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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart,…you’ll know when you find it.” — Steve Jobs
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Well now…
In attempt to get the Drivel Starved Nation to begin thinking outside the box, we created a contest where they could caulk themselves into oblivion. And since this contest has a VALUABLE FREE PRIZE at stake, we thought it appropriate to let the Drivelites (yes, I just made that up) vote. Here are the entries, (no particular order);
ENTRY 1
ENTRY 2
ENTRY 3
ENTRY 4
ENTRY 5
ENTRY 6
ENTRY 7
ENTRY 8
ENTRY 9
These nine finalist were culled from thousands. Sorta.
Help me decide! Look. Study. Decide…before the eggs of a 1000 Mongolian Death Worms invade your thoughts…
Furthermore, this should jump start some ideas for you non-participants. We are going to do this again next summer–I think.
–John
#6. Because he chose brown caulk, too 🙂
And, John, if you attempt to make a $550 caulk gun, I’ll ride the horde of death worms to your doorstep to buy it 🙂
A $550 caulk gun is ridiculous.
Now that I think about it…
–John
#1. Pure gold
– Kevin
I have to go with No. 5 because (1) Of all the topics on this blog, I like those about the Woodworking Taliban best; (2) Any search for the term “Bridge City” on any other woodworking forum or blog inevitably brings up bellyaching about the cost, photos of flagrant patent infringement and the words “tool porn” and “tool pron”. Finally, I have to say “Thank God” I didn’t embarass myself by posting my idea. It was pretty sad compared to the creativity I see in these entries.
Rob
No. 2! No, wait. No. 5! Except… I really like No. 2 (that is, unless it’s like the No. 2 in No. 8, which, incidentally, is very funny). It’s just that No. 5 says it all. Okay, No. 2. And yes, that’s my final answer. No. 2.
I would like to point out that I haven’t told any of my friends which entries are mine. Okay. Except for Fred. But he hasn’t voted.
And I’m taking myself out of the voting because I’m clearly biased.
But the “Universal Solvent” one is brilliant!
– Peter
And it’s not mine.
– Peter
John,
My vote goes to #5 with #2 as runner up. Dang, it would be nice to seal up some people’s “pie holes” before they could spread mis-information and hate. Let’s get a version to glue up their typing finger(s) too!
-Rutager
No. 2 is my favorite. (as in entry #2… awful that I even have to include that clarification…)
#5
#2 as runner up because CT-17 reminds me of liquid steel
-Masood
Dang! Did August 31 come and go already!
I so much wanted to play!
Shouldn’t these contest deadlines have equal standing to the BCTW tool release deadlines?
Upon reflection I would have thought we woulda have had at least until the end of September!,,,,,,,,,,,,this year.
Well, I guess I’ll have to wait until next year.
At least by then I’ll be all moved into my new studio.
hmmm, in any event my first choice would be # 4
my second choice would be # 5
btw, Peter – you didn’t need to tell anyone which is yours, you do need to be more stealth in your photo taking next time. Clearly your washing machine and bandsaw are a dead giveaway!
Sheesh! How many people could recognize my washing machine and bandsaw? Scary!
– Peter
Man, I finally figured out #9. It only took me a day.
Happy to supply a translation if needed. 🙂
– Peter
Don’t worry, Peter. I didn’t recognize your washing machine OR your bandsaw. Kinda hard to miss that Mondrianish MFT, on the other hand…
Am I really the only one who fills the kerfs on their MFT with Durham’s Rock Hard Putty?
Or maybe it’s just the number and random direction of the kerfs?
It’s pretty funny that people in Iowaowa and NY actually recognize my work table. Strange world. I’m impressed that Roger could even tell that there was a bandsaw in that one image. Sharp eyes!
– Peter
Hmm. I’d forgotten that I’d signed my entry. Due to conflict of interest, I’m not going to vote. Did anybody other than Peter (GOOD JOB!) figure out #9?
Yes, I finally got it all after looking at it at least ten times!
So a few of us took-up John’s challenge and fewer have voted. That’s pathetic. I’ll make it a little easier: I deviated from the brief and indulged myself for my own amusement without creating a funny label. In the unlikely event that my submission won, it was my intention to gratefully decline in favor of the second most popular entry, as long as it hewed to the intention of the competition. #1 is out of the running, and, in the absence of a LOL entry (OMG!, WTF?) my vote goes to #2.
John, I guess you bear sole responsibility for amusing us.