Pictured above is the actual hat that we used to pick the winning name out of! That’s right, it’s a “Blaze, World Famous Balloon-Blowing Goat” hat. Ain’t many of them around. We printed the name of every entrant on a tiny piece of paper, dumped them all into the hat, shook them all around real good and pulled out:
Patrick Melton Congratulations to our winner!
(We don’t wanna hear from any theoretical statisticians or probability hobbyists with treatises on why picking a name out of a hat isn’t truly random… or that even and odd is merely a philosophical construct… or any of that nonsense. This is the winner and that’s that!)
Thanks to all who entered! We’ll try to have similar giveaways in the future!
And, btw, if you didn’t win, and you simply must purchase one (or if you want to drop a hint to someone to buy it for you), go here.
Also: Here’s a great site to get the correct time–www.time.gov!