Okay, I've finally stopped laughing and throwing up simultaneously, and will attempt to wrap up the contest. I really have no hope of wrapping up the thread ("IT'S ALIVE!!!"). When I was in Grad School, I had an undergrad lab I was teaching get out of control, pretty much like this thread. (Shudder!)
In short, Jimmy was right when he said "So where did this post take a wrong turn? Oh yeah with Theo starting it."
No one submitted a totally correct answer. IMHO there is a three-way tie for the MOST correct answer. I have decided these lucky winners will not have to split a Cube of Diet Mountain Dew ("DMD" forever henceforth), but are eligible for a twelve-pack each, under the delivery terms listed at the start of the contest. I had to make it a twelve-pack of DMD; 8 cans won't even get a man through the morning.
The Winners:rmedgar was the first to identify that Fridge #1 belongs to me, Theo. Great use of Yankee fruit habits in your thinking! PB HUMOR HALL OF FAME candidate for the invention of refrigerated toilet paper! (BTW, that's actually an old Betty Crocker Cake Icing container full of Purina Fish Chow.)
Sunil was the first identify that Fridge #3 belongs to me, Theo. I will have to renege on my promise to also turn over Dixie the TV Cat to you. (My daughter would kill me in my sleep. Plus, the cat's been shown to have lots of acting income, so I'm going to start charging her rent. Kind of the opposite of Steve Martin's cat embezzling from him.) But I will arrange a visit to the excellent Knox County (Ohio) Animal Shelter where Dixie came from, so you can get an equally valuable cat.
P.S. Cans are for "on the go." At home I drink from 2-liter bottles. Straight. Chugging. Who's a pussy now?! :p
NOBODY correctly guessed who owns Fridge #2. (If you did, I missed it in repeated readings. Show me where you did, and you get a 12-pack too.) Fridge #2 belongs to me, Theo.
Which takes us to our third winner,
Dave Davidson, who right off the bat noted that this was some kind of hoax. (Nice to know that DD's finally developed the ability to smell the meadow muffins before stepping in them!) If you carefully read the contest announcement, no where does it state that the fridges belong to different people.
P.S. That "Mineral Water" is "General Tsao's Sauce." Nice try.
Honorable Mentions, good for one can of DMD each:
Jimmy for thinking the FedEx box contained my meds shipped in from Canada. Actually, my day job has good prescription drug coverage and the meds get shipped in from Washington state USPS.
Debra King for very politely pointing out my Space Ranger status.
burgermeister who correctly guessed that the FedEx box contains mealworms. Just for a snack - they're great for dunking in DMD!
And finally
Bob Lusk and Bruce Condello for being good sports and keeping the (TV) cat in the bag while I made fun of our mutual affliction. I utilized pictures of my own Dew-laden fridges because it would be degrading to post pictures of another man's refrigerator. Here's Bruce's: