Comments on: Leonardo Da Vinci Defeats Burt Reynolds in Special Election

By: Hal Needham

Hal Needham — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:55:00 +0000

Unbelievable.
First of all, I would like to state that the person who allegedly stuffed said box with ballots was NOT a member of the Super8Society: A Burt Reynolds Fan Club.
Our members are thoroughly moral men and women who would never stoop to that kind of behavior. Shame on you stuffer.
Second of all, and our Club legal advisor Prometheus Birdson will be in touch with you soon about this, but I would like someone (possibly in the media) to take a look at the ballot-stuffing and voter fraud on the DaVinci side of the aisle.

By: Bri

Bri — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:09:00 +0000

MAN! I had Pauling vs. da Vinci! That’s my only big upset so far.. Though I had Busch v. Keynes (with Keynes winning)and I had Colt over Freud because I think Freud was an incompetant basketcase who convinced the world of a lot of lies…

Last note: I wish Galen were on here!! The Father of Neuroscience!! And he lived from 129 – 200 AD!!!

By: joshua

joshua — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:43:00 +0000

I like this tournament.

did anyone else notice that Edison will be against Tesla in the second round? Engineers and science geeks will love this posthumous rematch between the Great Inventors.

Go Nikola!

By: Flandall

Flandall — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:07:00 +0000

Being from St. Louis, I naturally expected Adolphus Busch to roll over these other posers and pretenders like a battering ram! Bah! Must have been those jealous losers from Milwaukee stuffing the ballot box with chads and floating votes!

/extensively tested the product made by the progeny of Mr. Busch. :)

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:49:00 +0000

i think that everything i’ve guessed so far is true. My eventual winner is Einstein. Getting to the end had some tough battles (Edison vs. Franklin and Einstein vs. da Vinci)

By: Crispin

Crispin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:01:00 +0000

I think the biggest kick I got was seeing such an upset; that’s what makes tournaments like the NCAA great. It’s not the #1 seeds that make the excitement, it’s the upsets.

You guys shouldn’t make the arguments to vote for someone if you override the votes. You convinced me and I voted for Reynolds and now I feel like a Gore voter in Florida.

By: tpal

tpal — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:45:00 +0000

Can you take the picture of Burt Reynolds down now? It’s weird scrolling past and see him posed and smiling like that.

By: holly

holly — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:01:00 +0000

I’m not one to gossip, but does anyone know the actual wherabouts of Mr. Reynolds these past few days?

By: Michigan Mom

Michigan Mom — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:49:00 +0000

I kinda feel sorry for the person who stuffed the ballot with votes for Burt Reynolds. I mean, when you think about it, for someone to be THAT obsessed with Mr. Reynolds, how pathetic must his/her life be? (Nothing against Burt, mind you.)

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:39:00 +0000

I have been informed by a friend that the poll is still active and when I refreshed the votes had jumped from 180 to 240. I was really enjoying the up to the minute updates but I guess every 5 minutes is bearable.

The tournament is a sham but a fun sham (”There was also some ballot-stuffing in the Edison-Slinky Guy matchup. In that case, we just deleted those votes and declared Edison the winner.”)
so ummm yay. Good show mental_floss.