SMART TO FINISH

Welcome to SMART TO FINISH humor contest.

CONTEST 4

Contest Entries

One of the great things about books... 
is that they can provide hours of entertainment... trying to find Waldo just once.
- Elizabeth Leighton, Stevens Point, WI.
One of the great things about books... 
is they don't freeze up on you when you're watching pictures of some of the prettiest and healthiest girls.
- TLR, Rochester, NY.


One of the great things about books... 
is that if it is bad, you still have a fire starter or some toilet paper.
- Karthik V, Alpharetta, GA.
One of the great things about books... 
is their versatility: They can be weapons, stepstools, paperweights, building blocks, decorations, flower presses, or even kindling!
- Brigid Strait, Waterloo, IA.

One of the great things about books... 
is if you purchase one that's big enough, and slamit at just the right speed...you can indeed travel through time.
- Britt Roberts, Pontypridd, South Wales.

One of the great things about books... 
is that exciting "new book" feeling; not that the book is necessarily new, merely that most young Americans nowadays have never actually removed their eyes from the television screen long enough to see a book, much less read one.
- Brigid Strait, Waterloo, IA.

One of the great things about books... 
is how perty they are; I've never actually read one, but they look great from a distance.
- Brigid Strait, Waterloo, IA.

One of the great things about books... 
is the workout I get while carrying them--who says geeks don't have muscles?
- Brigid Strait, Waterloo, IA.

One of the great things about books... 
is how much they stimulate the economy: money from sales tax, jobs provided by publishing houses, income tax off the authors--and of course we can't forget all the dough chiropractors make off the students who carry too many.
- Brigid Strait, Waterloo, IA.

One of the great things about books... 
is they, unlike man, reward you for paying attention.
- Tom Flinch, New Britain, CT.


Contest deadline: December 1, 2007