Skewer Us with your Rapier Wit! Winners!

Final Update: The battle of the Silver Tongues is complete. Here are the top 15 comments for the contest. If you are in the top 5 - please send me (@dag) your tee size and mailing address and we'll get it in the mail. Thanks for playing, congrats to the winners and Sparta forever.

1. 46 votes - @blankfist

2. 45 votes - @Trancecoach

3. 37 votes - @dystopianfuturetoday

4. 36 votes - @JiggaJonson

5. 35 votes - @transporter

6. 35 votes - @DerHasisttot

7. 31 votes - @ChaosEngine

8. 30 votes - @dystopianfuturetoday

9. 29 votes - @hpqp

10. 29 votes - @dystopianfuturetoday

11. 28 votes - @smooman

12. 27 votes - @marinara

13. 26 votes - @hpqp

14. 25 votes - @Skeeve

15. 24 votes - @ChaosEngine

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OK, OK, this could be possibly the best contest we've ever done. This is is the one for the Sifters who can't be f'd to actually submit video content but would rather contribute by taking me down a peg or making me spew milk out my nose.

This. is. the. battle of the Silver Tongues (and Sparta).

We're awarding five custom t-shirts over a 2 week period to 5 people who know how turn a phrase. This shirt will not be available among our collection of other fine shirts at the Sift Shop - you can only win it. (but seriously, you should buy a shirt if you haven't). Here's the design after the jump:



Here are the very simple rules in bullets for your reading pleasure:
  • Winners are the top 5 comments by vote over a 2 week period
  • Valid for comments submitted after midnight August 28th and before September 12th US PST
  • VideoSift past or present staff are ineligible (I would totally kill - Level 18 ST here)

    That's about it. We'll update you about a week into the contest to see what the standings are. I'm Really looking forward to this one - it's no secret that I believe the comments in discussions are the very best part of VideoSift.

    Raconteurs and word-smiths of the short form - limber those fingers, grab your thesaurus, bookmark Urban Dictionary and mind the sarcasm button, for TONIGHT - WE DINE in that little deli on the corner where those guys sit in the corner booth, drink coffee all night and make each other laugh - or HELL! I mean HELL!

    dag says...

    Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

    But seriously, don't say anything even remotely amusing until the 28th - you don't want to blow your load early.

    I'll help by making creepy comparisons between commenting and ejaculation.

    DerHasisttot says...

    This is just one of those taxocrat statist SCAMS that are CLEARLY outlined by the bible:

    Ezekiel 20:25-26 I also gave them over to comments that were not good and contest-rules they could not live by; I let them become defiled through their gifts—the T-Shirts—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the DAG.

    Ron Paul 2012.

    Opus_Moderandi says...

    >> ^dag:

    But seriously, don't say anything even remotely amusing until the 28th - you don't want to blow your load early.
    I'll help by making creepy comparisons between commenting and ejaculation.


    Seems like everyone in this thread is edging...

    mintbbb says...

    >> ^residue:

    @mintbbb you won a prize in the anonymous video contest, the stay puft contest (grand prize), the lard lad giveaway and the magnet giveaway! your comment confuses me...


    Yes, I mean, I won in all of those. But I do not comment on videos. If I do, I am not witty, smart or funny. I am usually just upset if I comment. And English is not my first language, so making comments is really hard for me. During my 3+ years in VS I have gotten 8 applauded comments, which are mostly symphaty votes.

    So, I am serious. It was not a sarcastic comment. I feel bad for winning so much lately. Thank God, on this one, I am not up and running.

    residue says...

    hah, i completely mis-interpreted your post somehow.. i'm dumb apparently

    >> ^mintbbb:

    >> ^residue:
    @mintbbb you won a prize in the anonymous video contest, the stay puft contest (grand prize), the lard lad giveaway and the magnet giveaway! your comment confuses me...

    Yes, I mean, I won in all of those. But I do not comment on videos. If I do, I am not witty, smart or funny. I am usually just upset if I comment. And English is not my first language, so making comments is really hard for me. During my 3+ years in VS I have gotten 8 applauded comments, which are mostly symphaty votes.
    So, I am serious. It was not a sarcastic comment. I feel bad for winning so much lately. Thank God, on this one, I am not up and running.

    mintbbb says...

