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Old 06-17-2009, 10:18 AM   #16
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I want to win the contest because:

-I want to look cooler than my friends with my great new toy
-I want to look more intelligent carrying around hundreds of books and telling everyone I read them all
-I want to be able to tell everyone it is a special reader that was use by the Dalaï-Lama, so I look even cooler
-I don't think I deserve to carry pbooks with me because they are heavy, and they might disrupt the attention of admirers from my incredible features

Is that selfish enough for you?
nope.
you could add:

-so i can flaunt my shiny one in my dad's face.
-so i can stop my friends from yapping on and on about their problems. I have a perfect excuse to go on and on about me and my reader.
- so every time i see someone with a pbook i can point and laugh, and tell them to go back to the 80's

just to name a few
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Old 06-17-2009, 10:20 AM   #17
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nope.
you could add:

-so i can flaunt my shiny one in my dad's face.
-so i can stop my friends from yapping on and on about their problems. I have a perfect excuse to go on and on about me and my reader.
- so every time i see someone with a pbook i can point and laugh, and tell them to go back to the 80's

just to name a few
You're a genius!

More, more!!!
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Old 06-17-2009, 10:25 AM   #18
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finally ! some really convincing reasons for winning !!
That's what I think too!


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nope.
you could add:

-so i can flaunt my shiny one in my dad's face.
-so i can stop my friends from yapping on and on about their problems. I have a perfect excuse to go on and on about me and my reader.
- so every time i see someone with a pbook i can point and laugh, and tell them to go back to the 80's

just to name a few


BTW, selfish new avatar, Alphapheemail!
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Old 06-17-2009, 11:13 AM   #19
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OK.

I would want one just because I already have one and you can never have enough.
Plus I can show it to people who don't have one and then snatch it away (see selfish and nasty)
And then I would leave it laying around until someone went to use it and grab it saying:

"no no no I am using that"

God I am really a very horrible person
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Old 06-17-2009, 11:20 AM   #20
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I want to win because I'm a moderator and I want to see the sturm und drang that ensues when a mod wins a contest...
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Old 06-17-2009, 11:25 AM   #21
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I want to win because I'm a moderator and I want to see the sturm und drang that ensues when a mod wins a contest...
First time I've ever heard that phrase. I had to look it up and and the exact phrase was in my Webster's. It may come in useful if any mod wins the free eBook reader.

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Old 06-17-2009, 11:27 AM   #22
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I posted my selfish reasons in the compo thread
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Old 06-17-2009, 11:30 AM   #23
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I posted my selfish reasons in the compo thread
I request that a a mod or poll fairy or who(m)ever just concatinate this thread to the other thread when the time is right. Didn't I tell you I was lazy, I don't want to go over there and make the same post.

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Old 06-17-2009, 11:35 AM   #24
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BTW, selfish new avatar, Alphapheemail!
::STOMP STOMP:: MINE ALL MINE!!

@ VC:....hmmm....

-So you can not help the economy at all but wasting ur hard earned money on pbooks
-so you can take your money and make a new "skin" with and cover the whole reader!
-so you can go to you local library and yell "I'M RICH B*#&^" (dave chapelle reference) while pointing at your reader...


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Old 06-18-2009, 08:10 AM   #25
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Not more selfish folks around here? Pfff - I can't believe it! Do I have to offer a surprise prize for people posting their "evil" reasons?
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Old 06-18-2009, 08:57 AM   #26
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Nobody can beat DixieGal's reason...

And maybe we're not that selfish! We're book readers and book readers love to share
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Old 06-18-2009, 09:31 AM   #27
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I want one big time cause my beloved wife has accaparated my Cybook and uses it all the time and I only have my iPhone to read and I want my own real reader again and I want it all for myself and nobody else will have a right to even have a look at it!!!

So there!!

How's that for selfish!
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Old 06-18-2009, 09:37 AM   #28
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I deserve to win this as some-one at work has stolen the object on my desk I used to use to hit recalcitrant users & techies with, and I need a replacement - and an ebook reader will be just the right size
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Old 06-18-2009, 09:47 AM   #29
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I deserve to win this as some-one at work has stolen the object on my desk I used to use to hit recalcitrant users & techies with, and I need a replacement - and an ebook reader will be just the right size
Hmmm, not a good thing... You're better off getting something like this:

http://www.kleargear.com/5004.html
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