Join My Challenge For Uncle Harris!

I had a little time on my hands and decided to visit "The Shameless "Plug" Page"  and see what was new and different--and that was how I came across this little piece written by - - - Uncle Harris - - - .

Since--as you will find out by reading further--I have challenged him (bribing him with GPs!) to make his message more creative, it might not look the same when you look at it, but this is the bitem for his message:

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When I looked at it, what it said was that this guy needed GPs to go towards an upgrade. He'd already saved up 8000 GPs, but you know that it takes quite a bit more than that for an upgrade.

I noticed that two other people had already read and rated his piece, and his average rating reminded me of Texas--in case you don't know this already, Texas is also known as The Lone Star State.

This buttery-soft part of me wanted to give him five stars just to encourage him--not to mention wanting to surprise him with 10,000 GPs.

But the practical side of me somehow managed to come to the surface.

First off, I'd never heard of the guy before and hadn't even cracked his port past that one shameless plea.

I wanted to know just what I'd be promoting by promoting him, so I did a port-raid and was beyond-impressed.

This guy writes really clever poetry with punch-lines that will knock your socks off (Get it!?! Punch/Knock!!!).

As much as I wanted to give the - - - Uncle Harris - - - five stars and at least 5000 GPs on the merit of his writing talents mixed with his courage to ask for help when help is needed, I knew this wouldn't really be fair.

I'm pretty generous with the GPs, but just making a straight announcement that you need more GPs in order to get an upgrade isn't exactly the Great American Novel.

It's not even a great limerick or haiku.

It's just a want-ad with average information.

Anyway, I gave him 3.5 stars, 100 points for each star (with the fraction being worth half-a-star) and a challenge.

Here's my challenge to anyone reading this...

First, read over my challenge (which will be the rest of this memo) and, then, think of creative ways of your own to make sure - - - Uncle Harris - - - gets his upgrade. You can start by checking out his port that's chock-full of amusing poems (as of my last raid of it), writing him encouraging notes, and leaving at least a few GPs behind, if you're so moved to.

Well, let's get on with looking at my challenge. Thanks for taking the time to read this...


Three-and-a-half stars from me and 100 GPs per star!

You could have gotten five stars from me for writing this request in poetry--and you still can.

Just let me know that you've done this, and I'll give you five stars and another 500 points.

I don't mean a single couplet, either. I mean an entire poem of at least five or six verses--but the more you write (to a point) the richer you'll get!

In fact, I'll give you a starting pay of 1500 points (along with the five stars) if the poem has at least seven four-lined, rhyming verses.

Between eight and ten verses (rhymed verses, of course--just as it will be no matter the length of the poem), you get 2000 points.

Between eleven and thirteen verses, you get 2500 points.

Between fourteen and sixteen verses, you get 3000 points.

Between seventeen and nineteen verses, you get 3500 points.

Between twenty and twenty-two verses, you get 4000 points.

Between twenty-three and twenty-five verses, you get 4500 points.

Anything over twenty-five verses gets 5000 points!

Remember: Quality must also play a part in this. Make this poem as good as any of the other poems you've shown here so far, and it will qualify when it comes to quality!

I'm going to put this challenge out to show others what I have in mind so that they might want to participate also. They might not pay you as many points as I will--or they might pay you more.

I have the feeling that you're up to this challenge and that you're going to have no problem getting your upgrade!

Good Luck!
AJ Looking On The Bright Side

P.S. My computer can be unpredictable at times, and I've been known to be without a computer even for several months. Hopefully, this won't be the case. However, something like this will only delay my coming through with your GPs when you earn them. You'll get them eventually unless I pass on suddenly.