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I love seeing the trend of blog “Giveaways” that have been popping up everywhere.
I’ve considered hosting a giveaway of my own for awhile. I didn’t jump on the bandwagon immediately because I am someone who is notoriously weak regarding the “Everyone else is doing it” mentality. It is a good thing that I hung out with people that weren’t “Baddies” in high school. If I had run with a seriously rebellious crowd I would have probably gone with the flow and picked up some very bad habits. Instead of sitting here writing this blog I would probably have fatherless kids named Ramone, Shaniqua, Earl and Hung li, and give $5 blow jobs on the docks to support my raging meth habit. Luckily, all I ever did in my teenage years was have lame photo-shoots in my best friends basement and spray pillows with our boyfriend’s cologne and slow dance with them in the dark to “Forever Young” by Alphaville. “Adventurous” to me was sneaking out with my boyfriend and letting him cop an occasional feel in the backseat of his car.
Shoot. Now I’m trying to figure out what the hell I was talking about in the first place. Oh, yes! Peer pressure and how I am succumbing to it…
I’m hosting my very first blog give-a-way! (And there was much rejoicing…yay…)
I have a crapload of “Stuff” sitting on my computer desk. For a refresher, click HERE. Featured below are a few of my favorites. “Claude” the crab is the only beanie baby in the world I would ever own. There is something terribley cute and earnest about his wee-beady eyes. I looked for one forever and my friend Karen gave me hers! Right below Claude, is my AWESOME chicken. He reminds me of the penguin in the “Wallace and Grommit” Movies. 
He totally kills me. Maybe it is because I am a sucker for things with wee-beady eyes, Maybe it is his mismatched socks, or maybe it is his winged “Go-to move” that happens when you squeeze his feet together, who knows?
What he doesn’t have?
A NAME.
So, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to give Loralee’s plastic chicken a name!
What will the winner get in return? A $15 gift certificate to Amazon.com. As an added bonus, if you are the lucky winner AND you **link to THIS post on your blog, your prize goes up to $20. I pinky swear that the linkylove will not influence my final decision. It’s just an added bonus because I’m a traffic-whore.
Leave your entries in my comments. You may enter as many times as you wish.
The contest closes at 11:59 pm, Thursday, August 30th.
Cluck-Cluck-Good-Luck!
You plugged how to get rid of things again? I noticed a flux in the traffic and thought I’d dig around and find out where it was coming from. What is this Kerflop website?
I got here via one of those linky loves someone posted for ya! ;)
I vote for Chick-E-Dee. ChickyDee. However you want to spell it.
Jonathan-
Totally!
I love your website. Totally informative and TOTALLY HILARIOUS.
Here, I’ll plug it again (Though the lame way. My link code keeps adding “Nofollow” and making it disappear. Don’t know why):
“HEY! You need to know how to “Get rid of things” (Like anything from wasps, dandruff, 10 extra lbs, yellow toenails, stains on clothing or even Trick-or-treaters?) If you do, and I know you do, go here:
http://www.getridofthings.com
You’ve forgotten the whining about my wasp problem I droned on about last summer. Tasha emailed me the link to the “Get rid of wasps” page and it TOTALLY worked.
This was good because we were PLAGUED by them. My poor kids kept getting stung. I had no idea that yellow jackets were attracted to pet food, trash, meat and water!
Kerflop http://kerflop.com is a freaking awesome blogger and web designer extrodinaire. She designed this webpage and is the bomb-diggity. I heart her to death. She’s having a wasp problem so I sent her to you to see if there was anything else she could do about it.
NOW.
YOU NEED TO TRY TO NAME MY CHICKEN.
Grin.
Cornelius.
And if I win, I’ll send a link over to show people what I won. BUT NOT UNTIL THEN.
Li’l Clucker
I added you to my contest post for today too.
http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2007/08/thursday-edition-of-contests-galore_30.html
http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2007/08/thursday-edition-of-contests-galore_30.html”
Chicken Little
ok…i thought about it and i vote:
“hot dish”
in memory of minnesota. heh. ;)
ps.
is hot dish one or two words? that part would be up to you i guess! haha!
Ethyl I think fits.
I came over from Lauras blog.
Mr. Quaker-Pants
I’ve decided it’s a lady chicken, and her name should be Eunice. Or possibly Bernice.
Back agian…I never win so I have been racking my brain for more suggestions.
Carl? I think it would go well with Claude. Carl and Claude! There is also a french character in the books I have been reading named Jean Claude. So perhaps Jean.
Smuffins because I look at the word, say it and it makes me laugh.
Harpo
Fernando
Pierre (However you spell it.)
Tobin
Mr.Toppers
That’s everything else…I may be back. I am shameless in my want to win.
Angela- You are too funny. I’m going to have a friend help me make a list in random order and without contributers names so it stays as impartial as possible.
However, there is only one name I am totally and completely blacklisting from the competition
FERNANDO.
HERE IS WHY: (Again, I have NO idea why linking code isn’t working here today)
http://loraleeslooneytunes.com/2006/03/12/the-suck-of-stings-or-fugly-fernando-and-my-fing-eyes/
Don’t worry. I can laugh after 15 years. You’ll probably laugh too, when you read it! :) Still, I wouldn’t curse my beloved chicken, thus!
That story was only something that could happen to you. I haven’t quite stopped laughing also because I was thinking “Fernando” might be the winning entry when I saw it.
I’ll enter another name as well. How about “Clucky Brewster” because of the socks?
Wensleydale. I win.
Please donate my certificate to the boys’ school. :-)
I want the chicken. I don’t care what his name is.
Brother-You slay me. Sushi before chelle anc I depart the UK on the 10th w/Lin and Nan? I shall call to arrange!
Oh, The Joys-See? This is why I love you and Holli (Baby-Faith). The chicken is the obvious winner. HE RULES.
Smuckers the Clucker.
ok, first thought was mother clucker and second thought was george. :-)
Arnold Schwarzen-egger
angus mac cluck! (can I vote twice??)
Or Jane Aust-hen??
Sure! Vote to your hearts content!!
(What the hell am I saying!? It’s already going to be freaking hard to choose! ACK!)
Cute-Cluck-Clan.
Would that be too racist for your chicken?
Thanks for playing, my little chickadee’s.
The contest is now CLOSED.
I will be posting the winner in the morning.
(Freaking big job! YAY!)
Holy Moly, right on the nose am I good or what?
Ok, I cannot leave it at 79 comments. (Freakishly unfair way to have OCD, huh? Couldn’t it have been over laundry or something???)
DONE.
Sorry that this is going to mess up the even comments!
Omg! I totally forgot about that post. I did read that before. LOL. Sorry to make a suggestion that brought up those memories. hehehe
lol
What about Chickie Odd Socks?
:o)
I know my blog is private.. there is a good reason.. but email me if you’d like “the key” at thepeanutmm@yahoo.com
Have a good weekend
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