Recognise your fellow Mumsnetters by nominating your favourite Mumsnet user to win Silent Pool gin

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To tie in with their new #FortheSpirited campaign, Silent Pool Gin is on a quest to unearth the UK’s most spirited characters – and the search starts right here. For two months, the award-winning distillers will be celebrating the spirit of Mumsnet by getting you to nominate the users who you think show the most – well – spirit. They'll be giving one bottle of gin per week to a winning Mumsnet user. In addition, if your nominee wins, you'll also receive a shopping voucher worth £30..

Here’s what Silent Pool Gin have to say:
“For the spirited. Three small words that capture the essence of Silent Pool Gin. It represents our independent mindset and our uncompromising commitment to producing a gin with a refreshingly individual character.

For the spirited is about following your own path. Embracing life and living for the best things it has to offer. It’s about doing something kind, inspiring, creative, different. Could be finally handing in your notice, booking that round-the-world trip, starting that new Japanese course or even just deciding to make your very first post on AIBU.

Whatever your version of ‘spirited' is, we applaud you. However, applause only gets you so far, so to officially recognise the wonderful achievements of the Mumsnet community, we are launching the Silent Pool Gin For the Spirited award. Each week, one lucky Mumsnet member will be recognised as a kindred spirit and will win one bottle of Silent Pool Gin.

Also we’d love to hear your spirited stories so please tag us in at #forthespirited @silentpoolgin”

There's no such thing as a best Mumsnet user but you probably have your favourite(s). Is there someone: Whose posts you always read? Who brightens your days and whose views keep you glued to the screen? Who has given you priceless advice, yet you wouldn't know from Adam in real life?

Every week for two months, Silent Pool will be giving the #FortheSpirited award to one lucky Mumsnet user – with the prize of a bottle of gin. Simply nominate your favourite Mumsnet user on the discussion thread and they'll be in with a chance of winning. In turn, if your nominee wins, you'll also receive a £30 voucher. Win, win (gin) .

Thanks and good luck!

MNHQ

[EDITED BY MNHQ TO INCLUDE FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE DESPATCH OF PRIZES]

Terms and conditions of prize draw:
Activity specific T&Cs: Mumsnet will run a random prize draw once per week. The nominees within the winning entries will be contacted via email or PM to inform them of the win, and to ask if they would like to receive the prize. A non-alcoholic prize will also be available if desired. To receive an alcoholic prize, nominees will need to provide a copy of photographic ID to Mumsnet (eg a photograph of a passport or driving licence), as well as a physical name and address for the prize to be dispatched to. The name and address will be shared with Silent Pool Gin, with the user's permission. Mumsnet will dispose of this information within one week of users' receipt of the prize. Posters of the winning entries will be emailed by Mumsnet to inform them of the win, and to give them the opportunity to choose the voucher they would like. Their name and email address, with the user's permission, will be shared with Mumsnet's voucher fulfilment company for the purposes of ordering the voucher. Voucher winner's details will be retained for audit purposes. Winner's details will be used for the purpose of the prize draw and prize delivery only, and not for any other marketing purpose. Standard Mumsnet T&Cs can be found here.

[POST EDITED BY MNHQ to remove language around 'courage' and 'bravery']

@pigletjohn

Ok in that case I nominate @TheClitterati for pointing this out to me

Another vote for pigletjohn, always has good practical advice.

Oooh unexpected & thank you

You are most welcome @TheClitterati chin chin

Gin gin!

Well I'm tied between choosing R0wantrees for her immense cross-referencing ability (off the top of her head, dontchanow!! ),

or

choosing @HoldMeCloserTonyDanza for having the name that is most successful at getting into my head as a constant earworm

Oo another one - TheUterati, cause without her my nether regions would still be broken and unrecognised as having a medical problem. Oh hang on, isn't she banned too...?

Beertrickspotter hasn't posted under that name for a long time.

I nominate

Worra
Paxillin
Bluntness

Ah! Penny drops....they're doing this for 2 months so presumably that means 8 bottles of and 8 vouchers for nominators....First off, I don't like gin so don't need a voucher thx and secondly, am not yet back in the UK in any case. So, if one of my nominees does get picked out the hat then please forward the voucher to another recipient, cheers.
Also, without trying to pick holes in the venture, you have multiple nominations here so you cannot reward nominators unless you are simply putting all the posters' names in a hat like the normal comps?
In which case, if my name is pulled out please give to Bof, and 15 pound vouchers (ie split it) to Zoo and Cazz, thanks.

@Datun for peaking us all, giving us ammunition and helping us to hold back the tide of madness.

I also don't drink gin so if my nominee wins please send voucher to FenellaMaxwell as she sounds desperately in need of gin.

Finding it ironic to have a product test giving free alcohol alongside a product test advising on healthy lifestyles and diet. This one has about 10 times as many replies

Since you don't have to be 18 to join Mumsnet, is giving away free alcohol wise?

I'm not even sure what the laws are on gifting alcohol to under 18s.

I suppose it must be legal but it wouldn't really show Silent Pool in a good light, would it?

You do have to be over 18 to enter competitions though Worra. They don’t actually check, but that’s the rule.

Having double checked the OP it looks to me as if they’re going to pick a nominating post at random each week, and give the prize to the nominee and poster of that particular post. So AnyFucker and PigletJohn (or whoever has the most nominations) would have better than average but not definite chances of winning one of the eight prizes. Some clarification might be welcome.

What if someone disagrees that a poster who had been nominated is worthy of gin? Do we get to have an arm wrestle?

Datun

She gives me hope that reason will eventually triumph

@TreacherousPissFlap her phone thread made my year

@MNHQ you really have sold your soul to the lowest common denominator.
A popularity contest.
Ye gods

RedToothbrush for her political and feminist posting.

I nominate @hobnobsaremyfave because I completely agree

@SingingLily and @AttilatheMeerkat from the Stately Homes thread, both post lovely, wise words that have helped me and I'm sure many others

God there are too many I admire. Some for much more serious reasons than others. Seems a bit...crass (?) to suggest they should 'win' a bottle of booze for having shared all they have.
A thread with the usual competition format would've been better.

BIWI - she has helped me shift pounds and pounds of weight