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Post by Tex on May 18, 2010 17:08:16 GMT -6
Here are the rules: 1) The contest runs until June 15, 2010 2) Enter as many time as you like 3) Post a picture that you took. (not off the net, etc.) 4) The winner gets a sack of burning dogshit on the porch. My first entry is a blue plastic horse at the entry to a ranch near Palestine, Texas. Such entrances are usually marked by wagon wheels, the cattle brand of the ranch, a lone star, the owner's name or another name for the ranch. A blue plastic horse is tacky beyond belief. Let the poor taste begin. Attachments:
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on May 18, 2010 18:40:39 GMT -6
Great idea Tex, Ive got a few candidates locally. The trick will be taking the picture without getting caught.
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Post by Tex on May 18, 2010 20:14:10 GMT -6
I hear you. I will try and snap a picture of a pink fiberglass gorilla outside a trashy bingo parlor in Austin.
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Post by mugsey911 on May 18, 2010 22:04:48 GMT -6
With a prize like that I've got to start keeping a camera in the truck!  |
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Post by innit Geezer on May 18, 2010 22:34:04 GMT -6
I'll come up with something, my camera is always at hand.
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Post by Tex on May 19, 2010 7:59:44 GMT -6
We have some talent on the board. There is plenty of time. I want your best work.
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Post by innit Geezer on May 19, 2010 10:41:14 GMT -6
I took few pictues around the NY/NJ border. When I have pc access later I'll load them up. In the mean time please accept this Palm Pre post as my first submission.
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Post by innit Geezer on May 19, 2010 10:57:52 GMT -6
I took few pictues around the NY/NJ border. When I have pc access later I'll load them up. In the mean time please accept this Palm Pre post as my first submission.
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Post by innit Geezer on May 19, 2010 11:09:28 GMT -6
I took few pictues around the NY/NJ border. When I have pc access later I'll load them up. In the mean time please accept this Palm Pre post as my first submission.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on May 19, 2010 11:20:57 GMT -6
Actually, Gary, it counts as your first THREE submissions.
I'm stuck in an elavator on 8th ave. And I'm talking to you guys about chicken suits. :--)
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Post by Tex on May 19, 2010 12:39:25 GMT -6
Actually, Gary, it counts as your first THREE submissions. I'm stuck in an elavator on 8th ave. And I'm talking to you guys about chicken suits. :--) Don't flake out on us. We are counting on you for some unique contributions here. |
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Post by innit Geezer on May 19, 2010 13:04:56 GMT -6
Since "tacky" is almost purely subjective, I submit this photograph of tacky with a touch of sad irony.  |
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Post by innit Geezer on May 19, 2010 13:12:39 GMT -6
The rebellious baggy pants look might be "in," but with pink tennis shoes and matching pink and backwards ball-cap?  |
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Post by innit Geezer on May 19, 2010 13:17:48 GMT -6
A deer lawn ornament with plastic roses adoring it's antlers? Come on! Everyone knows concrete and plastic clash.  |
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Post by innit Geezer on May 19, 2010 13:19:24 GMT -6
Tex -- I'm going to win this contest on shear volume alone. I hope the prize is free H2 days or at least massage vouchers.
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Post by innit Geezer on May 19, 2010 13:24:31 GMT -6
How about a collection of satellite dishes? (accented with scarp wood to support window unit air conditioner)  |
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Post by Tex on May 19, 2010 13:54:26 GMT -6
Some good entries - I may have to take a detour through the trailer park with my camera.
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Post by innit Geezer on May 19, 2010 13:59:36 GMT -6
Tex, I have the hands down winner. It's a full garden of plastic flowers at one of the HUD apartment complexes I work at.
Like Gordon says, the only trouble is getting in there. When I pull in, the site manager will come walking over because he didn't call for any units to be done.
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Post by Tex on May 19, 2010 15:02:16 GMT -6
I guess a visit to the Kilgore Wal Mart would be cheating.
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Post by nolaflacav on May 19, 2010 16:11:21 GMT -6
I think I can win this thing hands down with just one entry. My mug shot is going up on a billboard in O-town on June 1. We took the photos today. Tacky crap aptly defines the photo shoot. I am afraid to think what the enlarged product will look like
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Post by innit Geezer on May 21, 2010 9:56:37 GMT -6
Here's the plastic garden I spoke about. It's tacky but low maintenance and they don't spend countless hours like I do weeding and watering.  |
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Post by Tex on May 21, 2010 10:12:21 GMT -6
Our tax dollars at work. I may have to bring my camera over to the "Club BJ" on the Carthage Highway. The name is more promising than the appearance.
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Post by Chicago Jake on May 21, 2010 10:27:48 GMT -6
I think I can win this thing hands down with just one entry. My mug shot is going up on a billboard in O-town on June 1. We took the photos today. Tacky crap aptly defines the photo shoot. I am afraid to think what the enlarged product will look like Okay, I'll bite. Why is your mug going up on a billboard? Are you running for office or something?.......Jake |
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Post by nolaflacav on May 21, 2010 15:26:04 GMT -6
I think I can win this thing hands down with just one entry. My mug shot is going up on a billboard in O-town on June 1. We took the photos today. Tacky crap aptly defines the photo shoot. I am afraid to think what the enlarged product will look like Okay, I'll bite. Why is your mug going up on a billboard? Are you running for office or something?.......Jake Way too many skeletons in this closet to even think about politics. This is purely business. One of the companies I do business with wants to boost their name recognition and at the same time highlight their top agents. I keep telling them they are going to crater their business with me up there. |
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Post by Tex on May 21, 2010 20:12:53 GMT -6
May I proudly present the "Club BJ" Attachments:
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on May 22, 2010 5:29:17 GMT -6
I think I can win this thing hands down with just one entry. My mug shot is going up on a billboard in O-town on June 1. We took the photos today. Tacky crap aptly defines the photo shoot. I am afraid to think what the enlarged product will look like .......Jake I think I heard that the Post Office is no longer posting the FBI's ten most wanted, this could be the alternative. |
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on May 22, 2010 10:34:40 GMT -6
Either that or Facebook.
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Post by Chicago Jake on May 23, 2010 15:35:56 GMT -6
They just put this tacky sculpture up outside our local Best Buy on Clark Street:  It replaced this sculpture, which I called "the aluminum french fries."  |
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Post by Tex on May 23, 2010 16:58:08 GMT -6
Those aren't too bad. A local brokerage house here paid big bucks for some modern art that looked like some old tractor parts welded together.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on May 23, 2010 17:05:04 GMT -6
Ah, so *that's* where some of the bailout money went!
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