Contest Directions:Create images of something that happened in the news during July 30 - Aug 5, 2007.
Here's an example of a recent news story that could be used. It seems a mother in Sicily has taken away her 61 year old son's allowance. She was quoted as saying, "My son does not respect me, he doesn't tell me where he's going in the evenings and returns home late." She also said, "He is never happy with the food I make and always complains. This can't go on." Man, kids these days just don't have any respect.
In the Author's Comments, it is mandatory to link to a news story. You should use this format to make a link: [URL="http://www.SomeNewsLink.com"] news title [/URL] [ browse best gallery pictures ] [ browse this contest gallery in high resolution ] Tag funny pix newsjulyaug Jackpot: 1st place: $5, 2nd place: $3 , 3rd place: $2 Started: 8/4/2007 6:00:00 AM, Ended: 8/6/2007 6:00:00 AM
Romney compares Obama to Dr. Strangelove Obama for Bombing "I mean, in one week he went from saying he's going to sit down, you know, for tea, with our enemies, but then he's going to bomb our allies," said Romney. "I mean, he's gone from Jane Fonda to Dr. Strangelove in one week."
Matt Roloff from TLC's hit TV show "Little People, BIG WORLD" has been arrested for DUI, again. I wonder if he swallowed the Listerine again. news story
A tribute to movie-maker Ingmar Bergman, director of many
wacky comedies such as Wild Strawberries, Prison, Thirst, It Rains on our Love etc. The pic above is of course inspired by his best-known rib-tickler, Det Sjunde Inseglet Bonus Bilingual Jest : For those who don't understand swedish, in french the film is called "the Seventh Bucket". Which Ingmar just kicked. If you still don't get it, here's the spoiler :
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A lot of news takes place in any given week. We select stories each day that we think would generate good entries. This is your chance to select any news story from this week and create an image / parody photo of that story. Remember to include a link to the news story in the Author's Comments section.
Create images of something that happened in the news during July 30 - Aug 5, 2007.
Here's an example of a recent news story that could be used. It seems a mother in Sicily has taken away her 61 year old son's allowance. She was quoted as saying, "My son does not respect me, he doesn't tell me where he's going in the evenings and returns home late." She also said, "He is never happy with the food I make and always complains. This can't go on." Man, kids these days just don't have any respect.
