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     WALKING ON THE MOON
Year One Tournament of Champions Champ, August 2009 Champion It is pretty amazing how humans are able to escape Earth , go to the moon and walk on it. It is a symbol of national pride for Americans but also a beacon of hope for all humans because it shows us that no task is too large and no obstacle too high to overcome. "One small step for man, one giant leap for Mankind" Niel Armstrong
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Walking on the Moon was voted MORE AWESOME than:
 Chewbacca  The Couch Dress  Moustache Balaclava  Giant Nintendo Controller  Jesus Christ  Little Superstar  Meat Suitcase  Sasquatch  Nikola Tesla  General Lee 01  Crop Circles  Mock Apple Pie  El Chupacabra  BigDog Robot  Robocop on a Unicorn  Roller Derby  Freerunning  Dwight K. Schrute  The Hamburger Bed  Wingsuit Base Jumping Wingsuit Base Jumping  Bob Ross  Aurora Borealis  Flying Spaghetti Monster  Beer Maids  Hedgehogs  WAKE n' BACON  Zombies  Rollerman  Paul Bunyan  Space Invader Invasion  Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator  The Brick Testament  Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton  Captain James T. Kirk  The Man with No Name  Banksy  Library of Congress  James Earl Jones Counts to 10  Literal Video Versions  Chuck Norris vs. Bruce Lee  Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka  Hunter S. Thompson  Extent of the Universe  Dante Bucci  Burj Dubai  Marilyn Manson  Mark Twain Mark Twain  Daft Punk  Danny Way Jumps the Great Wall  Emperor Norton  Silly Putty  Afro Samurai  Jesus Riding A Dinosaur  The Lost City of Atlantis  The Motherland Calls  Jackalopes  Capes  Tim and Eric Awesome Show  Georgia Guidestones  Coalition to Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide  Los Pikadientes De Caborca  Wienermobile  Les Claypool Les Claypool  Holy Hand Grenade  Shreddin Walking on the Moon was voted LESS AWESOME than: Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator
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    GENE WILDER'S WILLY WONKA
3rd Place July 09 He is the embodiment of eccentric characters. Who else would actually be able to make the Snozzberries taste like real Snozzberries? He was quite a man, from his purple suit to the taming of a breed of creatures known only to us as Oompa Loompas. He possesses creative genius, with the gift of the Scrumpdiddlyumptious Bar and the ability to frighten small children with chocolate rivers and golden egg-laying geese. He was a Humanitarian with his creation of the Everlasting Gobstopper aimed at allowing poor children to be able to purchase said candy only once and it lasting them a lifetime. He was a skilled vocalist, as evident in his motion picture. Some could even claim that he was a mystic and healer with his ability to inspire the lame to walk again. He has spawned many references in such notable programs as Family Guy, the Simpsons, and The Office. As a philosopher, Mr. Wonka's words of wisdom have inspired millions of lives. "If the good Lord had intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented roller skates." He is truly a notable and legendary character. I mean c'mon, who never wished for a tree that sprouted Gummy Bears? Specifically though this nomination is of Willy Wonka as portrayed by Gene Wilder, not whatever the book may have led you to dream up, and certainly not the creepy Wonka Johnny Depp gave us.
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If this was the song by The Police I'd vote for it, but literally moon walking? Too geeky a nomination by far!
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Just pretend it's the Police, then.
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Your sense of awesome is on the moon right now.
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Geeky...once again, I don't get you Yorky
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You don't get me? It's simple: if it's the kind of thing I imagine the spotty kids who used to sit at the front of the class would like, it's not awesome.
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Yeah, but most of us ARE those spotty kids who sat at the front of the class. Hence, Awesome.
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And, human beings walking on another FREAKING WORLD is pretty f***ing Awesome. Geeky or not, It takes stones to cram yourself in the computing equivalent of a four function calculator and hurl yourself to another celestial body!
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If they'd opened up the selection process I'm sure there wouldn've been no shortage of volunteers.
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OK, so strapping yourself to a pillar of flame, onboard the largest non-nuclear explosive device ever built, tearing yourself free from the planet's gravity and taking steps on a surface further away than anyone has been before isn't awesome?
