Best Blend of 2023: An Elimination Game

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Jul 27, 2023
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Oriental Silk -2

Living:
Anomalous - Sutliff - 17
Brown Twist #4 - SG - 22
Golden Sliced - Orlik - 10
Dockworker - HU - 14
Rouxgaroux - WCC - 22
Ennerdale - GH - 8
1989 - Erik Stokkebye - 17
Full Virginia Flake - SG - 23
Rich Dark Honeydew - GH - 17
Bob's Chocolate Flake - GH - 24
Flake - Peterson (Dunhill) - 13
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
Red Virginia - Robert McConnell
Oriental Silk - C&D

With that, Oriental Silk was plugged, meaning that the final C&D blend has fallen. Five were on the original roster, but they were picked off flake by flake and ultimately none made the ribbon cut. Broadly speaking, they've all been ready-rubbed out.

Ennerdale has been knocked around so hard you'd think he went on a date with Chris Brown. Still, he hasn't lost a single hit point in the net count. It's hard to say whether that's a blessing or a curse, so I'll default to Eastern philosophy and assume it's both intertwined. Or should I say, Ennertwined.

What can I say? I've run all out of funnies.