Art's Take on The Art Roflmao Challenge

11/26/2008 02:56:55 AM · #1

I gotta say THANK YOU to everyone who participated - especially those who don't know me! I voted early and voted and commented on 100% of the entries and I cracked up the whole time! The top finishers fairly closely reflect my top picks, of which I will post my 10 and 9 votes here:

All 10s from Art (in no particular order):

All 9s from Art:

The rest were excellent as well and I have added quite a few fav's from across the scoring spectrum. I hope you all had fun with it - I know some folks were probably annoyed with the challenge and can't wait to get back to some "real photography" - I appreciate your patience and indulgence. In all honesty, I think Langdon was either drunk or lazy when he pick the challenge topic and there are more deserving and longer "missing" members, but I'm honored nonetheless. Unfortunately I have to return to my partial exile for awhile, but you never know when I might still be lurking about, so watch what you say about me. ;-) God bless you all.

-Ken (Art)

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11/26/2008 03:05:24 AM · #2

Oh yeah, I meant to post my explanation of the "clues" I had on my profile page for awhile:

Ok, they weren't real clues, but here's the explanation for those who like to psychoanalyze:

Sort of in order from L-R top to bottom:

- Jail - seems an obvious guess.

- Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon album cover - Best album, ever. Probably.

- Capital Punishment / Lethal Injection chamber - I just put that in to add drama.

- Godzilla doodle - not my drawing, but I thought it was cool and G. is a Roflmao icon, after all.

- Space Food Sticks - I LOVED these as a kid (more than pop tarts!) and am saddened that I cannot get them now. Not even on ebay! :(

- Vacuum - Well, this one actually is a clue since I had to replace a belt on my vacuum the day I put this set of clues together.

- Mel Gibson in "Braveheart" - FREEDOM!!!! I just love that speech scene. "...lightning from his arse!" LOL

- Money bags - Big bags of cash are always on my mind.

- Russians - Just a colorful group of folks. Frankly I don't remember what I was thinking there.

- Floating eyeball - Ya always gotta include something like that in a mystery.

- Captive / Hostage - Found that on some torture information site. Do you know I could get a whole catalog of Torture Clipart??

- Skeleton key - This is for unlocking the clues. ...or it's the key to my office bathroom. I can't remember.

- Quasar - This might indicate that I was sucked into a supermassive blackhole in a distant galaxy and was propelled through the resulting rip in the spacetime fabric and spit out into this galaxy and right onto DPC's doorstep. ...or I just thought it was a cool image with lots of hot, flaming gasses.

- CIA Seal - I can't confirm or deny why that is there.

- Trojan Horse - Um... this is what I was traveling in (see "Quasar" above).

- E.T. photo - this is a reminder for me to phone home.

- Egyption Hieroglyph - this is the guardian of the spirit of the undead. and since I am not dead, I am "undead" and he is guarding my spirit. Makes perfect sense.

- PeeChee folders - I ran across those somewhere and they triggered a lengthy flashback to my junior high school daze. I woke up 3 days later in a treehouse. naked. Perhaps we'll see this depicted in one of the challenge entries.

- Dharma logo - A real clue? From "LOST", as in Art is lost. ...albeit not on some mysterious, uncharted island with "the others".

- European Sphynx - an Egyptian Sphynx would have been too obvious, redundant and ambiguous and while I would have been ok with two of those, all three would be too much.

- Tennis Racket - that's in there to hit the tennis ball next to it. I was going to make it a little Flash video game, but didn't have the time. ...nor any skills or knowledge of making Flash games.

- Tennis Ball - if that wasn't there, there would have been no need for the racket.

- "Eye" photo - that's actually my eye. Not my actual eye, but an actual photo of my eye. It indicates I may be missing, but I am still watching.

- Amelia Earhart & Airplane - They're both missing as well. Granted, they've been missing a lot longer.

- Grilled Cheese Sandwich - Mmmmmmmmm.... cheese.....

11/26/2008 03:08:04 AM · #3

Who are you?

11/26/2008 03:11:24 AM · #4

I am the brother mother never told you about. :P

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11/26/2008 03:19:37 AM · #5

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

I am the brother mother never told you about. :P

Ooooh I always wanted a brother....! Do you like motorbikes....and....and....whips...and....and...all that stuff???????

BeeCee

Nikon D40

11/26/2008 04:12:51 AM · #6

The one they threw down the well at birth, then changed their minds when they realised they'd have to dig a new well, dragged you up again and set you afloat on the creek, where you were later found by wolves and raised as one of the pack? THAT brother?

Retroesque

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11/26/2008 05:02:24 AM · #7

Art - I have no idea what Space Food Sticks are (Australia must have missed that fad)

Hope THIS helps!

