Thursday, January 1, 2009

OSG is going on hiatus until Jan 4.
But look for our coming feature on howardgr: "The Cleverest Twitterer of 2008"

Congrats to yesterday's winners:

1st Place -- jhamlin
"Bachelors grow old, but rarely grow up."

2nd Place -- howardgr
"Bachelors grow bigger when watered with beer."

3rd Place -- TIE

Allen_Taylor:
"Bachelors grow old one dirty thought at a time."

jackhauer:
"Bachelors grow tiresome on reality shows."

And the real Estonian Old Saying?
"Bachelors grow foolish."
But it was New Year's Eve and it seemed like a good idea at the time :)

HOW TO PLAY, EXAMPLE, AND SCORING


Start by following the OLD SAYING GAME on Twitter now


HOW TO PLAY:


1. We tweet half of an obscure old saying every Wednesday


2. Direct reply to @OldSayingGame (see example below) with your completed version of the old saying by 4:45pm EST the following Wednesday


3. You vote at http://bit.ly/K50b (don’t forget to tell your friends to vote -- but you can't tell them which one is yours, otherwise you'll get disqualified)


Voting closes at the following Wednesday when we announced the winners of the following week and the new OLD SAYING.



EXAMPLE:


Norwegian Old Saying:

"One does not look at the moon..."


You complete the saying and direct reply with something clever, like:

d OldSayingGame Norwegian Old Saying:

"One does not look at the moon if his eyes are filled with tears."


By the way, the real saying is:

"One does not look at the moon when the sun is up."





POINTS:


1st place entry: 100 pts


2nd place entry: 50 pts


3rd place entry: 25 pts