Tagline Contest Redux

Okayyyy, the tagline contest generated more responses than I figured, but it won’t be a genuine contest until The Winnah is picked.

Unlike those "contests" at -- ahem -- some *other* sites.

So, I figure our weekenders (technically, it's still the weekend) deserve a shot at it, too. Here’s the deal.

A. Go back to the link in the first sentence (you know, the one you ignored in your hurry to see what this is all about) and get the gist of what I’m hoping to achieve.

B. Snarken up your #2 posting finger and get ready to play.

You can either vote for one of the previous entries (by number) or submit one of your own. Or, you can score major points by picking one of my brilliant gems modest suggestions.

Ready? Go!

From Denizenne BlogTwin and perennial favorite (and not just in caption contests) AFSister comes this:

1. Aw, come on, Bill! I LIKE IT!

BlogNeighbor (and part-time blonde) Cassandra came up with:

2. [tapping foot]...

Mmmmmm – I predict I'll have to put Damage Control on Immediate Response status when / if she gets here.

We have two entries from the Castle’s Mistress of the Snark, Bad Cat Robot:

3. Ignoring the law of gravity since 1857!

4. If you throw yourself at the ground and miss really fast, you might be in a helicopter.

Chiming in from the Land of Backwards Seasons is trias with:

5. Bill's new copter with its Advanced Bill Correction Device (ABCD). This fantastic marvel of engineering automatically adjusts helium levels to make the CG move around wildly thereby providing Bill with normal operating conditions. AI could, unfortunately, not be included in the extensive feature list due to it's propensity to eject before takeoff.

Journalist NevadaDailySteve proves that the MinisculeStreamMedia does, indeed, have a sense of humor (a small one – but a sense of humor, nonetheless)

6. If you build it, some idiot will fly it.

Pat has been weeding in his DVD collection:

7. That's not a TINS, this is a TINS!

John, as usual, hit the wrong comment box – the one he obviously wanted concerned somebody’s guess about the Whatziss:

8. BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

Castle newbie NinjaFluff has a twofer, too, fer ya...too...fer...*whap!* Owwww!:

You guys are great... This is why I love this site so much!

Okay, so that *wasn’t* one of her suggestions, but I'll take any compliment that staggers into the area. Geez, can’t I throw myself a bone, here?

9. Chief Sugarbuttons... flying the helicopters American's won't!

10. Bill, the Rotorhead - STILL flying faster than his Guardian Angel!

*sigh* Now I know who's been hounding me to join the Carborundum Fan Club...

Fellow GuardBud Pogue whaps my aged snoot with:

11. Four decades of combat operations.

Ymarsaker managed to avoid the firewall between Cassie’s place and the Castle:

12. Bill needs a helicopter to escape Cass's wrath.

Okay, he’s not *that* funny, but he thinks *I’m* funny and since he’s probably smart enough to take me two falls out of three in brain wrestling, I’m hedging my bets.

And perennial favorite in her own right (and another BlogNeighbor and demi-Denizenne), HomefrontSix tosses out:

13. Helicopters Don't Fly: They're So Ugly the Ground Repels Them.

Which I choose to take as a compliment, because I fall down a lot and have yet to miss the ground.

And -- a new record. I only got bumped offline by *two* power failures during the composition of this po

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If you want something a touch risque, well, a few years back I was reading a discussion thread on the relative merits of the fixed-wing and rotary-wing methods of temporarily defying gravity. In said thread, a fixed-wing devotee commented: "Getting airborne by screwing yourself into the sky is an unnatural act." Myself, I would suggest: "You can't do THAT in a helicopter .... can you?!?" Or an old standby for anyone lucky enough to have a job he/she enjoys: "Can you believe they pay me to do this?"
 
WW - We prefer to think of it as beating the air into submission. And you'd be surprised what you can do in a helicopter. Probably wouldn't be surprised at the things you can't or shouldn't though...
 
Oh, geez -- you were talking about *flying* in them. I thought-- Never mind...
 
Perhaps I'll have a suggestion after you show me some of the things you aren't supposed to do in a helicopter.
 
"Always spinning; sometimes controlled." "I never spin; I gyrate, I whirl, I pirouette." "Beating the air into submission, in more ways than one." "Auto rotation: it's not just another spin." "Formation flying, the individual way." Cheers
 
The extra bit on top is for the pilot's ego to be stored. Otherwise his head would be too big for the cockpit!
 
V29 shoots, he scores!
 
The unfortunate result of a tank that was designed by a government commitee and built by a lowest bidder whose staff couldn't read English or follow the plans.
 
Swing-wing aviation: we swash plates for a living!
 
or... Life is Cyclic; Ups and Downs But With Forward Progress Always
 
OK, here’s a slightly obscure one, and I don’t know if the last bit applies. SugarButtons, beating the air into submission since Christ was a corporal. TINS, fiddly bits, and so, so much more. And somewhere, a nun’s ears are burning...
 
SNAKES! They're Not Just For Breakfast Anymore! (with an appropriate change of pic, natch)
 
*grin* You *KNOW* I like it.. perhaps another "name it" contest should be "What does Sis like?" hehe btw... I'm pretty partial to the cartoon Boq 'shopped for ya!
 
Wow...I've moved up to demi-Denizenne. I'm FLATTERED!!! I would say that anything that screws its way into the sky flies according to unnatural principals. Just another take on beating the air into submission.
 
Don't get too excited, HF6. Demi-Denizennes have to dust ry's comic book collection and chaperone Maggie during pub-crawls. The pay is lousy, but you get to read the comic books...
 
Well, I've already chaperoned Maggie during a pub crawl (a la the infamous flashing!) so I'm 1/2 way there! Woohoo!