Comments on: Contest: The Halloween Heist

By: Cij

Cij — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:51:33 +0000

Two phrases that will now forever be in my vocabulary: Immaculate Reception and origawesome.

The crane I won came in the mail and I hope to send a picture of it (next to a Tomato Nation Sticker) to Sars as soon as I figure out how to get the camera to talk to the computer. I've named it "Tom" (short for Tomato).

I couldn't give as much as I did last year (damn economy and about to lose my job), but seeing so many people reach deep into their wallets/hearts to help Teachers and Students gives me hope for our planet.

I hope that next year we can out-do ourselves again, see what stunt Sars will do (maybe send a Tomato to dance on the great wall of china?) and to once again see how awesome Tomato Nation and its readers are.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:35:12 +0000

@Maria: Of all the catches in all the games in the world… well, you know, I have to go with the one that has the best name. "Immaculate Reception" is freaking genius. How can I say no?

By: Talix

Talix — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:04:27 +0000

See, there I was, all feeling the love, and you had to bring the damn Yankees into it.

In recognition of the greater good, I will rise above loyalties to any uniform besides the tomato costume (except maybe the lion); I will claim citizenship of no (bitter American League) city (south of Philly [too bad the Yankees didn't make it a year earlier, eh, Moose?]) not within the borders of Tomato Nation.

We did a good thing. Yay, us.

By: Sarah D. Bunting

Sarah D. Bunting — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:13:23 +0000

8-4! So much for the lack of DH being a huge problem.

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:54:18 +0000

Oh, and as we count down the last minutes of October, the Yanks are ahead 7-4. 7-4 and $313,000. Life is so sweet.

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:48:36 +0000

You know, when I first read Sars' goals, I thought "Are you suicidal?" But then I got a hold of myself and thought "Only in the morning." I truly believed that the Great Nation of the Tomato would come through. I am so proud and humbled to be a citizen of that Nation.

Thank you to all of you for making this October a season of hope.

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:38:41 +0000

The Big Kahuna has less than 20K left! (breaks into happy dance)

By: Maria

Maria — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:52:40 +0000

@Sars: Of course it's on tonight. The Universe Knows These Kinds of Things.

@Elizabeth: I was thinking along the lines of the Doug Flutie – Gerard Phelan connection, or more recently, The Catch (Eli Manning – David Tyree), but good ol' Franco Harris! Yay!

@Ms. G and CherylS: Keep fighting the good fight. Teachers like you are inspirational, not only to your students, but to those of us who admire what you do every day. And welcome to Tomato Nation. Stick around – it's a hell of a good time, full of great people.

By: Ms. G

Ms. G — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:42:18 +0000

YOU GUYS. That is just…..thank you. Thank you so, so, so much.

I cannot WAIT to go to school on Monday and tell my kids about this. They're not even going to believe it.

<3!

By: Emma

Emma — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:59:05 +0000

So Sars, how does it feel to be a big-time fundraiser? I would bet $10,000 dollars a day is nothing to sneeze at even in the professional charity leagues.