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# OK the sponsored image challenge is up
It's basically in simple words:

1. Look at this
2. Mock it via the medium of photoshop
3. The best one gets their leccy bill paid for 1 year up to £500

www.b3ta.com/challenge/MockGreenBritainDay/

I answered questions here and I'm available for more questions should you have them...
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:10, archived)
# That just makes me
want to wash my hair with Timotei
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:13, archived)
# Hahaha
(I helped save b3ta! Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:20, archived)
# that Gary Linekar is one lucky bastard
he gets all those free crisps
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:14, archived)
# Actually
those are the scabs the children of the poor.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:15, archived)
# ah, of course
hence cheesy bunion flavour
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:16, archived)
# Best of all the scratchings
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:16, archived)
# right!
that's the 3rd reference to pork scratchings I've had today. I'm off to but a party pack of them and stuff them in my gob on the way home from work
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:17, archived)
# mock the Mail or the photos?
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:15, archived)
# the photos
the official copy challenge is, "We've all seen those annoying Green Britain Day posters with random celebs saying how green they are. And all brought to you by a company that's big, nuclear and owned by the French. Can you help improve Green Britain Day for them? And surely there's better inappropriate people to front it? Photoshop and do your worst. Image challenge sponsored by Ecotricity who are properly green and will supply the winner with free electricity for a year (up to £500)."
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:18, archived)
# ahhhhhhhhhhh, "improve Green Britain Day"
that makes sense now
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:22, archived)
[challenge entry] omg nuclear energy is bad
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:22, archived)
# they burn dead babies in those reactors
that's what was going on at Chernobyl

A GIANT BABY FUEL PRODUCTION FACILITY
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:25, archived)
# yeh nuclear energy is hard to understand
and nuclear stuff can make cancer and flids so I'm much happier to focus on scaremongery regarding nuclear energy production and moan about how there should be more of the less-ecological alternatives.
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:29, archived)
# i'm on a meter
will they top my card up £500?
(__, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:22, archived)
# Someone point out the flaws in nuclear energy to me, thanks.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:24, archived)
# IMAGE CHALLENGE
(__, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:25, archived)
# Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:27, archived)
# flids
and they're scary. that's about it.
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:32, archived)
# Chernobyl
3 Mile Island
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:34, archived)
# HAHA CHERNOBYL, GOOD ONE.
You mean the disaster caused by bureaucracy and incompetency rather than any flaw in nuclear power?

I'll happily go into detail about it.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:38, archived)
# To that end, 3 Mile Island was cause by human error due to complacency.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:52, archived)
# "Whoops, we've left the wind turbines on!"
"Oh no! The fallout from the wind will take centuries to disperse!"
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:54, archived)
# THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE RETORT.
Sure, Chernobyl didn't exactly do much to aid the environment, but it's not a solid argument against nuclear power as a process. The key point is that the 1986 disaster lays entirely in the hands of poor decision making, rather than flaws in the concept of retrieving power from fission.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:59, archived)
# The concept of retrieving power from fission is tried and tested and, properly handled, safe and efficient
...but human error will always exist and I'd rather humans weren't left in charge of fission reactors that could render the entire country a radioactive wasteland.
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:17, archived)
# I disagree. Human error is accepted and wasn't the only factor in Chernobyl at all. That whole fiasco could've been prevented 10 times over at various stages, but for various reasons was not.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:31, archived)
# You should do a challenge about the soccer
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:15, archived)
# Yeah
Something to do with that test match thing
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:16, archived)
# ^ this
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:16, archived)
# it's not closed
we're leaving it open for the whole world cup like we did with the Election one
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:19, archived)
# what about the naughty shop challenge
is that staying open until shops cease to exist?
(__, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:21, archived)
# I guess so
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:25, archived)
# NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
(I helped save b3ta! Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:21, archived)
# ^ that
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:23, archived)
# I don't give two shits about the world cup either
but it's popular subject that will generate 'shops without or without having a challenge so might as well have them in one place I guess.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:26, archived)
# I know and I don't mind people watching/enjoying/posting about it
but really it's just all one big RIS to me
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:29, archived)
[challenge entry]
i bet happytoast'll draw something upsetting like a child in a city with pollution around his head with loads of text and then GREEN BRITAIN at the bottom affixed with a giant question mark. and the question mark is vomitting pollution onto a dog.
(__, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:16, archived)
# oh fuck
I was going to do that one :(
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:18, archived)
# And it'll get voted to the top but Ecotricity will pick somebody else's off page three
and HT will throw a strop.
(I helped save b3ta! Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:23, archived)
# hahaha
(I helped save b3ta! yanmania... last shagged your mum on, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:24, archived)
# looks like he already has
(__, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:25, archived)
# yep, sucks to be me
constant barrage of mixed messages and wondering why I do anything
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:25, archived)
# i should have won that anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:35, archived)
[challenge entry] I'll just flounce off now
everyone says I always win these things but never have (although I have come 3rd before), maybe by just complaining about something not actually connected to the challenge brief I will win this time?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:24, archived)
# I like this.
;D
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:26, archived)
# I forgot to say cunt
people like it when people say cunt
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:27, archived)
# I think the winner will be something that manages to stick the V's up to EDF in a striking way
and accuses them of corporate greenwash. As that's basically where Ecotricity are coming from in this.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:30, archived)
# compo it!
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:04, archived)
# Oh, drat, I wasn't trying to piss you off.
Sorry.
(I helped save b3ta! Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:33, archived)
# no pissing off taken
it was a joke based on peoples expectations of me based on the various inaccuracies spread around this board, hence my also compo'ing it :)
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 12:16, archived)
#
You know, with this post you could win the QOTW at the same time...
(I helped save b3ta! enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 22:27, archived)
# :D
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 18 Jun 2010, 13:03, archived)
# Have a late click
edit : who won the laptop then?
(I helped save b3ta! Jamnog Sardines in her eyebrows, lobsters up and down, Fri 18 Jun 2010, 3:06, archived)
# Sheep I think
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 18 Jun 2010, 13:01, archived)
# ahh well you will win this time
:S lol
(I helped save b3ta! Jamnog Sardines in her eyebrows, lobsters up and down, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 2:59, archived)
# PLEASE STOP CLICKING I LIKE THIS
I WAS TAKING THE PISS OUT OF THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP SAYING I WIN THINGS.
ANNOYED AS I AM THAT MY WORK IS NEVER GOOD ENOUGH, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE VOTED FIRST FOR THIS.

