# Whoohoo! I "won" a Fark photoshop contest. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2002, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoohoo-i-won-a-fark-photoshop-contest/128247 "2002-09-13T09:55:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoohoo-i-won-a-fark-photoshop-contest/128247/1 "2002-09-13T09:55:14Z")
[Failed Board Games](http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments-voteresults.pl?297252) Yow! At the top of the polls, and the voting appears to be over, as the thread nears the bottom of the page. Of course, I’m only ahead by one vote – close enough for Florida, even. Mundane? Yeah. Pointless? Definitely. But I still feel the need to do my happy dance. (I’ll leave aside that it was a quick knock-off based on an already tired net-cliche, and that stuff that I’ve put too much time into has made little impression.) Um… “wOOt!” Or something. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoohoo-i-won-a-fark-photoshop-contest/128247/2 "2002-09-13T10:36:17Z")
Nifty, Larry. Do you use Photosphop, or Gimp, or one of the other ones? (I know, that’s like asking what type of camera a photographer uses, like it really matters. I want to know your preference, not out of some idea that I’d do them that well if I had your software. Sorry, bit of a photographer peeve there. I’ll just shut up now, this bit in the curlies is now longer than the rest of the post…) Go in a Circle and Connect Two are good too. They did a good job on the Uranium layout, pretty seamless. And if you get to speak in tounges, so do I: Um… I was, like totally “Huh?” untill I like, saw the bottom. Then I felt, like, stupid for not figuring it out without the caption. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoohoo-i-won-a-fark-photoshop-contest/128247/3 "2002-09-13T12:33:41Z")
It looks like you’re in 2nd place right now. If I had a login to Fark, I’d vote for you. Especially because the game ahead of you “Speed Chess” really does exist and I’ve seen it played. And the picture isn’t even particulary cleve. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoohoo-i-won-a-fark-photoshop-contest/128247/4 "2002-09-13T12:47:51Z")
Some of there are harsh, man. Being someone with a black sense of humour, I couldn’t help but laugh a little at “North Tower Jenga”, but it is of course rather inappropriate. I did like the French version of Risk: cracked me up, despite the tiring stereotype. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoohoo-i-won-a-fark-photoshop-contest/128247/5 "2002-09-13T12:59:41Z")
I saw that one last night, Larry, but didn’t make the connection till just now, when you actually made it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoohoo-i-won-a-fark-photoshop-contest/128247/6 "2002-09-13T14:06:51Z")
I was going to ask what your name was over there, and then I saw it and had a gigantic “OH MY GOD DUH I’M A MORON” moment. Good job on the photoshop, but I’d appreciate it more if I was more into the cliches. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoohoo-i-won-a-fark-photoshop-contest/128247/7 "2002-09-13T18:03:37Z")
**Wikkit** , I mainly use photoshop, but I like to use just about anything. **Coldfire** – “North Tower Jenga”, which _is_ pretty darned harsh, was a reference to the [Salon.com](http://Salon.com) article, [_Forbidden Thoughts on 9/11_](http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/09/11/forbidden_letters/index.html). > [@](#): > > My husband and I were playing Jenga afterward. When the Jenga collapsed, I shouted “North Tower.” Then the second round of the game, we shouted, “South Tower.” Now we don’t call it Jenga anymore. We call it North Tower. > – Marisa On a side note, that’s not the response that I find most offensive-- that dubious honour goes to: > [@](#): > > I watched from my window, not on television, as the twin towers fell. As shocked as I was, I felt that this was not my problem as a black person. The people who worked at the World Trade Center were mostly white men, and so they had nothing to do with me as a black woman. What the hell? Apparently this woman still holds this opinion a year later, in spite of having plenty of time to familiarize herself with the wide spectrum of people affected. People who were her neighbors. What a fricking sociopath. [/end of WTF] My favourite games in that Fark thread are “UN” (fairly subtle,) and the inexplicable “Abe Vigoda’s Magical Land of Macaroons.” It slays me. And “WHOSH\*T?” makes me giggle, too. > [@](#): > > I did like the French version of Risk: cracked me up, despite the tiring stereotype. It’s one of the only fun stereotypes I know. (I might feel differently about it if I were French…) [Here’s my submission for a “Photoshop Lance Bass being trained at NASA” thread](http://216.232.71.251/~larry/miscpics/surrender.jpg). Yeah, I love the Mustard Man. And I’m proud that he’s Canadian. Go figger. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoohoo-i-won-a-fark-photoshop-contest/128247/8 "2002-09-13T19:10:45Z")
Larry, what’s the story with that mustard guy? I read Fark once in awhile, and see him a lot, Who is he, and what’s the story behind it? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoohoo-i-won-a-fark-photoshop-contest/128247/9 "2002-09-13T20:01:22Z")
What happened Larry? The naked guys sliding across the table did clinch it for you? ;D ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoohoo-i-won-a-fark-photoshop-contest/128247/10 "2002-09-13T20:04:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*What happened Larry? The naked guys sliding across the table did clinch it for you? > > ;D \*\* 🙂 Stupid emoticons ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoohoo-i-won-a-fark-photoshop-contest/128247/11 "2002-09-14T06:52:54Z")
**Boscibo** , [here ya go.](http://www.bloggerheads.com/can_weblogs/mustard_man_found.asp) You can see the Mustard Man in [_The Tuxedo_](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0290095) with Jackie Chan. (Haven’t seen it yet, myself.) I did see him in _Men With Brooms_, although I doubt that it’s been shown outside of Canada. (It’s at the leading edge of the Curling comedy genre.) 😉 **World Eater** – Naked sliding guys, clinching it for me? Are you trying to get fresh? ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoohoo-i-won-a-fark-photoshop-contest/128247/12 "2002-09-16T01:54:49Z")
Congrats! I’ve only bothered to make a grand total of two Fark photoshops ever, and I think maybe 1 or 2 people that weren’t my friends voted for them.