We have a winner of the Sam Neill DVDs!

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!

May 7th, 2007 2:02 PM by Phil Plait in About this blog, Time Sink | 11 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

11 Responses to “We have a winner of the Sam Neill DVDs!”

1. Kevin Says:
May 7th, 2007 at 2:04 pm

Ooh, I vote for funny captions.
2. Fizzle Says:
May 7th, 2007 at 2:28 pm

I’m awful at funny captions, I like calculations.
3. Damon B. Says:
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.
4. ABR Says:
May 7th, 2007 at 2:48 pm

Damon B. — Yep, big profit in underwear!
5. Christopher Ambler Says:
May 7th, 2007 at 2:49 pm

I like funny caption contests.

But, of course, the Machiavellian in me would say a photography contest.
6. Cameron Says:
May 7th, 2007 at 3:29 pm

You were SUPPOSED to “randomly pick” 15…some people just don’t follow orders…
7. bearcub Says:
May 7th, 2007 at 4:16 pm

How about funny trivial calculations as captions?
8. John Paradox Says:
May 7th, 2007 at 9:05 pm

Funny calculations? Those would be able to get peer reviewed?

J/P=?
9. bearcub Says:
May 8th, 2007 at 8:50 am

.. with all the accuracy you’d expect from that crowd.
10. Xunil Says:
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.
11. icemith Says:
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.

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