Want to be pengwuino's mate? Vote now and win a dinner!

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The thread revolves around a light-hearted voting event for member awards within the Physics Forums community, with participants expressing their challenges in choosing candidates and sharing humorous commentary related to the voting process.

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  • Humor

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express difficulty in choosing candidates, suggesting they might resort to random methods like drawing names from a hat.
  • Humor is prevalent, with jokes about trees and playful banter regarding the voting process and candidates.
  • There are references to the idea of voting multiple times, with some participants joking about their voting habits based on their locations.
  • One participant humorously suggests that the award should go to the candidate who can tell the best tree joke.
  • Several jokes are shared, including puns and wordplay related to trees, showcasing a light-hearted atmosphere.
  • There is a playful exchange about the concept of being a "mate" to a character named pengwuino, with humorous implications about what that entails.

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Participants generally agree on the humorous nature of the discussion and the challenges of voting, but there are multiple competing views on how to approach the voting process and the criteria for selecting candidates.

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The discussion includes various jokes and humorous exchanges that may not be universally understood, depending on familiarity with the context of the forum and its members.

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Members of the Physics Forums community, particularly those interested in light-hearted discussions and community engagement through voting events.

  • #31
I'm like the little short guy in cartoons who always has to jump up to get high enough to be heard and only has time for one or two comments before falling back to the floor. The comments are usually ignored, but subconsciously they have some effect.
 
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  • #32
Looks like I'm going down in the polls... i better try to rally voter support...

*gets on in his penguinmobile and tours the country*
 
  • #33
tribdog said:
I'm like the little short guy in cartoons who always has to jump up to get high enough to be heard and only has time for one or two comments before falling back to the floor. The comments are usually ignored, but subconsciously they have some effect.
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  • #34
Pengwuino said:
Looks like I'm going down in the polls... i better try to rally voter support...

*gets on in his penguinmobile and tours the country*

Need a running mate?
 
  • #35
franznietzsche said:
Need a running mate?
that's the only kind of mate he'll ever get. we need to find him a slow one that will have a harder time getting away.
 
  • #36
tribdog said:
that's the only kind of mate he'll ever get. we need to find him a slow one that will have a harder time getting away.


Indeed, my legs are much too efficient. Where's smurf?
 
  • #37
started running already
 
  • #38
tribdog said:
started running already


Well it looks like you'll have to do. Here, just let me break your legs first...
 
  • #39
you don't have to break my legs if you buy me dinner
 
  • #40
tribdog said:
you don't have to break my legs if you buy me dinner


Wait...you'll be pengwuino's mate if I buy you dinner...what am I getting out of this?
 
  • #41
franznietzsche said:
Wait...you'll be pengwuino's mate if I buy you dinner...what am I getting out of this?
You won't have to keep shaking him off of your leg any more.
 

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