Comments on: Writing Humor — Creative Caption Contest

By: Mobile Cell Phone

Mobile Cell Phone — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:59:46 +0000

I read two times, printed out and hung it on the fridge. Now every morning I know what I should do

By: MikeyP

MikeyP — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:20:23 +0000

No one offered, “Say AARRRRRRH”?

By: sol morrison

sol morrison — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:36:56 +0000

John : The “Honorable Mentions” Long LIST would be Easier
to Read — IF EACH NEW answer had a “Bullet” in front of
it — or a Dash — or a # — or a * . Used ONLY to Introduce ( precede ) First Word in each New Answer. Try it; you’ll like it. Your readers will Really like it !

By: John Kinde

John Kinde — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:47:14 +0000

I meant to put in an explanation with the results post. And I forgot to.
We normally get an average of 400-500 submissions. And surprisingly, we rarely have duplicates. In a normal contest we might have one line duplicated in all the entries. In the pirate contest, over 20 people submitted jokes with “say arrrrrrgh” as the punchline. Good writing. I like the line. The problem with recognizing the line with so many duplications is that when you publish it, 20 other people are thinking “hey, that was MY line!” Or they’re thinking, “there’s my line, but they mixed up the words.” A second consideration, was that with so many people submitting the line, it was considered too obvious. In my opinion, however, it’s good writing and is funny. I had intended to publish one of the variations with an explanation. Arrrrrrrgh!

By: @Randem » Blog Archive » Doh!

@Randem » Blog Archive » Doh! — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:36:35 +0000

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