THE
FELLIP NECTAR STAND WORD PLAY CHALLENGE:
Put
your keyboard where your mouth is…
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WINNERS:
To read the winning entries and view the
awarded trophies, click on the title and name below.
Ultimate
Word Play King: NIBB
King
of Scaperisms: Sorlk Lewis
Limerick
Leprechaun: Blind Dentist
Congratulations guys! Every entry was ROTFLMAO material!
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What is the
Challenge?
The Fellip Nectar Stand has
decided to host a Challenge for entertainment as well as to pass the time this
summer. What is the challenge you
ask? Create your own original Scaperisms,
Clever dialogue, Metaphors, Tongue Twisters, Limericks, Long-winded jokes…well,
you get the idea by now. This is a
purely Comedic Challenge where you can be as loose and crazy as you want to be. You may write a ficlet or you may simply
submit a phrase. You may relate to
Farscape or just life in general. It
doesn’t really matter!
Now, if you decide to write
a ficlet including things mentioned above, you must create a new alcoholic
drink that can be used in future editions of the FNS and also be accredited to
your name (Most likely your name will appear before the name of the drink at
all times. Example: Pilot’s Leviathan
Concoction #4). Please list all
ingredients found in the drink and how it is served.
What is the Focus
of the Challenge?
The Focus of the Challenge
is to find the best *original* sayings a Scaper can come up with. I guess it would be best to say that the
sayings should relate to Farscape since that is where everything we’ve known as
the Fellip Nectar Stand has derived from.
The whole thing that started this challenge was our latest string of
episodes, filled to the brim with Crichtonisms. I love ‘em and I’m sure virtually every Scaper who is a Scaper
loves ‘em to! I just want to see how
creative Scapers can be. This is why
I’ve coined the term “Scaperisms” to represent the best sayings by you.
How do I Enter?
Simply send all submissions
to LeatherGirl via email: fellipnectarstand@yahoo.com. Please title the heading of the email as the
“FNS Challenge”.
What to Enter…
There have been questions
raised as to what to enter and how to go about this whole thing. Here’s a list of suggestions of what you
should enter with a brief explanation if need be:
Scaperisms aka Sayings aka
Crichtonisms: “My momma always
said too much Farscape would fry my brain, er,
was it Scorpius?”
Clever Dialogue: This is great for those of you with
fanfics…just give me some quotes or back and forth commentary that causes
electrical explosions and the like ;) Or try this:
John 1: “Get the
wax outta your ears, Crunch…it’s a metaphor.”
Captian Crunch:
“There is no wax in my ears…I’ll have you know I cleaned them twice this
morning!”
John 2: “Clean as
a whistle, eh?”
John 1: “I’ll be
six feet under before my momma’d get me to clean my ears TWICE!”
(Edition 3.3)
Metaphors: we all know them and they’re everywhere:
“The cat’s out of the bag”. Our
faithful dictionary states: A metaphor
is a figure of speech which makes an “implied” comparison
between things which are
not “literally”
alike. “Rygel is taller than a
drannit.”
Tongue Twisters: “Pilot piloted Pickle People to Pickle
Palace.”
Limericks: “There once was a man named Crichton
Who was easy to enlighten
He made mistakes, saved the day
The human always had his way
He even preferred to go down fightin’”
Long-winded Jokes: Scorpius walks into the Fellip Nectar Stand
with a cooler in one arm and a heater in the other. He approaches the bartender and places both the cooler and heater
next to each other on the bar. The
bartender looks at him strangely and asks what the deal is. Scorpius leans in and whispers to the
bartender. The bartender widens his
eyes and backs away. Several aliens in
the bar take notice and decide to leave as well. John Crichton and his friends walk into the bar and approach
Scorpius. They see the cooler and the
heater and they ask Scorpius what the deal is.
Scorpius whispers to them and they back away and exit the stand as
quickly as they can. A Scarran comes
into the bar and takes a seat beside Scorpius and looks at the cooler and the
heater. Scorpius looks to the Scarran,
smiles, and grabs the heater. The
Scarran looks at Scorpius, smiles, and grabs the cooler. They exit the stand and several mictors
later, a loud explosion booms. John
Crichton and his friends enter back into the bar laughing. The bartender returns and asks them what
they are laughing about. John Crichton
replies: “Opposites attract.”
Humorous Ficlets: Like to use a lot of words and bounce them
off each other to make one hilarious little ficlet? Well, write something up already, will ya? Gees, I have tell you everything don’t
I? Hehehe. If you write a ficlet, I ask that you include a drink somewhere
in the ficlet. Just a little creative
extra. For an example of using a
beverage in a ficlet, check out “FNS Special Edition: EowynAeryn…and Ben…on the
beach…” to see Pilot’s special drink called “Pilot’s Leviathan Concoction
number 4” which contains: one beaker of
mysterious blue liquid, one small vat of brownish yellow liquid (a version of
Amnexus Fluid), and five parts sparkling red liquid.
What are the
Rules?
Now you’re probably holding
your belly and laughing until you turn purple, but please bear with me
here. This may not be as easy as it
looks!
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All entries MUST BE ORIGINAL!
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You may enter as many times as you wish.
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You must practice etiquette and respect in your choice of
words.
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You cannot use phrases or metaphors commonly used through
out the world today or Crichtonisms found on Farscape. In other words, don’t steal something that’s
already been stated.
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You can use common phrases or metaphors as templates ONLY. Here’s an example:
I wrote an
FNS edition and came up with the phrase “Different paces for different
races”. The original states “Different
strokes for different folks”.
When is the
Deadline?
The deadline is July 23rd
so get your eemas settled into your thinking chairs and type away!
When are the
Winners Announced?
I will handle all
submissions and announce the results on July 25th. I will post the top 5 winning entries on the
FNS site as well as on several bboards.
What, no special
categories, mentions, or titles???
Hey, I said I wanted to be
simple here, didn’t I? ;) There are no
categories or anything…just enter and see if you win!
If you must demand
something more organized, I can state a winner for each of the things I’ve
established above: Scaperisms, Clever
Dialogue, Metaphors, Tongue Twisters, Limericks, Long-winded Jokes, and
Humorous Ficlets. I will only do this
if the number of entries for each allows me to do so. :)
What is the
Reward?
The Reward is to be named
the Ultimate Word Play King (or) Queen.
Or at least King (or) Queen of Scaperisms! Well, if that’s not good enough, I’ll give you a shiny virtual
trophy that would probably blind those who envy you. The top 5 winners will also be featured in an upcoming FNS
Victory Interactive Edition.
PREVIEW OF WINNER’S
TROPHIES:
See! I told you they’d be brand spanking,
spit-shiningly new!