HUMOR: THE TOP 10 REASONS YOU HAVEN’T NOMINATED FOR THE BEST OF MARATHON (YET)

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MCSO marine deputy Willie Guerra is recognized for his outstanding public service at the 2023 Best of Marathon Awards. DOUG FINGER/Keys Weekly

As this paper hits newsstands, there are just three days left to nominate your favorite people, places and businesses for the 2025 Best of Marathon Awards. Nominations started off with a flurry and votes are coming in from all over the world. We’ve run into some … interesting … reasons that people forget to finish their ballots, so here are our…

TOP 10 REASONS YOU HAVEN’T SUBMITTED YOUR BEST OF MARATHON NOMINATIONS

• You saw right through the propaganda and realized the Best of Marathon Awards as yet another distraction from the Epstein files.

• You’re a woke snowflake who believes everyone deserves an award.

• You’re convinced the balloting server is hosted on the dark web and you don’t want to give away personal insight that could be used to steal your identity.

• You’re upset that you can’t nominate a business in Layton.

• The detention center where you currently reside doesn’t have wifi.

• Every single free moment of your day is occupied with fantasy football research.

• You misunderstood the process — for the past ten years. The top 3 nominees in each category aren’t AI generated and they don’t magically appear in the online ballot.

• You feel this is just a big popularity contest. (Which it is.)

• Lobster mini-season. And/or the fish were biting.

    • You’re a veterinarian and understand there is no way in hell you are beating Dr. Dunn.