An exciting round of voting--so far, it's a tie against and .

Our Experts Predict:
Should "Flash" survive this round, he will be the probable winner; and have their loyal fans but an equal number of detractors, giving "Flash" the choose-the-lesser-evil vote. If "Whiney" squeaks through, all bets are off.

What The Winner Wins
1) Pending final negotiations with Ship Of Fools, the title of "SOF Official Emoticon."

2) An all-expense paid international trip as a Mystery Worshipper (with clever disguise to hide the newly-acquired celebrity).

3) Permission to smack around the "Smilie Sister" contestant he least got along with.

4) An SUV with a full tank of gas (registration and insurance winner's responsibility).

Ejectee Update:

(#8): Centerfold of BDA Monthly, followed by centerfolds in Hot Bleeding Gums and Deep Scaling.

(#7): Whereabouts unknown.

(#6): Being widely admired for his/her optimism and take-charge attitude, was quickly hired as an official spokesperson for VISA.

(#5): His controversial appointment to the Drexel University Philosophy Department has been postponed pending the resolution of charges stemming from a Philadelphia S&M Club.

1. Are they both ejected if the vote is tied?

2. Is there a tie-breaking question, like "Give us your opinion, in 50 words or less, on the new treatment for plantars warts which contains aloe, goat cheese and sardine extract (sans tomatoes)?"

As for the next Smilie Sister task: They should be sent to a flat until recently occupied by a group of university students, who have now left in haste to enjoy their summer hols, but whose refrigerator and cupboards undoubtedly hold the ingredients necessary for a full nine-course dinner (with sweet) suitable for a Duchess.

The only caveat is that no animals may be killed in the preparation of the dinner; animals already found dead in tins, refrigerator, or by the roadside are fair game (did I hear groans?), but there must not be Smilie Bloodshed unless one of the Smilie Sisters is a certified kosher butcher.

Just a thought. We haven't had a good Smilie Iron Chef competition yet.

Which whittles us down to three and and brings us to:
DAY 11 (in the loosest possible sense of the word 'day')ACTION

The set task is...

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They should be sent to a flat until recently occupied by a group of university students, who have now left in haste to enjoy their summer hols, but whose refrigerator and cupboards undoubtedly hold the ingredients necessary for a full nine-course dinner (with sweet) suitable for a Duchess.

The only caveat is that no animals may be killed in the preparation of the dinner; animals already found dead in tins, refrigerator, or by the roadside are fair game (did I hear groans?), but there must not be Smilie Bloodshed unless one of the Smilie Sisters is a certified kosher butcher.

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I don't understand it...I came up with the solutions to the last two tasks. And it wasn't like I was trying to be bossy or anything--somebody had to do it, and I was trying my best that the others wouldn't take it the wrong way, but sometimes people can be so sensitive--

>Yes, yes, right. What are your plans now?

I don't know yet because this came on so suddenly since I was just minding my own business and trying to participate as best as I could but there's no pleasing some people and it be such a strain sometimes--

>Thank you, thank you--I do believe that's your taxi.

Are you sure? Where am I supposed to be--

>GO!!

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>Good riddance. Personally, I hope wins.

eek!

this is our scaryest mission yet. First, to find the fridge. To the kitchen.

Is this a kitchen? Or a graveyard for unloved, unravelled, unwashed crockery?

Is that a fridge? Or a random collection of dirty plastic letters aranged to mispell various obcenities?

STuck in hell with a couple of wittering idiots. Less Questions more Action or we'll alll starve. Can we cancel the quote of the day competition? Right. Are you ready? Open the door.

...OK, I think we're acclimated now.

That sounds dirty.

I think we should do this by stages.

For once you're right. I'll start by deciding which items in the fridge are supposed to smell that way--stupid exotic gourmet ****!

I'll start by scraping out the cheese left in these old pizza boxes--with a little ingenuity and a lot of BS that will probably add up to one course--thank your lucky stars we have the "stupid exotic gourmet ****" option to fall back on--

I'll start by setting the table--

Besides my cheese dish, I've made an intriguing apple-core-dead-african-violet-catnip salad--

--which is dead in the water compared to my main course painstakingly blended from leftover Spam, rice cakes, Ramen Noodles, and Onion Dip--wait a minute, where is it???

BURP!!!

<extended episode of at-least-R-rated violence>

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Originally posted by Belisarius:

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By the way, the cross cultural lexenography (somewhere buried at the bottom of the heaven board) is a good place to ask these sort of questions.

on with the show...

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can you flambe my ccreme caramel made from findings of bathtub scum?

easy...

< exits carrying all the precariously-balanced jars and bottles>

Are you sure should go near that still the students left behind?

At this point, I don't care anymore. Besides, nobody could be so stupid that--

<KA-BOOM!!!!!!!!!!>

One of the three remaining smilies must be rejected by the world today. Please twist in your own knife.

Tasks suitable for two very competative smilies are also required.

And then where would we be?

1) (Previously mentioned) Design appropriate "Smilie Sister" memorabilia to sell to the public.

2) Have a contest to see which smilie can better impersonate the other.

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am i the only person who thinks should be the one to go?

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i want the final task to be a death match between and .

Come on guys you know who is the right person to vote off - the one with the freaky eyes and annoying personality.

The results of the last slaying are as follows...
has to eat the meal which effectively evicts him/her from any further participation in Smilie Sister.

The final day of action for the remaining survivors and needs to be the hardest yet, so we'll be asking them to multi-task the following challenges. Yes, simultaneously...

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Originally posted by Belisarius:
Some ideas for the last task:

1) (Previously mentioned) Design appropriate "Smilie Sister" memorabilia to sell to the public.

2) Have a contest to see which smilie can better impersonate the other.

3) An official debate (including direct appeals to the viewers) on why one deserves to win or the other deserves to lose.

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If I hold my breath...

As my esteemed <snicker> colleague and I have completed our opening remarks, allow me to raise some issues for the benefit of my fellow netizens.

The honor of winning the "Smilie Sister" competition should be based on two standards--Ability and Merit. As to Ability, the evidence of MY leadership, when given the opportunity, is indisputable. Although my goals have not always been completely achieved, MY approach has always been direct, to the point, and aggressive. I do not brook incompetence, nor have I had to resort to SHADY LOOPHOLES, FANCY EQUIVOCATING, CATERING TO or--dare I say it--ACTIVELY COLLUDING WITH THE MEDIA, or OSTENTATIOUS DISPLAY. As to Merit...<dramatic pause>...I, for one, do not feel the need to show off fancy equipment or be a fawning slave to Fame. I do not need to be, as one commentator so aptly put it, be "a voyeur inside a voyeuristic game." I do not have to be anything more than I am--honest, blunt, and to the point.

And while you're here, take a look at my commemorative Punching Bags--if you get half the satisfaction using them as I did in designing them...

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But I will not stoop to his-or-her-but-probably-his level. I will not call my opponent an opportunistic piece of scum. I will not theorize what sort of corrupt, twisted pysche would carry on in such a manner. I will not nail my opponent to a barbed-wire fence and then--well, you get my point.

Today a victor will emerge crowned in glory from the Sister Smilie experience. Who should it be? Vote for your winner...

<Interviewer>: You have been hard to reach since you left the Smilie Sisters; people in the know say that you have been on a voyage to discover yourself, is that so?

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<Intrepid Interviewer>: Do you have any insights from your time interacting with the Smilie Sisters™?

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<Daring Interviewer>: Do you feel a sense of achievement in making it to the last three of the Smilie Sisters©?

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<Grasping at Straws Interviewer>: Did you ever find Norman?