tall4agirl wrote:

So, is now a bad time to say that I have a monkey too?

having a monkey is a different thing entirely from winning a monkey. charlatans.

Josephus wrote:

having a monkey is a different thing entirely from winning a monkey. charlatans.

Perhaps, but I am not talented enough to even win the monkey prize in the contests, so I have to be satisfied with being lucky enough to have received one in my first b-o-c.

Josephus wrote:

having a monkey is a different thing entirely from winning a monkey. charlatans.

And winning a monkey and actually receiving the monkey in the mail is an entirely different thing, as well. *Ahem*

~Contest 36 monkey winner.

tall4agirl wrote:

Perhaps, but I am not talented enough to even win the monkey prize in the contests, so I have to be satisfied with being lucky enough to have received one in my first b-o-c.

have you looked at the pictures that have won? er, present company excluded, talent isn't an issue. not even for the $$$prizes. ability to land on the pointy end of a dart, now that wins with woot. now that certain people are trying shamlessly to win it, there are lots of really bad entries that can get the cruddy calendar next week.

killingtime wrote:

And winning a monkey and actually receiving the monkey in the mail is an entirely different thing, as well. *Ahem* ~Contest 36 monkey winner.

well, I guess you're right. not that I would know.
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Don't want no monkey with incisors bigger than a sabertooth tiger's . . .

tall4agirl wrote:

So, is now a bad time to say that I have a monkey too?

It's never a bad time to make such declarations!

tall4agirl wrote:

Perhaps, but I am not talented enough to even win the monkey prize in the contests, so I have to be satisfied with being lucky enough to have received one in my first b-o-c.

I am shocked!

AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:

I am shocked!

Well then, take yer appendage outta the light socket!!!

AZGman wrote:

Well then, take yer appendage outta the light socket!!!

LMAO

x

sirokai wrote:

do you really get monkeys? I know I'm not allowed to have pets in my dorm, but I really want monkeys! is this true?

Phantomweevil wrote:

No, it's a toy with elastic arms that makes electronic screaming sounds. Here: Sorry, it's not a real monkey. But at least it won't crap in your frosted flakes.

forumcapn wrote:

Speak for yourself... I'm in it for the monkeys! :wink: [edit] and congrats on your soon to be expanded family :)

AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:

alien, if you want a monkey I will send my precious screaming monkey to you.

but ONLY to you.......
the other keeper of the offspring.

:P

AZGman wrote:

Well then, take yer appendage outta the light socket!!!

yeah, if I had only thought of that....

hindsight is 20-20, or so they say...

acemom wrote:

alien, if you want a monkey I will send my precious screaming monkey to you. but ONLY to you....... the other keeper of the offspring. :P

LOL...are you going to dress it in a pink turtleneck & beige cardigan?

killingtime wrote:

LOL...are you going to dress it in a pink turtleneck & beige cardigan?

eh.....
alien has custody, if he remembered to pick it up off the loading dock.

I think it has his eyes....

*sigh*

acemom wrote:

alien, if you want a monkey I will send my precious screaming monkey to you. but ONLY to you....... the other keeper of the offspring. :P

LOL
WOW!
Hmmmm... I'm not sure what you mean by "my precious screaming monkey."
[wink]

acemom wrote:

eh..... alien has custody, if he remembered to pick it up off the loading dock. I think it has his eyes.... *sigh*

LOL, which one of them?

acemom wrote:

eh..... alien has custody, if he remembered to pick it up off the loading dock. I think it has his eyes.... *sigh*

Some are...

Some are yours...

*sigh*

AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:

LOL WOW! Hmmmm... I'm not sure what you mean by "my precious screaming monkey." [wink]

um.
er.
the screaming monkey I got in a B_O_C last spring...

heh, you perv.

:p

AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:

Some are... Some are yours... *sigh*

*checks*

nope, I still have my eyes.
they must be yours.

acemom wrote:

um. er. the screaming monkey I got in a B_O_C last spring... heh, you perv. :p

Oh, that.















j/k
No offence, but it really should come from Woot.
However, I thank you for your thoughtful gesture.

AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:

Oh, that. j/k No offence, but it really should come from Woot. However, I thank you for your thoughtful gesture.

I am with you on that one. It is too bad it has been won, but not sent. Now the stock has been depleted.

I just don't want a freakin' Geddes calendar. Its sweetness is giving me a toothache already. Bleck.

If this is woot's incentive to have p-choppers create higher-end work, that's too bad. The dregs are the best part of the contest.

They dorked me twice... then to add insult to injury, I make a joke about getting a big 'ol TV in lieu of a monkey and the next B-o-C someone else gets a big 'ol TeeVee.

In addition, no one has been savaged the way I was by Woot in their awarding a monkey (my first).

There are many other reasons.

