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kaufman
May 30, 2001 8:22 PM

A change of pace is perhaps in order for CC33... no restrictions on what you must or must not use, save for these rules:

1) Each entry must be exactly two comics long. The two strips together should comprise a coherent whole.

2) The final dialogue/thought balloon in each of the two strips must be identical. The speaker, background, etc. may or may not be different between the two.

3) I'll judge this based on humor, creativity, and the appropriateness of the double line.

4) Multiple entries are permitted at your own risk.

5) Since this may be challenging, you have until next month to submit your entries. This contest will close Sunday, June 3rd, at 9:00 PM Eastern. That's 6:00 Pacific, 1 AM Monday GMT, and 6:42 in Baltimore.

In case this is all unclear, here's a little example I whipped up. I'm sure you can do better...

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kaufman May 30, 2001 8:23 PM	19372
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kaufman May 30, 2001 8:24 PM	19376
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ladyjdotnet May 31, 2001 5:20 AM	quote: 5) Since this may be challenging, you have until next month to submit your entries. This contest will close Sunday, June 3rd, at 9:00 PM Eastern. That's 6:00 Pacific, 1 AM Monday GMT, and 6:42 in Baltimore. Heh, for a minute I thought you meant you were going to monopolize a whole month. Then I took gabe_billings' excellent advice and looked at the dates. Thanks, Gabe!
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gabe_billings May 31, 2001 7:49 AM	That explains why I could never get to Baltimore. It's protected by a tear in the space/time fabric that puts it 42 minutes into the future.
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ObiJo May 31, 2001 1:10 PM	quote: Each entry must be exactly two comics long. Cool contest idea. It is what I had been planning to do if I ever won one again. (Ok, maybe that makes it a little less cool.) 14682
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ObiJo May 31, 2001 1:11 PM	19460
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DexX June 1, 2001 11:18 AM	http://www.stripcreator.com/view.php?ID=19986 19986 I must be honest - as I post this, the second strip is not only unwritten, but I can't think of a story or joke for it... Curse these misconceived punchlines of mine!
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DexX June 1, 2001 11:26 AM	http://www.stripcreator.com/view.php?ID=19990 19990 OK, came up with a second strip eventually. Sorry it isn't very good.
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fishoutofbeer June 1, 2001 1:57 PM	20027
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fishoutofbeer June 1, 2001 1:58 PM	20028
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BigMe68 June 2, 2001 3:31 AM	15960
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BigMe68 June 2, 2001 3:32 AM	20165 ok, the first comic was old, but I really liked it, and thought I'd try to use it here... just in case you didn't catch the date.
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BigMe68 June 2, 2001 3:35 AM	quote: 4) Multiple entries are permitted at your own risk. by the way, did anyone ELSE catch the irony here?
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skagg June 2, 2001 5:33 AM	20168
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skagg June 2, 2001 5:33 AM	20167
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ladyjdotnet June 2, 2001 8:37 AM	Ok, here we go: 20183
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ladyjdotnet June 2, 2001 8:38 AM	and: 20185
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DexX June 2, 2001 11:15 AM	Sssss!!! It burnsss! The puns hurts us preciousssss...
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gabe_billings June 2, 2001 12:05 PM	Hmmm... what has it gots in its nasty little pocketeses?
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gabe_billings June 2, 2001 12:06 PM	20208
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gabe_billings June 2, 2001 12:06 PM	20209
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gabe_billings June 2, 2001 1:40 PM	Ah... the highest praise a person could ask for; the old 'milk out the nose'.
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kaufman June 2, 2001 5:55 PM	quote: Well, I think gabe has sealed this one up... Well, I'm only the judge, so I don't really have any say in this, but anyone who thinks this thing is sealed up should reread the last part of Rule 1. Other than that, though, you all seem to be warming up to the concept. I expect an outstanding flurry of contenders over the contest's final 24 hours. ==Ken
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gabe_billings June 2, 2001 7:02 PM	They really are a coherent whole... See, the taxidermist is really the hooker cross dressing. And... Shit. There's always that one little piece of the rules you miss.
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gabe_billings June 2, 2001 7:14 PM	I proclaim a 'Do-Over'. 20208
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gabe_billings June 2, 2001 7:14 PM	20255
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gabe_billings June 2, 2001 7:25 PM	And since I was having such a good time, I have one more that isn't part of the contest. It's just for fun. 20256
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gabe_billings June 2, 2001 7:34 PM	I can't resist. 20258
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wirthling June 3, 2001 12:10 AM	20288
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wirthling June 3, 2001 12:11 AM	20289
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ladyjdotnet June 3, 2001 10:51 AM	I'm too frazzled to try to make my comic fit the overlooked rule. Kaufman, you're just too smart for us.
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gabe_billings June 3, 2001 12:17 PM	Dagnabit!
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evil_d June 3, 2001 5:55 PM	http://www.stripcreator.com/view.php?ID=20368 20368
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evil_d June 3, 2001 5:59 PM	http://www.stripcreator.com/view.php?ID=20369 20369 Sorry I took until the last minute to post. See, I live in Baltimore, so I thought I still had another two hours before the deadline. Luckily I remembered in time. It's terribly confusing for us, you understand, living behind this tear in space/time. But at least it keeps Gabe from visiting.
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gabe_billings June 3, 2001 6:28 PM	Hey, I saw Terminator, sparky. You're toast, in the present, future or past. I'll have my T-800 in the guise of a purple donkey hunt you down and fellate you to death.
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kaufman
June 3, 2001 7:19 PM

Ok, the polls are closed everywhere but Baltimore, and congratulations to all of you who didn't win. You'll have at least a few more days to think up your next great contest. Meanwhile, on to the results:

Honorable mentions in alphabetical order:

Bigme68, the other red meat.
ladyjdotnet, who showed us a great, albeit disconnected pair.
wirthling, whose closing tag line was a bit simple for my tastes.