    Lol, np, I have trouble expressing myself That's why I try not to comment. I know what I am good at, and just try to stick to it

    >> ^residue:

    hah, i completely mis-interpreted your post somehow.. i'm dumb apparently
    >> ^mintbbb:
    >> ^residue:
    @mintbbb you won a prize in the anonymous video contest, the stay puft contest (grand prize), the lard lad giveaway and the magnet giveaway! your comment confuses me...

    Yes, I mean, I won in all of those. But I do not comment on videos. If I do, I am not witty, smart or funny. I am usually just upset if I comment. And English is not my first language, so making comments is really hard for me. During my 3+ years in VS I have gotten 8 applauded comments, which are mostly symphaty votes.
    So, I am serious. It was not a sarcastic comment. I feel bad for winning so much lately. Thank God, on this one, I am not up and running.


    dotdude says...

    >> ^Ryjkyj:

    What if someone leaves a really enlightening anecdote that they pour their soul into, and it moves a lot of people to up-vote, but it's not funny?

    What if someone is unintentionally funny?

    dag says...

    Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

    Doesn't have to be funny. Profound works too.>> ^Ryjkyj:

    What if someone leaves a really enlightening anecdote that they pour their soul into, and it moves a lot of people to up-vote, but it's not funny?

    siftbot jokingly says...

    >> ^Ornthoron:

    Too bad I'm only funny in the Sift Lounge...


    HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ...

    rottenseed says...

    does that shirt come in size "tin can"?>> ^siftbot:

    >> ^Ornthoron:
    Too bad I'm only funny in the Sift Lounge...

    HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ...

    blankfist says...

    >> ^rottenseed:

    does that shirt come in size "tin can"?>> ^siftbot:
    >> ^Ornthoron:
    Too bad I'm only funny in the Sift Lounge...

    HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ...



    You can do better.

    rougy says...

    >> ^dag:

    Not me. I've already gone through manopause. >> ^rougy:
    So which of you is on the rag this time?



    Manopause...that's where a dude can't get it up any more, isn't it?



    And hey! What's not funny about menstruation? Cracks me up every time!

    And note the dystopian, deconstructive antithesis of my menstruation allusion apropos of the original ejaculatory metaphor?

    Took me hours to do that!

    dag says...

    Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

    (tap tap). Is this thing on?>> ^rougy:

    >> ^dag:
    Not me. I've already gone through manopause. >> ^rougy:
    So which of you is on the rag this time?



    Manopause...that's where a dude can't get it up any more, isn't it?

    And hey! What's not funny about menstruation? Cracks me up every time!
    And note the dystopian, deconstructive antithesis of my menstruation allusion apropos of the original ejaculatory metaphor?
    Took me hours to do that!

    Boise_Lib says...

    >> ^deathcow:

    >> ^Ornthoron:
    If we start another Sift Roast in the same time period, things could get really interesting.

    Hopefully we can avoid any events where the comment upvoting reaches masturbatory levels.


    click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-Click-CLICK-CLICKCLINKCLICK...

    Ahhhhhhhhh...

    Boise_Lib says...

    What-the-holy-Fuck?

    I didn't even think I would be in the running. :& (<- that's tongue tied)
    I wish I hadn't even seen this update--now I'll be crushed when @blankfist downvotes my comment.
    (And I wish I could go back and type friends instead of friend)

    blankfist says...

    I am here to officially announce that I am joining the Democratic Party, voting for Obama in 2012, joining Green Peace, lowering my carbon footprint, believe 100% that global warming is man made, am pro-choice, an atheist, think socialism is way cool, and want to increase my taxes twelvefold.

    Is that enough to win this?

    Boise_Lib says...

    >> ^blankfist:

    I am here to officially announce that I am joining the Democratic Party, voting for Obama in 2012, joining Green Peace, lowering my carbon footprint, believe 100% that global warming is man made, am pro-choice, an atheist, think socialism is way cool, and want to increase my taxes twelvefold.
    Is that enough to win this?


    No.

    Trancecoach says...

    Well, I'm honored to be in the running.

