Fiber Follies

I nevernonever thought it would be so hard to choose amongst the entries. Never. I threw the entries onto the desks of Precious and Bob, and even did some “man on the street” interviews.

Everyone had different ideas of which was the absolute best caption.

I liked them all. I couldn’t even pare the entries down to five faves. Pathetic, aren’t I?

Anyway.

By hook or by crook, by threatening and cajoling and hounding various innocent people into giving hopefully tie-breaking opinions, and coming up with a different preference for each person asked to help, I came down to:

“Ready, set,…Launch.”

Beside being funny as all get-out, it totally captures Tuie’s personality.

Thank you, Bonnie.

A gazillion thanks to everyone who took part. I don’t know if I’ll ever learn to decide on a winner without suffering sleepless nights. That was terribly hard. But I do see that you all would be just the sort of folks I’d like around my kitchen table, eating good chocolates and having a laugh at everything under the great grey sky. You’re funny. You made me laugh.

…to be announced on 27 December.

I really can’t pick by meself. The list is off to Precious Child and to Bob. Thanks to all who entered. You’re a lot of funny people. We three will have fun trying to agree on a single winner!

So, check in next Thursday. Meanwhile, I wish everyone peace and joy.

We’ve received some mighty good entries so far. You guys are funny! Tomorrow I’ll stop accepting entries, at midnight my time, which is US East Coast and I have no idea if we’re in Daylight Savings mode or not. Whatever. When my PC’s clock states midnight it’s done. Then we decide who wins. Come on, make it tough for us to judge, make us sweat, make us suffer.

By the way, I’ve been after Tuie since he moved in with us to get a good picture of that lip marking. Ain’t it great? Geeve me a leetle keess, dahling! Mwwwah!

I had my camera out the other day.

(Precious Child floats in from the internets to state that I always have the camera out. Ahem. Go back to work, Presh).

Anyway, I grabbed some great images of Aslan and Tuie.

So I load the pics up on the pc to have a real good look. And find this:

I’m looking for a title. Poor Tuie! No one will ever believe that you have a brain in there. So. It’s a contest.

Below is kind of what he really looks like:

The Rules:

1. Create a title for the first image that’ll make me laugh as hard and as long as seeing this picture does. Seriously. It’s got to be FUNNY.

2. email your entry by 20 December to fiberfolliesATgmailDOTcom. Enter as often as you like.

3. Winning entry will be announced 27 December 2007.

What you get:

There is one prize! That’s it! However~

Winner gets choice:

This: Eight ounce (227 g) of Merino/Tencel, lovely stuff but I can’t get the colour right, it’s a tad richer than shows on my monitor.

Or these: two ounce each (57g) of tussah top, blue-green colourway dyed by Bob of Winderwood, and baby llama, in its natural grey heather. It looks more a light brown to me, but whatever, it’s soft.

The entries will be judged mainly by me, with grudging assistance from Precious Child and probably Bob. They don’t know that I volunteered their help yet so mum’s the word, right?

When you receive your winning notification, I’ll need your mailing address and preferred fibery prize. The unwanted prize goes back into my stash. For now, anyway.

I wanted to include knitters and crocheters but haven’t got any decent pictures of the good stuff I’d award. So, pending the success of this contest, I’ll work up another in January, with a yarny award instead. Okay?