The most important:

Future Monkeys for all of those reaching for.... the bottom!

yeah, you can't tell me they can't get more monkeys.
we all KNOW they can, but sadly, they have the Geddes calendars in their possession already.
But they could save those to hose some wooters in the next bag of youknow...

killingtime wrote:

I am with you on that one. It is too bad it has been won, but not sent. Now the stock has been depleted. I just don't want a freakin' Geddes calendar. Its sweetness is giving me a toothache already. Bleck. If this is woot's incentive to have p-choppers create higher-end work, that's too bad. The dregs are the best part of the contest.

Or maybe it's no fun to rip on someone if you know they were shooting for teh monkey.

It takes away even that false sense of superiority for the person(s) making such claims.

acemom wrote:

yeah, you can't tell me they can't get more monkeys. we all KNOW they can, but sadly, they have the Geddes calendars in their possession already. But they could save those to hose some wooters in the next bag of youknow...

All calendars they have are craptastic.

Screw your customer base for a dumb purchase decision?

AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:

heh...that's what my monkey looks like.

I mean the one I got fromm woot.
You know, the one in the B_O_C.

Yeah, that one...

AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:

All calendars they have are craptastic. Screw your customer base for a dumb purchase decision?

yeah i kinda agree.
woot is losing some of its character I think.
they need to hire people to do the busywork and bring back the inspiration that attracted all of us.

um, IMO.

Photoshop Contest 11

dave bug wrote:

And, winner of the Screeching Stretch Monkeys, so they can debate Evolution vs. Intelligent Design: jcoltrane with the Call: and taipan with the Response:

Photoshop Contest 12: NA

Photoshop Contest 13

dave bug wrote:

And this week's stretching screaming monkey goes to... MrHampy, for a pile of well-done entries that have nothing to do with the theme! Persistence of Casio Even Post-Post-Modern-Surrealism will recycle the great works of the past... Woot Like an Eagle Image: MIA Woot Trek Image: MIA And so on, and so forth: Cities of the future will make good use of Casio's water-resistant technology... Finally, a belt worth the beatings... Just a few more seconds . . . Um, in the future, the watch can get, like, real big, and carry people around and stuff... Alarm is set for 4:20... We usually try to spread out the winnings to new people, but there are times when past winners just keep coming up with gold. Hope everyone had fun. We look forward to seeing entries next week from new and old users.

Photoshop Contest 14

dave bug wrote:

Finally, the monkey of the week goes to mnementh, who we ask to get some exercise shooting the crazy screaming stretchy thing around, so he doesn't get carpal tunnel. *Some* of his entries:

Photoshop Contest 15

dave bug wrote:

Glaringly omitted from these entries are a series of great ones by mnementh. Each week for the last many, we've had to desperately try not to give mnementh more prizes, as he submits many well-done entries. This week is no exception. To honor mnementh for his toil and hardship, he is being inducted as the premier member of the Woot Contest Hall of Fame. In lieu of a trophy, we are shipping mnementh ONE HUNDRED PRIORITY PUCKS, which we hope he will use to construct his own trophy (and take pictures for us all to see). In a future version of the site, and on induction of additional members (and we have a few in mind already), we will likely have a page displaying the Hall of Fame members along with the trophies they construct from their pucks. A few of mnementh's best entries from this week: "We're ending the contest early this weekend."  mnementh wrote: We're ending the contest early this weekend. The pictures have been reviewed, ballots have been stuffed, and judges have been bribed. It's time to announce the winners: Third place, winner of $20 [size=18:b070ed8e21]enigmastrat with More Dell in the Box[/size:b070ed8e21] Torso and legs sold separately. Second place, winner of $50 [size=18:b070ed8e21]BrakX with Crappy Presents[/size:b070ed8e21] We think the Box of Crap should've been #2. First place, winner of $100 [size=24:b070ed8e21]mnementh with The Last Woot Sale[/size:b070ed8e21] It had to happen sooner or later- we ran out of speakers and pucks. Congratulations to the winners. Hope everyone had fun, and we won't see you for the next contest. Wootanetics Refurb Pizza Live Human Liver Everyone else: We really enjoyed the stories about jokes and hoaxes perpetrated on your friends, co-workers, and dormmates. Feel free to post follow-ups of good stuff that happened this last April Fools. Thanks for entering, and we hope to see you in next week's contest.

Photoshop Contest 16

dave bug wrote:

Finally, the monkey of the week goes to thekodeman, since he left Bubbles out of his meticulously put together scene:

Woot Photoshop Contest 17

MORE PROOF!

dave bug wrote:

For deciding to put crap in your bag o' crap, you get...nothing! Sorry, our monkeys are too valuable, maybe next week.

Photoshop Contest 18

dave bug wrote:

And, just to keep you guessing, this week's monkey goes to blackice912, for the highest quality rendition of the new Rockford Fosgate Lemonader. Nicely done, and completely off-topic. Enjoy the monkey!

Photoshop Contest 19

dave bug wrote:

We are, however, going to award the monkey. This week, with increasingly mysterious criteria, kcmark wins the monkey for best 1st entry ever: Quick thinking, and nice job, kcmark. Enjoy the screaming, and the stretching, and the monkeying.