The boys are men. We don't attend church. The Easter Bunny doesn't stop here anymore. As a result, I can only gauge when Easter might be by trying to remember when Ash Wednesday was, when Easter candy is in the store, and when the Kiwanis Club advertises its Palm Sunday Pancake Breakfast (the sign says "Palm Sunday" on it, but no date).
Ash Wednesday was like close to Groundhog Day, which was about a month or so ago, and Easter candy is on display at Target, and the Kiwanis Club sign is up. Easter is close. It is time for the 29th Annual International Peeps Haiku Competition. Submit your original, previously-unsubmitted Peep-related haiku in the classic form in the comment section of this post. Dire consequences befell the individual who breached the rule by submitting a plagiarized haiku, which was originally submitted to The New Yorker by J.D. Salinger in 1971.
The winner will be chosen by a panel of judges, the identities of which whom will not be disclosed because of the recent deadly violence perpetrated against judges in Iraq and Illinois; and all decisions of the judges will be final.
Prizes will be awarded. If you have a problem with that, then do not enter the competition. The prize committee has not decided on the actual prizes yet, but there will be some pretty neat things (I think there were things from Levenger last year, but this does not mean this will happen this year.); you take your chances.
Disclaimer: This competition is not sanctioned or supported by Just Born, the company which makes Peeps and owns trademarks related to Peeps and makes all kinds of marshmallow ... things ... besides the Peeps chicks. The idiot who conducts the competition makes no money from this endeavor; so, if the Just Born Company has a problem with this competition, that's just too damn bad.**
Let the fun begin!
The deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, March 13, 2005.
**I wanted this disclaimer to be more legal-like, but I couldn't afford to pay a lawyer for more than the first eight words of the disclaimer and one punctuation mark (A colon was cost-effective.).
Posted by Bill at March 6, 2005 08:02 PMDid you say LEVENGER????
I am so in.
You couldn't afford to pay a lawyer-- what would you have to do? Write yourself an IOU?
Posted by: Jen at March 6, 2005 11:08 PMLOL - I remember your last Peep contest. Do you take bribes?
Posted by: Michelle at March 7, 2005 02:06 PMI’m searching around
To find my joyful Easter.
Look to the Peep box.
I wont irk Just Born.
Joy of Cooking is mad at me
So why bother Peeps?
If flowers would look
As beautiful as the Peeps
Then I’d stop digging.
My biggest problem
Is that I start out great guns
And then lose intrest.
Levenger?
:scurries off to write Haiku:
When's the deadline?
Posted by: lucy at March 7, 2005 06:50 PMOne Suzette, but three Suzette blogs. I think its fair that I enter multiple times, don't you?
Posted by: Suzette at March 7, 2005 09:24 PMSticky squishy Peeps
And tulips come hither scent
Send sugar shivers.
Peeps Chicks and Bunnies
Yellow, lavender, blue, white
I like pink the best!
The Easter Basket
Choc'late eggs, jelly beans, toys
and marshmellow peeps!
Just Born now makes more
than one billion Peeps per year.
That's a lot of Peeps!
Nutritional facts:
Thirty-two calories and
0 fat grams per Peep.
I don't like Peeps, but
I do like Levenger's, so
Please, pick me, pick me!
"Great Candy Isn't Made,
It's Just Born." Stupid slogan;
but yummy candy!
Lucy is drinking Nyquil straight from the bottle isn't she?
I'll be back with my award winning haiku later on.
Bring on moooooooooore dead sexy red leather Levenger prizes! WOOT!
Posted by: Kathy Howe at March 8, 2005 09:03 AMMighty Moby spies
Captain Ahab Peep on deck
One leg's not enough!
Marshmallow candy
Way too squishy in my mouth.
Spit out yucky peeps.
Yellow, pink and blue.
A rainbow of little chicks,
perfect spring tidings.
Stomping, squishing flat
A basketful of peeps. Oops!
That's not my basket.
oh god. i wish i'd taken the prizes last year and run. look at all these competitors! :(
Posted by: Keri at March 9, 2005 06:03 PMHey! Look what I found!
Oh no, it cracked my new crown.
Last year's peep gone bad.
Too late for this year, but who can resist Haiku'ing peeps...
Their toothpicks askew
Microwave peep battle fails
But corpses taste great
(more at http://peep.peril.org/haiku.html)
Posted by: Gavin at April 1, 2005 02:59 PM