Gordon_1

Nikon D800

11/26/2008 05:08:26 AM · #8

Originally posted by iamwoman:

Art - I have no idea what Space Food Sticks are (Australia must have missed that fad)

Hope THIS helps!

i had space food sticks ..when i was a kid they were in australia

11/26/2008 05:08:58 AM · #9

Originally posted by iamwoman:

Art - I have no idea what Space Food Sticks are (Australia must have missed that fad)

Hope THIS helps!

Are you kidding...I loved Space Food Sticks when I was a kid. Go and look in Woolies or Coles...and you will find them there in a few different flavours...usually with the meusli bars and stuff.

Retroesque

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11/26/2008 05:12:00 AM · #10

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by iamwoman:
Art - I have no idea what Space Food Sticks are (Australia must have missed that fad)

Hope THIS helps!

Are you kidding...I loved Space Food Sticks when I was a kid. Go and look in Woolies or Coles...and you will find them there in a few different flavours...usually with the meusli bars and stuff.

TRULY??? I'm going hunting...

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11/26/2008 05:23:17 AM · #11

Originally posted by iamwoman:

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by iamwoman:
Art - I have no idea what Space Food Sticks are (Australia must have missed that fad)

Hope THIS helps!

Are you kidding...I loved Space Food Sticks when I was a kid. Go and look in Woolies or Coles...and you will find them there in a few different flavours...usually with the meusli bars and stuff.

TRULY??? I'm going hunting...

I still like them. Here is the link to them, so you know what you are looking for.

aKiwi

Canon EOS-7D

11/26/2008 05:33:37 AM · #12

I can't remember them as a kid. Maybe they melted before making it over the ditch to New Zealand.
Either that or I'm too old for that stuff! Space wasn't invented when I was a kid!

11/26/2008 05:34:57 AM · #13

Originally posted by aKiwi:

I can't remember them as a kid. Maybe they melted before making it over the ditch to New Zealand.
Either that or I'm too old for that stuff! Space wasn't invented when I was a kid!

Errr...you're not that old...mate!

11/26/2008 05:49:19 AM · #14

Uhhh..what exactly are Space Food Sticks? Like Twiglets or something?...ahh OK, like an early version of an energy bar.

Art, am very flattered my shot made it into your top pix and faves!

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Retroesque

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11/26/2008 06:05:10 AM · #15

So, is what we're saying is that Art is probably on his way to Australia to find his much longed for Space Food Sticks?

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11/26/2008 06:33:17 AM · #16

Wow - I guess I shoulda looked for Space Food Sticks on the web. I found a place I can order them from here. Almost $30 though! Dayum! But I did find a lower price on used ones on Amazon...

ROFLMAO!

Well I am gonna order me some and I am guessing that, like everything else, it won't live up to the memories. We'll see. Actually now that I think of it, they were one of my favorite "munchies" foods in the 70's - I may get flashbacks. ...coooool! :-)

@

snaffles: Thank you for your wonderfully creative entry! I want one of those hammocks! (but a bigger version) and the book was a great read. SPOILER ALERT - I'm glad they come home at the end. ;-)

one2one

Olympus E-5

11/26/2008 07:46:55 AM · #17

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

I am the brother mother never told you about. :P

So then it's ok if we call you BroMo?

oh that was lame but it's gonna get posted anyways....

Good to have you back Art. :)

11/26/2008 10:11:31 AM · #18

I'll see what I can do, Art! And the cows loved being read to btw ;-)

smurfguy

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11/26/2008 11:08:22 AM · #19

Awesome. My favorite part was reading your comments on every pic in the challenge.

Yo_Spiff

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11/26/2008 11:54:22 AM · #20

Good challenge, but it needed more Godzillas. Unfortunately, I did not get my needed props in time, or I would have illustrated your camera hanging from Godzilla's teeth by the strap. Working title was "suffered the same fate as the Crocodile Hunter"

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11/26/2008 05:25:06 PM · #21

FYE, here are some spoofs I cranked out while I was voting on the challenge...

spoof of

Ahhhh, fun stuff. :-)

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Yo_Spiff

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

11/26/2008 07:13:32 PM · #22

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

FYE, here are some spoofs I cranked out while I was voting on the challenge...

There's my Godzilla fix. Thank you.

11/26/2008 07:40:42 PM · #23

OMG too frickin funny, made my evening!

sfalice

Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

11/26/2008 09:28:44 PM · #24

Originally posted by iamwoman:

Art - I have no idea what Space Food Sticks are (Australia must have missed that fad)

Hope THIS helps!

I dunno what they are either. Are they something to do with Vegemite?
Now there's a substance that would go into Space and Stick there.
:-))