The Green Monkey
Brap-brap
I've been the beneficiary of a lot of generosity here at CP in the few short months I've been a member, both through a few contests I've managed to win, as well as through the helpful guidance and insights from more experienced cigar smokers. As a token of my appreciation, I figured it was about time to host a contest or three.
The Easy Contest
This is done--congrats S13!
I quit smoking cigarettes 6/9/08. I've still got five soft packs of Marlboros left over and they're not doing me any good, so whoever first posts in the thread that they want them will get them.
The Medium Contest
I had been mulling this over for a while, so it's just coincidental timing that it should be posted during the reappearance of the Holt's/Padilla/advertising imbroglio. Anyway, I get really worked up over television commercials. I love some, but I hate most of them. I often make purchasing decisions based on which brand has annoyed me less.
I've got a fiver for whoever posts the most entertaining rant about a television commercial or ad campaign. The more over the top, the better. No minimum or maximum length requirements, multiple entries are fine, the ad(s) can be current or old, just make sure it comes from the heart. The angry, annoyed, enraged heart.
I'll leave this open for a week since we've got the holiday weekend coming up. Post your entry/entries in this thread by 8:00 PM Eastern on Tuesday, July 8th.
The Hard (Impossible?) Contest
This is done--congrats again, S13!
I first saw this .gif a few months ago, and it hypnotized me. I asked the poster where it came from, and he had no idea, he just saw it somewhere on the internet and grabbed it. Same story with every other person on every other forum I've seen it on. I'm totally perplexed about what is going on here. The kids appear to be singing along with something (the fuzzy kid looks like he's trying to be a hardcore rapper) but then the skinny kid goes from friendly and excited looking, to an attempted menacing look, and then just plain flips out.
If someone can definitively tell me where this originally came from, what they're doing/singing, find a clip with sound, whatever--just provide some sort of concrete explanation for just what in the hell is going on in this clip, I'll make it worth your while. I've researched it thoroughly myself and can't come up with anything other than a bunch of YTMNDs. I don't know what exact criteria I'm hoping for, but I expect I'll know it when I see it. Same deadline as the Rant contest.
Enjoy!
The Easy Contest
This is done--congrats S13!
I quit smoking cigarettes 6/9/08. I've still got five soft packs of Marlboros left over and they're not doing me any good, so whoever first posts in the thread that they want them will get them.
The Medium Contest
I had been mulling this over for a while, so it's just coincidental timing that it should be posted during the reappearance of the Holt's/Padilla/advertising imbroglio. Anyway, I get really worked up over television commercials. I love some, but I hate most of them. I often make purchasing decisions based on which brand has annoyed me less.
I've got a fiver for whoever posts the most entertaining rant about a television commercial or ad campaign. The more over the top, the better. No minimum or maximum length requirements, multiple entries are fine, the ad(s) can be current or old, just make sure it comes from the heart. The angry, annoyed, enraged heart.
I'll leave this open for a week since we've got the holiday weekend coming up. Post your entry/entries in this thread by 8:00 PM Eastern on Tuesday, July 8th.
The Hard (Impossible?) Contest
This is done--congrats again, S13!
I first saw this .gif a few months ago, and it hypnotized me. I asked the poster where it came from, and he had no idea, he just saw it somewhere on the internet and grabbed it. Same story with every other person on every other forum I've seen it on. I'm totally perplexed about what is going on here. The kids appear to be singing along with something (the fuzzy kid looks like he's trying to be a hardcore rapper) but then the skinny kid goes from friendly and excited looking, to an attempted menacing look, and then just plain flips out.
If someone can definitively tell me where this originally came from, what they're doing/singing, find a clip with sound, whatever--just provide some sort of concrete explanation for just what in the hell is going on in this clip, I'll make it worth your while. I've researched it thoroughly myself and can't come up with anything other than a bunch of YTMNDs. I don't know what exact criteria I'm hoping for, but I expect I'll know it when I see it. Same deadline as the Rant contest.
Enjoy!
