Llama PSA

We got a note in the Tasty Bits (TM) Mail Sack this afternoon about a limerick contest being held by Mervis Diamond Importers, a Dee Cee outfit run by one Ronnie Mervis, whose South Efrikaan accent and do-it-yourself over-the-top radio ads have become something of a local legend. (I've snarked about those ads from time to time here, a fact that some kid interning there evidently discovered via the magick of Google. Hence the note. Heck, if he's willing to go to that much trouble, I figure it doesn't hurt to help him out.)

It seems like a legit promotional contest. First prize is a $500 diamond pendant plus fifteen minutes of semi-fame, and the deadline is August 20th. Go on over a check it out. I don't know whether the first few contest "entries" are plants or legitimate efforts at verse, but by God they're awful - I should think any one of you ought to be able to swoop in and cop the prize. (If you do, we'll reprint it here as well.)

Yip! Yip!