Quoted post said:Originally posted by Robert Chung
Bpedalchick said:Robert Chung said:pedalchick said:pedalchick wrote:
> This time the early break never gets caught...[ 11names snipped]
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Quoted message said:You now must all bow to my prediction prowess. A
group of non- favorites sprinted for the big cobble.This was the reason for the candyass rule.
You'll need to remind me of this candyass rule, as it was
apparently before my time.Ugh. There are two ways to view the candyass rule: as a
strict law, and as the interpretation of the law and what
it was attempting to address--sort of like the Torah and
the Talmud, or the Constitution and the intent of the
original framers.The operational rule was: make one pick.
The behavior that prompted the rule was making multiple
guesses in a shotgun fashion, and then claiming credit when
any one of the choices won. That's candyass.I don't particularly hold to the "make only one pick"
rule. I do think, however, that if one makes eleven picks
then demanding that we now bow to your prediction prowess
is a tad unseemly, especially since Backstedt wasn't even
one of them. [/B]
the bow to me comment was tongue in cheek, obviously.
There were two other names I had thought about putting on there, one was Flecha, the other was Big Magnus, just because he did well at Gent, but he usually comes in from larger groups like the Gent race, rather than making the small selections that happen at P-R, so I totally discounted him. Mostly, I was going by who is kind of cute - does that make me candyass?
Now that I know it, I'll abide by the candyass rule, promise.