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So your Photoshop skillz are a bit rusty, but you pride yourself on leaving acerbic barbs of wit in the commenting fields of Giz UK? Our next Crimbo Challenge is for you.
To enter, all we’re looking for is the best comment left anywhere on the site this week. Our judges Sam, Chris and intern-Abi will be keeping a sharp eye out for anyone who excels themselves with sparkling dictums, whether they be reams of sentences strung together, or something as simple as a three-word wisecrack.
- Submit your best comment on any post published from 9am on Monday 10th December, to Friday 14th December at 9am.
- Anyone can enter, regardless of location.
- Judges’ decision is final.
- The most important rule — HAVE FUN.
- The winner will be announced at 1pm this Friday.
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Finally, someone understood it
I liked first
I may just have been stirred from my self-imposed slumber…
Now I just need to work out how to temper myself to the point my comments don’t sound like they’ve come from the mouth of an attention-seeking cretin with a huge…
…ego.
I can’t help but notice that those posts appear to have some kind of edit facility. I accuse the Gizmodo Overlords or hoarding this power to themselves. There is only one way to wrest control of the edit button from them – REVOLUTION.
Well, you have to give the peons hope….
Hope? You taunt us with pictures of edit buttons and think it gives us hope. No Mr imperialist running dog, it makes us ANGRY. We shall storm the Future Publishing Winter Palace just as soon as those members of the proletariat with Apple Maps find where it is.
Yes, they who control the means to edit, control the people
So if we hear a blank shot fired from the HMS Belfast, we should fear for our lives?
NO MORE METAPHORS. EDIT BUTTON.
It’s the jagged black and white bit partially covered in clouds right?
I put mi communts in2 word and spill check be for posting. warks fur mi
It’s nice you’re running a competition for people with no Photoshop talent, but what about those of us with no talent whatsoever?
May I suggest X-Factor 2013?
Competition over, I think you just won it.
Nah, Old Man Jones (D-Jo to you young fellas) is yet to put his hat in the ring. Besides, taking pot shots at the x-factor is too easy, just like making fun of australians…
Old Man Jones will not be taking part in this compo because.
a) Last week before Xmas break, so rather busy.
b) Already have a Nexus 4, what’s the point of winning a lesser phone.
and most importantly
c) Too easy.
OK, what about those of us with no talent AND no heart-warming back story?
Lib Dem leadership?
That would be Britains Got Talent.
I think we already have a winner for the funniest comment competition.
touche good sir!
Politics. That’s where most people with no talent go to.
“…or something as simple as a three-word wisecrack.”
So’s. Your. Face!
Boom!
that’s 4………
Did I ever say how Much I love you guys?
We aim to please
Me too
But I should say that rampant flattery will get you nowhere! We demand banter in our comments, not sycophancy.
I demand sycophancy…and I mean literal ass-lickage.
And I want it televised.
WTF is that picture? hahahaha
It is me…crossed with an attractive young lady, to create something even more attractive.
You look a little like Little My from the moomins!
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbwn23O1RU1raqv54o2_250.jpg
Suddenly realised that was Dean from the image, what a fright!
Ohh… arse kissing is so much easier
Seriously, I don’t know if I can garanty banter, but I do promise honest point of view as usual.
Guarantee*
Obviously, as i’m correcting someone’s speling on the internet, this comment will be loved by all and i will win =D
I thank you, English is my second language and I do appreciate when people let me know I’m wrong. Even in other issues, but that doesn’t happen often
I’m toning down my rapier-like wit and acerbicity until I work out whether an Experia Go is worth having.
Spelling acerbity wrong leaves me with a sour taste.
I see what you did there. Well done.
This needs a Knock Knock joke comment thread (feel free to leave a new joke as a reply)
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Nobel.
Nobel who?
Nobel so I’ll knock.
Your star is still gone.
Have you done any of the following?
a)Australian jokes
b)Edit button request
c)Knock knock jokes on the comment section
d)All of the above
Bollocks to the star, I can be the only starred commentard who doesn’t have a star. I KNOW I’M IMPORTANT DAMN IT.
