Winners: Mini-challenge #67 -- Humor

Richard

Well, that was fun, but not easy to choose from so many great entries. Art is subjective and humor is as well, so here are the ones that made me laugh the most.

The honorable mentions (in random order):



Now to the top five:

#5: OMG, by Trevlan


#4: Untitled by Karrie McD


#3: Snowmen Can't Jump, by leaforte


#2: jeffmeyers' Dog Head on the Wall


And the winner of the bragging rights and host for the next mini-challenge is:












Benjer, for Runaway Sushi


Great job, everyone. :clap:clap:clap I hope you all enjoyed this as much as I did.

Cheers,

KevXman

I loved all of the entries as well, and it would have been hard for me to pick one as better than the others. Congrats Benjer!
— Kevin

leaforte

Cogratulations benjer.

Tango

congrats !!!!

Greydog

Congratulations everyone! Awesome pictures

jeffmeyers

Yeah, Runaway Sushi was the best. Good choice, Richard. And thanks for recognizing my stuffed doggie, too! I know he's looking down and smiling right now. Sniff, sniffle.

JAG

This was such a fun thread! Congrates to the winner and all the runners ups. Thanks for including me in a mention!

Flyinggina

Congratulations, Benjer!!

I was sorry not to be able to participate, but thanks heaps to those of you who did. Your wonderful witty, sometimes silly, warm and clever entries sure made me smile a lot over the past two weeks.

OK Benjer, what is our next theme?

Virginia

ChrisJ

Great choice of subject! I really enjoyed this one... and thanks for the nod, Richard! I knew that shrimp was destined for great things.

ilbcnu

Congrats!! what fun it was to see these entries!

micalngelo

Congratulations Benjer .....and to all who entered this fun challenge
Thank You Richard for the HM's as well:D

Trevlan

Holy smokes! I made it to the top 5 with all of these outstanding photographs. I'm totally floored. Congrats to the winner, I knew that picture would win when I saw it the first time. I thought it was a strong contender in the DSS14. Great job. Very fun mini Richard. Can't wait for the next challenge!

ic4u

Congrats to all, so many fantastic images..Thanks for a fun round Richard!

Benjer

Thanks for a sweet Christmas present!
What a nice surprise to come home to, after a long weekend trip to DC (home of the "National Christmas Tree," among other sights). DGrin was my first stop online to decompress after traveling, and I'm still grinning from ear to ear at the news. Thanks everyone for the kind comments here and during DSS #14 when I originally made the shot.

I really enjoyed this mini challenge (thanks Richard for a fun theme!) and again was amazed and humbled by the collective talent here. Congrats to Richard's Top 5 and the HM's, and to all who participated. All the entries brought a smile to my face, some chuckles, and some out-and-out laughs. Great job everyone!

Especially poignant for me was finding Karrie's shot of my parents' "Open House" after it was hit by a tornado in Suffolk, VA this past May. Though their house (as well as many others) and virtually all of their belongings were destroyed, no lives were lost and we have come through with our sense of humor, and our sense of home, intact.

It is with that in mind that I submit the theme for the next challenge as, simply, "Home." What does "Home" mean to you? Is it a specific place, a collection of sentimental objects, or people? Is it where you live now, or someplace in the past? A room, a region, or relationship?

This is wide open to interpretation, but I expect a winning entry will communicate a personal statement of what "Home" means (to you, or to the subject of the photo), rather than a generic "Home Sweet Home" cliché. That said, I also expect to be surprised - as usual - by many takes on the theme I never imagined. Discussion on the subject, as well as specific entries, is encouraged!

I will post a separate "Mini Challenge #68" entry thread in the next day or so (I think I have until Dec 31?), with the official start and end dates, rules, etc. So here you have a little head start for the first Mini Challenge of 2009! And I have some time to freak out about (and get used to) having to judge it!!! Oh boy...:oogle

Happy Holidays to everyone, and a Happy New Year!
:ivar

leahe

Congratulations everyone!

travelways

I really had fun watching this challenge

Congratulations Benjer!!! and everyone else who participated

dlibrach

Congrats to Benjer and to everyone else that posted. Thanks also for the HM. This mini-comp was fun to watch and brought a smile to my face.

Cheers,
D

Scott_Quier

Benjer - all the submissions brought a smile or chuckle or laugh, your's just topped the list! Well done, indeed!

Oh, and I really like your idea for the next one! Good thought!

Trevlan

Scott_Quier wrote:

Benjer - all the submissions brought a smile or chuckle or laugh, your's just topped the list! Well done, indeed!

Oh, and I really like your idea for the next one! Good thought!

Scott, I think you should submit your "Miss Him" photo for the next one. It'll win for sure. Love that shot!

Scott_Quier

Trevlan wrote:

Scott, I think you should submit your "Miss Him" photo for the next one. It'll win for sure. Love that shot!

Thank you, but for me that's not a "this is how I see/feel about home" shot. I have some other ideas for this one. Oh, and be warned, I much better with the mushy stuff than I am with the humor

dlplumer

Congrats to all on a great round.

divamum

Benjer, you know I've loved the Runaway Sushi since you first posted it in #14 - very glad to see you've had some more mileage out of it!

The others are hilarious as well - what a great theme. Congrats to all! clap

pyry

Congrats to the top!

That was a laugh out loud thread, Richard! Excellent topic

Benjer

divamum wrote:

Benjer, you know I've loved the Runaway Sushi since you first posted it in #14 - very glad to see you've had some more mileage out of it!

Thanks! And speaking of mileage, that little shrimp hasn't quit since it heard the news...like it thinks it's the energizer bunny or something. :ivar These "15 minutes" have gone straight to its head, I'm afraid.

Karrie McD

Congrats!
Congrats to all...a very very fun round indeed!!

divamum

Benjer wrote:

Thanks! And speaking of mileage, that little shrimp hasn't quit since it heard the news...like it thinks it's the energizer bunny or something. :ivar These "15 minutes" have gone straight to its head, I'm afraid.

Bwaahahahahha

I think you need to hide that thing somewhere in every picture (you know, kind of like the cartoonist Hirschfield and the "Nina"s.). Or at least in every challenge entry (you were missed in #15 - hope you're coming back to the fold for the next one!)

Benjer

divamum wrote:

I think you need to hide that thing somewhere in every picture (you know, kind of like the cartoonist Hirschfield and the "Nina"s.). Or at least in every challenge entry (you were missed in #15 - hope you're coming back to the fold for the next one!)

Hmmmm, now that's a thought. Kind of a Where's Waldo, sushi style! And thanks by the way for the Hirschfield reference - after a quick search on Wikipedia I've learned something. How'd I miss that little gem of popular culture???

I'm hoping to get something in for DSS#16, though without a specific theme I'm having a really hard time coming up with something!