The Sam Neill DVD giveaway has a winner– the random number was 50, and that post was by Philippec. I contacted him, he replied, so now the DVDs are on their way.
Don’t fret– as usual, there are more giveaways coming soon. And I’m thinking about starting an actual contest, but I haven’t figured out how yet. Trivia? Calculations? Captions, or funny comments? If you have an idea, post it in the comments!
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May 7th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Ooh, I vote for funny captions.
May 7th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
I’m awful at funny captions, I like calculations.
May 7th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
How about funny astronomy or BA.com tee-shirt designs?
1. Have BA.com readers design a great tee-shirt for you.
2. ???
3. PROFIT.
May 7th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Damon B. — Yep, big profit in underwear!
May 7th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
I like funny caption contests.
But, of course, the Machiavellian in me would say a photography contest.
May 7th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
You were SUPPOSED to “randomly pick” 15…some people just don’t follow orders…
May 7th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
How about funny trivial calculations as captions?
May 7th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Funny calculations? Those would be able to get peer reviewed?
J/P=?
May 8th, 2007 at 8:50 am
.. with all the accuracy you’d expect from that crowd.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:23 am
How about looking through the comments of the past, and finding the most original, well thought out and entertaining that someone has left and just giving them the prize as a reward for making you smile
You could compile a top ten & explain why.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:17 am
That was Random. …. oops sorry, I lapsed into my 14 year old granddaughter’s vernacular, apparently its in vogue at the moment.
At least I know which random number to manipulate myself into next time. (If it is truely random, then the odds of it coming up again are the same as anybody else’s.
Ivan.