Sysm's "Speak of yourself in the third person" Pool - UPDATED
Here are your numbers - I wish everyone the best of luck.
You can print your own pdf version, if you'd like to taunt your friends and neighbors with inexplicable avatars.
Here are the rules:
- Pick up to five squares. In the comments, using the letter/number combination to indicate the square. Yes. Just like "Battleship".
- Offer up your own prize contribution. Here's mine.
- Once the grid is full, I'll randomly assign actual numbers, using the deck of cards method.
- Should you win a quarter, you can pick one of the prizes offered by any other participant. First come, first served.
Sysm wishes you the best of luck.
Brooke prompted me to document an annoying kid-anecdote story of one of the Sysmidgets. My memory is for shit these days, and this is what passes for a journal, so here I go:
Scene: Parent/Teacher Conference for Chili (age 9). The teacher is in her late 30's.
Teacher: (Chili) was supposed to come up with an idea for a business. He came up with a restaurant called "The Food Pyramid". On the first floor, you could order breads and grains. On the second floor, you could order fruits or vegetables… I thought this was a great idea, and I said I'd be his first business customer. He said, "And I'll give YOU a senior citizen discount."
Next: If you are on a Mac, are of Polish ancestry, and salivate at the very thought of a sweet delicious Paczki, you can count down the days with your very own Dashboard Paczki Countdown Widget. If you were looking for a reason to buy a Mac, this is it. Plus, you'll get that feeling of smug superiority. Yeah, Vista doesn't totally suck. But, shit, Apple can come up with an OS update every 12-18 months. And the shit just works.
Labels: giant-size, man-thing, wagering
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on Monday, January 29, 2007 at 10:18 PM.
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12:04 AMI'll be happy to give my giant-size man-thing to any woman who wins one of the quarters.
8:43 AM
F5, A1, J10, D4, F1
The prize I am offering is ONE PAIR OF SOCKS, hand knit. It will take some time to get the socks done, but I will knit them from scratch. I promise.
9:08 AM
C1, B1, B10, B4, I8.
My prize.
My reaction to Sysm's prize.
10:30 AM
G7, H1, D5, F8, J2
My prize: 2 dozen cupcakes, choice of flavors on cake and frosting (within reason! MY reason!)
3:30 PM
a6, d10, f2, h8, j5
my prize: a knitted dinosaur hat, by which i mean a green hat with green spikes.
5:32 PM
I'm in C4, E2, G8, H3, and J9. Note the old school use of the serial comma.
6:01 PM
Nick is not sure he wants to be in the pool for lack of a creative prize to offer up but he is wondering why no one is speaking of themselves in the third person. When Nick thinks of a suitable prize he may be back to put forth his entries. Nick will most likely forget, though.
6:18 PM
1I, 2H, 3G, 4F, 5E
My prize
7:30 PM
There are already 2 knit prize options..... grrr....
E5, I10, H6, D8
My gift will be one very kitchy, very silly Toronto souvenir. Think one step up from SARS
9:50 PM
Serial commas rock. I offer an etching to the winner of this game which I do not understand yet.
9:53 PM
3C, 3D, 3E, 3F, 3J
10:42 PM
I'm excited that my avatar is on the board. Honestly, that's enough of a prize for me.
By the by, all of these winnings are exciting to me. All of them.
Maybe I'll win a pair of my socks?
11:59 AM
My perky cupcakes have been replaced with Patrick Swazye in drag. I'm okay with that.
12:02 PM
D9,10
E9,10
F10
As for my prize, I'll check the Rev. Jack prize closet tonight and post the fabulous prize tomorrow.
xoxo Rev. Jack
12:43 PM
I wish I could give Kirby, the dog, as a prize, then I would win no matter of the outcome.
I pick A3, D2, G10, J8, E7
12:44 PM
As for my prize, Dilf's crocs.
1:33 PM
9-10, D & E - 4 squares total. A treasured family heirloom shal be my offering.
5:32 PM
My prize will be one pack of Berocca - because sometimes we all need help getting back our b-b-b-bounce. (sorry, Australia reference there that nobody here will get)
I'll take A7, D7, J7, E4, A9
7:49 PM
okay, in lieu of the disaster that is my life, i'm changing my prize to something cool and unknown at this time.
but i'm good for it, i swear.
if i make it to detroit.
8:28 PM
Dilf - your squares were already taken. I scooted you over a bit.
And Brooke, I finally noticed your icon is topless. Your icon is a shameless strumpet.
8:47 PM
H7, A10, B2, C7, E4
I will post my prize in a moment.