For what it’s worth, we’ve tried re-instating it several ways, but to no avail. You’ve broken the system dude.
Hooray, I’m special and unintentionally break things!
Thanks for letting me know Sam; it won’t affect me that much (although I may cry myself to sleep every night)
What is the star? And is it humiliatingly ignorant to ask on a tech site comment thread how to change my avatar picture?
Actually, to be honest, the tech site can’t even install an edit button, so if anyone’s going to point figures and laugh…
Good on ya man, thats the spirit!
(polishes own star, whistling cheerfully)
Meh I have a black hole instead of a star – my star has evolved to the next level!
Incredibly dense? just sayin’…;-)
Personally I’ve done 2 of those and still have a star…let’s try an experiment:
Knock Knock
Who’s there?
An Australian
An Australian who because of convict genetics has stolen your doorbell!
Thunk that’ll work?
I meant think, not thunk (I wish there was an edit button!)
Sitting next to a guy from Perth I got a kick out of that one!
Knock knock!
Who’s there?
Wendy.
Wendy who?
Wendy wind blows de cradle will rock.
Nah, you’ll be fine – you’ve used words with more than 2 syllables
Let’s give it some time
Damn it, I’ve already got an Xperia Go. Great little phone, lack of a dedicated camera button is the only thing I don’t like about it. Is the prize phone black, yellow or white?
As yellow as a Simpson’s sweaty brow.
Nice, it’s the one I wanted but I ended up with a black one instead. Oh well, at least I can still send texts and make calls in the shower, or during some of the torrential downpours we’ve had recently. I’ve also used it to take underwater photos/video and dropped it in many puddles. Given the abuse my phone has taken it still looks rather good.
Why Troll us with a Featured Image with an EDIT button!?
This has to be the worst job ever given to an intern in the history of the very noble profession. Abi I feel your pain.
Hey, who says it’s just the intern doing this? I want you to feel my pain too!
I could, but I might have to charge.
Is this is a sick joke…?
MW defines a prize as: : “something exceptionally desirable”
My 13 yr old would spit in my face if I palmed this off on him.
Wow! Now say that with a French accent.
I fart in his general direction!
You have two choices: Never enter one of our competitions, or donate money to our prize fund, so we can buy amazing prizes to give away to your peers, rather than rely on tat companies send us.
some people are just ungrateful wankers.
Is there the alternative to donate the cash to a favourite charity as just like OMJ (Old Man Jones) I wouldn’t want the phone but would like a little bit of money to go towards curing diabetes.
I suppose the winner could tell us they’d rather donate the money to charity, and we could sell it on eBay as a charity auction or something? Nice thought!
Thanks
I heard he lives in a haunted house and he smells of Bovril & wet tweed
Ok, i’ve been quiet of late, had a lot on at work and such, but i’ve more free time now and will start churning out as many Comments as i can!
I need you to do your bit too, give us the good material to work off and i’m sure you’ll see some beauts!
if only this competition was on when i wrote my open letter to Gizmodo (Spatchmodo) all those months ago, I shall have to get my thinking hat on as i’d like to win something
Ha…even you labelled it as tat…!
The donate to charity was a very good idea.
I would be questioning your parenting skills if I were you…
True
I’ve taught him the ways of the tech…
He’s knows a Sony phone would be a punishment.
Just for clarification – were I to right now make a potentially award winning comment on an article posted at 08:59 this morning, it would be ineligible?
Did it say “From 8:59am…” in the T&Cs?
I’m querying whether it’s the comment itself, or the thread on which the comment is posted that has to be post-09:00.
Sadly, yes. Confine your banter to recent news, I’m afraid.
¿ɹǝʇuǝ llıʇs I uɐƆ ¿ɐılɐɹʇsn∀ uı ǝʌıl I ɟı ʇɐɥʍ ʇnq
I believe the 2nd rule:
The Rules:
- Submit your best comment on any post published from 9am on Monday 10th December, to Friday 14th December at 9am.
