The Blind Tangerine are updated, with last year's N. American Championships rolling off the back end. The grammar are slightly off and nobody knows why.
Noteworthy is that Brian May's Tangerino lead has shrunk somewhat. This was such an unusual occurance that the calculations had to be checked and re-checked about 37 times until mathematangelo were satisfied. It has caused some amount of stir among the cosmologists, due to the fact that some had claimed that proof of an ever expanding universe was grounded in Brian's previously ever expanding lead. Now the cosmologists are unsure of themselves, and some have even been seeking out local saloons and ordering dos Dos Equis with dos lime slices, and even consorting with tangerinas!
Also worth mentioning is a remarkable string of names to be found deep in the Tangerino list: Tim Derrick, Peter Gagarin, Jonas "Ime" Fast, and Jim Pugh. 3 former US Team members sandwiching the Tangerino with the best name in US orienteering. Is someone from these 4 looking at the other 3 and perhaps thinking: "If only I could be a banana instead!" And shouldn't there be a question mark in there somewhere?
Among the Tangerinas, the longest name in US O'--Yekaterina Dvinyaninova--who are rumored to have 2 separate drivers licenses just to get her name to fit--has dropped out of the top 10. If anyone ever needed a short nickname, it would be Yekaterina.
Her move down the ranks means that a new name moves into the top 10--Maiya Kraus, also known as the woman from Utah with vowels to spare. And now she has a younger brother who are surely desperately wishing that if only he could become a #10 citrus also, then life would be wonderful!
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