You can now send me (barry-clari) your votes for Category 7: Most Sensible Poster. You can PM/email/message me with up to ten votes as to which member(s) you think is/are the most sensible poster(s). Remember to rank your nominees in order of preference if voting for more than one person so I know how many points to give them. The person for whom you give 1st place to will get 10 points, regardless of how many other people you vote for. Remember you cannot vote for yourself : this wouldn't be a sensible thing to do I'll post league tables periodically on this thread.

A final league table will be posted on this thread when voting closes at 2130 BST on Sunday 5th September, when the winner will be announced depending on who's top of the league table at the end of the week. Voting will also open for the next category - Most Cheerful Poster.

For more details on the awards, see the main awards thread.

Votes have been received from: louise1712; eldatom; Fran*Piano; barry-clari; clavicembalo; katica; PianissiMole; Susie; Juniper; PianoNotes; fsharpminor; music margaret; rachi; cambiata; katyjay; JoMook; Aquarelle; muzikalbadger; Cyrilla; jojo; sbhoa; Solari; andante_in_c; scotliz; Car Expert; skylark; The Old Lady

If I get three sets of votes tonight, I'll add mine to the totals and you can all have a league table to peruse while I'm off the forum tomorrow...

First league table update. Sbhoa is always there or thereabouts in the most sensible poster award, and once again she's setting the early pace...

sbhoa : 20
Mad Tom : 14
jojo : 10
BerkshireMum : 10
eldatom : 9
notmusimum : 9
barry-clari : 9
louise1712 : 9
katica : 8
andante_in_c : 8
skylark : 8
maggiemay : 7
LooneyTunes : 7
CJB : 7
clavicembalo : 7
DaisyChain : 6
DawnF : 6
pianophrase : 5
Celeste : 5
Aquarelle : 5
The Old Lady : 4
Chris H : 4
Tortellini : 3
katyjay : 3
Bagpuss : 2
Flossie : 2
oldnotes : 2
iona : 1

Same top two as last year, except the other way round.

Car Expert

Two former sensible poster champions, no less

And thankyou for my points too

Will publish the next table when I've received one more set of votes. It's very, very close at the moment at the top...

Well, I've cast my votes. Probably give Barry a bit of a headache.

Hoping I might get a vote or 2 or 3 here (hint, hint): I'm eminently sensible.

No, it's been fine!

As promised, here's the next table. Sbhoa still leads, but with only a one point cushion now over Mad Tom, and it's all pretty close behind, too...

sbhoa : 30
Mad Tom : 29
maggiemay : 24
notmusimum : 19
Cyrilla : 18
DawnF : 16
barry-clari : 15
The Old Lady : 13
BerkshireMum : 13
Barry Williams : 10
jojo : 10
confutatis : 9
eldatom : 9
flobiano : 9
louise1712 : 9
katica : 8
andante_in_c : 8
vectistim : 8
anacrusis : 8
kerioboe : 8
skylark : 8
music margaret : 7
LooneyTunes : 7
Bagpuss : 7
CJB : 7
clavicembalo : 7
Aquarelle : 7
pushpull : 6
Holz Gedeckt : 6
DaisyChain : 6
Wai Kit Leung : 5
guilmant : 5
pianophrase : 5
Celeste : 5
Vox Humana : 4
Chris H : 4
Swell Box : 3
Tortellini : 3
katyjay : 3
cambiata : 3
Flossie : 2
mel2 : 2
oldnotes : 2
iona : 1
rosfrog : 1

So apart from the newbie category, the only one so far with nil point. Will endeavour to be more sensible next year . . . . . . . . . maybe

Ooer! Mad Tom's on there TWICE!

Sorry! The higher score is correct, will go a-deleting now!

My goodness!

This is the first time I've made it into ANY category.

Many thanks to my 2 voters.

From now on it is Twice as Sensible Tom.

Or is that Tom-Tom, in for a drumming?

Oh eck somethings gone wrong.....at least 1 person thinks I'm sensible???? The only sensible thing I've done all year is quit my job!


(but thanks for the votes)

I'm tired so am very sensibly logging off and going to bed.

This is the only time of the year my sensible attitude to posting backfires, if I don't have anything worth saying, I sensibly don't bother posting so you all forget I exist

That's a shame... because somebody else might think it worth reading!

I'm sure it's really not.

Wow! Thanks for the votes! I've obviously become more sensible this year, last year I only made it into the humorous category!

Third table update. Mad Tom has now overtaken sbhoa, and moved 13 votes clear. Cyrilla and notmusimum are both well in contention too...

