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Gonfunko's 100th Post Numismatic Parody Contest OVER! Vote for the winners!

Well, it looks like this is my 100th post. Wow! First of all let me thank everyone on here for helping me out and contributing your knowledge to the forum. So, I've decided to have a 100th post giveaway contest. All you have to do is write a parody about something numismatic. Foreign coins, colonials, paper money, and tokens are all OK. For those of you who don't know, a parody is where you change the words to a popular song to make it about something else. For those of you more interested in poetry, you can submit a parody poem too. Just PM me before Friday, June 11 with your parody, the name of the original song or poem, and the original artist or writer. First place receives a Morgan Dollar in MS-63, second place receives a 2004 Silver Eagle, and 3rd place receives a Barber half dollar. Everyone else who submits a parody gets a low grade buffalo nickel, 3 wheat cents, and an Uncirculated 1972 Lincoln. Judging will be conducted by the forum members, and the highest ranking songs or poems will win. Here's an example of a "numismatic parody" I know this might be a bit difficult, but there are plenty of creative people on this forum. If anyone's interested, I have a parody band called Gonfunko, and this is the website. Good luck!

Current Entries = 5

Comments

  • How about ebaying for coins?
  • GonfunkoGonfunko Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭
    Dominus-That's OK too.
  • ddbirdddbird Posts: 3,168 ✭✭✭
    This give-a-way is a cool one...Put some thought into it people!!!
  • Wow, this will be a good one. I may have to enter this one if I can unlock some braincells.
    "You must love soldiers in order to understand them, and understand them in order to lead them."
    -Henri Turenne


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  • GonfunkoGonfunko Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭
    Unlock those braincells! We need more entries!
  • GonfunkoGonfunko Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭
    OK - the contest is over. Now it's time for you to decide the winners. I have posted the five entries below. On a scale of 1-5, score every parody on pacing (how well it rhymes with the original, sylable count, etc.), how funny it is, and an overall rating. For example, let's say that X parody had decent pacing, but wasn't perfect enough to warrant a 5. It would earn a 3 or 4 in pacing. If you were ROFLOL while you were reading it, it would earn a 5 for how funny, and an overall score of either 4 or 5. Please, no decimals. It is imperative that you vote for every parody, as the scoring will be done by adding up the points and comparing them to the maximum number possible based on the number of posts. So, without any further ado, here are the parodies:

    A parody of The Road Not Taken
    Originally written by Robert Frost
    The coin not taken

    Two coins diverged in their yellow gold
    Im sorry i could not have taken all
    And be one collector, as I was told
    And looked at the coins I was showed
    To see the coins, wide and tall
    Then I took a coin, as just as fair,
    and decidided crap, the other had more detail.
    For the one I choose, was dull with ware
    Why didnt i take that coin there?
    Or wait for a nicer one in the mail?
    And all that day I wondered why,
    my coin was dinged, and had a crack
    Oh why didn't I never try!
    For my coin is fake, and now I cry.
    The owner wont even let me take it back.
    I shall be telling this with a sigh.
    People laugh here and hence
    Two coins diverged in gold, and I-
    I took the one less desired by,
    And that has made all the difference.

    A parody of Yellow Submarine
    Originally by The Beatles
    Collectors Universe

    In the town where I was born
    Lived a man who sold the coins
    And he told us of his life
    In the land of submissions
    So we searched through mint sets
    Till we found a toned obverse
    And we waited for the the grades
    In our collectors universe
    We all live in our collectors universe,
    Collectors universe, collectors universe
    We all live in our collectors universe,
    Collectors universe, collectors universe
    And our friends are on the board
    Many more of them post next door
    And the band begins to play
    We all live in our collectors universe,
    Collectors universe, collectors universe
    We all live in our collectors universe,
    Collectors universe, collectors universe
    As we live a life of ease
    Everyone of us has all the varieties
    Jeffs of blue with steps of course
    In our collectors universe.
    We all live in our collectors universe,
    Collectors universe, collectors universe
    We all live in our collectors universe,
    Collectors universe, collectors universe
    We all live in our collectors universe,
    Collectors universe, collectors universe
    We all live in our collectors universe,
    Collectors universe, collectors universe

    A parody of Burn
    Originally written by Usher
    "Burn" my Susie B.

    It's gonna burn for me to say this
    But I need to fix the car,
    The wife has been yelling,
    She wants to go out to the bar
    Really wanna work this out
    But I don't want to spend my change,
    I don’t, but you do
    Think it's best you find your own way
    Tell me why I should spend my Susan B.
    When its hurts me, baby, it’s DCAM Proof, baby
    Plus there's so many other things I could spend
    I think that you should get a job
    Then the feelin' ain't the same and this money ain’t yours,
    But you know, Now I gotta let it go
    'Cause you say Susie aint worth what it used to
    Even though this might hurt me
    Let it burn (Yeah)
    Let it burn (Ooh)
    I'm twisted 'cause one side of me is tellin' me that I
    need to fix her car
    On the other side I wanna collect me some more, ooh
    I'm twisted 'cause one side of me is tellin' me that she
    don’t need to go to the bar
    On the other side I wanna buy some gold bars
    Spent money I ain't supposed to
    Got some other coins here but I want you
    'Cause the Kennedy ain’t the same
    Find myself callin' him your name
    Numies tell me do you understand
    Now all my forumists do you feel my pain
    It's just the way I feel, I know I made a mistake
    Now it's too late, I know Susie B. ain’t comin’ back
    What I gotta do now to get my DCAM Dollar back, ooh, ooh,
    ooh, ooh
    Man, I don't know what I'm gonna do without my Moo(lah)
    You've been gone for too long
    It's been fifty-leven days, um-teen hours, I'mma be
    Hurtin’ till you return, oh...oh...

