Now we have a real problem: I suspect Harvey of cheating! Can I say this so bluntly? I’ll tell you the story and ask for your opinion.
Yesterday I bumped into an old friend, I will call him Mr XL here. Of course I told Mr XL about the ‘Super Dede 2012’ competition and asked whether he has voted. Unfortunately I mentioned the poor loser Harvey, the rabbit with a gambling problem who doesn’t have any supporters at all. At the time I really felt sorry for Harvey, the poor little sod. I explained to my friend that Harvey got his name from a 1950s movie starring James Stewart, called ‘My friend Harvey’. In the film Harvey is actually a pooka, in the shape of a human sized rabbit who can only be seen by a Mr Elwood P Dowd. No, I didn’t see the film when it was first released! However, Mr XL was very surprised he had never heard of the film even though he could have seen it then.
Strangely enough in the afternoon the votes for Harvey started to rise. He is now – would you believe it – number four! Being a pooka and a gambler I have my suspicions that Harvey went to see Mr XL after I’d left and made a deal with my friend. Knowing Mr XL, who is a real sucker for the underdog, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’d agreed to skew the votes in Harvey‘s favour for a couple of beers on Friday night in the RSA or the pub. Ah, it is Friday today… Unfortunately I have a prior engagement tonight, but if anybody spots Harvey and Mr XL in the pub together tonight, I will disqualify Harvey on the spot.
What do you think?
In the meantime, here is the voting form again…
dedepuppets 
You could; only if you had ample proof…
Yes, that is the problem.
Mr XL tells me he is innocent and he really has asked his entire family and all his friends to vote for ‘Harvey’. Does this count as cheating?
Well, that is just persuading your voters. It is just, as long as the voters are not being forced…
but you know I have to take his word for it. Where do you draw the line. If the ones he tried to coax into voting for Harvey, are depending on him…. he might not give them dinner tonight or something if they are not following his instructions….