Cloaca Maxima Contest

[macms]

Read the contest questions and rules closely!

The Contest

Cloaca Maxima literally means the Great Sewer. Just answer a few simple questions.

1. The city of origin of the sewer lizard urban hoax?
   
2. Franoise Cooperman authored an article entitled Sewer Rats in what publication?
   
3. The name of the author of The Great Stink?
   
4. Do sewer rats have healthier immune systems than their squeaky clean cousins?
   
5. What is the life span of the average rat?
   
6. What is it that the more you take away from it the bigger it gets?
   
7. Which weighs more? A pound of sewage sludge or sixteen ounces of rat crap?
   
8. The susceptibility of various pipe materials to fires should be considered when planning storm sewer, sanitary sewer or culvert projects. What laboratory standard is used to judge these tests?
   
9. Have you ever contributed to a sewer?

The Contest Prizes

Two chests known as Chest A and Chest B. One chest will contain a sampler box of 9 Davidoff vitola's and the other 5 putrid steaming artifacts harvested from the great sewer otherwise known as dog rockets. The chest contents will not be known until the recipients receive them.

[SIZE="1"]Davidoff 9 Vitola Sampler[/SIZE]

[SIZE="4"]Or[/SIZE]


[SIZE="1"](Found hidden behind an old lip balm display in a drugstore in the midwest.)[/SIZE]

The Contest Rules

• Honor system - No collaborating with others.
  
• Participants must have sent at least one bomb to a member of CS and post the details of this bomb. I.e. The name of the CS member and date of the bomb along with there contest answers.
  
• The winner must choose either Chest A or Chest B and then select another member to receive the remaining chest. You will not know what is in the chests until you receive them.
  
• Upon receipt the winner of the Davidoff sampler must bomb a noob* with a five cigar gift immediately and post said gift DC number in this thread.
  
  [SIZE="1"]*noob - A member of CS who joined on or after August 1, 2007.[/SIZE]
  
  
• You must tell the noob receiving this gift to post receipt of said gift in this thread.
  
• A moderator knows which chest (A or B) that contains the Davidoff sampler and the answers to the contest questions.
  
• Employees, slaves, and immediate family members of Cloaca Maxima are not eligible to participate in this contest.
  
• Participants must be 18 years of age or older.
  
• Participants may post as many times as they wish.
  
• The first participant to post the correct contest answers and required information is the winner.
  
• In the event of a dispute regarding answers to the contest questions the Grand Curmudgeon's decision will be final.

Example contest post:

I bombed "CS member name" on "Date".

If I win I want chest "A or B" and "CS member name" to receive chest "A or B".

If I receive the Davidoff sampler I will immediately bomb "CS noob name" with five cigars of my choosing.

Answers to contest questions.

1. ??
2. ??
etc.

Hopefully these prizes will motivate you!

o Thanks for playing!

The Grand Curmudgeon

[Darrell]

I bombed "Pnoon" on "Saturday of last week". ADDING BOMB DETAILS, THAT'S ALL.
http://www.clubstogie.com/vb/showthr...light=Barrells

If I win I want chest "A" and "Mrs. Floyd P (Anita)" to receive chest "B".

If I receive the Davidoff sampler I will immediately bomb "jjefrey" with five cigars of my choosing.


1. New York City
2. Rat & Mouse Gazette
3. Clare Clark
4. Yes
5. 2-3 years
6. A hole
7. They both weigh the same, a pound
8. OSHA
9. Well, I contributed to the waste in it.

Great contest, Fred.

[JCK]

I bombed txdyna65 on 9/18/07. http://www.clubstogie.com/vb/showthread.php?t=105909

If I win I want chest A and NewCigarz to receive chest B.

If I receive the Davidoff sampler I will immediately bomb williegstyles with five cigars of my choosing.

Answers to contest questions.

1. New York City
2. Rat and Mouse Gazette
3. Clare Clark
4. Yes
5. 2-5 years from Wikipedia. average 3 years
6. a butthole
7. They weigh the same
8. UL (Underwriters Laboratory)
9. every day.

[monsoon]

The city of origin of the sewer lizard urban hoax? New York

Franoise Cooperman authored an article entitled Sewer Rats in what publication? Rat and Mouse Gazette

The name of the author of The Great Stink? Clare Clark

Do sewer rats have healthier immune systems than their squeaky clean cousins? Yes

What is the life span of the average rat? 2.5 years (2-3 years)

What is it that the more you take away from it the bigger it gets? A hole

Which weighs more? A pound of sewage sludge or sixteen ounces of rat crap? Both weigh the same

The susceptibility of various pipe materials to fires should be considered when planning storm sewer, sanitary sewer or culvert projects. What laboratory standard is used to judge these tests? ASTM

Have you ever contributed to a sewer? Often, yes.


Bomb Details -
Bombed: JPH (Jeremy)
Bomb sent: 4 Java Wafes and 1 Tatuaje brown label
Sent: 8/31
Delivered: 9/3

I’ll take box (A) … Please send box (B) to ……. DA KLUGS !!!!!

If I receive the Davidoff Sampler, I will immediately bomb GKitty217 with a fiver of my choosing.

Great contest !!!!

[JCK]

Revised

I bombed txdyna65 on 9/18/07. http://www.clubstogie.com/vb/showthread.php?t=105909

If I win I want chest A and NewCigarz to receive chest B.

If I receive the Davidoff sampler I will immediately bomb williegstyles with five cigars of my choosing.

Answers to contest questions.

1. New York City
2. Rat and Mouse Gazette
3. Clare Clark
4. Yes
5. 2-5 years from Wikipedia. average 3 years
6. a butthole
7. They weigh the same
8. ASTM
9. every day.

[Darrell]

I had ASTM as my first guess for #9 if I am wrong because I changed it, I might cry. LOL.

[JCK]

Revised again with more specifics

I bombed txdyna65 on 9/18/07. http://www.clubstogie.com/vb/showthread.php?t=105909

If I win I want chest A and NewCigarz to receive chest B.

If I receive the Davidoff sampler I will immediately bomb williegstyles with five cigars of my choosing.

Answers to contest questions.

1. New York City
2. Rat and Mouse Gazette
3. Clare Clark
4. Yes
5. 2-5 years from Wikipedia. average 3 years
6. a butthole
7. They weigh the same
8. ASTM C14-03
Standard Specification for Concrete Sewer, Storm Drain, and Culvert Pipe
9. every day.

[JCK]

Thanks for the great contest Fred !

[jjirons69]

I bombed rockyr on 9/06/07.
http://www.clubstogie.com/vb/showthread.php?t=103845

If I win I want chest A and tedrodgerscpa to receive chest B.

If I receive the Davidoff sampler I will immediately bomb alfbacca with five cigars of my choosing.

Answers to contest questions.

1. New York City
2. Rat and Mouse Gazette
3. Clare Clark
4. Yes
5. 2-5 years from Wikipedia. average 3 years
6. a hole
7. They weigh the same
8. ANSI/ASTM
9. every day.

[macms]

[SIZE="5"]Winner!
[/SIZE]

PM your addy to me. Thanks everyone! Glad this was easy and quick!

Now the wait begins to see who gets the dog rockets!!

Originally Posted by monsoon

The city of origin of the sewer lizard urban hoax? New York

Franoise Cooperman authored an article entitled Sewer Rats in what publication? Rat and Mouse Gazette

The name of the author of The Great Stink? Clare Clark

Do sewer rats have healthier immune systems than their squeaky clean cousins? Yes

What is the life span of the average rat? 2.5 years (2-3 years)

What is it that the more you take away from it the bigger it gets? A hole

Which weighs more? A pound of sewage sludge or sixteen ounces of rat crap? Both weigh the same

The susceptibility of various pipe materials to fires should be considered when planning storm sewer, sanitary sewer or culvert projects. What laboratory standard is used to judge these tests? ASTM

Have you ever contributed to a sewer? Often, yes.


Bomb Details -
Bombed: JPH (Jeremy)
Bomb sent: 4 Java Wafes and 1 Tatuaje brown label
Sent: 8/31
Delivered: 9/3

I’ll take box (A) … Please send box (B) to ……. DA KLUGS !!!!!

If I receive the Davidoff Sampler, I will immediately bomb GKitty217 with a fiver of my choosing.

Great contest !!!!

1. The city of origin of the sewer lizard urban hoax?
   Answer: New York
   
2. Franoise Cooperman authored an article entitled Sewer Rats in what publication?
   Answer: March/April 1998 Rat & Mouse Gazette
   
3. The name of the author of The Great Stink?
   Answer: Clare Clark
   
4. Do sewer rats have healthier immune systems than their squeaky clean cousins?
   Answer: Yes
   
5. What is the life span of the average rat?
   Answer: 2-3 years
   
6. What is it that the more you take away from it the bigger it gets?
   Answer: A hole
   
7. Which weighs more? A pound of sludge or sixteen ounces of rat crap?
   Answer: They weigh the same
   
8. The susceptibility of various pipe materials to fires should be considered when planning storm sewer, sanitary sewer or culvert projects. What laboratory standard is used to judge these tests?
   Answer: ANSI/ASTM E84, "Test Methods for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials."
   
9. Have you ever contributed to a sewer?
   Answer: I certainly hope so! There is no wrong answer.

[JCK]

Congrats on the win Erratum !! thanks again for the contest Fred.

[monsoon]

WOOHOOOOO !!!!

Thanks for the contest brother !! ... PMing you now.

As a matter of a little side note, I just contributed to the local sewer system again.

[Darrell]

Originally Posted by macms

[SIZE=5]Winner![/SIZE]

Dammit, why did I change my answer? LOL

Congrats Doug, you're a great BOTL and it's well deserved.

Thanks to Fred for a great contest, give Fred some RG for this wonderful contest.

[n3uka]

Knew I should have stayed home and played on the computer today.
Great idea for a contest.

[Da Klugs]

Got this PM from MACMS a while back saying... you won! Was kind of busy and confused so skimmed it and said... cool! Got another PM from Erratum which confused me as I was either going to be happy or envious.

Clicked the link and ... then got busy so did not realize what was what.

Box came yesterday!

Wow! Erratum does all the hard work and I get the prize. Hardly seems fair...

He He ... Thank (Both of) You!!!!!!