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Kelly Mine's avatar

I was looking for this and did not see the last opportunity to vote!!!

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Megan Willome's avatar

Really nice graphic for the winner!

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Definitely Not Rowan's avatar

I wish tintin was here to see the end

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Melanie Bettinelli's avatar

this is heartbreaking. I read my oldest daughter a Winnie the Pooh story every single day for more than a year when she was a toddler. It was her consistent nap time story book. But long before I wandered with her in the Hundred Acre Wood I trekked to Mount Doom with Frodo and Sam. It feels unfair to have to choose between them, like having to choose between two of my children.

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Claire Adderholt's avatar

well I'm quite relieved really that it didn't come down to Frodo and Sam vs Calvin and Hobbes because that would've been excruciating. I, sadly for me, don't have a deep emotional attachment to Pooh and Piglet/didn't solidly grow up with them and was way more into other things and C&H, so I voted for Frodo and Sam. But I agree with the poeple who said LOTR should be excluded from literary matchups in future! they so often win we need to jsut remove from teh equation please! :)

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Jackie Oftedahl's avatar

The one duo to rule them all.

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Lisa Husebo's avatar

I do think Pooh and Christopher Robin were a better duo than Pooh and Piglet. But oh, this might break me to decide!

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Jen Frater's avatar

Ennoble!!

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Rachel Newton's avatar

Thank you again for a fantastic bracket. It always creates lots of fun conversations at home, and my kids love weighing in on the votes. We were all devastated that C & H did not make it to the finals. That duo is one of the best.

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Claire Adderholt's avatar

agree!!!!

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Ella underwood's avatar

Save Pooh and Piglet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Terry's avatar

I will forever be sad about Frog and Toad. Sniff.

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Dawn Errington's avatar

I knew this would happen. Right from round two.

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Rebekah's avatar

I'm outraged that Calvin and Hobbes didn't go all the way. What is this world coming to??

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David Kern's avatar

My theory is Calvin and Hobbes would have had a better chance against Frodo and Sam than Pooh and Piglet.

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Claire Adderholt's avatar

I agree. I would have hesitated. As it is I voted for Frodo & Sam

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Julie Davis's avatar

I was fretting over which way I would go in that possibility. I'm still not sure ...

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egan.weinacht's avatar

Ho Boy! I love Frodo and Sam so Much. My family tells me I am Sam. But I had to go with Pooh and Piglet because I grew up with them, but it WAS NOT an easy choice!

This has to be one of the most brutal March Madness contests we have ever had!

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Jennifer Degani's avatar

I have called in my children to vote. They say it is unfair and they have tied up our household vote. I have to break the tie now without breaking my soul in the process…

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Melissa Jackson's avatar

Of all the matchups, this is one of the easiest choices. Frodo and Sam….you bow to no one.

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