MVW: The Great (ascii) Pumpkin Carving Contest
Wendy Chatley Green
pleased to announce the Nth Annual Great (ascii) Pumpkin Carving Contest.
Contestants are asked to enter in the following categories:
Smallest pumpkin (must be more than four ascii characters in size)
Most horrific pumpkin
Funniest pumpkin
Best caricature of a famous author
Nota Bene: There is *no* category for largest pumpkin. Do not enter
screensful of pumpkin to this contest.
Entries may be original works or "plagarized" from a collection
of ascii art; "plagarized" entries should use footnotes. All entries, as
implied above, must fit on one page or screen. Screen size will be
determined by the judge's newsreader (Yarn 0.83).
Prizes:
Smallest pumpkin: a knit watchcap
Most Horrific pumpkin: a knit watchcap
Funniest pumpkin: a knit watchcap
Best caricature: a knit watchcap
(Choice of color will be left to the winner, subject to
availability. Choice of yarn is left to the knitter.
No warranty is made that the hat will be knit by a
certain time or date.)
All judging will be done by The Pedantic Woman, who has promised
to borrow a sense of humor for the event. She will also knit the prizes.
Entries will be excepted from 23 October, 1995 to 30 October, 1995.
The winners will be announced on Halloween, 31 October, 1995.
Void where prohibited. Subject to the laws of the land. The
judge will not entertain any bribes but offers to buy her children will
be met with interest. As always, YMMV.
--
Wendy Chatley Green -- wcg...@cris.com
The Pedantic Woman
Propriatrix of Hanks-A-Lot, MWV's yarn shop
m...@mole-end.matawan.nj.us
> Void where prohibited. Subject to the laws of the land. The
> judge will not entertain any bribes but offers to buy her children will
> be met with interest. As always, YMMV.
Oh, my. After the Pedantic Woman hsa helped me, I should be ashamed of
what I am about to do ... but then perhaps I will help her by it. (Nah,
couldn't be.)
Does this phrase ``offers to buy her children'' mean
``offers to buy from her her children''
or
``offers to buy children for her'' ?
--
(This man's opinions are his own.)
From mole-end Mark Terribile
m...@mole-end.matawan.nj.us, Somewhere in Matawan, NJ
(Training and consulting in C, C++, UNIX, etc.)
Chris McLaughlin
On Sun, 15 Oct 1995 m...@mole-end.matawan inquires:
> Does this phrase ``offers to buy her children'' mean
>
> ``offers to buy from her her children''
>
> or
>
> ``offers to buy children for her'' ?
Obviously, you have no children of your own, else the meaning would be clear.
Chris
(who offers her own three for FREE)
Wendy Green
: In article <Z94fw8kD...@cris.com>, wcg...@cris.com wrote:
: [big snip of a good idea]
: > Entries will be excepted from 23 October, 1995 to 30 October, 1995.
: > The winners will be announced on Halloween, 31 October, 1995.
: Ms. Pedantic Woman, Ma'am? Don't you mean "Entries will be accepted..."
: I'm assuming that you wish for sumbissions to be sent to you via e-mail
: and _not posted here in Misc.writing.
You are correct in correcting my mistake. Entries will be *accepted*
on and between the above-mentioned dates. Please forgive my homonym error.
Submissions may be either to me or to the newsgroup. *Sumbissions*
may be sent to the bishopric thread; they sound as if they might belong
there.
: Hound (waiting for the lightning bolt to strike me for correcting the
: Pedantic Woman) of Cullen
--
Wendy (You should worry more about the)
Chatley (effects of creeping Pedantry.)
Green --wcg...@cris.com
The Pedantic Woman
Wendy Chatley Green
m...@mole-end.matawan.nj.us wrote:
: In article <Z94fw8kD...@cris.com>, wcg...@cris.com (Wendy Chatley Green) writes:
: Does this phrase ``offers to buy her children'' mean
:
: ``offers to buy from her her children''
:
: or
:
: ``offers to buy children for her'' ?
Both.
--
Wendy (who is feeling)
Chatley (succinct today)
Green -- wcg...@cris.com
Hound of Cullen
wrote:
[Snip!]
> Submissions may be either to me or to the newsgroup. *Sumbissions*
> may be sent to the bishopric thread; they sound as if they might belong
> there.
I deliberately misspelled submissions so you wouldn't feel bad about my
correction. Yeah, right.
Hound (isn't there a law nature stating that a post correcting someone
_must contain a mistake?) of Cullen
Wendy Green
So far, I have one entry for this contest (from Mary Jo Place and the
odds of her winning are very high right now.) The corrected contest rules
follow:
: The Propriatrix of Hanks-A-Lot, misc.writingville's yarn shop, is
: pleased to announce the Nth Annual Great (ascii) Pumpkin Carving Contest.
: Contestants are asked to enter in the following categories:
: Smallest pumpkin (must be more than four ascii characters in size)
: Most horrific pumpkin
: Funniest pumpkin
: Best caricature of a famous author
:
: Nota Bene: There is *no* category for largest pumpkin. Do not enter
: screensful of pumpkin to this contest.
: Entries may be original works or "plagarized" from a collection
: of ascii art; "plagarized" entries should use footnotes. All entries, as
: implied above, must fit on one page or screen. Screen size will be
: determined by the judge's newsreader (Yarn 0.83).
: Prizes:
: Smallest pumpkin: a knit watchcap
: Most Horrific pumpkin: a knit watchcap
: Funniest pumpkin: a knit watchcap
: Best caricature: a knit watchcap
:
: (Choice of color will be left to the winner, subject to
: availability. Choice of yarn is left to the knitter.
: No warranty is made that the hat will be knit by a
: certain time or date.)
: All judging will be done by The Pedantic Woman, who has promised
: to borrow a sense of humor for the event. She will also knit the prizes.
:
: Entries will be excepted from 23 October, 1995 to 30 October, 1995.
: Send them to wcg...@cris.com or post them to misc.writing. The winners
: will be announced on Halloween, 31 October, 1995.
: Void where prohibited. Subject to the laws of the land. The
: judge will not entertain any bribes. As always, YMMV.
--
Wendy Chatley Green -- wcg...@cris.com
ig...@gate.net
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Entry from Igloo he says it's a cat pumpkin. I think that's pretty funny
Eliska
ig...@gate.net
> : Smallest pumpkin (must be more than four ascii characters in size)
>
> : Entries will be excepted from 23 October, 1995 to 30 October, 1995.
> : Send them to wcg...@cris.com or post them to misc.writing. The winners
> : will be announced on Halloween, 31 October, 1995.
>
> : Void where prohibited. Subject to the laws of the land. The
> : judge will not entertain any bribes. As always, YMMV.
Igloo's having a ball. I can't get the carving knife set away from him long enough
to carve an entry of my own. Now he's vying for the smallest pumpkin
\
( ^ v^ )
Eliska
The best things in life ... are fantasy.
>> Wendy Chatley Green (wcg...@cris.com) wrote:
>
>> : Smallest pumpkin (must be more than four ascii characters in size)
>>
>
>> : Entries will be excepted from 23 October, 1995 to 30 October, 1995.
>> : Send them to wcg...@cris.com or post them to misc.writing. The winners
>> : will be announced on Halloween, 31 October, 1995.
>>
>> : Void where prohibited. Subject to the laws of the land. The
>> : judge will not entertain any bribes. As always, YMMV.
>
after the fool mailer kept trying to send it for several days!). Nonetheless,
for your viewing ... er... entertainment:
_\_
{^,^}
~~~
I hope it makes people laugh.
PCVS -- MWV's Resident Apparition.