The $500 contest. (Open to Dopers worldwide)

Keapon Laffin · #1 11-17-2004, 08:53 PM

Thats right, 500 U.S. Dollars. And the rules are simple too.

The last poster to this thread pays me $500, and is declared the winner for this year.

Thats it. My paypal account is standing by. Ready? Go!

Khampelf · #2 11-17-2004, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keapon Laffin

Thats right, 500 U.S. Dollars. And the rules are simple too.

The last poster to this thread pays me $500, and is declared the winner for this year.

Thats it. My paypal account is standing by. Ready? Go!

That's quite some generous offer. My hat's off to you.

Now, how to convince no one else to post...

*** The State of Anoxia has determined posting to this thread may cause fatal, throbbing, bleeding anal warts. ***

Actually, I picture a flurry of posting, New years eve...

Khampelf · #3 11-17-2004, 09:00 PM

Sorry, convince everyone else NOT to post.

Shagnasty · #4 11-17-2004, 09:24 PM

Screw you. I just got ripped off by some Nigerian group I had never even heard of a couple of weeks ago. I don't even have that much money left (not counting credit cards, a few stocks, and some jewelry my grandmother left me).

Sunspace · #5 11-17-2004, 09:27 PM

:: Sunspace saunters in, looks around. ::

Five hundred dollars, eh? I could use that. So when does this contest end?

Kythereia · #6 11-17-2004, 09:35 PM

No, no, no, the money goes to Keapon Laffin...

*crosses fingers*

qubed · #7 11-17-2004, 09:44 PM

Is that the last person to post in this year, or the last person ever to post?

Ilsa_Lund · #8 11-17-2004, 09:47 PM

Is there a point to this?

Czarcasm · #9 11-17-2004, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ilsa_Lund

Is there a point to this?

Of course not-that's why it is in this forum.

(Damn! I hope somebody posts after me.)

Cinnamon Girl · #10 11-17-2004, 09:56 PM

Here ya go, Czar...

Here's a tip: try the lotto. The odds of getting $500 outta me are Much. Much. Slimmer.

PetW · #11 11-17-2004, 10:04 PM

What happens if we don't pay?

Cinnamon Girl · #12 11-17-2004, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by PetW

What happens if we don't pay?

Cousin Vinny pays a visit to you!

danceswithcats · #13 11-17-2004, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by PetW

What happens if we don't pay?

The Barbershop Quartet Collection Agency of Doom will be dispatched to your residence, after which you will be mercilessly pummeled with four-part harmonies until satisfying the obligation.

Lockz · #14 11-17-2004, 10:39 PM

Then you don't have to worry!

PetW · #15 11-17-2004, 10:53 PM

You guys ruined it, I was hoping to get the OP to reply to me and then we could all stop posting. We could've all been saved!
Well at least I'm in the clear.

MannyL · #16 11-18-2004, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by PetW

You guys ruined it, I was hoping to get the OP to reply to me and then we could all stop posting. We could've all been saved!
Well at least I'm in the clear.

You were in the clear until you posted that. Ohh umm now it seems I'm on the hook.

Annie-Xmas · #17 11-18-2004, 07:41 AM

Slamming down the money: "I'm out."

Khampelf · #18 11-18-2004, 09:43 AM

Ahhhh. Object lesson in reading very carefully. Which I didn't.

Still goes about the warts, though.

I've cornered the market in Preparation H and should make much more than $500.

harmless · #19 11-18-2004, 11:23 AM

What if you only have about $5?
And it's all in nickels in my sock drawer?
Does PayPal take that?
Where do I stick the nickels into the computer to make it go?
What will you be spending the money on?
How do I get $500?

Jurph · #20 11-18-2004, 11:27 AM

Duh... it's the first poster that gets the $500. It's the last one who has to pay. That's totally you.

PetW · #21 11-18-2004, 11:44 AM

Wait a second... I just had an idea!
:wally :wally :wally :wally :wally :wally
you're all a bunch of :wally 's!

luluBahrain · #22 11-18-2004, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by danceswithcats

The Barbershop Quartet Collection Agency of Doom will be dispatched to your residence, after which you will be mercilessly pummeled with four-part harmonies until satisfying the obligation.

Now that's just cruel!

shijinn · #23 11-18-2004, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by PetW

Wait a second... I just had an idea!
:wally :wally :wally :wally :wally :wally
you're all a bunch of :wally 's!

*pssst* they don't have to post when closing a thread, so posting anything at all is a terrible, terrible idea.

wait a minute..

Flander · #24 11-18-2004, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by shijinn

*pssst* they don't have to post when closing a thread, so posting anything at all is a terrible, terrible idea.

wait a minute..

Ha! Sucker!!

Kat · #25 11-18-2004, 10:12 PM

What are you going to do with the $500?

Shagnasty · #26 11-18-2004, 10:18 PM

Ahhh! There's a monster at the end of this thread! I'm so scared of monsters. So please, please, please don't turn the post.

Anastasaeon · #27 11-18-2004, 10:33 PM

Excellent! This goes hand in hand with my game!

The first poster in this thread must pay me $500!

....

You know, if I'm the last person who posts in this thread, it might work out.

Shagnasty · #28 11-18-2004, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Anastasaeon

Excellent! This goes hand in hand with my game!

The first poster in this thread must pay me $500!

....

You know, if I'm the last person who posts in this thread, it might work out.

YOU TURNED THE POST!

Here, I lovable, fury, old Shagnasty and nailing these posts together so we never get to the end of this thread. So please, please, please don't turn the post.

LilyoftheValley · #29 11-18-2004, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Shagnasty

YOU TURNED THE POST!

Here, I lovable, fury, old Shagnasty and nailing these posts together so we never get to the end of this thread. So please, please, please don't turn the post.

Best. Book. Eva.

Shagnasty, you do realize that...

SPOILER:

Johnny Bravo · #30 11-18-2004, 11:00 PM

Anyone want to place bets on which mod decides he needs 500 bucks and closes the thread?

PetW · #31 11-18-2004, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Bravo

Anyone want to place bets on which mod decides he needs 500 bucks and closes the thread?

Do you still not understand the game?

Ponder Stibbons · #32 11-19-2004, 08:47 AM

Here's my prediction: A few minutes before midnight, December 31, the SDMB will "mysteriously" go down. When it comes back up a few minutes after midnight, we'll discover that somehow nonpolar was briefly allowed back on the board and ended up being the last poster to this thread.