Tiebreaker for Caption Comp #29

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Wet Willy
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4 Sep 2008 9:37pm
It's pretty close between the two top contenders - based on a thumb count - and one of them is me, so I can't trust myself to make a fair decision!

So, I shall place the power back in the hands of the People.

I'll just put the two leaders below and let you give your thumb to whichever one you think is best!!

I'll call it on Friday nite, OR if one of the captions maxes out it's green thumb box first, assuming I check Seabreeze every hour or so at work tomorrow...



(No new captions, please!)

(See the little picture of two thumbs? Click the upward facing one to vote for that post. Got it?)
Wet Willy
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4 Sep 2008 9:37pm




The body of the kite surfer was discovered under this pile of "evidence". Police consider the find as Suspicious.......




-by Richiefish
Wet Willy
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4 Sep 2008 9:38pm



A lot of kiters wanted to learn windsurfing so they would have something to do on the really windy days...however it was too hard to master in a few hours so they usually threw a tantrum and tossed their windsurf gear in the bin. What the hell, it's only mummy and daddy's money...




-by Wet Willy
grumplestiltskin
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5 Sep 2008 7:07am
Well, its pretty obvious.
You cant win your own competition, so the winner is Richiefish
knot board
knot board
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5 Sep 2008 11:17am
HTFU Willy !
stamp
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5 Sep 2008 11:24am
hey willy do you have trouble finding hats that fit?
nasty
nasty
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5 Sep 2008 9:25am
ritchiefish wins it for me
frant
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5 Sep 2008 11:31am
grumplestiltskin said...

Well, its pretty obvious.
You cant win your own competition, so the winner is Richiefish


Not only can you not win you shouldn't enter. Its a bit like laughing at your own jokes.
Wet Willy
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5 Sep 2008 11:41am
You guys are probably right!!!

But how was I to know?? The winner is chosen by a vote, right?

Someone posted the "Rules" a couple of weeks ago, after a dude who hadn't won the last comp attempted to choose the next photo, remember? I'm sure there was nothing mentioned about not being eligible to enter or win your own comp!! I'm sure I've seen people enter their own comp before!!

Me so sollee!! Me no need win two time!! Me no breakee rulee!



But what ARE the rules??

Wet Willy
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5 Sep 2008 11:53am
I have no problem giving it to Richiefish, if these guys are right!



Pending advice from the other windsurfing forum regulars, I think that's what will happen! He's getting more green anyway!!!
stamp
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5 Sep 2008 11:57am
willy, not only have you nominated yourself to win your own caption, you also tried to call yourself the winner for a previous caption comp (#27) before it was over.
i'm just suggesting you may need to tone it down a little.
grumplestiltskin
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5 Sep 2008 10:15am
Wet Willy said...


But what ARE the rules??




The rules are there ARE NO RULES, just common sense ... it is just for fun afterall.

common sense says you dont count yourself even if you do throw your own "captions" in.

SHEESH, just call Ritchie the winner and get on with it
Wet Willy
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5 Sep 2008 12:16pm
stamp said...

willy, not only have you nominated yourself to win your own caption, you also tried to call yourself the winner for a previous caption comp before it was over.
i'm just suggesting you may need to tone it down a little.


Stamp, you should be proud...it was your brilliant entry in the current comp which provided the inspiration for my caption which eventually went on to become a contender. [}:)]

Luckily it's all in fun...

Yep, I do feel a bit dubious about the last comp. Not because of my talking myself up, cos that's all part of the game -- but why was a verdict reached so early??



Wet Willy
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5 Sep 2008 12:17pm
And the winner...

...due to a technicality, i.e. he got the most VOTES...

...iiiiiiiiiiiiiiss...
Wet Willy
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5 Sep 2008 12:19pm
RICHIEFIIIIIIIIIIIIIISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on down, brother!!!

The cup passes on to you! Don't forget to wash it first!!

Pugwash
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sausage
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5 Sep 2008 1:21pm
Gee Willy, you've almost used up your 15minutes of fame.

Wet Willy
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5 Sep 2008 1:31pm
This is what happens when the Willy gets out of hand...


My 15 minutes are over, and I've enjoyed every second. Thanks, guys.


Y'know, at first I wasn't really thinking of anything when I posted captions for my own photo, but then one caption in particular got a lot of votes, and it sort of went to my head...

I started thinking "If I can win two in a row, then why not three?

Pretty soon I'll be winning every single one!! Then I'll become a GOD and people will worship me!!

Next, I'll start demanding tribute. I'll use the money to build a private army, and soon I'll be able to start invading small nations and adding their wealth and resources to my own. Then within a few years I'll be ready to take on NATO...soon the whole WORLD will be mine!! And it all started with a caption and a few well-placed smiley faces!!

AHHH-ha-ha-HAAAAAAA!!! [}:)]"









Oh well, maybe next week...

sick_em_rex
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5 Sep 2008 1:33pm
Now that that is all over can you tell us the background to the pic?
sausage
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5 Sep 2008 2:06pm
sick_em_rex said...

Now that that is all over can you tell us the background to the pic?


I think Willy was going to tell us in the "Show us your Shed" thread.
NotWal
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5 Sep 2008 2:28pm
Wet Willy said...

This is what happens when the Willy gets out of hand...


My 15 minutes are over, and I've enjoyed every second. Thanks, guys.


Y'know, at first I wasn't really thinking of anything when I posted captions for my own photo, but then one caption in particular got a lot of votes, and it sort of went to my head...

I started thinking "If I can win two in a row, then why not three?

Pretty soon I'll be winning every single one!! Then I'll become a GOD and people will worship me!!

Next, I'll start demanding tribute. I'll use the money to build a private army, and soon I'll be able to start invading small nations and adding their wealth and resources to my own. Then within a few years I'll be ready to take on NATO...soon the whole WORLD will be mine!! And it all started with a caption and a few well-placed smiley faces!!

AHHH-ha-ha-HAAAAAAA!!! [}:)]"









Oh well, maybe next week...




A small victory for common sense and world peace.
That's gracious of you WW.
Wet Willy
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5 Sep 2008 8:03pm
sick_em_rex said...

Now that that is all over can you tell us the background to the pic?


Yeah...those sails were on the footpath outside Jibe's Beach Club, Mui Ne, Vietnam. It was their time to go. I thought it was Christmas when I first saw them, but closer inspection revealed that they were as brittle as eggshells and most of them had at least one panel blown out, and/or other damage...and had been stripped of battens. OK maybe you COULD have salvaged one or two but what kind of a patched-up derro sail quiver would you end up with? Those sails were TOAST, man. They get left in the sun all day, so what do you expect?

There were also some trashed kites, which passers-by quickly took! But can you imagine the condition they would've had to have been in before the rental centre would toss 'em out into the street rather than sell 'em for a nominal sum?? I bet none of those free kites ever flew again...





BTW, regarding the caption contest - thanks to you guys for being so cool about it.


But if I had it all to do over again... I would've made an even bigger @$$ of myself!!!!
Richiefish
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5 Sep 2008 9:44pm
Okay, I'm back. I'll start looking for another brain inspiring, high brow,image to inspire the imaginations of the debauched.cheers Willy.!
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