OFF THE VINE: Calling all around the world for new Babes and Hunks

<p>My, my, my, how time does fly when you're enjoying yourself ... or </p><p>unconscious for most of the day. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Vine glanced at the calendar for the first time this year and realised </p><p>with a start that it is already September and we have not yet called for </p><p>entries to our annual, superb and indeed, magnificent, Hunk and Babe of </p><p>the Year competitions. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>As usual, we are adhering to excessively high standards when selecting </p><p>the winners. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>As for the entries, we'll take anyone that's going ... so this is your </p><p>chance to vote for that bloke you've been salivating over for the last </p><p>eight months, or that chick you've secretly been eyeing up as you </p><p>pretend to use the fax machine next to her desk for the 17th time </p><p>today. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Last year's Hunk winners were the entire Economist team, largely in </p><p>recognition of their mass penchant for taking their clothes off in </p><p>public (now, where did we put that photo of Rupert Harrow again?). </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Over on the Babe side, it was the magnificent Angela Pih from DY&R. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>And here's an uncanny twist to the tale: every single Hunk and Babe that </p><p>has ever won has immediately left the country as a result of an instant </p><p>improvement in their career prospects: the Economist boys (apart from </p><p>Rupert) headed off to San Francisco and London, while Angela is also now </p><p>in San Francisco (ooh, can there be a tenuous connection?). </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>So send those entries in NOW! </p><p><BR><BR> </p>