9:34 PM
sysm, The Queen of the Harpys would like to participate in your hot sweepstakes action.
Please assign the squares G4, G5, H4, H5 and B3 to Her Highness.
Since The HQueen has some retardation when it comes to internettery, prizes will posting in a moment. Grabbing squares before Mr Importness does (despite knowing his donated prizes will be coveted in the highest. Gimme!)
9:58 PM
Queen of the Harpys antes up with her marine cocktail-ware (or *wear* as some of you here prefer), squids and mermaids .
Also, she'll raise you one of her Shag Zippo lighters.
(Sorry can't find a picture. It has a tiki guy. What else?)
2:34 PM
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2:40 PM
i would like everyone to note that in row H, nick and i are totally about to kiss. and in row J, someone is totally shamelessly staring at my breasts.
2:51 PM
That someone would be Dr. S, my pretty. The picture dates from Dr. S's days in Camp Versuchsratte, Paraguay.
Dr. S's prize is his very own, very personal Enema Pen.
Go ahead, pinch yourself.
3:16 PM
F6,G6,I6, & J6.
And my prize is forthcoming...
3:20 PM
Dr. S., I'm afraid I'd have to chaperone if you ever took Miss Kendra out on a date.
She is sweet and innocent.
4:04 PM
My prize is...
An appearance by the winner in the syndicated Sunday comic strip "Magic in a Minute!" Yes if you win, I will include your caricature in the comic strip featured in the Chicago Tribune and read by millions every Sunday.
Man I hope I win all 4 quarters!
5:30 PM
i knew i'd want your prize, Mr I
6:05 PM
The pool is full!
I've added a few squares for Todd (because who couldn't use another wallet chain) and White Boy Bob (less shit to pack).
And that svelte young fella in the citrus suit is our own beloved Al Gato.
Thanks for everyone for getting in to the spirit.
Except Dilf. A Jack Daniel's keychain? Come on, you could do better than that. How about something from your collection of soul patch stage facial hair?
7:32 PM
That's the closest I've come to kissing anyone in like 8 years.
My computer refuses to recognize my digital camera, and it used to work fine. That is why I don't have a picture of my new and improved prize.
7:41 PM
You're right about Dilf.
His prize is actually this, still in the package.
10:28 PM
Finally. When in doubt use your camera phone.
11:38 PM
Ooh! It's my cleavage!
6:45 AM
My prize.
8:55 AM
I was just in a rush to get in on the action, and as usual, I didn't think things through. That's why she's the Ubie.
12:38 PM
Damn! Too late. Oh, well. Here's my prize anyway:
A six-foot corn plant. The winner would have to come to my office to collect the prize, of course.
And no, I am not just sick of looking at it grow over the top of my monitor. And no, I'm not offereing it because my Mini-Cooper is too small to haul it off myself.
Nope, it's not that at all.
2:24 PM
Flounder's prize is bitchin'
7:37 AM
Toby want's to know wheb the cards will be turned? Toby doesn't have enough Jack Daniels key chains.
11:19 AM
Al E Gato offers up Monsters of the Midway Swizzel Sticks!
2:31 PM
Nick(s.) got the dreaded 1-1 square
7:01 PM
So far, the evil Doctor is 2/2.
Ladies beware.
7:04 PM
Why is Dr. Sardonic always stealing my thunder?!
9:22 PM
Ubie won 3rd.
9:23 PM
And the Doctor won 4th, too.
Fuck the what?
He used mind control, death rays, and the Supreme Court. There's been malfeasance, I tell you.
9:25 PM
I want to be immortalized in cartoon form! Make sure you get my cupcakes at their best...
9:26 PM
Whenever the Doctor's involved, there's malfeasance.
He keeps it in his pocket.
9:33 PM
Since the doctor won so much, I would like to change my prize to my tonsils and adenoids which will be removed tomorrow.
I am sure that he can create a Flounder clone from them.
11:53 PM
Can I punch you in the throat before you have them removed? I mean, come on, you're having surgery anyway.
Whaddaya say, pal?
3:40 PM
Dr. S happily reports that his eye-ray functioned flawlessly in the heavy Miami rain. He humbly albeit lasciviously looks forward to adding Brookelina's Berocca, Tits' pen, and Nick's books to his lab larder.
4:45 PM
I have absolutely no idea how this pool worked, but a bet's a bet. I'll be needing the good doctor's home address.
MWUHAHAHAHAH!!!!
5:18 PM
Brooke - the Doctor can be a bit elusive. I don't actually have his current address, but I would suggest you start looking here.
7:58 AM
The Descriptionary and a Lupin III manga. Excellent choices, sire.
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