We have a winner!

Congrats to "Wives' Tale" winner, Vincente for his adorable post about his mother:

My mother had me and my brother convinced that she could give us a injection (shot) in the butt with a syringe without using a needle. She would show us the syringe without the needle and with a clever slight of hand put the needle back. She was really good at this and I seldom felt any pain, so the needle-less story held up for years. I didn’t realize this was not possible until my 20s when I went to EMT class and studied IVs and stuff.

Congrats, Vicente - e-mail me over your address & I can mail you your mystery prize!

I cannot help but pimp this guy out, since he is one of THE COOLEST people I've met in a long time. Vincente is a great comedian, and he is specifically a master of short-form Improv Comedy. He is a total geek (uh, I met him at a freaking MENSA meeting), a computer genius, and a fellow admirer of Battlestar Galactica. Also, he loves the Steelers, which is allegedly some sort of sports team.

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March 10th,2009 Contest, News | tags: Contest, old wives' tales, winner | No Comments

“Wives’ Tales” Contest

The whole series of Andrea's amazing  "Lessons from My Mother" embroideries got me wondering if you are related to someone superstitious or know someone that has any of these batty theories! So, I'm holding a contest!

Post any of your hilarious or interesting wives' tales, superstitions, and general hilarity right here - the winner will get a (tasteful) ad promoting their website on the front page of this blog (which receives over 15,000 hits a month now, thank you readers!) for one whole month and a MYSTERY PRIZE mailed to your house!

Classic Example of a Superstition: My Nagymama always told me that a man lived in the Big Potty that wanted to suck me into the sewer because she was afraid that I would drown in the toilet. This causes me to fear The Big Potty for years.

I'll be posting mini-superstitions up all week, so, start posting, people! Can you do WORSE than Nagymama? You have until MARCH 6th to tell me about it...unless you think it's bad luck to enter contests.

Photo by Mike Wadestoru