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After about an hour and a half, I was able to extricate myself from the dress yesterday. That wasn't an hour and a half of struggling; it was more like an hour of thinking I could just wear it all day until Georg got home, then remembering that Georg would be at the radio station until after 10, then about a half hour of struggling. I did manage to get the zipper unsnagged without damaging the dress, so yay me.

Georg found the winners from the kinetic sculpture race online:

The Golden Dinosaur Award: Kinetic Airways;
Worst Honorable Mention: Visionary Virtual Vehicle;
Next to Last Award: G Hut;
Golden Flipper Award: Road Boat;
Best Pit Crew: The Duck;
Best Costume: Mad Hatter;
Pilots' Choice: Shrimptastic's Brad Sweet;
Best Bribes: Mad Hatters;
Sock Creature of the Universe: Bumpo's Gandhi;
Spirit of the Founder: Catholic Community School;
Ace Pilots: Dragon of Death; Beaver Bike;
People's Choice: Bumpo;
Speed Award: Beaver Bike;
Engineering Award: Louie's Bone Wagon,
Art Award: Shrimptastic;
Grand East Coast National Mediocre Champion: Bedlam

I'm not sure what all these prizes mean. I think "Ace Pilots" means the pilots never left the vehicle (no pushing up hills, getting off to attach pontoons, etc). The "next to last award" is a brilliant idea, as it ensures that the end of the race will be competitive too. Also I'm tickled to find out that the stuffed Ghandi on top of Bumpo was their official sock creature. I had read that rule that they have to have a sock creature on board, but I figured everyone just had a sock monkey strapped on or in their pocket or something. I didn't realize people were so creative with the sock creatures.

Visionary Virtual Vehicle, by the way, was the guy in the car who gave us a duffel bag bribe. His entry was truly virtual: just a number taped to his back. Don't know what he did at the obstacles. I'm assuming he did not walk through the mud, swim around the pier, etc., but just followed the route in his car.