PRIZE LIES
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Based on the ratings at the time of the contest entries deadline.
WINNERS
Ben Malloy, Springfield, MO
NB, Alpharetta, GA
NOTEWORTHY NOTABLES:
KR, Alpharetta, GA
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noteworthy notables.
Contest 2
Why do we add 'late' to someone who is dead?
| To indicate to you that if he
owed you any money, then, 'hard
luck, too late!'
-- Jessica Garner, Mesa, AZ. |
It comes from elate. Death,
several centuries ago, meant a promotion, and the dead person was
expected to feel thrilled that his time had come.
-- TLC, Akron, OH . |
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*WINNER!*
LATE stands for Life After Thy End - pointing to the person's transition to the next world. -- Ben Malloy, Springfield, MO. |
It means latent - the person
is still there but just not visible any more! In the early 1800s, the
word was shortened to late. -- Shayla Hough, Durham, NC. |
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Because if you invited them to a
party they would be late. Really Late. -- KR, Alpharetta, GA. |
It is derived from latte - indicating
he has become dead, and as white as milk! -- Phil Steiner, Macon, GA. |
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*WINNER!*
Because after a certain age
people become very irritating, so after they pass away the living ones
call their dead ones LATE cause they were long overdue. -- NB, Alpharetta, GA. |
When someone is dead we call them
late because we are in heaven before we are born. When we are in heaven we forget something at home so we have to go back on earth but we are told we must come back in five minutes so when we die we go back to heaven where we are very late coming back. That is why they add late to someone who is dead. - Alicia Pacheco, Lodi, CA. |
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| Late comes from an Asian Indian
(Hindi) word 'leit'
meaning 'to lie down', usually in a horizontal position. Adding late to
the name signifies the position taken by dead people. -- M Patel, Jacksonville, FL. |