Anyone who knows me knows that I like to modify images with photoshop to humorous ends. Some of you may even know that I will, from time to time, enter the Woot.com Photoshop Contest.

Well, today, I finally placed in the top three! That means that I’ve got $20 headed in my direction!

Here was the challenge:

Contest 61: Remote Possibilities

Since the dawn of history, man has dreamt of a utopia where his kind would never, ever have to move, where the entire journey from cradle to grave would cover maybe ten feet at the most. Vestigial anachronisms like legs would wither away. Who needs to walk around when handheld electronic devices satisfy all your nutritional, spiritual, and reproductive needs? Universal remote controls like today’s RCA unit are a step forward in the march toward total indolence, but if we’re ever going to unlock the vast potential laziness inside each of us, we must do more.

Create a remote control with a ridiculous or redundant application, and show it in action.

These delicious Funyons would taste even better if they were delivered directly into my mouth by remote control. Lifting a toothbrush is just so much effort - I’ll start brushing my teeth when it’s as easy as pushing a button. And, tragically, occasionally the remote control may fall a few feet beyond our grasp. Wouldn’t it be great to have a remote for your remote?

And here was my entry (scroll– it’s down the page to preserve humor):

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Some of the woot user comments:

go BubbleWrap! ( that one was my favorite.)

Good work winners. Bubble-wrap. Chuckle.

Awww . . . the RCA crank remote got ripped off . . . at least as good as bubble wrap (and better than boardroom)

Loved the bubble wrap though!

I remember the remotes like the one with the bubble wrap. The ping sound from clicking it would probably be louder than popping bubble wrap.

Travesty… bubble wrap, rca remote, all that and the board room one wins? yeah…..

This was my first try and mine was not the best, but I made honorable mention without Photoshop. I used the totally free GIMP. The bubblewrap ROCKS!

That’s one of the things I liked about the bubblewrap remote . . . using the old tuning fork/harmonic “clicker”!!!

Woot!