It's time. The deadline has passed so now I must decide who gets the Porterhouse Blue DVD.
For once, one of the blog's competitions has elicited multiple entries from readers, so rather than just give the DVD to the person who actually wants the prize, like Solomon I must decide which of the entrants gets the DVD – or whether I should cut it in half and send them both a perfect semi-circle of Sharpe wit.
In the blue corner is Jane Henry; in the blue with blue stripes corner is Marie. Both make excellent cases, although Jane slightly undermined hers by saying she already owns Porterhouse Blue on VHS.
So the winner is…
…both of them.
About five days after I started the competition, the PR company sent me a second DVD. I had originally asked for both a review copy and a competition copy but they only sent me one at first. And normally, instead of a proper DVD for review, they only send a "check disk" – a regular DVD in a white paper sleeve, rather than the proper box. But they've pulled through, sent me a second proper one, and there'll be no chopping here today.
The only difference between the two disks is that I unwrapped the first disk from its cellophane so that I could review it. So since Jane Henry already owns a VHS version, that will be hers; Marie will get the pristine unwrapped copy. I'll be in touch to get postal addresses in due course.
A great big congratulations to the winners – and I hope you enjoy the DVDs.
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June 19, 2008 | Reply
[Rob, have I mentioned that I love you, lately?]
June 19, 2008 | Reply
And what a fine Solomon he makes. I was thinking you were about to split the DVD in half and send us one side each...
June 19, 2008 | Reply
So did you know the whole time we were fighting over it that you had two? Brilliant.
June 19, 2008 | Reply
Not the whole time. It was a good few days before the second DVD arrived. And there was always the possibility that a third person would join in. Or that I might keep one of the copies... ;-)
June 19, 2008 | Reply
[oh Rob!] You ARE lovely with your prizes! Well done to both Jane Henry and Marie!