2600 Contest Results

Here are the results of the 2600 Contest, where we asked for funny and interesting ways of answering the phone: It was not quite what we expected.

The most common entry was "City Morgue - you kill 'em, we chill 'em" or some similarly macabre variant.  A few people, when they answer the phone, like to pretend that they are answering machines or telco recordings.  Or even their local police department.

Since so few of the entrants conformed to our judgment criteria and since there was no clear winner, we're averaging out the two prizes offered and giving each of the three best entries a one-year extension to their 2600 subscriptions.  And the winners:

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This is Bullwinkle.  Wanna hear me pull a rabbit out of my hat?"  --- 3-RARE, Prospect Heights, Illinois.

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"If you tell me you've got the wrong number again, I'll carry out my threat."  --- North Babylon, New York.

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"I thought I told you never to call me here."  --- Clintown Township, Michigan.

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If you see your entry here, then you've received an extra year on your subscription.