    And it's not for nothing that a long and versatile tongue is not simply a function of wit and sarcasm, but its very shape and form has, indeed, been associated with enlightenment, with Buddhahood, as is cultivated through yoga, tantra, and other forms of kundalini meditation.. and evidenced by glossalalia, "speaking in tongues," quali, "Song of Solomon kisses like wine," etc. etc...

    Even the fetal development of the oral cavity is due, in part, to the secretion of sweet-tasting muco-polysaccharides from the “heavenly” cranial vault in the newly forming roof of the fetal mouth.. known for millenia within Hindu traditions, and only recently suggested by scientific research.

    A colleague of mine states that the physiological basis of spiritual experience -- the body's "natural LSD-Ecstasy" with no side effects, only natural maturities -- constitutes a long tongue and versatile tongue.

    blankfist says...

    >> ^Boise_Lib:

    >> ^blankfist:
    I am here to officially announce that I am joining the Democratic Party, voting for Obama in 2012, joining Green Peace, lowering my carbon footprint, believe 100% that global warming is man made, am pro-choice, an atheist, think socialism is way cool, and want to increase my taxes twelvefold.
    Is that enough to win this?

    No.


    PHEW!

    dystopianfuturetoday says...

    I think this entire contest is part of a larger false flag op, designed to draw attention away from the 911 attacks. You and your operatives have lured political malcontents to this site with a combination of videos featuring boobs, cats and far left/far right agitprop/disinfo. Once mentally enslaved, you 1) force these captives to compete for 'power points' (which are not tied to any kind of gold standard), 2) create conflicts among them to keep them occupied, which in turn keeps them from becoming politically active outside the site, and 3) create this contest which just so happens blow right past the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 to 9/12, nullifying all of our voices.

    And you almost got away with it. But now you have a full blown mutiny on your hands. Commence DNS attack in 3.. 2.. 1..

    blankfist says...

    >> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

    LOL at blankfist literally clawing his way to victory, using downvotes and dozens of powerpoints to make it to the top. Like a boss.


    Well, I wasn't gonna downvote, but ol' Trancy pulled one out at the last minute so I returned in kind. As for the powerpoints, that I cannot deny. Shameless.

    blankfist says...

    BWAHAHAHA! The capitalist wins again! Gather around my dearest children and let uncle blankfist tell you of the time he promoted a shitty comment into infamy!

    I realized early on that my comment here wouldn't be enough to win this contest on its own. Maybe it would get 15 votes, maybe a bit more, but I knew I wasn't smart enough nor witty enough to win this without promoting that video a lot. And by a lot I mean 13 times.

    See? I invested my capital to increase my comment's visibility. In this instance, the power points were my capital. Think of how marketers manipulate you into buying their shitty products by plastering billboards of it everywhere. It's called brand reinforcement. You see it enough, you want it. And you all must've really wanted my comment to win. So I thank each and every one of you.

    dystopianfuturetoday says...

    It's all starting to make sense now. >> ^blankfist:

    BWAHAHAHA! The capitalist wins again! Gather around my dearest children and let uncle blankfist tell you of the time he promoted a shitty comment into infamy!
    I realized early on that my comment here wouldn't be enough to win this contest on its own. Maybe it would get 15 votes, maybe a bit more, but I knew I wasn't smart enough nor witty enough to win this without promoting that video a lot. And by a lot I mean 13 times.
    See? I invested my capital to increase my comment's visibility. In this instance, the power points were my capital. Think of how marketers manipulate you into buying their shitty products by plastering billboards of it everywhere. It's called brand reinforcement. You see it enough, you want it. And you all must've really wanted my comment to win. So I thank each and every one of you.

    joedirt says...

    >> ^blankfist:

    She's advertising. He's buying. Problem?


    Wow, some contest. More time and intellect was put into writing the contest description then actual winning comments. It's sad state to see that anal snogging and cartman clown cliques still garner the most votes in a display of circlejerkism.

    blankfist says...

    >> ^joedirt:

    >> ^blankfist:
    She's advertising. He's buying. Problem?

    Wow, some contest. More time and intellect was put into writing the contest description then actual winning comments. It's sad state to see that anal snogging and cartman clown cliques still garner the most votes in a display of circlejerkism.


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