Contest For The Coming Weekend
With a lot of area high school students having their graduation ceremonies (and parties) this coming weekend, I have decided to open up the proverbial phone lines for a new mASS BACKWARDS contest.
God knows I've tried to get the word out to people that getting loaded and splitting your car in two on a phone pole can be hazardous to one's health. But, apparently saying such things makes me an insensitive asshole. You want insensitive? Try this.
Guess the number of idiot kids who will drink, drive, speed, crash, and kill themselves this weekend on Massachusetts roadways, parking lots, and ditches. Cerebrally-challenged kids who get in the car with the drunk kid driving and wind up taking the big dirt nap as a direct result thereof will also count toward the final "Stupid Dead Kids" tally.
Leave your entry in the comments section. Closest answer, or earliest submitted correct answer, will win some cheap-ass, yet-to-be determined prize. One entry per person, and the decisions of the judge (that's me) are final.
UPDATE (6/10): I realized this morning that I need to clarify some of the contest's parameters. For the purposes of determining a winner, the following definitions apply:
Stupid: Typically, this would describe kids who were drunk behind the wheel when killed, or passengers in car driven by an intoxicated person when killed, or driving at an excessive rate of speed and/or in a reckless manner when killed.
For the purposes of this contest, the definition of "stupid" will also include, um, other stupid behavior (e.g. a kid showing off his father's "unloaded" handgun or drunk kids playing "let's jump across rooftops").
Dead: Pretty self-explanatory.
Kid: An individual between the ages of 13 and 20, inclusive.
The official "weekend" begins today (Friday) at 3:00 PM and runs through 5:00 AM, Monday morning. Good luck.
And, JP, I'm rooting for you.
UPDATE: OK, It's after 3:00. Game on.
0 - JP
1 - Irishkid
2 - Jason Kallini
3 - Kin-shay
4 - Mike (pick again, FishOrMan and Amy RN)
5 - Roger H.
6 - anon (pick again, Wavemaker)
7 - pmedic
8 - XeroSygnal
9 - Jay G.
10 - gunner
11 - rimfirejones
12 - Ron
13 - Bill
14 - shortbus
15 - Carter
16 - Alan
17 - Patty
18 - Andrew Upson
21 - Katie
22 - Tom
23 - cube
God knows I've tried to get the word out to people that getting loaded and splitting your car in two on a phone pole can be hazardous to one's health. But, apparently saying such things makes me an insensitive asshole. You want insensitive? Try this.
Guess the number of idiot kids who will drink, drive, speed, crash, and kill themselves this weekend on Massachusetts roadways, parking lots, and ditches. Cerebrally-challenged kids who get in the car with the drunk kid driving and wind up taking the big dirt nap as a direct result thereof will also count toward the final "Stupid Dead Kids" tally.
Leave your entry in the comments section. Closest answer, or earliest submitted correct answer, will win some cheap-ass, yet-to-be determined prize. One entry per person, and the decisions of the judge (that's me) are final.
UPDATE (6/10): I realized this morning that I need to clarify some of the contest's parameters. For the purposes of determining a winner, the following definitions apply:
Stupid: Typically, this would describe kids who were drunk behind the wheel when killed, or passengers in car driven by an intoxicated person when killed, or driving at an excessive rate of speed and/or in a reckless manner when killed.
For the purposes of this contest, the definition of "stupid" will also include, um, other stupid behavior (e.g. a kid showing off his father's "unloaded" handgun or drunk kids playing "let's jump across rooftops").
Dead: Pretty self-explanatory.
Kid: An individual between the ages of 13 and 20, inclusive.
The official "weekend" begins today (Friday) at 3:00 PM and runs through 5:00 AM, Monday morning. Good luck.
And, JP, I'm rooting for you.
UPDATE: OK, It's after 3:00. Game on.
0 - JP
1 - Irishkid
2 - Jason Kallini
3 - Kin-shay
4 - Mike (pick again, FishOrMan and Amy RN)
5 - Roger H.
6 - anon (pick again, Wavemaker)
7 - pmedic
8 - XeroSygnal
9 - Jay G.
10 - gunner
11 - rimfirejones
12 - Ron
13 - Bill
14 - shortbus
15 - Carter
16 - Alan
17 - Patty
18 - Andrew Upson
21 - Katie
22 - Tom
23 - cube