And as for volunteers, it's hard to find volunteers who have the skills required to pilot a lunar module or re-entry vehicle using nothing but a slide-rule, brains and guts. Totally awesome. reply
It's difficult to find volunteers who are qualified to be a f***ing crossing guard, let alone fly to another world.
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Look, lets not slag volunteers in general; as someone who relied on volunteers to put on our provincial Special Olympics Games, I can vouchsafe the fact that volunteers are awesome.
But I doubt I could find any with the neccessary skillz to fly a Saturn 5. reply
That wasn't really meant to disparage volunteers as a concept. My point was that, judging from Youtube, every redneck with a video camera would volunteer to do ridiculous things, but that doesn't mean that they would, 1. be qualified or 2. actually do it when the chips were down.
When you and two of your closest buddies are sitting on top of 6 million pounds of rocket fuel. Steaming, seething, ready to explode at a moment's notice, you might have second thoughts about taking that trip. Especially knowing that the computers that run everything onboard are substantially less complicated than even the most basic cellular phone. Mankind's greatest endeavour. End of story. I may have nominated Mark Twain, but I'm going to go ahead and call Walking on the Moon the single most Awesome entrant of the month.
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Obviously no-one just has the skills to fly a lunar lander and safely put it on the moon: that comes with training. What they would need to look for in volunteers is the aptitude to absorb that training and the medical and physical fitness and mental robustness to survive the mission and be able to think straight while under considerable mental and physical strain.
Needless to say, I'd do it. In my world where I'm the model of normality everyone would jump at the chance, hence my comment about there being no shortage of volunteers. reply
And yet a couple messages ago you thought walking on the moon was 'too geeky' for you to vote for it.. yet now, you are saying you would volunteer, and give your life to the cause of space exploration... you're getting hard to follow yorky.
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I'm not being inconsistent at all: being asked to take part in a space mission, especially a Moon landing, would be totally awesome - nominating "Walking on the Moon" (but not the record by The Police), however, is geeky.
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yah thad be cool if we really went to the moon!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Moon_landing_hoax_conspiracy_theories
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I find it interesting that most people that believe the moon landings were a hoax cite photographic evidence to prove we didn't go, but typically no little to absolutely nothing about photography. Which leads me to my conclusion. If you do not believe we went to the moon, then you are f***ing retarded, and I'm sending Buz Aldrin to your house! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo6aHSY8hU
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With moon landings, atlantis, nostradamas, georgia guidestones and jesus riding t-rex, expect the crazies this month. I'm not sure what will be bigger this month; the conspiracy theory/new age bloc or the music bloc.
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I hadn't noticed just how wacky many of these candidates were until you pointed it out. This should be a fun month!
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A month that makes Emperor Norton look sane. We're in trouble!
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is such an awful movie that I would have walked out of the theatre even if it was the in-flight movie.
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While I doubt anyone's ready to compare Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory to Citizen Cane, I really didn't think it was that bad of a movie at all. Obviously much of it's awesomeness is due to how it may have fit into your childhood, but as a stand alone story and movie I think it stands up pretty well.
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That was AWESOME!
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Yes. Yes. More yes. Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka really has impacted my life. Not only is he a candy maker, he also is very philosophic and eccentric which is awesome. Plus, Gene Wilder is one of the greatest actors of all time. I love it so much, I named my dodgeball team "Wonka's Favorites" and made shirts with Gene's face on it. Great nominee.
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Why thank you my good man. Gene Wilder has pretty much achieved God status in my book, and it all started with Willy Wonka.
"Who can take tomorrow, dip it in a dream, separate the sorrow and collect up all the cream? The candy man can 'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good." reply
I must concur with yoru sentiment.
Willy wonka is pure genius. But lets keep in mind this is the Wonka played by gene wilder, not that creepy I want to touch yrou kids when yoru not lookign wonka played by johnny depp. Seriously. Does anyone else get creeped out by that guy. reply
Oh yeah, I do. No one who works with candy can have teeth that brilliant. Plus his voice is tweaked up to sound like an eleven year old girl.
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