while funny, it really is adding insult to injury :D
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 18 Jun 2010, 13:02, archived)
# Egomong
clicks for Zombies
(prodiqy69 yer maw's reposted cunt, Fri 18 Jun 2010, 14:18, archived)
# If you had to remove a limb, which one would you get rid of?
What's your favourite element?
Have you ever worn socks as gloves?
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:16, archived)
# The answer to the second question is TUNGSTEN.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:17, archived)
# Mine is PASTA.
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:18, archived)
# That's not an element, it's an emulsion.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:19, archived)
# What about if I put some Tomato and Mascarpone sauce on it?
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:21, archived)
# Pretty sure that doesn't help
I'm not a doctor though
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:23, archived)
# Mine is WIND.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:19, archived)
# MINE IS THE CLUE.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:25, archived)
# the one overhanging my garden from next doors tree
KingKongium
no, but I may have worn them as mittens
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:20, archived)
# Mittens, gloves, either way QUIT BEING SO PEDANTIC DAMN.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:23, archived)
# OK OK OK !
yes then
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:26, archived)
# I'd remove my left arm
as that would leave me able to walk ok and still use a computer etc.
I like oxygen as an element. It gets your high and you can use it to burn stuff.
I've but baby socks on hands, but not to ward off cold, but to look silly.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:21, archived)
# I pondered this the other day:
I think having two hands is more important than two legs. You can get fake legs, but you can't get fake hands with the functionality of your own. Anyway, I wank with two hands more often than I walk anywhere.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:23, archived)
# yeah you have a point
maybe I'd get about ok with one leg - it hasn't stopped Heather Mills causing trouble
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:25, archived)
# is this going to be this week's compo, or one that runs along side one we get later this evening as usual?
(I helped save b3ta! theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:16, archived)
# this is this weeks compo
however the world cup challenge is still open
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:21, archived)
# Green Britain: We ship our toxic waste to Africa.
/simples.
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:16, archived)
# What, the football team?
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:18, archived)
# ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:19, archived)
# who chooses?
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:20, archived)
# they choose
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:22, archived)
# yay
no need for any effort then.
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:23, archived)
# in the words of Admiral Ackbar, "I believe we may be in some kind of a trap"
I'm pointlessly worrying obviously, but why are we being pushed to mock a logical push for environmental awareness by a company that should be in favour of it (even if it is run by an enemy), something smells wrong. Are we sure EDF don't own ecowhatsit?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:21, archived)
# maybe it is a trap of sorts but you've jumped to the wrong conclusion
basically Ecotricity small and genuinely trying to do the right thing.
EDF big and pretending to be super green but isn't.

The specific thing that made Ecotricity really annoyed with EDF is that 1 year ago EDF basically nicked their logo (a green union jack.)
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:24, archived)
# yep, having read your other post about improving the day thing it makes more sense
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:26, archived)
[challenge entry] Bollocks

(I helped save b3ta! Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:30, archived)
# YES!
I approve of this greatly for many reasons
(I helped save b3ta! Damien's Hearse, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:56, archived)