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The Office Olympics (Fanpop-Style): poesía "Biathalon"

posted by papa

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Update: Some of tu may have missed it, but the winners of the contest were publicado last week in the comments. They are:
Haiku Category: moradik1
Limerick Category: WorshipDwight
All-Around Office Poet: Temptasia
(we were able to offer a 3rd prize!)

Details of the winners are found below in the comentarios section.
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hola all tu Office fans. With the release of the Season 3 DVD set and the coming one-hour premiere of Season 4 on link, we thought it would be fun to hold a little contest. What better way to celebrate the witty, profound and utterly quotable Office than through the high-minded literary art form of poetry?

And now, the nitty-gritty details - please, please do not skip this part!

Prizes
2 copies of "The Office Season Three" DVD
* One copy awarded to the winner in the "Haiku" category
* One copy awarded to the winner in the "Limerick" category
(you can argue amongst yourselves which form is Office Olympics worthy)

Rules
* Poems must be original works written por the entrant
* To enviar a poem for consideration, it must be publicado in the comentarios of this soapbox (don't post them in a separate foros o pm me)
* tu may participate in both categories (haiku and limerick)
* tu may enviar multiple poems within a single category
* Poems must be publicado por the contest deadline. The deadline for submissions is: September 4th, 2007 at 11:59pm, Pacific Standard Time
* Poems must not violate our Terms of Service (please nothing obscene). As always, we reserve the right to remove o disqualify any submissions due to ToS violations
* Winners will be selected por a panel of "literate" judges. Winners will be announced por the following week
* fanpop reserves the right to modify o amend the rules to this contest as necessary

Judging Criteria
Your masterpieces will be judged on a number of factors. Here are some important ones to be aware of:
1. Form: tu need to follow the basic form of the poem type (if your Homeric epic, don't expect to win)
2. Profunditi...mity*
3. Creativiniminess*
4. Hillariti...ous...ness*

* as Michael Scott might (mis)pronounce it

Haiku Category
link, one of our fanpop users already provided an excellent definition in a prior contest he ran, so I'm going to quote him here:
"In case anyone does not remember how haiku works, here's a quick primer. In English, it's simple: a line with five syllables, then a line of seven syllables, then a last line of five syllables. No other structure is necessary."

Here is a sample from me (not eligible for the contest - and quite terrible)

Threat Level Midnight
Someone sabotage paper
Scarn, tu must save us!

Limerick Category
If tu don't know what a limerick is, here are some online resources to help you:
*link
*link
*link

Here is a sample (not eligible for the contest since it's mine, and it's terrible):

There once was a man named Dwight Schrute
His favorito! comida was beet root
A farmer named Mose
dicho "what's up my bro"
Dwight answered, "We're cousins, tu coot!"

At least tu don't need to compete in Flonkerton

At least you don't need to compete in Flonkerton

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2malee1 When Kelly walked in, You want some cookie cookie? Cookie cookie, SLAP

WorshipDwight Haiku: Michael is so great He knows quite well how to skate Is he Jan's soul mate?

xwalker4 Season three is coming Hilarity will ensue The best show ever

sokka333 that is really hard you think you can go all day thats what she said HA

sokka333 the stinky bathroom the hottest in the office what a great dundies

lastch2 Michael you are such a hoot! Man crush on Ryan? He's cute Like Jim you tried to dress And Jan you did impress But, why the Miss.Terious suit?

lastch2 Let's Meet Angela --But don't expect any cookie But if i'm hungry?

yayoffice Watching The Office I had an epiphery – I love Thursday nights. Where’s the clitoris? Oh Dwight, you ignorant slut But that’s what she said If you are racist, I’ll attack you with the North And Dwight’s pepper spray Season Three released! Special features, bloopers - it’s Gon’ be zoppity.

zimmeral Haiku: "Hey Dwight - an altoid?" Patience is key to good pranks. "Hey Dwight - an altoid?"

