Christmas Competition
Ideas and images
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| The remarkably high quality and immense volume of the entries received this year made the Christmas competition's result somewhat of a cliffhanger. How were we to choose a clear winner from the eclectic collection of bizarre images, quirky stories and eccentric research that graced our noticeboard for one glorious week and will enliven the journal at Christmas and for several issues to come? Despite much jostling for position at the ballot box, a fair vote was conducted and winners emerged from the 17 finalists. | 
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Merlin Thomas, Brett Lyons and Robert Walker have narrowly defeated the reigning champion with a thoughtful exposition of their original research The John Thomas sign: common distraction or useful pointer. This is the kind of ground-breaking material we have come to expect from our trans-Tasman neighbours and we are most grateful that it reached us via an overseas journal to be published in its rightful antipodean place. Christmas drinks in the form of two bottles of fine Australian champagne are on us. Speaking of the reigning champ, second prize goes to Douglas Gow's equally phallocentric tale of life as a medical officer serving in Her Majesty's Royal Air Force in the 1970s, in the Arabian Gulf: A case of Mediterranean date louse in aircrew. Dr Gow wins a prize he will treasure enthusiastically but briefly -- a bottle of Jameson's Irish whisky. Last but not least, our panel of expert judges has awarded third prize to John Rusli for his whimsical reporting of a cerebral CT scan as "Batman". We can only hope that Robin and the batmobile are not spotted on any scans performed at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital over the festive season as Dr Rusli enjoys his bottle of champagne! Many thanks to all our contributors. For those of you who held back your witty observations, perverse research and surprising pictures this year there is always Christmas '99. Keep us in mind when you feel inspired to exercise your long-suppressed creative side. | ||||
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©MJA 1998
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