- Anyone can enter, regardless of location.
- Judges’ decision is final.
- The most important rule — HAVE FUN.
- The winner will be announced at 1pm this Friday.
means that even an upside down writing person from Australia can enter the comp.
Please teach me to type like that. I’ve even tried to type while standing on my head and holding the computer in front of a mirror. #*!^ ingletters always find a way to straighten themselves out.
¡¡ʍoɥ ʍouʞ noʎ uǝɥʍ ʎsɐǝ ǝʇınb ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ s,ʇı
Here you go.
http://bit.ly/UFu281
Thanks!
Also, dost the recently-fiddled-with back-end permit you to find the most liked comment on the site to date?
Lol you lot wasted too much of the competition budget on the last one and couldn’t afford a decent phone for this one?
I’ll have to think of something clever and subtle..
[message edited by stickyfiddle at 16:41pm on 10/12/12]
How dost thou posses the magical edit button?
We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little stickyfiddle.
Wow! This has increased the amount of comments on Giz ten fold! Shame most of the comments are sounding like whining little b*tches as their attempts at being funny fail! I guess it does provide some amusment
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Here I sit broken hearted… OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE!
The Simpsons’ sweat is blue. Which makes it look green before it’s wiped from their brow
Just found this site, laughing at the brilliant comments and once I’ve reached the bottom of the page I see a ‘Commenting guidelines’ link. Guess where it takes me, nowhere
Brilliant. Screw the rule book.
Yup, I’m still writing them. But in the meantime, just use your common sense.
Then in the mean time could you direct it to here http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxprn1h0Nh1qdlh1io1_400.gif
The real trouble with reality is that there’s no background music
Does a re post count? can we re post other peoples funny comments from previous relevant articles? Can i repost one of my previous comments is the article is relevant??
I just want to finally win something for all my hard work and efforts
I still don’t see this whole christmas thing catching on. I know that Die Hard is one of the greatest movies ever made but basing an entire holiday around it is a litlle extreme.
I know that George Lucas tried it with Life Day from the Holiday Special and if he can’t get people to buy it nobody can.
As a fat, disgusting and over opinionated nerd who shouts, bemoans and often picks apart new technology I wouldn’t want an Xperia to replace my old Sony Ericsson w880i.
The reason being is I hold a complete distain for modern technology, In fact I often spout vitriolic shit from my foetid gaping maw, which is actually filled with rotten broken teeth and smells like actual human faeces.
My Cheese potato snack flocked fingers while away as I commit to battle every day with electronic gizmo enthusiasts for pride of place of the top comment, my diabetes inflamed by my anger towards the latest shiny toy I hit the submit button knowing that it may cost me another set of toes, But at least I won an argument on the internet.
I stab at the week old opened jar of mayonnaise with a pen, attempting to crack the scab which has formed on the surface groping around with two unwashed fingers trying to find something to compliment the dorrito I found next to my chair. I huff and wheeze as I get more frustrated, battling with unknown commenter’s pouring out of the woodwork attempting to flay my argument but I press on. Countering, feigning, and with a skilled riposte I coax my disgusting overgrown meat claws into working before I pass out.
As the black cloud of huge sugar imbalance I come to realise, Electronics companies adore to polarise markets, divide and conquer. Let our existing customers sell our products for us and damn the competition.
if i win it,you can all bid on it on ebay.
bloody sony,the company i hold most responsible for crapple being what it is.
apple learnt half their stupid business from sony,the other half is all yank stupidity,with a bit of theft thrown in by that criminal ives,please,please sue him braun.
It’s waterproof? Only just about. Ok… there are the Xperia Go’s positive points done with. It has a processor the same speed as I bought in 2009. Low resolution. Gingerbread? Please Giz do not let me win this phone. I do not want it. If you can get Google to deliver my Nexus 4 that would be appreciated… please let me win a delivery from Google… just not this phone.
I’d like to see a Nokia 920 on Verizon with a decent 4G plan.