THE COMP:Spring has sprung and it's time for a comp so here it is: I want you to tell me the hour and date at which the team will pass 7,500,000,000 (seven point five billion).
THE RULES (For those of you who don't know... it means There's a "catch" and these are it):(With thanks to Mr. Thinhead whose rulebook I have stolen for this comp)
You can have more than one guess, but only one in each 7-day period. So, for example, if you submit an entry on Sunday 24th March you can't have a second guess until (at least) 7 full days (seven 24-hour periods) have passed, which would be some time on 31st March. And so on.
Each entry is for one specific hour and date, e.g. 13:00 on 7th May.
Entries cannot be revised. But, as mentioned above, you can enter more than once.
Once submitted, that hour and date is all yours for the duration of the comp. No one else can have it. So, if you have your heart set on a specific hour and date, enter soon.
You should, I think, be able to have five or six entries before the comp ends and we pass the above total.
You might want to try to time your final entry such that you can make it as close as possible to when we cross the line. But, remember, any entry, including your final entry, has to be made at least 7 days after your previous entry.
All players passing through London must adhere to the Ancient & Modern rulebook for Mornington Crescent. Anyone caught trying a shunt into Dollis Hill or putting other players in knip by playing a Hammersmith reverse diagonal will be scratched from the competition.
Anyone who thinks they know who has won may declare "Mornington Crescent" by stating the winners name and correct guess after the team has passed it's goal and before the winner is pronounced by the judges (I may plural at the time).
Further rules, clauses, clarifications, confusions and obfuscations may be arbitrarily made up by myself as the competition progresses.
Best of luck to all…
:occasion5: WINNERS AND PRIZES:
The winner is the correct guess or closest to correct according to Temujin's stats.
The winner will receive a £15 Amazon gift voucher.
A small runner-up prize (to be decided) will be awarded to the first entry that correctly declares the winning guess (unless any of me gets there first!).
ARBITRATION CLAUSE:The nude picketing outside the Scottish Parliament clause has been withdrawn at the request of Mrs. Trellis who has kindly pointed out that we have now, officially, entered into springtime and there can be no certainty of snow… However, anyone wishing to contest my arbitrary decisions is required to do so from the summit of Ben Nevis while displaying the obligatory "Come Boinc with Me!" placard.
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