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Is to get enough sleep - because then you will be bothered to do the things you are supposed to. I’ve been spending a lot of time lately doing ‘very little’ and then feeling gross at the end of the day. Why? Because I’m tired and need to sleep more.

Here’s a few of the things you thought were the most important things to teach kids…

Honor your father and mother,
The first command with a promise;
That way, an effective teacher,
Everything else is easier to accomplish.

It is the duty of adults everywhere
to be certain that kiddies learn
How to tell knock knock jokes
without the crash and burn.

In all seriousness, the thing to teach children is the Golden Rule.”Do unto others as you would have done unto you.” It’s character-building.

Behaving in a way-manners,
Do things properly-habits,
Know things well-knowledge,
Fresh up daily-cleaning themselves and most important
be in time-punctuality.

I’ll take a leaf out of my old principal’s book and say we need to teach kids to SPELL:
Serve
Participate
Explore Christ
Learn
Lead

Be KIND and always
MIND your manners (and your own
personal business!)

Learn from the old people’s mistakes that run our world and keep the young in mind when making decisions for the world.

God gar sin die, his Son die, luv him.
Mum, dad, are pro you.
Pat cat, eat pap, not pus.
Yuk, woo, wed, sex, bub.

I think it’s important to teach your kids to think for themselves. That way you don’t have to teach them anything else!

What do you think?

The winner today - and today I mean today. Because I finally got to updating today.

It is the duty of adults everywhere
to be certain that kiddies learn
How to tell knock knock jokes
without the crash and burn.

I know I know you might disagree that this is the best thing - but I’m also going for style… and this wins as well as style!

C’mon - am I right? or am I right?

I decided I’d be someone like Clark Kent - not Superman. Clark is one of those perennially undervalued characters in movies. But really he’s the hero. I like his style, he’s buff but apparently noone can tell - and he has the ability to not be a nerd (but chooses not to do so!).

That’s the best character out there.

A few of you wanted to be characters I’d never really heard of but that’s okay - until this website I may have never heard of you either.

Sam starts off the entries with a bold claim:

I am character of james bond in the movie die another day.

Sam - I hope that’s not Pearce Brosnan’s character, because if it is I’m really sorry.

Holly Golightly? no, too carefree
Lara Croft? no, too determined
Scarlett Ohara? no, too self absorbed
Maria VonTrapp? no, too giving
Marge Gunderson…yeah, Fargo.

Or so Rebecca says - Fargo? I’m not quite up with this one. Is that a kids movie?

I do think though that Rebecca makes a lot of sense with her desire/thought that she is:

I’ve often said that I’m like
Wile E. Coyote that holds
Small umbrella and sign,”Yikes!”
As the boulder falls; I fold
into an accordion.

If I could be any movie character, I’d be Sweeney Todd.
I’d sing songs and slit throats, be handsome and odd.

Is there something about this website that draws out the dark side of people? I would say though that I think the ‘handsome and odd’ line belongs more to Johnny Depp than anyone else.

Now I’ll tell you who’s handsome (and my wife agrees with me here). Ewan McGregor. He’s The Man (not the one you rebel against though).

I’m sorry Joshua I cannot say Full Metal Jacket is the awesomest movie ever - I did watch a bit of it but then decided to turn it off ’cause of the pain I was going through… it’s a pretty intense movie!

I am Joker from Full Metal Jacket.
“Is that you, John Wayne?”
A Born to kill button and a peace sign stood side by side.

Mikey wants to be Peter…

Peter Gibbons from Office Space, because every day is worse then the next.

Mikey I believe you - especially with the ‘then/than’ issue going on, it’s just so confusing.

Adam however has pulled out an absolute beauty and a winner! Who wouldn’t want to be Marty McFly?? Especially with Back To The Future 2 - awesomest movie ever.

I’d be like Marty Mcfly
But I’d never get caught
With my shoe untied
I’ll just wave goodbye
From my Delorean ride

There weren’t many answers for the last comp - I gave an extra day too! However the winner wasn’t a surprise it was Rebecca, for the question ‘what’s your most memorable shopping experience’ the answer that wins is :

Memorable? It’s all a blur
Blouses, coats, plaid, cable
Sweaters, shoes, stripes, velour
Frilly, sensible, cabana, formal
Somewhere, in all this shopping:
My husband, weeping.

Good work Rebecca - enjoy your dollar.

Testing a iron, a man recoils quickly.
His coworker then tries touching it
And yelps, shaking his hand.
I’m dumber for having witnessed this.

So it’s true, stupid people do come in pairs! You might recall something stupid like this in your life, I’m not quite sure that I’ve ever had chewing gum in my hair though…

Stupid is everywhere, its dog doo on your shoe, gum in your hair. If you found it stuck to you, you might be stupid too.

or maybe you’re a complete fool for…

…using your lawn mower as a nail clipper.

