Attention ladies, gentlemen, and Renie...

I am happy... well, more relieved to announce that we have a winner for the contest. It seemed I've stumped everybody but one... but one is all we need to wrap this shindig up. First, let's refresh everyone's memories:

The original message I sent out:

Down below is a series of lines that may look somewhat familiar to you.. but not quite. Your mission is to identify them (where they came from), correct them, and if possible, tell me what horrible atrocities I have commited upon them (it's actually something specific)...

1) "They are not rather enough bad. They are half evils. They are quasi evils. They are the margarine of the evil. They are not bad the Diaetkoks of the evil, an even calorie, enough. "

2) "This premium hunter is my type of the Abschaums: fearless and inventive."

3) "Why, you adhered above, half witted, scruffy scruffy looking nerf more herder!"

4) "The old religions of Hokey and weapons are not no match to blaster good in its side, small."

5) "Do they evacuate? In our moment of the Triumphes? I think that you overrate their probabilities."

6) "What is the point? They are that whole same any stupid murderer, who anpirscht any large breasted girl, who cannot function, who runs always up the stairs if them, going out the front door if. She insults."

7) "Workstation. The locking boundary. These are the journeys starshipunternehmens."

8) "I receive to you mean pretty and your small dog also!"

9) "Once after one dreary midnight, while I pond-talk, weakly and weary, over many a wunderlicher and curious data carriering forgotten truck."

10) "The impact, which amusing books or with me deals with itself, does not terminate they I is interested, if that could defeat hulk the man of the steel."

11) "Permit me please to imagine who am I a man of abundance and taste I was around for a long, long Jahrstola many the soul of a man and a faith"

12) "They know, it give million fine, which looks women in the world, Gecken. But all it do not get you lasagna at the work. Most ' of the even over ueberbrueckers EM on you."

13) "I obtained baby to you."

14) "They revolt themselves Abschaum."

15) "Spend the strength hatch."

16) "I am lucky only if it rains, I am lucky only if it is difficult. And although I know, you cannot estimate it, I are lucky only if it rains."

17) "Sincerely my dear, I give not a curse."

18) "Display terminated the radio asterisk. Display terminated the radio asterisk. In my understanding and in my auto, we can rewind not us are gone to far."


So without further adieu, I present... the winna (one day late, though) and new champion (as if his ego weren't big enough).... David Gold. Behold the *ahem* "glory" of it:


Sorry this is late. I figured out all the ones I could. Answers are below. For the record, I think you went to a translation website, translated the lines to another language, and then back to english. Multicultural hilarity ensues.

-David

1) Dr. Evil talk to Scott from Austin powers 2. "The Diet Coke of evil" speech when they were on Springer.

2) "This bounty hunter is my kind of scum: fearless and inventive." Jabba to Princess Leia, return of the Jedi

3) "Stuck up, scruffy looking nerf-herder..." Leia to Solo, Empire Strikes Back

4) "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster, kid." Solo to Luke, episode 4

5) Another Star Wars. Tarkin to some random underling "Evacuate? In our moment of triumph?"

6) Drew Barrymore in Scream before she got whacked.

7) Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise.

8) "I'll get you my pretty..." wicked Witch to Judy Garland

9) Poe. The raven. Nevermore.

10) This is a toughie. something about Impact comics and whether Hulk could beat superman.

11) Stones, Sympathy for the Devil " Please allow me to intrioduce myself..."

12) Silent Bob's line to Dante in Clerks

13) I got you babe. Cher.

14) Um... "You rebel scum"? From Jedi.

15) Use the Force, Luke.

16) That song by Garbage. I'm only happy when it rains...

17) Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn. Rhett Butler is da man.

18) This one was really cool. Video Killed the radio Star by the Buggles.


Was that all correct? Well, almost. The program was Altavista's Babelfish, the language was German (props to Bart Barenbrug for figuring that one out! He'll be getting something extra in the mail real soon!), and it was pretty much as David said: we translated the lines into and then back from German. Some minor corrections though... it was Neve Campbell (who hasn't been whacked in the Scream movies.... yet), and the one line he didn't get was a lyric from Ookla the Mok. "Stop talking about comic books or I'll kill you. I don't care if the Hulk could defeat the man of steel..."


So, you may ask, what did everyone's favorite egomaniac win? Well, I promised a box of assorted crap. May not sound like much, but hey, my crap is generally pretty good. Whatever I find lying around my room, exempting the dog and my PSX (but not my brother, anyone need a houseboy?), will go into a little box, to be picked up (unless David wants to pay a shipping fee, eh?) sometime around Thanksgiving. Because I'm too lazy to do it now.

Thank you all for playing, special thanx to Rob and Andrew for their contributions, and to the wonderful people at Altavista for creating such a horrendous program as Babelfish that was so fun to play with. Good night and I hope you have horrible dreams.