Win a t-shirt...

[christopherinsc1981]

well miss this one

[MGABBYB]

Only by a month, haha...

[ArdieVerde]

So, do you have a tally of the comments on this video?

[MGABBYB]

Yes. Well, no, not really...

[ArdieVerde]

Losing the leg contest during this same time frame, was, of course, devastating. Then MissHurdley scared away all the competition for most comments here. (My finest hour, I must say, ha!)

[ArdieVerde]

I didn't want to pull my original video, because people had commented there, it didn't seem right to do that. I disabled comments early on to try to mitigate the damage, then decided to let it go.

[ArdieVerde]

A technicality, to be sure.

[ArdieVerde]

I couldn't really send MissHurdley solo due to the "Only one (1) entry allowed per YouTuber." rule. Anyway, I missed the deadline on that.

[ArdieVerde]

...oops, there's the bus...

[ArdieVerde]

I got up late and I have to go to work soon, but I wanted to explain what is going on...

[ArdieVerde]

Okay, bye, I need to go load the Office on the laptop.

[ArdieVerde]

Don't say no more auntie, alright?

[MissHurdleyRicks]

Kay, zip er lip ta nex dey. Bye!

[MissHurdleyRicks]

UPS, surry, "day" more like it, MercyMe...

[ArdieVerde]

Well, I'm waiting until tomorrow anyway.

[MissHurdleyRicks]

Surry, met ta say "Dey No"!

[ArdieVerde]

Oh,..I don't think so.

[MissHurdleyRicks]

Yep, dey no.

[MissHurdleyRicks]

Day no.

[ArdieVerde]

What?

[ArdieVerde]

...a little.

[ArdieVerde]

..I should have split that last comment up,...

[ArdieVerde]

..I will seek counsel, I must consider my options, I should sleep on this. It is a big decision.

[MissHurdleyRicks]

Dats a good boy!

[ArdieVerde]

Well, maybe I can wait another day,..

[ArdieVerde]

..I gotta do this...

[ArdieVerde]

Let me be, Auntie...

[ArdieVerde]

MissHurdleyRicks is a...

[MissHurdleyRicks]

ARDIE!!! NO!!!

[ArdieVerde]

No, I'm going to, I cant go on living this lie!

[MissHurdleyRicks]

Don't do it, you have worked so hard, please don't...

[MissHurdleyRicks]

MercySakes, my spellin was sudenlee purfek fura minit.

[ArdieVerde]

If I am to win, I must do so with dignity.

[ArdieVerde]

...I must now clear my conscience,...

[ArdieVerde]

In the interest of full disclosure,..

[ArdieVerde]

I certainly deserve the criticism.

[ArdieVerde]

I can't blame them really,...

[ArdieVerde]

Perhaps there are many, that would say such a thing.

[ArdieVerde]

There are some that say that I should be disqualified.

[ArdieVerde]

..never to do that!

[ArdieVerde]

...I had made a promise, to myself,...

[ArdieVerde]

...AGAIN!...

[ArdieVerde]

...I have given my t-shirt size,...

[ArdieVerde]

...I have been dishonest,...

[ArdieVerde]

I have been deceptive,...

[ArdieVerde]

...there, I said it,...

[ArdieVerde]

I am not proud of the way that I have played this game....

[ArdieVerde]

..not a Holiday weekend,...

[ArdieVerde]

I know I told them the 31st...but hey,...I'm concerned.

[ArdieVerde]

HUNDREDS by now.

[ArdieVerde]

...I should have HUNDREDS!!!

[ArdieVerde]

I only have 63 views on my Puppetmaster video,...

[ArdieVerde]

I don't understand.

[ArdieVerde]

...I should have had many comments by now.

[ArdieVerde]

Something is terribly wrong...

[UtubiaEarthOutreach]

i will post one comment!

[MGABBYB]

Thanks Utubia...

[ArdieVerde]

If I get all my commitments, you will go to fourth and I won't have to be too concerned with any rulings.

[ArdieVerde]

Well, I sent out my video to call in all my promised comments. It was not supposed to go live but it did.

[iseehaters]

voting

[katalina2007]

GO MARY, GO!!