lastch2 Depression is a serious threat andy have you found your phone yet? casino: mike drops a deuce christmas: dwight brings a goose pammie thanks for telling your secret creed you are so wise is somebody cooking soup? men could have slipped in george foreman cooks feet like bacon a cosmo in my hotel room, it's shakin' beer me that can from sandals, y'all got a tan at the party dwight and angela are love makin

fiddlechamp Limericks There once was a woman named Karen Who caught Pam in all of her starin’ She said, “Hey Jimmy It’s her or it’s me” Now cross the office she will be a glarin’ There once was a deputy Dwight, Who felt, against drugs, he must fight He made it his quest, Put the office to test, And ensured they knew wrong from right! A warehouse guy named Roy Is really no more than a boy He found out that Jim Is better than him And now Pam, he’ll no longer enjoy The once was a temp called Ryan On whom his boss Michael was spyin’ He said, “this must end I’m no longer your friend” Now Michael is sad and he’s cryin’ One day Michael opened his door To find something bad on his floor Then his friend Packer Boasts he left his pack there And with laughter, Michael did roar Haiku Jim is being Dwight Battlestar Galactica Is beaten by bears Kevin’s favorite things. He likes food and the Police Every cake you bake

zimmeral Limerick So many songs about rainbows So many sung in falsettos Poor Pam had to hear him crooning 'my dear.' Oh Jim. That was pretty damn low.

xwalker4 Let's play Yankee Swap! I get a dumb oven mitt? I bought an iPOD!

Mmdg417 Limerick: (about Diwali episode) While Jim and Andy drank booze, Michael sang about Hindus. He had reached a new low, After Carol said no, Then he said, "these aren't my shoes" Haiku: The Office premiere Anticipation, waiting New stories unfold

strattor Hindu Halloween means costumes and sweet morsels: cheerleaders and s'mores. Two men gather in a beet field to plant one man's seed in the other. Hearts pounding loudly and adrenaline pumping. Flonkerton is here. Without Dwight, Jim would be beaten to pulp by Roy. No nunchucks needed.

Temptasia Not a women's suit At most it's bisexual It's a power suit!

papa Great entries folks, last chance to get your haiku or limericks in! 17 minutes until midnight PST!

iluvprtzlday They’ve had just one date before They watched Dwight’s fireworks soar Jim made her grilled cheese They swayed with such ease Now it will finally be followed with more! Yes I have acted I was Mutey the Mail Man In Oklahoma.

papa Alright, that's it. This is the deadline for the contest. Thank you for all your submissions. Feel free to post more poems if you like, they just won't be considered for the prizes. Please don't go back in and edit your comments (I'll be able to see the timestamps anyway) and, on top of that, I'm just going to take all the current text for the judges to look at anyway. The poems should be judged over the next day or two and we'll be able to contact the winners by end of week. We'll keep you posted on how things turn out! Thanks again to all the participants!

papa Alright guys and gals, here are the winners of the contest, selected by our special panel of judges. Hats off to all who participated, the field of entries were very strong and had we had more prizes, we'd have loved to give out more. That being said, here are the champs: * Haiku Category: [url="http://www.fanpop.com/fans/moradik1"]moradik1[/url] Phone ringing all day “Dunder Mifflin, this is Pam” Minesweeper is bliss * Limerick Category: [url="http://www.fanpop.com/fans/WorshipDwight"]WorshipDwight[/url] There once was a man named Andy, His ties were always quite dandy, But then one day, He went astray, Anger Management proves handy! And, since we were able to obtain a 3rd category, we can give away a 3rd prize: * All-Around Office Poet: [url="http://www.fanpop.com/fans/temptasia"]Temptasia[/url] (for her dozens of haiku, a half-doze of which could have taken the haiku crown) The judges particularly liked this one: Creed had lots of sex It's possible men slipped in There's no way to know

Volpenator ohhhh comeee onnn

MoreThanThat Congratulations everyone! I loved going through after the contest and reading what everyone posted!

greekthegeek lol i like temptasias Prisonor Mike rocks But Please don't send me to Jail I have a good life

Earl-h congrats to all!

greedo i'm late to the party!