Comments on: The Wrong Way to Enter Contests http://menwithpens.ca/the-wrong-way-to-enter-contests/ Fri, 25 May 2012 01:22:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel Smith http://menwithpens.ca/the-wrong-way-to-enter-contests/#comment-10382 Daniel Smith Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:35:38 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1055#comment-10382 Always, shooting from the hip, of course! I'll see what I can do to get the SQ off your trail... <em>Daniel Smith's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Smithereens/~3/320217275/what-if-there-were-no-hypothetical.html' rel="nofollow">What If There Were No Hypothetical Questions? 25 Clever Carlin Quotes (A Wordplay Wednesday Tribute)</a></em> Always, shooting from the hip, of course!

I’ll see what I can do to get the SQ off your trail…

Daniel Smith’s last blog post..What If There Were No Hypothetical Questions? 25 Clever Carlin Quotes (A Wordplay Wednesday Tribute)

]]> By: James http://menwithpens.ca/the-wrong-way-to-enter-contests/#comment-10381 James Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:30:04 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1055#comment-10381 @ Daniel - Heh. I always call it like it is, and sometimes people need a good butt kicking. Tell the SQ to talk to the RCMP... that should tie them up for a few years ;) @ Daniel – Heh. I always call it like it is, and sometimes people need a good butt kicking.

Tell the SQ to talk to the RCMP… that should tie them up for a few years ;)

]]> By: Daniel Smith http://menwithpens.ca/the-wrong-way-to-enter-contests/#comment-10380 Daniel Smith Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:26:34 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1055#comment-10380 James, Wow, you weren't lying when you said you were going to lay the smack down! Personally, I thought the contenders we all agreed on were pretty darn good. Also, I think that effort does count for something - there were many, many people who knew about the contest but were too self-conscious to enter at all, you know? In any case, perhaps the fault is mine - maybe I should have given a clearer description of what wordplay is... lol Anyway, thanks for judging with Dustin, it was a lot of fun getting to know you both. Oh, and by the way, the Surete du Quebec called and they asked if I knew anything about a frenchman burning down several english homes in Hawkesbury on St-Jean. What should I tell them? Daniel <em>Daniel Smith's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Smithereens/~3/320217275/what-if-there-were-no-hypothetical.html' rel="nofollow">What If There Were No Hypothetical Questions? 25 Clever Carlin Quotes (A Wordplay Wednesday Tribute)</a></em> James,

Wow, you weren’t lying when you said you were going to lay the smack down!

Personally, I thought the contenders we all agreed on were pretty darn good. Also, I think that effort does count for something – there were many, many people who knew about the contest but were too self-conscious to enter at all, you know? In any case, perhaps the fault is mine – maybe I should have given a clearer description of what wordplay is… lol Anyway, thanks for judging with Dustin, it was a lot of fun getting to know you both.

Oh, and by the way, the Surete du Quebec called and they asked if I knew anything about a frenchman burning down several english homes in Hawkesbury on St-Jean. What should I tell them?

Daniel

Daniel Smith’s last blog post..What If There Were No Hypothetical Questions? 25 Clever Carlin Quotes (A Wordplay Wednesday Tribute)

]]> By: Rhodester http://menwithpens.ca/the-wrong-way-to-enter-contests/#comment-10307 Rhodester Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:50:41 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1055#comment-10307 Oh YEAH, they pay off big, but we never win them. The only people who win are security guards and Walmart clerks in Garden Grove and Fresno. <em>Rhodester's last blog post..VLOG! yes, VLOG</em> Oh YEAH, they pay off big, but we never win them. The only people who win are security guards and Walmart clerks in Garden Grove and Fresno.

Rhodester’s last blog post..VLOG! yes, VLOG

]]> By: James http://menwithpens.ca/the-wrong-way-to-enter-contests/#comment-10301 James Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:56:06 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1055#comment-10301 Because you'll send me money or because you'll cackle with glee and lord it over me? Wait, don't answer that. On a side note, why don't Canadian lotteries pay out like U.S. ones? I mean... DAMN. You guys have ROCKING lotteries. Because you’ll send me money or because you’ll cackle with glee and lord it over me?

