why has Mudcat been selected for this honour?

I'll save you the time.

Apart from Martin Gibson, we all admit to being fat losers. We eat the wrong stuff. take days off to go to folk music events. And this hampered our career development. But some of us can afford a Martin guitar.

most of us do some sort of job if we're not retired - but we all wanted to be Bob Dylan or something similar and it didn't work out.

Most of us enjoy a drink - those who are medicaly up to it, but some of us have to give it up. It's bad for you, you know.

We are of diverse sexual and racial orientations, and some of us are wating for reassignment - quite a lot would like to be Irish.

Our years of education have extended to the present. we are all here seeking enlightenment on various subjects.