
To: Mango the Relentlessly Huge, Founder of Mango Minster
From: Abby, L.B.E., Official Guardian of Ethics
Re: Final Ethics Report and Report on the Curse of Mango Minster
Abby is pleased to report that the ethical standards of Mango Minster remain high, especially among the judges. The judges were, without exception, exemplars of the highest standards of ethical conduct. Each judge not only comported him or herself with absolute probity before the judging, but each judge applied her or himself diligently and equitably, without fear or favor, to the excruciatingly difficult decisions each had to make. Abby is most grateful that Judge Loki, with his usual Chandleresque combination of ethics and humor, refrained from announcing exactly what would have been required to successfully bribe him until after the judging was actually over.
Apart from a few offers of inappropriate gifts from certain contestants, which were, of course, quite properly reported by the judges to the Mango, there was a satisfactory decline in outright bribery in this year's Mango Minster, due in no small part to the outstanding assistance Abby received from Morgan, Kuster and Cousin Pretty Girl in guarding against overtly unethical behavior. The judging of the Too Darn Cute category being over and hearing no objection, Abby has released the snow machines from impound and had them shipped, at Frankie Furter's expense, to Judge Fiona.
There were, however, some most serious ethical breaches in the Bad Sports category involving Contestants Tank and Allred and, Abby is chagrined to admit, her brother Jed. When Abby was asked by the Mango to investigate alleged curses involving Mango Minster, Abby did not imagine she would be investigating ACTUAL MAGICAL CURSES. Allred cursed Tank, turning him into a squirrel. Tank retaliated by boiling Allred in a cauldron. Unfortunately for Tank, Allred still had eight lives left.
Respectfully submitted.

And yes, while we were there, we went swimming in ice cold waters, (well I did) hiking among ghost trees and snowmobiling across the mountain tops. In the evenings we started a fire in the fireplace, ate cheese, beans and popcorn, watched the cable tv, and kept up on what was happening on Mango Minster on our old laptop.
But tonight it came down to having to pick out one entry to be Best in Show.
Think about it. All the wonderful, incredible, fun, interesting, exciting, and loveable entry's and I had to pick ONE.
It is truly almost impossible. Thank goodness the other judges did most of the work for me. In the end, I only had to decide between 6 contestants.
So without any further prattling on by me..... here is the list of Best in Show contenders.

1st runner up goes to the One and Only Taffy. Your entry was full of exciting pictures and clever comments that had Me and My Vickie laughing till we cried. Then of course we had to learn more about you so we started reading your past posts.
To our delight, your entry was just the beginning of the fun. We must have stayed up all night reading about you and your antics.
Our favorite post was Forever Young from 2009
There are really no words necessary to describe how much you have stolen the hearts of so many of us. As The lovely Fiona said "you are painfully cute"
As co-anchor on the local news, model extraordinaire, hostess to the homeless and to the clever mollie-isms, you are the most well rounded and socially captivating little poodle I have ever met.














