Two weeks ago, we littered our juvenile, biased, and award-winning paper with countless images of Nicole Brodeur, Seattle Times columnist and celebrated scab. Actually, we shouldn’t say countless–there was a definite number of Nicole Brodeurs scattered throughout our pages, and one brilliant Stranger reader was smart enough to find every last one of ’em!
Meet Shane Dickson, a 27-year-old Abilene, Texas native and the winner of The Stranger‘s “Count the Nicole Brodeurs” contest. Employing the skills he’s cultivated as a proofreader for the Lighthouse for the Blind, Shane managed to find all 44 Nicole Brodeurs hidden in our pages–and won a lunch date with Nicole herself (to be chaperoned by Dan Savage). And while The Stranger neglected to inform Brodeur that we were offering her as a prize before we announced our contest, Brodeur appears to be a better sport than she is a union member. Brodeur has graciously agreed to dine with Shane at Coastal Kitchen, a restaurant she selected. You’re a sport, Nicole! We take it all back, you stinkin’ scab!
And congratulations, Shane!