Message from Misha:
Monkeys,
As we have been going through the photos and videos trying to find the team deserving of the title "#1 Greatest Team Of All The Teams In The World Participating In The Greatest International Scavenger Hunt The World Has Ever Seen," we have come across some truly amazing artwork, stunts, and acts of public humilliation. I showed some photos to a friend of mine who has designed exhibitions at many prestigious museums and she said (and I am not making this up), "We have to do an exhibit of this stuff. It's amazing!"
Well, we might do an exhibit, and it is amazing, but in the meantime, we've put together a coffee table book and a bunch of other things to catalogue your collective genius.
After looking at everything you "accomplished," we've been laying awake late at night thinking about all the hard-working GISHWHESHEANS who risked their lives to be smothered in pet hair. To alleiviate our guilt, we're awarding a second individual a trip to Rome - just to be nice, just because we can, just because our recent frontal lobotomies have rendered us incapable of making good business decisions.
So that's one piece of news: Ruth Hammond of West Midlands, UK is the bonus-trip-to-Rome winner. Good work, Ruth. I don't know who you are or whether you deserved it, but your name was picked randomly from a hat, so i hope you are free in late april and don't have any severe wheat allergies.
Now, because it "'tis the season" for recklessness, we are going to give one more person a trip to Rome. Anyone who purchases any item from the GISHWHES Shwag Shwop will automatically be entered in yet-another drawing to join the group in Rome. Consider this an incentive to acquire a little piece of history (and possibly to see yourself in print).
Here's the link: [link] WARNING: THE SHOPPE CLOSES ON JANUARY 7th (forever) and we have limited supplies, so don't come crying to us if you miss out.
Soon it will be December 25th. On that day, the winning team will be announced. In your excitement, please do not forget to leave cookies and milk in a bear trap by the hearth.
-Misha