Mad Tom : 54
sbhoa : 41
Cyrilla : 36
notmusimum : 34
maggiemay : 28
barry-clari : 27
katica : 22
clavicembalo : 19
BerkshireMum : 18
DawnF : 18
kerioboe : 15
katyjay : 15
eldatom : 15
skylark : 14
The Old Lady : 13
DaisyChain : 13
jojo : 13
Barry Williams : 12
Swell Box : 11
tamsin : 10
A.U.K : 10
confutatis : 9
astrakhan : 9
flobiano : 9
louise1712 : 9
andante_in_c : 8
vectistim : 8
anacrusis : 8
music margaret : 7
LooneyTunes : 7
Bagpuss : 7
CJB : 7
Aquarelle : 7
pushpull : 6
Holz Gedeckt : 6
Solari : 6
Wai Kit Leung : 5
guilmant : 5
pianophrase : 5
Celeste : 5
SueHM : 5
missypiano : 4
Vox Humana : 4
Chris H : 4
Tortellini : 3
klavierkat : 3
cambiata : 3
mel2 : 3
Flossie : 2
oldnotes : 2
Panthera : 2
iona : 1
rosfrog : 1
Robodoc : 1

Definitely becoming more sensible as the prolonged adolescence finally comes to an end! [Though my confidante - Solari - might disagree!] Working hard on lots of sensible posts today. Keep those votes coming

I simply don't believe some of the people who are appearing on this list!
Most Sensible?

Dagwood:

Thank you for all my lovely votes, I don't think that I have ever received so many for anything before.

So Thank you , Thank you, Thank you.

Wot! No votes for the sensible tenor?

Well done to all those who've got votes, but I feel a bit like Digby.

As a former winner of this category, I fear I must have become silly in my old age.

Good to see you back, Cambiata!

I have received enough new votes to do a new table tomorrow morning...

A 'Breakfast Table' no less!

We like to see sensible posts on this thread...

*wibble*

Why do you think I have 19 votes rather than 59?

votes no have I why explain will Which

No doubt you deserve lots of other awards.
You were on my favourite sig list...
But I forgot to vote.
Sorry.

And here, as promised, is this morning's table. Sbhoa has retaken the lead, and is 6 votes ahead of Mad Tom... Andante_in_c can stop her wibbling, she's shot up the table!...

sbhoa : 60
Mad Tom : 54
Cyrilla : 45
barry-clari : 43
maggiemay : 40
notmusimum : 34
andante_in_c : 24
katica : 22
clavicembalo : 19
BerkshireMum : 18
DawnF : 18
anacrusis : 18
katyjay : 16
kerioboe : 15
SueHM : 15
eldatom : 15
skylark : 14
The Old Lady : 13
DaisyChain : 13
jojo : 13
Susie : 13
Barry Williams : 12
Swell Box : 11
tamsin : 10
A.U.K : 10
confutatis : 9
astrakhan : 9
flobiano : 9
louise1712 : 9
Solari : 9
vectistim : 8
music margaret : 7
LooneyTunes : 7
Bagpuss : 7
CJB : 7
Aquarelle : 7
pianophrase : 7
pushpull : 6
Holz Gedeckt : 6
Dulciana : 6
Digby : 5
Wai Kit Leung : 5
guilmant : 5
Celeste : 5
missypiano : 5
Dove : 4
Vox Humana : 4
Chris H : 4
Tortellini : 3
klavierkat : 3
cambiata : 3
mel2 : 3
Flossie : 2
oldnotes : 2
Panthera : 2
AnnC : 2
iona : 1
rosfrog : 1
Robodoc : 1

No disrespect to the leaders but there are some Very Sensible People at the bottom of the list; you would find them highly sought after on your pub quiz team or as references if you were applying for a job.

I wouldn't be surprised to hear of them serving on the bench! (Can I try on your wig.....?)

A touch of the Eurovisions?

Thanks, the thought was there

Hmm. It's odd that I'm perceived as more sensible now I've posted some rubbish on this thread.

Ditto

But thank you for the votes much appreciated

D x

My posts must ne NONsense

So many sensible people, so few votes to spread!

I'm glad to be the village idiot!

Hey, you've got nine points, I'll claim that title!!

Can I put in a request for the award "Least sensible poster" next year?

Perhaps it's your username that's key , after all, Mad Tom's running for top spot!

Maybe your posts get lost in translation, as the thought-waves traverse the Wirral on their journey 'down south'?

Your absence from the list does seem to be an oversight though - I wonder if b-c inadvertently left you off the list?

While I'm grateful for votes, I seriously doubt that many consider me to be "sensible" I suppose I am sometimes when outside the forums cafe!

I've defintely read a few sensible posts from you

It amused me when I heard, after meeting me at a training course, a staff member at another store, when asked what I was like by his manager said "she laughs a lot!"

Oh well, guess there are worse ways to be remembered

Ooh, much excitement now more votes than I've ever had before. Thanks a lot.

I'll put one more table up sometime tomorrow : the next one after that will be the final result!

That makes sense.