You’d better have some pretty dang long nails. Like those people who hold the world record for the longest fingernails.

C5 provides some humourous insights into her skills for answering 25 word competitions online… firstly with this great entry.

WHAT??

Followed up with…

Stupid, that’s me now!
Replied with one word,
mistakenly at the blog,
repeated it here,
until I realized,
I am the subject.

At least she could find the words to enter - some others just made noises.

duhhhhhhhh uh huh? mmm yaaaa mmm ohhh *drool*

Apparently the word ’stupid’ can be applied to this One Dollar Jackpot - or so says Sarah.

This jackpot.

Pitty she couldn’t find the right words to say, she would have had a chance then.

My favourite was the following - I don’t think it was deliberate but it wins anyway. It’s a different Sarah (so I think!) and she enters with this…

Slow
Thick
Unwise
Pointless
Idiot

The irony is wonderful.

Thanks Sarah! I hope you enjoyed playing, your dollar will go towards many good things I’m sure.

Well only because it got two entries!

Congratulations! You’ve just won $100,000. We randomly selected a winner from your internet carrier. Just forward your bank details so we can deposit the funds.

And the winner?

My scam would have to be
one that would continue in perpetuity
Patience Lessons, for $39.99
Then never send anything; in time
They’d get it.

Good work Rebecca! 80% of the time you’re great ALL the time. Enjoy your dollar (if you even get it that is).

I don’t usually talk about my business here - at least I hope I don’t. Business talk can be pretty boring. However when I talk about success in websites, I’m usually talking about stories. Stories of real people who have interacted with a business online and made contact with someone on the other end. To me, that is success. Other people’s success is what does it for me. So on One Dollar Jackpot, every time you enter the competition I feel great. I really actually do - maybe I’m starved for attention.

Others define success differently… take these for example:

Salvation
Underwear clean when hit by bus
Clear guidance
Communication
Elephant spotting
Silly string
Submission

Success is when you forget all your failures. It doesn’t mean you still don’t fail, you just don’t seem to remember it when you do.

Knowing when to speak and when to stop.

I have no trouble speaking - it’s the stopping I’m bad at!

The favourable termination of anything attempted

In the Philippines, when you shout “Success!”
It means a relief from several days of constipation.
If you fail, you’ll have difficulty getting things done!

Those crazy Philos!

S-u-c-c-e-s-s
Living life, without stress
changing what grates
leaving behind the hate
Accepting what you get
Financially you’re set
Love is reciprocated
Long life slated.

On this website - success is getting a dollar. It means you win - and you can only be successful once a day. A rare commodity those dollars. The best thing is, that if you have dirty undies on while you’re hit by a bus - you can go and buy another pair with that dollar you earned here. Especially Jen! Here’s some clear guidance for you… save your money.

Enjoy your dollar Jen, maybe you could go out and buy yourself a spot - so you can put it on the elephants when you see them.

My family used to have ‘Friday Lolly Night’ - back when it wasn’t seen as child abuse to give your kids lollies.

Sadly those days have passed - welcome to the new age of ‘here have a computer game - now go away’. Much better than a lolly and much longer lasting!

40 years and 2 generations
Get to the bridge that goes to camp
Singing nonsense song, “We’re Here”
that Dad wrote on the boat ramp.

Is that dad like the dad in National Lampoon’s? Chevy Chase would be a weird guy for a dad but I can understand how some people might like that

My unfavourite family tradition is operating under the rules:
1. Don’t Feel
2. Don’t Think
3. Don’t Talk

Not as fun as having a favourite nonsense song - but I can understand the attraction… but not really. You guys don’t have much fun at Christmas do you? Imagine giving out presents - it’s all done in mime.

Preparing the sacrificial fire….
Spearing the baby…
Every weekend!

Say what?

Having to pretend for yet another year that Grandma is sleeping…

What is she actually doing? I’m not quite sure on this one - it’s kind of freaking me out.

I’m not really tempted to chose any of the last three, they’re kind of scary. But of the first two the winner is the 40 year old tradition! Rebecca - your winning seems to be becoming a bit of a tradition in itself. Congratulations again

By the way - where’s the camp?

Well for yesterday anyway - I took the day off work ( I think we should all do that on our birthday ) and headed out with my wife for a relaxing day doing relaxing things. Like walking

You supremely superior people spoke to me in many ways while I was away - but mostly via email. The three words you needed to use to win yesterday’s jackpot were: Jape, Groak & Defenestration. Easy! For most except for this entry…

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
One of the superior words in the english dictionary.
Does anyone know the meaning?

