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Soup Soup Crackers Crackers

Posted in Contests on July 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Turns our recent contest winner, Betsy, is my college-bound cousin!
She wins the plaque, of course.  We’ll let her decide for her grown-up self whether it would show mama more love to get the plaque next Mothers Day or to see it chipped for kindling.
But we promised our winner something better, too.
Every college student needs an [...]

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“memories that grab the uvula and last forever”

Posted in Contests on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Charity submitted A Nun’s Flamingos.  Andy’s opening line? These are the bowels I give. Ched envisioned Frankfurt rich with roosters.   ScottJ sent Deep motivation for the hope of a collection of turds. Jen foresaw Special eons touched with dimples. Charlotte offered Smarmy times filled with nail-clipping. And Dana recalled Memories that persuade the cuticle [...]

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Donate Your Parts of Speech Till Sunday Night!

Posted in Contests on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

If you’ve just come by in the last couple of days, you may have missed our current reader contest. Check it out! And enter!
Every one of you is welcome to donate your parts of speech until the end of the day Sunday.  We’ll post a winner early next week.  And maybe a runner up or [...]

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Jumble Libs Reader Contest…Fun. Easy. Join in!

Posted in Contests on July 6, 2009 | 19 Comments »

We’ve pulled a peach-colored Hallmark plaque (© 1983) off the shelf.  And we believe you readers are just the people to improve it for us big-time, Mad Libs-style.
Comment with a numbered list of the words below before the end of the week.  We’ll plug ‘em in the blanks and see what makes us laugh the [...]

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Kitsch vs. Kitsch

Posted in Contests, Stuff We Got on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Because we know you’re aflame with curiosity:
After six weeks of donations, “Footprints” plaques lead “The Difference,” 3-2.
OK, it took everything I had not to make a Mad Libs-ish reader contest out of these.  I mean, look at the fun you can have with Hamlet or the Declaration of Independence.
But I have another plaque picked out! [...]

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We Congratulate You Both

Posted in Contests on June 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Abel and Fran are here to present the winners of our June contest with their more-or-less pleasantly-scented prizes:
For Andrea, gardenia bath crystals.  All there.  Never used.
And for Andrew, a pair of natural soy wax votives.  One, lilac.  One, hazelnut, Irish cream, and Swiss mocha, in layers.  An entire coffee klatch in two inches of candle!
We [...]

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Jumble Feud Winner (and a bonus prize for someone else)

Posted in Contests on June 9, 2009 | 7 Comments »

OK, dropping that poor-man’s Richard Dawson persona now to give you all a real contest update…
Thanks to all who played. With only one item (and one point) left on the board, Andrea is our winner. I’d type an exclamation point there, but “Richard” wore that key out in the comment thread. She guessed Mildew, [...]

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“Jumble Feud”: a Reader Contest

Posted in Contests on June 8, 2009 | 25 Comments »

We asked one hundred donated boxes of clothes this question, and we have the top seven answers on the board:
What are we likely to smell when we open up your lid?

Mold / Mildew (32)
Smoke (26)
Laundry Detergent / Bleach (21)

Perfume (9)
Mothballs (7)
B.O. (4)
Dead Fish (1)
“Ring in” with one answer at a time in the comments. You [...]

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New Contest on Monday!

Posted in Contests on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Hey everyone, watch for a new reader contest on Monday morning. No special musical knowledge required this time–even the kids can play!
We think it’ll be a fun one.  See you then!
That shirt is not from Jumble.  We wish. It’s from the Internet. It does have something to do with the contest, though.  You’ll see.

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The Winner Receives…

Posted in Appreciation & Thanks, Contests, Jumble Fashion on May 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Kari Perritte of Texas, here is your contest prize!
I picked several out and let Millie choose which one to send. You living in TX ruled out the long-sleeved Fulda Girls 2006 State Basketball Champs t-shirt (“Small Town Girls, Big Time Ball”). And Millie was a little concerned that, since we don’t know you, ones [...]

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