Seems fair and above board to me. I partake quite often, never won and always get a couple of votes even though I've threatened / blackmailed people

. I just love entering knowing my photos are mediocre, or is it that TFT is unpopular ..... mmmmm I'll use that as an excuse from now on.
Now to prove or disprove this, if Mep entered with a low resolution picture of dog poo on the underside of his shoe, in a theme named "Food" and consequently won the competition by a runaway victory. Then I might believe it

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