Best Post Contest, Week 2 Winners

January 18, 2019 6:48 PM

The Best Post Contest is still going strong! Keep voting with the Fantastic Flag, keep posting those outstanding posts. Here are the Week 2 winners, again somewhat late - but step inside for a boatload of great stuff you might have missed the first time around, including a lot of bite-size single-link posts, nom nom nom.

This week's winners are a tie! Congratulations to...

*** NFL football plays and strategy, explained in-depth *** by kevinbelt!

and

*** Craft projects using musical instruments *** by orange swan!

The Rootin-Tootin Runners-up:
My day with Ursula LeGuin in 1987 by ALeaflikeStructure
Bluegrass performance by two rising stars by Pickman's Next Top Model
Training my dog to respond to Harry Potter commands by Eyebrows McGee
Is the muscovy duck kosher? by Etrigan
Computer science concepts, in the form of Hungarian folk dance by capricorn
The gospel singing style for big enthusiastic groups of amateurs, Sacred Harp by the man of twists and turns
A computer made of embroidery by gauche

And a beauteous batch of other mentionable honors:

To watch:
Cheery videos of a guy unicycling around the world by serathen
The Muppet Show's 1976 human stage crew put on a show of their own by Catblack
Animation of the logo graphics from blank VHS tapes by dmd
Gillette ad campaign against toxic masculinity by Ben Trismegistus

To listen:
Lovecraftian version of Jolene by Joey Michaels

To read:
The wombat craze of the 1800s by theodolite
A happy blind date story by ambrosen
Do you put cheese on ramen? by spamandkimchi
Native women begin their terms in Congress by poffin boffin
Curious what life is like with low vision? Try these activities blindfolded by mandolin conspiracy
History of women's pubic hair styles by Vesihiisi
Guinea pigs in classic paintings by vespabelle

Hooray and thank you all!

posted by LobsterMitten (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 6:48 PM (7 comments total)

Etrigan's post on the Muscovy duck's kosher status went so many fucking wonderful places it was a fucking delight.
posted by Homo neanderthalensis at 7:57 PM on January 18, 2019 [4 favorites]

how did I miss that history of women's pubic hair styles post? Excited!
posted by sciatrix at 9:26 PM on January 18, 2019 [1 favorite]

Oh wow, I missed several of these and I am very excited to dig in!! “I trained my dog in Harry Potter spells” sounds amazing!
posted by Secretariat at 9:13 AM on January 19, 2019

These contests also end up being a great roundup of things that I missed that are pretty great.

Great posting, everyone!
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 1:06 PM on January 19, 2019 [1 favorite]

I check MetaFilter several times a day. How did I miss all but two of these?
posted by The Underpants Monster at 4:45 PM on January 19, 2019

Medical Male-practice in the Manstitute of Medicine

Tthis just has to be one of the best titles ever. Didn't know where to put it so here it is.)
posted by Oyéah at 8:12 AM on January 22, 2019

It is good to see that there has been a surge of poop across MetaFilter in the last week or so. But, there's still time to get your FPP in for a shot of winning one of three prizes.
posted by Wordshore at 9:37 AM on January 23, 2019