Comedy Contest 23! (Blog 154)

This month’s Facebook Unsubscribe Tribe contest was a close one! The Idaho Boys only won by 0.05 points! In second place were a series of short clips by The Uncle Louis Variety Show, called ‘Things Italians Never Say’, and the characters were very likeable. I don’t think I’ve ever really known anyone from Italy, but I think I may have to visit the country one day. Not just because of the friendly atmosphere, but because of the special mushrooms that turn you into a giant, the small dinosaurs you can ride, the great soundtrack and all that. Of course you have to be wary of attacks by evil mushrooms, (Goombas) but you can’t have everything. Wait - that’s Super Mario. Never mind, there are an abundance of second hand SNES consoles out there on eBay. I’m sure everything will be better once I own one, again. If I get a Nintendo 64, I could even go 3D! Music’s not as good though.

About the winner, then: TIB have it all - Tension, releases of tension, presents and even abstract concepts that get you thinking. (What DOES poverty smell like? Maybe tears? And what do tears smell like? Salt? Does poverty smell of salt? Oh well, I tried). Such a question could easily leave the viewer intellectually frustrated like I am, but there’s just something about the acting that makes the story seem almost logical. When you think about it, that’s damn impressive. There are also clear protagonists and an antagonist. It’s almost always good practice to make the former pleasant, but the latter is also sort of fun here, too, which is different. He may be a bad man, but he does have an interesting preference of clothes and in particular, his hat is pretty funky. It’s not a flaming hat with horns coming out of it and with the number ‘666’ in black writing spinning round and round; that would be too melodramatic. Similarly his acoustic guitar ‘theme tune’ isn’t brutal death metal, though all that stuff combined could actually be quite funny. But only if you like things to be a little surreal. And if you do, you need to think about how one react to such a strangely dressed person. Pretty tricky.

Anywho, check out the winning vid, here…

https://www.facebook.com/IdahoBoys/videos/2437575693194449/

Several days after writing those two paragraphs (I like to get these Facebook-based entries done a while before posting), I got a message from The Idaho boys saying that they would happy to promote my website. I told them that they could spread this journal in particular if they won the competition, but I didn’t tell them that they were victorious. (That would spoil the fun). I did hint that they aced everything however, as I said the ‘suggestive’ (is that the right word? If not, it’s time to make a language innovation) phrase ‘... But did you win? :S’ When I got a reply saying ‘I don’t think we did, we never got a notification’, I then gave a stronger hint by saying ‘you’ll have to wait and see…’ I’d have to be a complete dick to get someone’s hopes up like that, and give someone else my special thumbs up. I’d also get quite the reputation.

Now for the classic, unrelated blog beefing up: Mouthwashes - I am in no way knocking them, I’m sure they’re very effective. Indeed, my dentist often compliments my cleaning abilities. But how about a little honesty? Some have very strange containers saying ‘Mint Flavour’ or whatever on them. Sounds nice. But how about ‘Acid Flavour’, instead? Because that’s what some so-called teeth protectors feel like in your mouth. To me, the pain suggests everything is working, but for those expecting a refreshing, pleasant sensation, my God are they in for a surprise. And what if someone with dementia uses the products? He or she may quite wrongly end up believing that acid products are mints! I mean if ‘mint flavours’ taste of corrosive substances, why wouldn’t a confused person think the other way round is true? Not a nice death. And on that sobering note… Bye!