Race to 1000
So I hear Apple is trying to out-do me. I guess they're giving out some kind of great prizes for the 500,000,000th song sold on iTunes. The winner gets 10 iPods, 10,000 songs on iTunes, and tickets to see Coldplay in concert. They've even got some sort of impressive counter on their web site. Hmph.
I am unimpressed.
I'm also pretty childish, so to out-do their attempt to out-do me, I'd like to announce the omarphillips.net 1000th comment contest!!
"But Omar, what will the prize be for the 1000th commenter?"
I thought you'd never ask! As regular readers know, I pride myself on celebrating milestones with givaways, often with fun or personalized prizes. What you may not know (mainly because I've never said it before) is that one of my mottos is "go big or go home."
With those two things in mind, I had my marketing and legal teams meet to come up with a prize. What is it?
A brand new omarphillips.net desk calendar!
"What? A desk calendar? That's ... um... kind of lame."
I thought that might be your reaction. That is, until I told you that the calendar would be mounted to the vast dashboard space in your new omarphillips.net special edition Hummer H2!!!* (Personalized license plates not included.)
That's right, Apple. An H2. No, an H2 with a desk calendar. It kind of makes your 10 iPods sound a little second-rate, doesn't it?
Current comment count: 816. Some might say that's a little early to start a countdown to 1000. I disagree.
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* - Legal disclaimer and contest rules are still being mulled over by the legal team. Against their advice, I am announcing the contest anyway. It's just so exciting, I had to tell!
Comments
Viking054 said:
10 ipods? What are you supposed to do with 10 ipods?
Glo said:
I don't even know what to say! I am so excited that I cried more than a little! I mean, the desk calendar really got me, but the LE Hummer?! I plan to be here a lot with such prizes on the table, so prepare for the competition unfortunate losers!
cadiz12 said:
hey omar, howcome your fancy new comment thing doesn't remember me?
ooh, i know i shouldn't be greedy b/c i have that coolass plaque, but i'm pumped.
one question. what if you really want the desk calendar but want to trade the H2 for a slightly smaller, more easy to park car?
jasmine said:
so are you going to comment to our comments in your comments less as to not inflate the numbers?
amber said:
Omar way cool. Of course the taxes and import taxes would kill me but I'd still want to have my picture taken with it before I try to sell it for the money :) Have you moved already? I'm thinking about going to MT too, but first I need to get my act together and all that rot :) Keep up the good blog!
I said:
viking - Exactly. That's why my prize is better. I don't know what the crap you do with 10 ipods. Store 100,000 songs?
glo - That's the spirit! Comment away.
cadiz - Hm, not sure why it's not remembering you, but it's upsetting to me! You're an omarphillips.net gold club member, and you deserve better. (the omarphillips.net gold club was just created during this comment, in case you were wondering.) And re: the H2, I'll see what I can do. But you may be able to take amber's lead and sell it to get something smaller...
jasmine - Less commenting from me? Nonsense! I'm all about comment number inflation. See the following comment for proof.
amber - I was hoping nobody would bring up the tax thing, just like Oprah was. And yes, I did make the move yesterday. It's been good so far, except for the comments not remembering cadiz.
I said:
I love comment inflation!
cadiz12 said:
GOLD CLUB! dude, that's awesome.
hey! it remembered me just now! did you make it do that?
Glo said:
Waaaaah! Am I Gold club, too???
Glo said:
BTW, i just messed up the integrity of the integrity poll. That kinda thing makes my day.
You suck, dude for the waiting period. And I got no warning. Major suckage.
MEP said:
It's only appropriate that you inflate the numbers in the comments to screw with someone's strategy to win the H2, seeing as how so many people enjoy screwing with the integrity of your polls. Turnabout it fair play, eh? lol.
Glo said:
MEP! Whose side are you on? I was going to split the Hummer with you...
cadiz12 said:
man, this name at the bottom thing is going to take some getting used to. it remembered me again! you fixed it, omar. good job.
RaJ said:
Hi, nothing special to report, just nice to be remembered. Poll? What poll?
Anonymous said:
GLO: I still want to split the Hummer.
I was riding the fence, but my tone was CLEARLY sarcastic. :D
Sarah said:
You make me laugh! I have a calendar fetish, so if I win, you can give me the calendar and keep the Hummer for yourself!
I said:
glo - Did you really just ask if you were a Gold Club member, then in the very next comment, tell me I suck? And I suck for a reason I don't even understand? Seriously?
MEP - Thank you for being the only one on my side. You're my favorite commenter of the day.
cadiz - I'm not wild about the name at the bottom of the comment thing either. They all kind of seem to run together to me. I'm looking for a way to make it a little easier on the eyes... Glad the problem is fixed! I think it was me designating you a Gold Club member that did it.
RaJ - Hi!
Sarah - Calendar fetish? I'd normally harp on that for a little while, but then you said you'd give me the H2.
Jon said:
I know what I’d do with 9 ipods, but 10 is just complete overkill. Desk calendar is way more practical.
Can I copy paste, “Am I number 1000?” several hundred times, or would that be considered cheap? I’ll have you know that I too have the opportunity to mess with the integrity of the polls when I’m at work, but I choose not to.
Jon said:
I know what I’d do with 9 ipods, but 10 is just complete overkill. Desk calendar is way more practical.
Can I copy paste, “Am I number 1000?” several hundred times, or would that be considered cheap? I’ll have you know that I too have the opportunity to mess with the integrity of the polls when I’m at work, but I choose not to.
X said:
Integrity? What's that?
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cadiz12 said:
i love being a gold club member.
someone i know used to sell mini ipods on e-bay and make quite a killing b/c he had stocked up before they became so wildly popular. you could always do that. i wonder how many hybrid cars i can buy with the sale of one H2 (of course, i'll have to remove the calendar and that's going to take the resale price way down, but hey, that's the best part of the prize.)
I said:
jon - There will be something in the upcoming contest rules that will prevent that sort of "cheating." I do, however, appreciate you taking the moral high ground with respect to the polls.
X - Main Entry: in·teg·ri·ty
Function: noun
1 : firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values
See X, it's like when... um... oh, nevermind.
cadiz - Gold Club member perks also include free flights to anywhere in the world on omarphillips.net airlines, free unlimited-length visit at any omarphillips.net resorts worldwide, and 1,000,000,000 omarphillips.net dollars.
Jon said:
Crap… I think I lost my Gold Club status when I went on vacation…
I said:
jon - Your Gold Club membership was put temporarily on hold, as there are club rules for frequency of comments. So I wouldn't say you lost your membership.
onj said:
That's fair. What good is a club without rules anyway? Gotta keep the riff raff out... or in... whichever.