Skiff -1 (Deadsies now)
Ennerdale -1
Living:
Anomalous - Sutliff - 16
Brown Twist #4 - SG - 19
Golden Sliced - Orlik - 12
Red Virginia - Robert McConnell - 3
Dockworker - HU - 15
Oriental Silk - C&D - 11
Rouxgaroux - WCC - 17
Ennerdale - GH - 13
1989 - Erik Stokkebye - 16
Full Virginia Flake - SG - 22
Rich Dark Honeydew - GH - 17
Bob's Chocolate Flake - GH - 21
Flake - Peterson (Dunhill) - 12
Dark Bird's Eye - GH - 17
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
American Cut Plug - Watch City
Squadron Leader - SG
Luxury Navy Flake - Peter Stokkebye
Lancer Slices - F&K
Wintertime Flake - SG
Black - Sillem's
Skiff Mixture - SG
Skiff got snuffed out today. It's been a long time coming and every now and then a bystander or two would sweep in with some + votes, but Ennerdale has been hogging all the attention.
Brown Twist and Sir Robert's Chocolate Flake have achieved noble status for the first time in the game, up from their former status as mere peasants, cleaning Pegasus's stables or polishing Luxury Navy's boots. As the field winnows down, the unexpected becomes likely, and background blends may rise and then die.
We've reached that inevitable turning point in the game where it's about 2/3 over. Were this the office, Steve Carell would be moments away from exiting stage right; Everyone knows the show must go on, but nobody knows what in God's green Hell that might mean.