1.The Great Contest Begins

Saying for the day: A blog without comments is like a fish without a scuba tank.
It’s leave a comment Monday and I have been busy leaving comments.

I like comments. I need comments. I collect them like little kids collect marbles.

I know they have no real value.

But I like them and want them anyway.

Even the one that says I spell like a fourth grader.(an insult to fourth graders everywhere)

So I am going to run a comment contest.

It will have unbelievable prizes. ( tell your friends)

It will run for a week . That week begins today.

You can enter one comment per daily blog entry.

Now the prizes.

First prize: 150 blog explosion credits (3 hours of blog surfing) or an autographed 8X10 of the good Dr. In his clown costume or his clerics. Your choice.

Second prize: 50 blog explosion credits ( an hour of blog surfing) or a genuine, large, purple, dragon egg. The egg is guaranteed to contain at least one dragon. Note your dragon may not be of the fire breathing variety as only one dragon egg in six has that kind of dragon.

Third prize: 10 blog explosion credits or a small magical dragon egg. Note because of the magical qualities the egg may contain something other than a dragon.

Fourth prize: 5 blog explosion credits or a genuine, digital , Easter, watch. These are very hard to find. In mint condition.

Finally fifth prize: 1 blog explosion credit or your very own Knight to protect you from the dragons of life. Knight carries no guarantee

There will also be a suprise prize for the best comment each day. I can't tell you what it is or it wouldn't be a surprise.

Now the rules:
1. There can be one and only one comment per person per day.

2. Fifty points will be awarded for just making a comment

3. Points will be subtracted on the following basis.
-10 points for comments not related to that days blog entry.
-10 points for positive general comments.
Example “this is a great blog.”
-15 points for a negative general comment .
Example.” This blog stinks”
-15 points for pushing your blog in the comments.
-20 points for this reminds me comments.
Example.” This reminds me of when my old Aunt..”
-11 points because the judge is in a bad mood that day.
(better she takes it out on you than me)

4. Points will be added on the following basis.
25 points for funny comments. I like funny comments.
15 points for identifying the deep philosophical thoughts
hidden in the days blog.
12-30 points if you say something the judge likes.
Trust me I’ve lived with her for forty years and I don’t
know what that means.

At the end of the seven days the points will be totaled up and the prizes awarded. The decision of the judge , no matter how unfair, will be final.

If the judge forgets what I told her and there is a tie then duplicate prizes will be awarded ( and she’ll never judge again)

So it begins . This is your big chance.

Good commenting to you all.

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6550 Spins without a win. Why does hapless loser keep spinning when he is almost certain he will never win? 6550 spins should be proof of that. Perhaps he needs a good psychologist. Or just maybe , like his mother before him, he likes the sound the wheels make when they stop. Its sort of a combination boink and bonk. In any case it is a wonderful sound. Hapless loves to hear it. It doesn't matter that the wheels that are boink bonking never come up the same. Its the sound that counts.
Well Uncle Wiggly lovers if old hapless can come up with another lame excuse to play the Iwon wheel so that his wife doesn't take away his computer. We'll be back tomorrow with "As the World Spins"
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Another poor start for a day. The Tv announcer said the tempature was going to hover around zero all week. I hate hovering. Things thaw . Then they freeze. One falls down.
I set some kind of record this morning and left a comment on every blog I visited. It was hard but I did it.
Well we moved the table to where it will sit ,we hope, for a long time. Betty built houses. I ordered lots of stuff for the HO layout amd another fantasy train. Otherwise it was a pretty dull day.
According to the stats 33 people visited the blog but only seven left comments.
I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA



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