Where do I find funny websites to help me come up with "creative" entries to competitions?
December 10, 2006 5:29 PM Subscribe
I need a good collection of bookmarks to help me enter competitions! What are some good repositories for jokes, wordplay, and the like?
When I was a kid I used to enter competitions a lot, and not a week would go by where I wouldn't get a package in the mail filled with books and toys. I want to see if my luck is still functioning! I'm not going to turn into a professional "comper" or anything, but I'd love to have a few good websites on hand for inspiration when I am faced with those awful "In 25 words or less..." questions. I have always heard that the funny/corny ones stand out the most.
Apart from actual joke-websites, other sources of inspiration could include things like pop-culture blogs where the writer manages to always slip in a "cute", (if asinine), turn-of-phrase. I know I've seen some of these before.
When I was a kid I used to enter competitions a lot, and not a week would go by where I wouldn't get a package in the mail filled with books and toys. I want to see if my luck is still functioning! I'm not going to turn into a professional "comper" or anything, but I'd love to have a few good websites on hand for inspiration when I am faced with those awful "In 25 words or less..." questions. I have always heard that the funny/corny ones stand out the most.
Apart from actual joke-websites, other sources of inspiration could include things like pop-culture blogs where the writer manages to always slip in a "cute", (if asinine), turn-of-phrase. I know I've seen some of these before.
Response by poster: Bookmarks as in websites that I can bookmark!
Competitions: in magazines, newspapers, on the side of food packaging, or on websites (for example, the mtv website), or just anywhere. There are competitions everywhere!
I got sent books & toys a lot when I was younger because I was a member of this kid's magazine called "Jetsetter", as well as other magazines and clubs. Basically, I was obsessed with finding loads of competitions and entering them.
Haven't you ever heard of professional "compers"?
Anyway, a lot of these competitions are not simply random lotteries; you actually have to give them something slightly creative. One example: a competition I entered to win the new Gwen Stefani album/dvd, in 25 words or less you have to describe "What winds you up."
These questions are hard to answer if you're not in a funny mood! I was just looking for humorous websites that would give me somewhere to go from.
However, I am resigned to the fact that no one here enters competitions and as such I am not expecting any answers. But thanks for replying vanoakenfold!
posted by mjao at 2:10 AM on December 12, 2006
Competitions: in magazines, newspapers, on the side of food packaging, or on websites (for example, the mtv website), or just anywhere. There are competitions everywhere!
I got sent books & toys a lot when I was younger because I was a member of this kid's magazine called "Jetsetter", as well as other magazines and clubs. Basically, I was obsessed with finding loads of competitions and entering them.
Haven't you ever heard of professional "compers"?
Anyway, a lot of these competitions are not simply random lotteries; you actually have to give them something slightly creative. One example: a competition I entered to win the new Gwen Stefani album/dvd, in 25 words or less you have to describe "What winds you up."
These questions are hard to answer if you're not in a funny mood! I was just looking for humorous websites that would give me somewhere to go from.
However, I am resigned to the fact that no one here enters competitions and as such I am not expecting any answers. But thanks for replying vanoakenfold!
posted by mjao at 2:10 AM on December 12, 2006
I've never heard of professional compers, but I myself am quite the freebie requester (and it is rare that I don't get at least 3 pieces of mail per day).. I've been on the web for 10+ years and haven't encountered any of these that I can recall.. could you give an example?
posted by vanoakenfold at 9:37 PM on December 12, 2006
posted by vanoakenfold at 9:37 PM on December 12, 2006
Response by poster: Examples:
1. Winning Slogans
2. Winspiration
posted by mjao at 7:54 AM on December 17, 2006
1. Winning Slogans
2. Winspiration
posted by mjao at 7:54 AM on December 17, 2006
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posted by vanoakenfold at 2:28 PM on December 11, 2006