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U Could See Your Lolcat On Soda Bottles Across America!

Jones Soda wanted to put a lolcat on their clever soda bottles across the country. So we asked if we can run a contest to find that special lol. (It’s like American Idol, but we don’t has to listen to ur singing voice.)

UPDATE:
The contest is done accepting entriest! Fanks for all your 20,000 submissions. Now we’ll move on to selecting dat 1 speshul lol for the bottle!

How to enter:

1. Make a lol*whatever via our Lol Builder
2. After u submit or saves it, click on:
   “Enter This Lol In The Make Ur Lolcat Famous Contest!”
3. Vote on your and other ppl’s submissions.

The top 5 Top Rated lolz will make the final cut (and win free Jones Sodas). 1 winning kitteh/ goggie/ whatever will adorn Jones Soda bottles across America! Make it funny, make it clevar. Do ur best to earn those 5-burger votes!

Cause u asked nicely, we maded a speshul voting page just for this contest.

Who dat Jones Soda?
Dese are the crazy pplz that brought u Turkey and Gravy soda (pleh). We prefers Tuna flavorz!

When:

Contest runs from Monday 3/24/2008 12:00 am to Friday 4/25/2008 @ 11:59 pm (US Pacific Time).

Frequently Emailed Questions:

• Where can I find dis, teh Jones Soda?
  Try their locator.
• Why Jones Soda?
  Cause they were cool enuf to ask us to put a lolcat on a bottle. How awesum is dat?
• How will teh pix look on the bottle?
  Once u enter ur pix into the contest, we offer u a preview link.
• Do I need to caption a specificial image or topic?
  No. Just be the funneh person u r.
• How can I improve mah chances of getting on teh bottle?
  Make it entertaining. This is about the best lolz. (See American Idol reference above.)
• How many times can Iz enter?
  As much as you can handle.
• I lif in Australia/Englandia/India/Bukkit. Can I still enter?
  Sort of… You won’t be eligible for the prizes, but we may still use your submission on the bottle. (See the full rules below.)
• If I drink lots of Jones Soda, will it help mah chances?
  No. Next question.
• I am allergic to glass bottles. And cats or other creatures. How can I enter dis contest?
  Mabee is question for Dr. Tinycat.

Official Rules (Ittybitty print):

• NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF WINNING. GAME BEGINS ON MARCH 24, 2008 AND ENDS ON APRIL 18, 2008 (THE “ENTRY PERIOD”)
• ELIGIBILITY:
  The ICHC Jones Lolcat Promotion is open to individuals who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and Canada (except in the province of Quebec, where is void, and wherever else prohibited or restricted by law) Participants must be 13 years of age or older. Employees of Jones Soda (the “Sponsor”), ICHC (”Publisher”) and their respective parent companies, franchisees, partners, retailers, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, printing suppliers and any other individual or company involved in the development or execution of the Promotion and the immediate families (spouse, parents, children, siblings, and their respective spouses) and household members of each such employees, are not eligible to play or win. This Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, and local laws and regulations. By participating, you agree to these Official Rules and to the decisions of the independent judges whose decisions are final and binding in all respects. Sponsor reserves the right to verify eligibility qualifications of the winners.
• How to Participate:
  Submit a lolcat photo to using the provided contest upload tool on ICHC. By submitting a photo the contestant warrants they own copyrights to the photo and that the photo does not infringe the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, right of privacy, right of publicity or other legal right of any third party, and (ii) complies with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Contestant further represent and warrants that: (i) there are no claims, demands or any form of litigation pending, or to the best of their knowledge, threatened with respect to any submitted photo; (ii) neither Sponsor or Publisher will be required to make any payments to any third party in connection with its use of submitted photo; (iii) the Contestant shall indemnigy and defend both the Sponsor and the Publisher against any such claims or costs.
• