squadron Leader - SG - 8
Golden Sliced - Orlik - 11
Red Virginia - Robert McConnell - 11
Dockworker - HU - 13
Oriental Silk - C&D - 13
Rouxgaroux - WCC - 14
Ennerdale - GH - 22
1989 - Erik Stokkebye - 24
Full Virginia Flake - SG - 19
Rich Dark Honeydew - GH - 15
Bob's Chocolate Flake - GH - 14
Black - Sillem's - 17
American Cut Plug - Watch City - 9
Skiff Mixture - SG - 15
Flake - Peterson (Dunhill) - 12
Lancer Slices - F&K - 10
Wintertime Flake - SG - 13
Dark Bird's Eye - GH - 20
Deceased:
Grape - Captain Black
Match 20 - Sutliff
Hogshead - Seattle Pipe Club
Royal - Captain Black
Royal Yacht - Peterson
Exclusive - C&D
Stratfordshire - C&D
Mixture #79 - Sutliff
Aged Burley Flake - Solani
From Beyond - C&D
Pegasus - C&D
Holly's Non Plus Ultra - Dan
Dorchester - Esoterica
No. 69 - Peter Henrichs
Maple Shadows - Sutliff
Dorchester finally took its dramatic exit, narrowly surviving day after day just to be picked off almost anti-climactically, as though it was the subject of a Martin Scorsese flick. No. 69, it seems, was a mere victim of circumstance, an expendable and easy target. Maple Shadows, however, must've insulted somebody's mama because this blend was straight jumped. After being stabbed repeatedly until it breathed its last, @rsshreck32 stabbed him again anyhow.
The Stokkebye blends, alongside Ennerdale, now present quite the dilemma. They're delicious, but they represent what Bernie Sanders might call the "one pah-zent!" and they're likely to catch animosity for their very existence at the top of the food chain. This may not be an eat-the-rick kind of thread, but we're likely to smoke 'em.
[Originally, I was going to make a Jeffrey Epstein island joke about how these blends may appear untouchable for the moment but there's bound to be some unwanted touching on the horizon. However, the joke seemed insensitive if not offensive and I decided against employing it.]
Living:
Anomalous - Sutliff - 15
Brown Twist #4 - SG - 8
Luxury Navy Flake - Peter Stokkebye - 23
Squadron Leader - SG - 8
Golden Sliced - Orlik - 11
Red Virginia - Robert McConnell - 11
Dockworker - HU - 13
Oriental Silk - C&D - 13
Rouxgaroux - WCC - 14
Ennerdale - GH - 22
1989 - Erik Stokkebye - 24
Full Virginia Flake - SG - 19
Rich Dark Honeydew - GH - 15
Bob's Chocolate Flake - GH - 14
Black - Sillem's - 17
American Cut Plug - Watch City - 9
Skiff Mixture - SG - 15
Flake - Peterson (Dunhill) - 12
Lancer Slices - F&K - 10
Wintertime Flake - SG - 13
Dark Bird's Eye - GH - 20
Deceased:
Grape - Captain Black
Match 20 - Sutliff
Hogshead - Seattle Pipe Club
Royal - Captain Black
Royal Yacht - Peterson
Exclusive - C&D
Stratfordshire - C&D
Mixture #79 - Sutliff
Aged Burley Flake - Solani
From Beyond - C&D
Pegasus - C&D
Holly's Non Plus Ultra - Dan
Dorchester - Esoterica
No. 69 - Peter Henrichs
Maple Shadows - Sutliff
Dorchester finally took its dramatic exit, narrowly surviving day after day just to be picked off almost anti-climactically, as though it was the subject of a Martin Scorsese flick. No. 69, it seems, was a mere victim of circumstance, an expendable and easy target. Maple Shadows, however, must've insulted somebody's mama because this blend was straight jumped. After being stabbed repeatedly until it breathed its last, @rsshreck32 stabbed him again anyhow.
The Stokkebye blends, alongside Ennerdale, now present quite the dilemma. They're delicious, but they represent what Bernie Sanders might call the "one pah-zent!" and they're likely to catch animosity for their very existence at the top of the food chain. This may not be an eat-the-rick kind of thread, but we're likely to smoke 'em.
[Originally, I was going to make a Jeffrey Epstein island joke about how these blends may appear untouchable for the moment but there's bound to be some unwanted touching on the horizon. However, the joke seemed insensitive if not offensive and I decided against employing it.]