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STUPID Entries and Contest Updates

Winners Notified

Posted by Julia Ochinero at 7:21 PM on 11.03.08

It was really tough.  But we finally selected our category winners for our contest.
For the “Sounds Like Fiction” category – the entry entitled “But I Like How Light It Is Now” is the winner.
For the “You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me” category – the entry entitled “I Still Have Checks” is the winner.
For the [...]

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Winner of Most Popular Entry Notified

Posted by Julia Ochinero at 7:11 PM on 10.20.08

Thanks to everyone who participated.  The winner of “Most Popular” entry has been notified.  As you can see from the leader board - “Why Me??” with a total of 811 won.
But the prize winning continues.  Next week I’ll be notifying winners of the “Judges” prizes.  So stay tuned.  And thanks again for all the great [...]

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Voting is Closed

Posted by Julia Ochinero at 12:04 PM on 10.13.08

Our contest’s voting is now over and the $1,000 winner of the popular vote will be notified via email shortly.  A big thanks to all of you that voted, a few thousands times!!!
If you didn’t win the popular vote,  don’t worry.  We still have three other $1000 prizes to award in our judged categories: 1. You’ve [...]

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Entries are now closed and it’s the last week for voting

Posted by Julia Ochinero at 1:18 PM on 10.06.08

Wow, thank you for all of the wonderful entries everyone! The quality and quantity of humorous stories far exceeded our expectations. All of the stories that have been submitted and met our entry guidelines are now live on the site. Now, it’s time to get your votes rolling as we only have just under 1 [...]

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Circus Ace

Posted by chartzo at 12:05 AM on 10.06.08

11 votes

Our company helps process order forms for groups wishing to attend the local circus. One school group’s order form had two notes:
*clowns not good for children
*children fear animals
I would like to know what CIRCUS they were hoping to attend.

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Webster’s 911

Posted by chartzo at 12:03 AM on 10.06.08

9 votes

As I was taking a customer’s order for a helmet, she asked, “It is submishable?” I asked her what she meant by “submishable”. She responded, “You know, like can it be put in liquids?”

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Child Services please

Posted by chartzo at 12:00 AM on 10.06.08

18 votes

We do the scheduling for a chiropractor client of ours, and the following conversation took place one Tuesday between a caller and my coworker:
Caller: Hi, my son had an accident last night and broke his arm. I would like to set up an appointment with Dr. L.
EM: Ma’am, Dr. L is a chiropractor.
Caller: I know. [...]

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A is for Aardvark

Posted by chartzo at 11:56 PM on 10.05.08

6 votes

We have a client who sells knock-off purses over the Internet. One lady called in and asked for the various color options for a particular purse. After listing black, red, white, yellow, brown, leopard, and pink, I was aked, “What’s leopard?” I answered that it was the same print as the coat of the actual [...]

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Play-doh

Posted by chartzo at 11:53 PM on 10.05.08

4 votes

We have a client who sells an all-natural skin cream product. One customer called with a question about application. She asked, “Yeah, I just got your product. I was about to put it on when I saw that it was non-toxic. Does that mean you’re supposed to eat it?” I felt like replying, “Ma’am, Play-doh [...]

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Weight Loss

Posted by chartzo at 11:47 PM on 10.05.08

4 votes

The following conversation took place from a customer who had recently purchased our client’s hoodia product:
Customer: Yes, ma’am…I’ve been taking this product for a week, and I’ve only lost 2 ounces. Am I taking enough?
Me: Customer: Ma’am, it’s not a weight loss drug, it’s…
Customer (interrupting): I know! It’s an appetite compressant.

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