First runner-up goes to evil_d, who will hopefully forgive my plagiarism of George Carlin's tribute to Charm City.

And the winner and future creator of CC34 ... let's put it this way:

20261

Congratulations, Gabe, you're officially on the clock. Let's see that next contest soon!

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gabe_billings June 3, 2001 8:05 PM	Sorry. I really beat that one into the ground, didn't I? I'll think up something good whilst drifting off to sleep, and I'll post the rules tomorrow at work. Night.
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kaufman
June 3, 2001 8:30 PM

quote:
Sorry. I really beat that one into the ground, didn't I?

Not really; my dictionary lists the following definitions of cock:

N1: rooster
N2: any male bird
N3: weather vane
N4: chief, leader
N5: valve
N6: hammer in firearm
N7: a tilting upward
N8: penis
N9: conical pile of straw or hay
V1: to ready a firearm for firing
V2: to tilt upward
V3: to raise in preparation to throw or hit
ADJ: male

So even limiting it to the nouns, you only hit numbers 1, 5, 6 and 8.

==Ken

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evil_d June 3, 2001 9:48 PM	http://www.stripcreator.com/view.php?ID=20401 20401
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ObiJo June 3, 2001 10:47 PM	Keeping this thread alive, one post at a time. 20411
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wirthling
June 4, 2001 12:00 AM

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wirthling, whose closing tag line was a bit simple for my tastes.

What the hell kinda "honorable mention" is this?!

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First runner-up goes to evil_d, who will hopefully forgive my plagiarism of George Carlin's tribute to Charm City.

Did Carlin really bash my birthplace? I suppose Baltimore deserves bashing (and not just for being my birthplace). They only call it "Charm City" to lure in tourists, who are then promptly robbed and murdered. I suppose you could call it charming if you think gentrified, post-industrial, crime-ridden, decaying urban wastelands are charming.

Say, who are all those people with torches and annoying accents who are banging on my door?

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DexX June 4, 2001 8:29 AM	quote: What the hell kinda "honorable mention" is this?! I didn't even rate an honourable mention. sigh
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gabe_billings
June 4, 2001 8:48 AM

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Sorry. I really beat that one into the ground, didn't I?

Not really; my dictionary lists the following definitions of cock:

N1: rooster
N2: any male bird
N3: weather vane
N4: chief, leader
N5: valve
N6: hammer in firearm
N7: a tilting upward
N8: penis
N9: conical pile of straw or hay
V1: to ready a firearm for firing
V2: to tilt upward
V3: to raise in preparation to throw or hit
ADJ: male

So even limiting it to the nouns, you only hit numbers 1, 5, 6 and 8.

==Ken

Don't tempt me. I'll go get the OED and make comics 'till we all have cock coming out our ears. Which for all of us but Obi will probably be a new experience.

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kaufman June 4, 2001 8:54 AM	quote: Don't tempt me. I'll go get the OED and make comics 'till we all have cock coming out our ears. Which for all of us but Obi will probably be a new experience. Huh? Just because you're not built like the man from Nantucket, don't assume that no one else is.
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evil_d
June 4, 2001 3:35 PM

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Did Carlin really bash my birthplace? I suppose Baltimore deserves bashing (and not just for being my birthplace). They only call it "Charm City" to lure in tourists, who are then promptly robbed and murdered. I suppose you could call it charming if you think gentrified, post-industrial, crime-ridden, decaying urban wastelands are charming.

I think Tom Scocca said it best: "Greater Baltimore already has plenty of affordable housing, and it has wonderfully safe streets. They're just not in the same place. You can buy a house on North Broadway for pocket change. You can stroll alone at night through Fallston. You can't do it the other way around."

(http://www.citypaper.com/2001-03-14/feature.html)

That said, if you're honestly scared of the mean streets of Baltimore, you're a pansy. Sure, it has the highest per capita murder rate in the country, but folks, if someone kills you, chances are you did something to piss him off. People aren't just sitting around waiting to cap tourists at random.

And wirthling is right about people not calling it "Charm City". The only people who really seem to use that name are people who don't live here. I don't object to it or anything, it's just that I don't really hear it used.

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kaufman June 4, 2001 3:52 PM	quote: Did Carlin really bash my birthplace? I suppose Baltimore deserves bashing ... Not a direct bash, but ... His Eleven O'Clock News Sketch begins with the monotone voice of a serious anchorman, something along the lines of: "It's 8:00 in Los Angeles. It's 9:00 in Denver. It's 10:00 in Chicago In Baltimore, it's 6:42 " ==Ken
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