WEEKLY CHALLENGE!

Kealiki · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:41 am Post subject: WEEKLY CHALLENGE!

Gather round, ladies and gents, mutants and MIers, addicts and postwhores, and all other mutually inclusive and exclusive kingdom/phylum/class/order/family/genera/species you all can fit into!

I give you, the WEEKLY CHALLENGE!

You make recall talk of a 'daily challenge' bring brought back a couple of months ago. I thought long and hard about it and realized the action on the forums is just not high enough to justify a daily challenge. But I fucking love the idea so we are starting DUN DUN DUN the weekly challenge.

Essentially, the rules are the same.

1. A topic is presented.

2. People have one week to write a THREE PARAGRAPH story/anecdote/idea/thought WHATEVER with that topic in mind and post it. It doesnt have to necessary be ON the topic, it just has to tie into it in some way.

3. Three paragraph rule is strictly upheld. No more, no less. It makes it challenging!

4. The winner creates the next weeks topic.

5. Once a topic is announced (which will be on Saturday evening), entrants have till Wednesday during the day to compose and post. On Wednesday the poll goes up for whos was the best. Poll closes on Friday evening, the winner gets one day to think, and then on saturday (or even earlier if they want to), the new topic is announced, and it all begins again!

So to start: everyone gets to suggest an initial topic. Since this is the first big round, you have a full week for suggestions (more or less). On wednesday next week, I will post the poll (polls will always exist in different, short lived threads), then the poll closes on saturday with the topic being announced!

ready... set.... go!

Otter_ · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:32 pm Post subject:

Since this is the first, lets start off with something deep...

How about a life changing event? something that has either changed your life or the way you look at life.

DJ_Mittens · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject:

I suggest cheese. Everyone loves, hates, or generally has an opinion on cheese and "cheez" substitutes.
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mndsm · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:51 pm Post subject:

Something small. A pet perhaps?
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Lady_Stardust · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject:

BLinX · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:16 pm Post subject:

Scientology...?

Kealiki · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:55 am Post subject:

And CHEESE is our winner for challenge #1!

Do it to it people, you only have a couple days!

coldnight · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:21 am Post subject:

maggot_hex · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:24 pm Post subject:

Have you ever noticd there are foods that their sole purpose for existing is to make other foods taste better? Gravy, for example, would never be eaten alone; it's always eaten with something, be it turkey, stuffing, potatoes, biscuits; it is never consumed solo. Condiments, whether it is mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise (the king of condiments), or some sort of salad dressing, are all designed to make your food more delectable. Then there is cheese, the only food that on the one hand is to make your food taste better, but can just as strongly stand on its own.

Most people think cheese is nothing more than a condiment, put in a sandwhich, or perhaps sprinkled on their spaghetti, or even coating their popcorn, but it is so much more. Cheese has a rich and varied history, from the Arabic deserts, to the mountains and plains of Europe, to the shores of California. What other food is accepted by all races and creeds (except the most hardcore vegans)? Cheese is almost a religion itself in parts of Europe; it's as important as wine to the French, for example. Even look at the names of many European towns: Cheddar, Limburger, Gouda, Provolone; all named after cheeses [author's note: I know it's the other way around, but it's funnier this way]. This isn't a strictly European phenomenon; for a great city in a great state in a great country is named after cheese: Monterey, California. Elements on the periodic table can't say they have multiple cities named after them, only cheese and ground meats (and maybe wines, I'd have to check on that) can claim to be a city's namesake.

Throughout history, from the day some nameless merchant or herdsman discovered that cultured milk was tasty, there has only been one constant: cheese. Cheese, the king of foods, has been around for tens of thousands of years, and unless some short dictator with a bad haircut blows everyone to smithereens, it will be around for tens of thousands more!
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DJ_Mittens · Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:07 am Post subject:

Cheez Whiz. What is that stuff? Is it actually cheese? Is it an industrial waste byproduct from the manufacturing process used to make carpeting? Is is sentient? No one really knows. So this begs the question as to why people blindly eat everything that's in the food aisles when they go shopping. I mean, sure, olives come from plants, but they taste like vomit. Do you like eating vomit?

Wikipedia tries to make me believe that Cheez Whiz is a "thick processed cheese sauce or spread". The description states it is a "bright, yellow, viscous liquid". The same description applies to motor oil. Is Cheez Whiz simply a lubricant for your digestive tract? If this is such a health benefit, perhaps it should be a new marketing campaign. "Cheez Whiz; providing technically advanced performance and protection for your digestive system." I'm hungry already!

Even so, Cheez Whiz remains an ubiquitous idol for the lazy. Like Kraft Dinner, there will always be a market for unhealthy food supplements. College student debt all but ensures it.
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Zarf · Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject:

Cheese. Yes Cheese. When I think of important food products, cheese will always make the list. It is a core ingredient in many yummy foods. Where would the grilled cheese sandwich be without cheese? Grilled sandwich just doesn't sound as good. Lest we forget Macaroni and cheese? Of course not, Macaroni by itself is nothing but, well, macaroni.

But, don't be fooled. There is a darker side to cheese. When was the last time you walked in the room only to hear, "who cut the cheese?" How is it that cheese got stuck representing an embarrassing and stinky bodily function?

Yet, what other item but cheese can make everyone smile no matter who they are? Even with a minor blemish such as previously mentioned, we all smile when we hear the word cheese. Just get out a camera and see.

Kealiki · Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:11 am Post subject:

And this weeks entries are closed! Poll goes up in another thread

Kealiki · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:16 am Post subject:

NEW TOPIC:

Paintball and/or laser tag

('and' replaced with 'and/or' for simplicity's sake.)

Kealiki · Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:50 am Post subject:

So that topic sucks! First topic to be posted after this is the topic to try

Please dont make it suck.

coldnight · Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:32 am Post subject:

Being Lost.