You enter a room where ponies mill about . . . some appear to be striking dramatic poses while others fill out small cards. A pretty lavendar flutter pony with flowing white hair quickly spots you and trots over.
"Hello!" she says. "My name is Forget-Me-Not. Welcome to the Prettiest Pony Opinion Poll!"
"Prettiest Pony--what?" you ask.
"This is where ponies, elves, bushwoolies, and other creatures can vote on which ponies are prettiest," Forget-Me-Not explains.
As the noise in the room temporarily lulls, both you and Forget-Me-Not look over towards a group of bushwoolies filling out "Opinion Poll Cards".
"Cotton Candy is pretty!" a blue bushwoolie says enthusiastically.
"Pretty! Pretty!" a green bushwoolie confirms. "Yeah yeah!"
"Blossom's pretty too!" a purple bushwoolie adds.
"Blossom, Blossom, yeah yeah!"
"She's pretty!"
"Gorgeous!"
"Mmm-hmm!"
"And so's Cotton Candy!"
"She's pretty! Yeah yeah . . ."
Forget-Me-Not sighs. "Well, the bushwoolies never quite get around to voting, but everyone else does . . . the way this works is that two ponies are compared and the voters must choose which is prettier. The ponies will remain on display for a few weeks while the everyone decides how to vote. First we will try to compare ponies from the same set . . . after that, ponies from different sets will be compared. You can check the results of previous face-offs here. Wouldn't you like to vote?" Forget-Me-Not asks.
Well, wouldn't you?
This is easy--just look at the two ponies below and decide which is prettier! Only vote once, please. (I can see your ISP number, and I will know if you vote more than once. Once in a while someone tries to stuff the ballot boxes . . .) Later you will also be able to vote for the handsomest male ponies and the cutest baby ponies.