And Now for the Winners...

Over the next two weeks, excluding Fridays, I'll be unveiling the winners of the First Annual Rib Report Trivia Contest. We had a wide range of entries, with some really insightful (and some potentially "inciteful") responses. Hey winners: Thanks for playing. You'll be getting a copy of "High on the Hog, Vol I" in the mail, under your door, or in the case of those of you overseas, when you bring your butts back home.

Two things before we get into today's winning response: Go Hoyas! Happy Birthday Walter!

Now, today's winner is someone close to my heart. A native of Arkansas, she's lived all over the world, from Turkey to Delaware, with a long stint in DC and surrounding environs. She's soon to embark on a new journey to most exotic locale of them all: Canada. Without question the most loyal Rib Report reader, she's also a font of ideas and constructive criticism. I present to you Anne Yarbrough, aka Rib Mother.

1. Which rapper would you most like to eat a BBQ feast with, and why? (I realize that this question skews a little young. If you were born before 1960, and can name a living rapper besides Eminem, Puff Daddy, or Snoop Dog, I'll give you credit: Tupac Shakur, because with barbeque it really shouldn't matter whether you are dead or alive. (Isn't there barbeque in heaven? It could be the ultimate Welcome Table.) And I'd like to look into his soul with all the hype stripped away. which I assume is what you do in heaven.
2. Is Willie Nelson the coolest man to ever sport a ponytail? Naw, I'd go for another redheaded southerner who never picked up a guitar but wrote words that sing, who was a conflicted guy on sex and race but at least was alive, who went into debt to pay for all the projects that kept tumbling out of his brain, and kept a Koran in his library, perhaps looking forward to the day that the first Muslim would be elected to Congress.and need to borrow it.
3. If Benjamin Franklin were alive today, what would he invent? The lovely thing about Franklin was he didn't believe in patents. He invented things and then just gave them to the world. So ... maybe ... Project Gutenberg? Google? Lexis Nexis? Something free and no strings attached.
4. What will it take to get Ann Coulter to shut up? Hmmm ...Greg says people stopped interrupting sports events by streaking after the cameras stopped following them. Why does the media track her at all? She needs to go the way of OJ Simpson. Just. stop. looking.

Great answers Mom. Be on the lookout for that CD, coming your way soon.

Tomorrow, another winner gets their just dues, right here on the Rib Report.