QUICK: Need Fun Needs More Fun
Three fairly interesting things happened around these parts yesterday:
1. Everyone seemed to enjoy my Gummi pictures. (Yay, it’s always fun to feel talented.) And several people suggested I give them away as prizes.
2. I got a call from the generous people at Mobile Commons, the company that’s kindly hosted my “Need Fun” text service and footed the bill free of charge, letting me know that this silly little thing I’d invented might be one of the most engaging services they’ve ever hosted. (Amazing, I myself haven’t told anyone about it in some time. What I’m feeling must be similar to what David Hasslehoff felt when someone rang to tell him he’d hit it big in Germany.)
3. I checked the stats on Need Fun. Low and behold, they were right, there are some people out there who seem to be enjoying it very much.
I’ve come up with a kind of contest combining all three ideas, with three ways to win you’re very own Gummi print.
I’m giving away three, but at a more reasonable 8 x 10 size. Ready to get in on the action? Here’s how:
1. Need Fun needs more fun ideas. Got an idea you think is fun enough to make it into the feed? Post it below. Remember, the whole idea, including spaces, has to be less than 140 characters. In 1 weeks time, I’ll pick the funnest idea and send out a print to whoever put it up.
2. You know how I said Need Fun is addictive? According to the numbers, its SHOCKINGLY addictive. Care to guess how many times the top user has used it? Post your best guess below. The first person to get the number, or the first person to post the closest guess in 1 weeks time, wins a Gummi print.
3. The third winner has already earned their print; that would be Need Fun’s CURRENT top user. Phone number 347-583-80XX, whoever you are, you’ve used the system 2 more times than the 12 people tied for second. I’ll be texting you later today to get your details so I can mail the package. My way of saying thanks.
So there you have it, got a fun idea or a guess at how many times the top user has requested a random free idea? Let ‘er rip and the Gummi’s on me! How fun is that?
March 5th, 2009 at 9:59 am
I’m going to guess he used it 84 times.
March 5th, 2009 at 10:00 am
62 times.
March 5th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Go to Chucky Cheese and try to make friends. With the mascots.
March 5th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Call out of work. When they ask why, tell them you’ve got a box of Cap’n Crunch and TMNT is on the tube. They’ll understand.
March 5th, 2009 at 10:04 am
I’m guessing 2 times. But only if we’re doing this Price Is Right style (the closest guess without going over). Otherwise I’m thinking 83.
March 5th, 2009 at 11:27 am
I’m going high: 174
March 5th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
91!
March 5th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Pay someone’s parking meeter when they expire. No need for thanks. That fun feeling is worth more than a quarter.
And my guess: 112.
March 5th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
You’ve all lost your minds. I used the text thing once and got a dumb as nails reply. I’m going to say 12 times is the top user.
March 5th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Aww I wish I could use the need fun thing. Ever fancy making it International Jake?
Go and give a stranger a Haiku. Composed spontaneously for them.
Go buy some Sunflower seeds. And plant them in interesting places. The Joy you get from watching them growing is amazing.
Take a flier from one of the flier givers, and give it to another flier giver.
March 5th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Burn a CD of the most random songs you can find and leave it somewhere for someone to find.
Cartwheel-off! Right now, find a place and a person and see who can do the most cartwheels.
And I’m going to guess….137 times!
March 5th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
my guess is 77 times
March 5th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
it has to be 246
March 5th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
311 times is my guess.
March 5th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
When people aren’t looking make funny faces at them. If you are caught, casually ask them if they’d like to date you.
273
March 5th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Tap someone on the shoulder, after they look at you say tag your it! Then you (or your friends) all run away. Its called random tag.
1000?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:35 am
let’s try with this one:
I’m sorry but NEED FUN is currently not working. While waiting text NEED FUN to 30644 for Zoomdoggle’s fun ideas.
March 8th, 2009 at 12:40 am
haha i got the one that recommends pooping in the top of someone’s toilet. that’s not fun. that’s mean jake.
my input to the system:
go somewhere busy and ask strangers to make the funniest face they can, and take a picture of it. post the good ones on zoomdoggle!
and the crazy person used it 132 times. doye.
March 9th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Hehe I forgot to guess.
Oh! My friends and I are dressing as our Tutors for Comic relief. Hehe, That should be fun.
My guess is 1599 times.
March 12th, 2009 at 1:38 am
Grab a friend and lie on the corner of a sidewalk, pretending to be asleep or dead, however feels appropriately fit for the situation. When somebody walks by, scream something random, then close your eyes and drift back into a slumber.
March 12th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Get a friend to watch while you pretend to fly a kite on a busy sidewalk. See who looks up.
March 12th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Put on a clown wig and nose and drive around. Give a finger wiggling wave to everyone you see.
April 3rd, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Hey, Jake… who won the funnest idea prize?