Maybe you do know it - I know it but I’m not going to tell! It could be some sort of jape on the behalf of the inventors of the word.

Groaks don’t think it’s a funny jape if you commit an act of defenestration with the food they were hoping you would share with them.

Melanie I have this theory - it’s that groaks are annoying and really wouldn’t get the average jape. What do you think?

Groaks, bandwagon-jumpers and other inferior people will be subject to defenestration.
No jape.

So says Jonathan. Mr Jonathan are you a victim of a harsh jape that has been circulationing through the interwebs? Maybe you’re a groak yourself…

Would it be a good jape
when the window does gape
to eject the groak
who wears no cloak
to procrastinate, speculate or defenestrate?

Since we’re all on about this ‘throwing people out the window’ thing I thought I might point out something. You probably shouldn’t kill people. I’m not sure if you’re aware of this but it’s against the law. Even if it’s a jape. Jay it’s not that I’m against it - I just don’t want to see you go to gaol.

But I do want to see you a dollar richer - and that’s why I’m sending you the winning dollar for today! I think you might need to pay a lawyer or something with it. You should probably lay low for a while. You might be wanted for murder.

I completely forgot -after the last competition I thought, ‘I could not visit One Dollar Jackpot for 30 days easy’. After two days I realised I was the guy who owns and updates the site so I should probably give you some updates since I promised to!

Oh well - I didn’t last too long.

Kerrie begins our wrap up of what you could go without for 30 days. I think this would be pretty easy for me, given that I’m lactose intolerant and can’t eat the stuff…

chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate!

Wolfie seems to disagree though:

Without Chocolate I Could Survive
I’m sure my body could thrive
Not being able to dive into a box of a chox

Adam has something I think we all aspire to on some level - even if you own your own company you’re not always your own boss.

I could do without work
I could do without bosses
Each month I start another day
And each day I cut my losses

Maybe you could do 30 days without your boss like Mariah’s ‘bosses’.

I could definetly do with out my parents, because they really get on my nerves!!!

That’s too bad Mariah, I hope they’re not as horrible as some I’ve met. Sometimes parents can be bad - but then again kids can be too

I’m going to dare Jen to do the following that she suggests she could do… including anything made in an oven…

Facebook? No.
Diet Coke? 10 days, already proven.
No, I think I could go 30 days
Without an oven.

Johan thinks there’s the slight possibility that this could happen. I’m going to suggest that’s wrong..

Everything.

But the winner for today’s competition is Adam - he’s touched on a nerve that tickles for me and the delivery was just right. Thanks Adam and I hope you enjoy your dollar.

According to an email that went around the interwebs a while ago - the best thing a man could ever say to his wife after a hard day was ‘here have some wine’. Apparently a great way to relax - and at some level yes that’s an okay thing, but sometimes you need something more. Something fulfilling and different. Not just the haze of an alcohol induced coma.

Here’s the way you said you would relax…

• If the day is draining,
  just quit all your complaining,
  take your brain off training,
  your drugs are waiting.
• Could I sleep in a box?
  Could I sleep with a fox?
  Could I sleep here or there?
  Sleep is relaxing anywhere!
• When my mind is waxing,
  and all that thought is taxing,
  I turn on that box thing.
  And forget.
• I could listen to a cello.
  I could spend time with my fellow.
  But I’d rather get mellow
  with my cat named yellow.
• Coming home, after a hard day of school work and sitting on the couch eating dark chocolate and whatching movies while it is raining outside…
• Grab a good book and go sit somewhere, letting your mind sail away to worlds unkown…
• Lie back, take it easy. Not worth getting breathless and wheezy.
  Relax the mind and you will find everything today is light and breezy!
• I relax by imbibing two hard ciders (6.5% alcohol by volume) in the company of my good friend Russell. 3 of them is *very* relaxed =)
• By soaking in a hot bath full of bubbles, a glass of your favourite plonk beside you and soft music in the background.

Now I think that last one is good fun even if you’re not drinking plonk. I’ve tried relaxing by watching the box too - but it just seems I get more stressed. I’m not sure that that’s the best way to relax. I did a 30 day challenge a while ago - not to watch the box - it was some of the most relaxing times I’ve had in recent memory.

Some of the most relaxing times I’ve had have been while reading - fantasy novels are great stuff to read and hanging out just not doing much. I was reading the local newspaper two days ago (they had an article on one of my favourite bands) - now that was great. Lara - my wife was knitting and nothing much was going on. Totally sweet.

So because of the delivery of the message - Rose wins today. Hanging out with her cat Yellow seemed to me the best way to actually relax. If only I had a cat. Thanks for the tip Rose!