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#172710 01/21/2008 4:29 PM
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I find it interesting that in many competitions, in the US, a blue ribbon only marks the entry as above average; Grand Champion ribbons are purple, and then there is reserve champion, before one reaches down to blue.

DarrylT #172819 01/23/2008 5:15 AM
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Champion and reserve champion sound like animal show terms. Maybe the merely above average become cordon bleu rather than earning a blue ribbon??

DarrylT #172840 01/24/2008 12:58 PM
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Is that in all kinds of sports?

purple ribbon

Apperently a purple ribbon is also one of what I found are "awareness ribbons". And there is a blue one as well.

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