    A pardoy of Cleanin' Out My Closet
    Originally written by Eminem
    Cleaning Out My Wallet

    Where's my snipe, I have no snipe on my ebay. There ya go. Yea, yo, yo...
    Have you ever been sniped or outbid against? I have. I've been scammed and shill bid against, threat mail for my last minute hits. Look at the time, sick of the lots of the counterfeit coins that's behind, all this crap, junk runs deep as bids explodin', tempers flair from lost bids, just blow 'em off and keep searchin', not takin' junk from no one, give 'em hell as long as they're sellin, keep gettin outbid in the morning', and watchin' bids in the evening, leave 'em in the dust as I snipe, see how they can outbid me but they'll never outbid me now, I be ya'll sick of me now, ain't you angry, I'ma make you look so slow to bid now...

    [CHORUS]
    I'm sorry bidder, I really meant to snipe you, I really meant to make you cry, but tonight, I'm cleaning out my wallet, (one more time), I said I'm sorry bidder, I really meant to snipe you, I really meant to make you cry, but tonight, I'm cleaning out my wallet.

    I got some Franklins in my wallet and I don't know if no one knows it, so before they outbid me inside my room and BIN it, I'ma snipe it, take you upto $73, before I ever had a chance in hell at gettin' this 1803, I was slow, maybe by a couple of seconds, my crappy modem must have had it's bits in a bunch, cause it died, I wonder if it even tried, no it didn't on second thought, I just wished I had cable modem that flied, I look at colonial, and I couldn't picture leavin' that fugio behind, even If I hated seller, I grit my teeth and buy, email him and work it out at least for my sake, I ordered with 'surance but I'm only human, but I'm rich enough to gamble today, what I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb, but the smartest thing I did was get it BIN, cause I have just won, sniped them all thoes who were watchin', it's my coin, I'd welcome y'all to outbid me now...

    [CHORUS]

    Now I would never shill my own items just to get high feedback, take a second to bid on my item to win, put your money in my wallet, just try to envision winnin' your mailman deleverin' your coins to your home, be assured it's always going to get there, no coins will be missin', goin' through the UPS system, victim of no postal misstreatin', your whole life you wanted this coin and it's there 'till you won it, there it sittin', it makes ya queasy to ya' sommach, doesn't it, wasn't it the reason you made that bid for it, man, so you could try to fill your holes of your massive folders, man, but guess what, you're collection is compelte now they're toning and lovely, and that one's cracked out so quick, she's gonna go in your dansco, collection gettin' so big now, you should see 'em, so beautiful, but now I can buy 'em, because now you're flat broke, see what hurts me most is you sell 'em for so low and have a BIN, snipe, do my thing, keep tellin' myslelf that it's mine, and I low how you insure and ship it for so cheap, you good man, I hope I have room for this heap, remember when you bidded on my stuff and you won it from me, well guess what, I got it back, back almost for free...

    [CHORUS]

    A parody of A Day In The Life
    Originally written by The Beatles
    A Day In The Life Of A Coin Collector

    I read the forum today, oh boy
    About some lucky men who made the grade
    And though the news was pretty sad
    Well we just had to laugh
    We saw the photographs.
    They blew their budgets on those coins
    They didn't notice that they were AT
    A crowd of people told them so
    They'd seen this coin before
    Nobody was really sure
    If it they from the Bay of E-eeee
    I read the thread today, oh boy
    The forum members had just posted more
    A crowd of people disagreeeeeed
    but I just had to post
    Having read the thread
    I'd love to seeeeee that coin!
    Woke up, fell out of bed - onto my slabs,
    Threw the coins upon my bed
    Found my way downstairs and grabbed more coins,
    And looking at them - decided to sell on the BST.
    Found my slab caddy and grabbed my holey coin hat
    Made the bus, caddy in hand, in seconds flat
    Found my way upstairs and dipped a coin
    Somebody spoke and I went into a dream - about the monster colored coin.
    I read the forum today, oh boy
    Four thousand holes in Lord Blackovan's vest
    And though the holes are rather small
    He had to wear them all
    Now they know how many coins it takes to fill the registry set.
    I'd love to turn you on...... to this monster colored coin.

    Note: Not intended to insult anyone - just for fun.

    Thus concludes the longest thread in world history! Now, make your voice heard. Our fine parodyists need your vote! They've worked hard, and I know that the winners will be totally deserving of their prizes. Thanks for reading all the way through. image

  • ddbirdddbird Posts: 3,168 ✭✭✭
    Can we vote for ourselves...lol!

    Come on people VOTE!!!
  • ahah - a competitor!!!!!!!! ........ Yes, wish those folks would vote ........ guess that may be too much reading for them.
  • ddbirdddbird Posts: 3,168 ✭✭✭
    Neptune...Your going to be taken out by a youngin' HA...jk jk Good luck! image
  • So, so far we have:

    4, 5, 1, 3, 2
    1, 5, 3, 4, 2
    2, 1, 5, 3, 4
    3, 2, 4, 1, 5
    5, 4, 1, 3, 2
    1, 5, 4, 2, 3

    with averages:

    2.666, 3.666, 3, 2.666, 3

    which gives the places as follows:

    3rd, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd
  • ddbirdddbird Posts: 3,168 ✭✭✭
    Yeah but again they were rating from best to worst! so 1=1st, which means the lower scores are the winners!
    Since all the votes came form the other thread...which has a dif. way of voting.
  • GF - Thanks for the nice Morgan Dollar! It sure was a nice surprise in the mail vs. bills! I enjoyed participating in your parody contest. Have a nice week, and THANKS again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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