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BIGGER, BETTER and MORE
PENGUINS!
THE EAST
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Contest Winners!
Well, we here at wiprud.com were deluged with folks
wanting their very own penguin. Responses were myriad, some including
gems like “I sleep with penguins”, “we decorate our Christmas tree with
penguins” to numerous pleas for the replacement of lost lawn ornaments,
usually pink flamingos. One sad tale pleads for a
replacement of a decomposing aquarium fish. The choice was tough among
so many, but here are the winners: |
First
Prize:
Your very own penguin!
That’s right, we have
adopted a penguin in the winner's name through The Environmental Research Unit,
a
partnership with the Chilean and British governments, which has established a
penguin monitoring program on Magdalena Island in the Straits of Magellan. They
will send the winner a picture of her penguin along with progress reports, a picture
of it’s nest, and pix of any baby penguins.
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And the winner is:
Cathy Melton, of Lisle, Illinois:
“My bathroom is filled with penguins…”
They say the first line of a novel is the most important. This immediately
got the judges attention…
“…not real of course.”
We were going to suggest calling an exterminator but…
“I felt that they needed to get out so I am making little travel dioramas of
them. I started with Millie and Willie salt and pepper shakers. They are
visiting Niagara Falls. Others are in Paris and playing golf at St. Andrews in
Scotland. I'm sure that they would love hearing from a real live penguin.”
Cathy, cancel the exterminator, call the doctor, we think your meds need
tweaking…
“I understand that sponsoring a penguin is the closest anyone should ever get
to owning one.”
Ah, now they’re kicking in…thanks for the entertaining reply...we will name the
penguin Cathy Melton in your honor. |
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Brian’s
penguin, Reggie, is
pictured here with her chicks. |
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Second Prize:
Your Very Own Penguin!
That’s right, the winner receives a penguin.
Made of 100% domestic vinyl compounds, this handsome decoration looks
swell next to any pink flamingo or garden gnome. Stands proud and two
feet tall.
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Click Bob and Sneezy to
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And the winner is:
Robert Coble, of Petaluma CA
“I was touched and saddened by the fate of Sneezy at the hands (rather,
should I say, “beaks”) of his own, albeit animated kind. I was further
concerned for the wellbeing of Sneezy II while Garth was on his SB
binge. What a relief to learn that Garth came to his sense and spared
Sneezy II from a grueling day in the hot sun – locked in the Lincoln. If
I had my own penguin, he would proudly bear the moniker, “Sneezy.”
Now there’s a guy who really loves penguins…and STUFFED! |
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 Third
Prize: Your Very Own Penguin!
That’s right, the winners received a signed copy of
STUFFED.
Made of 100% domestic paper products, this prequel to PIPSQUEAK
will entertain beyond measure. The hurly burly of modern life melts away
as you read, read, read…there will be ten big winners of this hot ticket
item.
The Third Prize Winners are:
Phil Willoughby (“My penguin caught fire to the curtains…”)
Nancy Krell (“Penguins are evil creatures.”)
Tuck Spoover (“My Grandpa came back as a penguin and ate all the
Triscuits.”)
Sandra Forero (“I want to make penguin egg omelets…”)
Edward Makluski (“They eat cheese whiz, don’t they?”)
Beverly Schneiderman (“…I need a date for a formal affair…”)
Ellen Whitney (Longest and most complicated response)
Sara Hodges (“They never lose their cool.”)
Lori Vicari (“I was a little girl but have since turned 35 recently.”)
Chuck Britton (“Since my wife believes that flamingoes mate for life…”) |
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