This is old content! The graveyard is a snapshot of content created from 2002-2005. For new stuff, visit Maniacal Rage.
 

Gmail Winners

posted on june 22, 2004, tag: web

I was surprised by how many people emailed me but couldn't think of a joke. I was also surprised by how many people sent me the same jokes. All in all, it was fun.

I'm giving the best joke award to Jenna Pfister, for the following joke which is simple but caught me off guard and made me snicker:

Q: Why does Snoop Dogg carry an umbrella?
A: Fo' drizzle.

The two random invitations went to Richard Chamberlain and Will Croft. I chose them randomly by putting all the names into a PHP array and used array_rand() to pull out 2 people.

Congrats to the three of you, and enjoy your Gmail accounts. I'll do this again if I get more invitations.

Comments

There are 5 comments, comments are closed

Sage on 06/22/2004:

I chose them randomly by putting all the names into a PHP array
and used array_rand() to pull out 2 people.

You know you're a geek when... ;-)

Will Croft on 06/23/2004:

Many thanks!

Jenna on 06/23/2004:

Thanks, Garret. :)

Geremy on 06/23/2004:

You've got mail! I just e-mailed you 3 more invitations for you to hold another contest.

wookie on 06/26/2004:

Sorry, I don't get that joke at all... is it an American thing that only works with the accent, or am I just being dense?

This one I get...

Bloke walks into the Vets with a hampster...

Bloke - 'Doc, there's something wrong with my hampster, it's not moving and has gone cold?'
Vet - 'Let me have a look here, hmmm, seems to be dead...'
Bloke - 'Noooo! Not scruffy, he's been with me for years and always pulls through any illness - can I get a second opinion or something?'
Vet - 'Sure, hang on'

...Vet walks out of room, returns with a cat under his arm, places it on the table next to the hampster... the cat looks the hanpster up and down, sniffs it a bit, then looks at the Vet and shakes it's head... Vet picks up cat, walks out of room and returns with a black Labridor dog, who goes through the same procedure before shaking it's head sadly at the vet and sauntering out...

Vet - 'Nope, definately dead'
Bloke - 'I suppose I can't argue with that, how much do I owe you?'
Vet - 'That'll be £250 please'
Bloke - '£250!!!! - how come?'
Vet - 'Well, my time is only £25, but with a Cat scan and a Lab report....'

Wa wa waaaahhhhh ;o)


See Also

View the archive

Original iPod Introduction
How far we've come in just a few short years. Here's where it all started.

Front Row on Non-iMacs
Going to try this tonight!

WriAShorStorWe!
DY starts a one-week short story writing event for people to lazy to enty NaNoWriMo. VerCooIdea.

Lost Rhapsody
Funny Flash movie using Weird Al music and Lost stuff. Lyrics make a surprising amount of sense!

Jed's Other Poem
Unsolicited music video made on an Apple ][. Fantastic!

Printers Output Secret Barcode
The government is keeping tabs on what you print, with the help of major printer companies.

Dreamhost Promo Codes
DH already has very cheap, very good hosting—this just sweetens the deal.

Photos of the new iPod
Just received my new iPod and I put a few photos up.

PEZ MP3 Player
Funny idea that actually looks kind of neat. I like that it comes pre-loaded with "indie" music.

HD Easter Egg
"My Name is Earl" on NBC gives viewers with HD TVs a little easter egg. Cute, but weird.