[katalina2007]

CONGRATS on being NUMBER THREE!! That is GREAT :)

[katalina2007]

I just want to leave a FINAL comment or two for you before this game ends!! IT HAS BEEN FUN :D

[katalina2007]

BEST WISHES TO YOU, MARY!! WHOA--you must be in SECOND or THIRD PLACE :) THAT IS AWESOME :D

[MGABBYB]

I am in third, but anything can happen in 2 days. Who knows what else Ardie has up his sleeve...

[ArdieVerde]

You say you are in third, not second? Interesting.

[MGABBYB]

Well, I never got the official ruling of using comments from a reply video from Lou.

But, 3rd is good.

We will find out in 2 days...

[ArdieVerde]

Well, I should start to call in the comments on my original video now, for insurance.

[ArdieVerde]

..oh, you have heard it already? okay

[ArdieVerde]

...the duck wants to play pool, but notices there is no cue ball..

[ArdieVerde]

...there is a man at the bar talking to a bowl of peanuts..

[ArdieVerde]

...a delivery van pulls up in front and delivers a box of nails to the bartender...

[ArdieVerde]

A duck walks into a bar, eating grapes,..

[ArdieVerde]

Okay, stop me if you've heard this before..

[averagebetty]

I can't possibly compete with ArdieVerde... but here's mine: MGabbyB is the bomb!

[MGABBYB]

Thanks A.B.

[ArdieVerde]

..."They're complimentary."

[MGABBYB]

Funny...

[iseehaters]

hey thanks...

[ArdieVerde]

"Those are the peanuts, sir.", said the bartender...

[ArdieVerde]

He said to the bartender, "I keep hearing this voice."

[ArdieVerde]

"I like your hair that way."

[ArdieVerde]

He thought he must be losing his mind.

[ArdieVerde]

"Really cool shirt, too."

[ArdieVerde]

Nobody was there except him and the bartender.

[ArdieVerde]

"Nice tie."

[ArdieVerde]

A man walked into a bar and sat down, ordered a beer and sat and drank it and he heard a voice.

[ArdieVerde]

Okay, stop me if you heard this before...

[ArdieVerde]

So, I was going to say, "If you have anymore videos like this, fork them over."

[ArdieVerde]

Oops, gotta go catch the bus....later.

[ArdieVerde]

Or, on the other video,...

[ArdieVerde]

Thanks for the headband comment.

[ArdieVerde]

I would not want to do anything to make "ARCH ENEMIES" here on YouTube.

[ArdieVerde]

But sometimes folks don't get my humor.

[ArdieVerde]

..."DUDE, c'mon, put a sock on it!"

[ArdieVerde]

I wanted to make a comment like,...

[ArdieVerde]

...for fun.

[ArdieVerde]

Just a few more comments,...

[ArdieVerde]

It's funny how no one ever brought sweets before I started trying to lose weight.

[ArdieVerde]

...and they bring donuts.

[ArdieVerde]

Lately some neighbors have come over to listen...

[ArdieVerde]

...we play music too.

[ArdieVerde]

It's an excuse to get together, sit around and talk...

[ArdieVerde]

Music practice is a social thing for my friends and I to get together each Saturday.

[ArdieVerde]

YIKES, I say!

[katalina2007]

WOW! Look at all those comments, Mary! Ardie has "gone wild"! LOL!  You MUST be winning now!

[ArdieVerde]

...technically.

[ArdieVerde]

They are comments on your video,...

[ArdieVerde]

Well, Hurry, today is the last day to add video.

[ArdieVerde]

I certainly hope so!

[ArdieVerde]

Is that legal?

[MGABBYB]

I will have to check with the contest creator.

[ArdieVerde]

Well, look at that, I just added 1,444 comments with a video response.

[ArdieVerde]

Today's the day!

[ArdieVerde]

WOO HOO!

[ArdieVerde]

Oh, I almost forgot to say...

[ArdieVerde]

...please read my previously posted comments about, lottery tickets, slot machines and such.

[ArdieVerde]

To the other contestants that still thin that they have a chance...

[ArdieVerde]

thin? huh? Badges, we don need no stinkin' badges.

[ArdieVerde]

Then again, I won't need to, because I already won.

[ArdieVerde]

So, I won't have too much time to comment today.