Wait, don’t answer that.

On a side note, why don’t Canadian lotteries pay out like U.S. ones? I mean… DAMN. You guys have ROCKING lotteries.

]]> By: RhodesTer http://menwithpens.ca/the-wrong-way-to-enter-contests/#comment-10300 RhodesTer Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:53:44 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1055#comment-10300 @James - Nope, no lottery. You'll know it when I do. <em>RhodesTer's last blog post..VLOG! yes, VLOG</em> @James – Nope, no lottery. You’ll know it when I do.

RhodesTer’s last blog post..VLOG! yes, VLOG

]]> By: James http://menwithpens.ca/the-wrong-way-to-enter-contests/#comment-10298 James Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:11:11 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1055#comment-10298 @ Rhodester - I was surprised to find out the story about your entry after it won. And pleased - it was the most natural sounding one that made a good play on words. Did you win that lottery though? @ Rhodester – I was surprised to find out the story about your entry after it won. And pleased – it was the most natural sounding one that made a good play on words.

Did you win that lottery though?

]]> By: RhodesTer http://menwithpens.ca/the-wrong-way-to-enter-contests/#comment-10280 RhodesTer Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:52:20 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1055#comment-10280 "bit of a groaner"? Okay, you're right. For the record, I tweeted the tweet before the contest - not even KNOWING about the contest - and Daniel saw it and asked me to submit. So as far as composing FOR a contest, that doesn't apply in this case, but I get your point. I don't really submit to contests. I'm SO NOT competitive. I have some stuff on Helium that made about six cents, and I haven't been back there in a month. I do buy the occasional lottery ticket though. Go figure. <em>RhodesTer's last blog post..WHOA, like..</em> “bit of a groaner”? Okay, you’re right.

For the record, I tweeted the tweet before the contest – not even KNOWING about the contest – and Daniel saw it and asked me to submit. So as far as composing FOR a contest, that doesn’t apply in this case, but I get your point.

I don’t really submit to contests. I’m SO NOT competitive. I have some stuff on Helium that made about six cents, and I haven’t been back there in a month.

I do buy the occasional lottery ticket though. Go figure.

RhodesTer’s last blog post..WHOA, like..

]]> By: Carole http://menwithpens.ca/the-wrong-way-to-enter-contests/#comment-10209 Carole Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:27:05 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1055#comment-10209 I second that emotion. I was one of the judges for a Mensa scholarship contest a couple of years ago. It was better than what you're describing, since most of them were very well done, but there were definitely a handful of the "I care so little about this that I won't even re-read what I wrote to see if it makes sense" sort. Some were bad enough to be laughable but, for the most part, they were just hard to force yourself to finish, and annoying as all get out. <em>Carole's last blog post..Twitter Updates for 2008-06-23</em> I second that emotion.

I was one of the judges for a Mensa scholarship contest a couple of years ago. It was better than what you’re describing, since most of them were very well done, but there were definitely a handful of the “I care so little about this that I won’t even re-read what I wrote to see if it makes sense” sort. Some were bad enough to be laughable but, for the most part, they were just hard to force yourself to finish, and annoying as all get out.

Carole’s last blog post..Twitter Updates for 2008-06-23

]]> By: Marelisa http://menwithpens.ca/the-wrong-way-to-enter-contests/#comment-10207 Marelisa Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:57:42 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1055#comment-10207 I guess at one extreme there's the people who put little thought into what they do (the “Mentos in Diet Coke” experiments mentioned in a previous comment says it all), and at the other extreme there's the perfectionists who are never sure that what they do is good enough for others to see, no matter how much effort they put into it. We should all strive to do our best and trust that our best is good enough. <em>Marelisa's last blog post..<a href='http://abundance-blog.marelisa-online.com/?p=157' rel="nofollow">Decide What You Want</a></em> I guess at one extreme there’s the people who put little thought into what they do (the “Mentos in Diet Coke” experiments mentioned in a previous comment says it all), and at the other extreme there’s the perfectionists who are never sure that what they do is good enough for others to see, no matter how much effort they put into it. We should all strive to do our best and trust that our best is good enough.

Marelisa’s last blog post..Decide What You Want

]]>