March's Contest, Top Ten Ways to Spot a Werewolf |
 Mar 1 2009, 04:41 AM
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Trapped in a Gringott's Vault  Posts: 2,902 Joined: 1:49pm October 25, 2005 Location: Monterey, CA   |
Top Ten Ways to Spot a Werewolf We’ve decided to shift things up a bit this month by inviting you to collaborate with a friend and come up with the Top Ten Ways to Spot a Werewolf (or you may still submit an entry by yourself). As you may recall in the Order of the Phoenix, James, Remus and Sirius have just completed their DADA O.W.L. "Did you like question ten, Moony?" asked Sirius as they emerged into the entrance hall. "Loved it," said Lupin briskly. "'Give five signs that identify the werewolf.' Excellent question." "D'you think you managed to get all the signs?" said James in tones of mock concern. "Think I did," said Lupin seriously, as they joined the crowd thronging around the front doors eager to get out into the sunlit grounds. "One: He's sitting on my chair. Two: He's wearing my clothes. Three: His name's Remus Lupin...." (OOTP, Ch. 28) In the spirit of Fred and George, James, Sirius and Remus, we’d like your entries to be entertaining and without an iota of seriousness or factuality. Winners will be announced on Fred and George’s birthday--April 1, 2009. As a bit of a backstory on how we came up with this contest, a few staffers got a little bored one day and started posting some snarky top 10 lists in one another’s profiles. The following is a little something Dreamteam and FredFan came up with for fw00per. We share it with you to give you an example of what we’re looking for: Top 10 Ways You Know You've Been Living With Dragons Too Long 10) You confuse the soft touch of a woman with the hide of a dragon. 9) The words "playing with fire" take on a deeper, more painful meaning. 8) You begin to like the frizzled look of your hair. 7) You realise you’re saving money because you no longer need to wax your legs—it’s being burned off on a regular basis. 6) You hum the words to the song "Torn Between Two Lovers" while trying to decide if you're going to fly the Norwegian Ridgeback or Chinese Fireball. 5) You stop wearing dragonhide boots because nice guys don't wear "family". 4) Unlike Harry, you really do have a Hungarian Horntail tattooed across your chest. 3) You feel a sudden chill when you are away from your work and take to wearing winter coats in the middle of summer. 2) You refuse to marry because no woman can light your fire the way a dragon does. 1) When a Healer asks you to hop onto the scales, you climb onto the back of a Common Welsh Green. General Rules:
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Mar 1 2009, 03:09 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 1 Joined: 4:39pm February 28, 2009 |
This sounds like a great idea!
 So it can be anything from the Potter universe?
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Mar 1 2009, 05:28 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 2 Joined: 11:19am February 7, 2009 |
if there are 2 members on the entry would that mean that they would each get a wand or do they have to share a wand?
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Mar 1 2009, 09:06 PM
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TLC's Official Dungbomb Distributor Posts: 1,455 Joined: 3:27pm June 3, 2006 Location: With Fred beyond the veil opening a new branch of WWW |
QUOTE(Etch-a-Sketch @ Mar 1 2009, 03:09 PM)  This sounds like a great idea! So it can be anything from the Potter universe?For this contest, we're doing a Top 10 Ways to Spot a Werewolf. All we're asking is that you don't use any of Remus Lupin's answers from OOTP. And katz10, if two people submit a single entry and win, both will win a wand. Good luck everyone! --------------------  Devoted thanks to Dreamteam for the pics! She's a champion of the computer illiterate!! |
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Mar 2 2009, 04:14 AM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 2 Joined: 11:19am February 7, 2009 |
QUOTE(FredFan @ Mar 1 2009, 09:06 PM) QUOTE(Etch-a-Sketch @ Mar 1 2009, 03:09 PM) This sounds like a great idea! So it can be anything from the Potter universe?For this contest, we're doing a Top 10 Ways to Spot a Werewolf. All we're asking is that you don't use any of Remus Lupin's answers from OOTP. And katz10, if two people submit a single entry and win, both will win a wand. Good luck everyone! ..,.thank you for the information.,it really helps..,. ..,.this site and contests are really interesting.,have a nice time everyone..,. |
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Mar 2 2009, 07:32 PM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 20 Joined: 2:36pm February 27, 2009 |
Mail me: where do we send it?
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Mar 2 2009, 08:24 PM
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TLC's Official Dungbomb Distributor Posts: 1,455 Joined: 3:27pm June 3, 2006 Location: With Fred beyond the veil opening a new branch of WWW |
QUOTE(lunaisawesome @ Mar 2 2009, 07:32 PM) Mail me: where do we send it? Is this what you're looking for? QUOTE All submissions must be e-mailed to contests@the-leaky-cauldron.org by 11:59 pm (EST) on 22 March, with "Werewolf Top 10" in the subject line of the e-mail. Please copy-paste your top 10 list into the body of the e-mail and include a name to be used for authorship (real name or Leaky Lounge name). Let me know if that's not what you mean.  -------------------- Devoted thanks to Dreamteam for the pics! She's a champion of the computer illiterate!! |
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Mar 6 2009, 03:24 PM
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Buying a Half-Kneazle Posts: 502 Joined: 7:56pm December 28, 2008 Location: Quidditch Pitch, team practice  |
In GoF, there's a joke about how Archie likes to wear a nightgown because he likes "a healthy breeze 'round my privates, thanks."
Since that kind of a joke is in the book, can I use the word "privates" for a joke for my entry? The joke is as innocent as the one with Archie. I just want to make sure I wont get DQ for having something deemed inapropriate in my entry. -------------------- "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry,
but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?" |
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Mar 8 2009, 11:17 AM
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Trapped in a Gringott's Vault Posts: 2,902 Joined: 1:49pm October 25, 2005 Location: Monterey, CA |
QUOTE(Ravenclaw_Runner92 @ Mar 6 2009, 01:24 PM) In GoF, there's a joke about how Archie likes to wear a nightgown because he likes "a healthy breeze 'round my privates, thanks." Since that kind of a joke is in the book, can I use the word "privates" for a joke for my entry? The joke is as innocent as the one with Archie. I just want to make sure I wont get DQ for having something deemed inapropriate in my entry. That's fine. We'll accept it.
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Mar 19 2009, 10:56 PM
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper Posts: 68 Joined: 8:41am January 28, 2005 Location: Texas  |
I have an entry to send in, but when I did the copy/paste into my email, I got a message that said it may not display correctly. I really want to enter. If it does not come through, how will I know. Will someone email me if it is not displayed correctly? Can I send it as an attachment? Sorry for the trouble, but I really like this contest and want to enter.
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