[ArdieVerde]

Then the Art Fair this afternoon.

[ArdieVerde]

Well, I gotta go to music practice this morning.

[ArdieVerde]

...one t-shirt. That's all I need is one.

[ArdieVerde]

The person that could do that, would surely win...

[ArdieVerde]

Hey, I wonder what would happen if someone were to claim all the comments on the top three videos for their own?

[PantyMython]

Yeah, you really have a lot of comments. omg!!!!! wowza!

[ArdieVerde]

Ha!

[ArdieVerde]

That I would implement it on Sunday.

[ArdieVerde]

A plan to win a t-shirt.

[ArdieVerde]

..I told them that I had a plan..

[ArdieVerde]

The two leaders...

[ArdieVerde]

I just went and commented on the competitions, video.

[ArdieVerde]

Probably not.

[ArdieVerde]

I was asked if I was going to dance there again this year.

[ArdieVerde]

I usually like to go in the morning, before it gets too hot.

[ArdieVerde]

After music practice.

[ArdieVerde]

I will likely attend tomorrow afternoon.

[ArdieVerde]

The Ann Arbor Art Fair is this weekend.

[ArdieVerde]

That was before the fuel crisis. 8^(

[ArdieVerde]

Then take a bus to the canyon.

[ArdieVerde]

..and a room included.

[ArdieVerde]

I was going to get a Casino package with airfare...

[ArdieVerde]

I thought that I heard Lou say that he wanted to go to the Grand Canyon.

[ArdieVerde]

Hey, if YT had a Gathering at the Grand Canyon, I would totally go.

[ArdieVerde]

Ardie likes games.

[ArdieVerde]

Lou has games.

[ArdieVerde]

They have games.

[ArdieVerde]

I was at twitter, I don't know about that.

[ArdieVerde]

I can't blame them.

[ArdieVerde]

They want to stay in touch.

[ArdieVerde]

My people are requesting it.

[ArdieVerde]

I think that I'm going to get a MySpace.

[ArdieVerde]

I don't have time for that!

[ArdieVerde]

I was on twitter, playing blocks (Tetris).

[PantyMython]

Nice contest!!! :)

~Panty

[MGABBYB]

Thanks Panty,

I am not looking forward to 7/31.

That's when I have to count up all the comments.

[ArdieVerde]

That's where i can help, HA! You may not have to. 4TH PLACE!

[MGABBYB]

4th place?  Who's on third?

[ArdieVerde]

According to Abbott; I don't know!

[ArdieVerde]

Anyway, think about that, the next time you're out on a divided highway. And thank your traffic engineer for thinking about you and your daily travels.

[ArdieVerde]

Of course, they are waiting at the next light for it to change, this causes an accordion effect as the rest of the drivers have to slow to compensate for the stoppage.

[ArdieVerde]

But, what happens, instead,.. drivers tend to get up to speed very quickly and drive faster than the limit.

[ArdieVerde]

At moderate acceleration and posted cruising speed, it is not difficult to drive this corredor without being caught by a light.

[ArdieVerde]

I compensate for them the best I can.

[ArdieVerde]

I see many instances every day where the driver's without understanding, clog up the traffic.

[ArdieVerde]

There are many highways designed like that here in Michigan.

[ArdieVerde]

It is likely that great attention has been given to the timing of the lights on that byway.

[ArdieVerde]

If you are driving on a divided thoroughfare where you have to turn right and loop-back to go left.

[ArdieVerde]

Now, this may not apply everywhere, but it does apply to many thoroughfares here in the U.S.

[ArdieVerde]

The assumed legal posted speed is a factor used in the timing of these lights.

[ArdieVerde]

Traffic lights are timed differently during the day to account for higher traffic volumes.

[ArdieVerde]

Highways are engineered, traffic signal durations are engineered too.

[ArdieVerde]

And, failing miserably, for the most part.

[ArdieVerde]

Perhaps you have not noticed in your travels, because you have been too busy trying to get somewhere ahead of everybody else.

[ArdieVerde]

Now, let's talk about highway engineering.

[ArdieVerde]

More than likely, less than a minute.

[ArdieVerde]

Were there any traffic signals? So, you saved what, in a perfect world, perhaps a minute or two?