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This robot's welcome in my home anytime. Photo: iRobot.
Bring your most clever comment and win a Roomba!
The great Dorothy Draper said "it is just as disastrous to have the wrong accessories in your room as it is to wear sport shoes with an evening dress."
Well, we'd love to hear her thoughts on the homes on one of our favorite sites -- Lovely Listing from the Cheezburger Network (you know, the one so brilliantly brought us Lolcats). They've got the most ridiculous gallery from homes for sale -- a scale by the door? A room teeming with porcelain dolls? Or with electrical outlets? It sounds nuts, but sometimes after flipping through shelter magazines and design blogs full of perfectly-placed-and-plumped ikat pillows and glossy kitchen islands, these disastrous rooms are exactly what we crave.
So we're delighted to wish them a happy second anniversary and best hopes for many more years of telephones in the bathroom and a continued obsession with white plastic chairs.
And to celebrate, we're giving away the ultimate home companion: A Roomba! As Lovely Listing says, "A robot that stops your house from looking like a Lovely Listing entry."
But that's not all it does: this thing cleans up to four rooms on a battery charge and when it's ready, recharges itself. And since there are two interchangeable cleaning bins -- one that holds enough dirt for a routine cleaning and one that holds THREE times more debris -- you can swap them out depending on the size of the job.
It also runs on a programmable schedule, which means you can come home to clean floors. And unlike a family member or roommate who cleans while you're away, the Roomba requires no thank-you and does not make you feel guilty about not helping.
To win, you must explain what is happening in the photo. This is a contest of skill, not luck. Humor counts; factuality does not.
We won't even try to caption this one. That's up to you! Photo: Lovely Listing.
* To enter, leave a confirmed comment below explaining what is happening in this photo.
* The comment must be left before 11:59 pm ET on May 3, 2010.
* You may enter only once.
* One winner will be selected based on the following criteria: humor, keenness of observation, and pertinence to the contents of the photo.
* One winner will receive a iRobot Roomba 562 Pet Series. Approximate Retail Value of prize is $399.99.
* Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
* Click here for complete Official Rules. Winners will be notified by email, so be sure to provide a valid email address!
Reader comments (Page 6 of 7)
Wow! Getting to see the inside of the witch's house from Hansel and Gretel is a real treat! The trap door on the floor is obviously where Hansel was kept, and you can see the oven has easy access to the rest of the room. That it's spotless is a testament to Gretel's awesome housekeeping skills, as demanded by the witch. After the witch was burned up in the oven (Gretel shoved her in and locked the door, remember?) the pair stuck around, eating the candy which comprised the house. Their munching is most noted by the pale yellow section in the left foreground and also the bare wood of the baseboard around the stove. Hansel and Gretel ate the baseboard licorice first, but soon realized that the stench of burning witch tainted the rest of the kitchen's goodies quickly. Else, they would have devoured the rest of the blue raspberry AirHeads, the red fruit Rollups, and the yellow/gold Cow Tails (the door highlights) in this kitchen. (Behind the oven is a wall of butterscotch. I had to wipe off my monitor after I tried to lick it. Because the witch incinerated right there probably means the dusty monitor has a better taste now, anyway.) It's been a while since I'd seen such a great specimen of a grape/lemon Pez curtain like the one above the sink here! Thanks for sharing such a great historic piece(s) with us! I'm sure the rest of the house is gone (and was yummy) by now.
ReplyCaptain Kirk transports back to the Enterprise to discover that not only has he been changed into an oven from 1972 and Spock a robot door, but also that the Enterprise has been transformed into an mind-numbing, booby-trapped kitchen! Scotty the cupboard insists, "I dunno whats happuned Cap'n. Maybe you can beam back and reverse it!"
ReplyKirk: "Good idea, Scotty! Prepare for transport"
Scotty: "Gah, I've got no hands Cap'n. I Just Cannot Do It!"
Uhura: Okay now, Why do I gotta be the drawer?
Kirk: Um, Uhura, yeah, see, this isn't, um, hey look at that nice valance!
Bones: Dammit Jim! I can't turn around. I'm a cupboard not a doctor!
As the elevator to the afterlife came to a stop, Stove began to deeply regret all those times it burnt the cookies.
ReplyStove: Beam me up Scotty!
ReplyThe "Magic Chef" mounted the stage and announced that for his next trick he would pull a rabbit out of his broiler.
ReplyIts clear that they are roughing in a new kitchen in what used to be a living room that held a pot belly heating system underneath the chimney-like exhaust(the opened square where stove is sitting). The stove and other cabinetry they feel will go there and the sink underneath the Big window where there used to be a long build in desk-type counter and storage shelves behind the doors.
ReplyYou know the kitchen is the heart of the home? The red and the blue are are the exact pigments used in every anatomy textbook in Europe when showing the circulatory system. Uh Oh. This home is in some serious trouble,.
ReplySee that arteria caminata? Its got some serious plaque build up. And it looks like stove-clot is going to break free any moment and cause one massive house-attack. Call a general contractor, we're going to need to do open-heart remodeling, stat.
Argh. Open-house surgery. Not open heart remodeling. Gah I ruined it.
"Morpheus, I should have taken the "blue pill". And no I don.t want a cookie."
ReplyMartha had always dreamed of a glamorous life on the stage. Unfortunately, her only talent was cooking. Her Husband tried his best, but it just wasn't how she imagined it.
ReplyI read everybody's comments! Very clever, very heartfelt. Call me a loser, all I know is that I have a long-haired cat who sheds 24/7 even though I brush and "furminate" him daily. I love my big hairy Kevin, he is the sweetets,but his hair is everywhere! Roomba, take me away....
Replywould to love to give this a whirl!
ReplyShe asked her husband for one of those in-wall models of ovens for mother's day. He was eager to please her, but she should have been a bit more specific.
Replyhi
ReplyColors... I see Colors!!! Oh, and let us all give praise to the ultimate oven by putting it on a stage.
ReplyThe stove is on the catwalk is singing "I'm too sexy for this kitchen."
Replydead bodies shoved into cabinets
ReplyThe kitchen of the future.
ReplyThe stove reminds us of our ancestors who actually cooked instead of ordering in.
Colors meant to glare and blind so we forget why we even have this room.
Total lack of personality keeps us from trying to upgrade with the rest of the house.
Even though her Seasonal Affective Disorder was at peak levels this blustery winter day, Sylvia Plath decides to try to lighten her mood through interior design. "This better be a success or I don't know what I'll do..."
Reply"Too... many... primary... colors," shouted Stove. "I can't take it anymore!"
ReplyAnd with that he took his final leap.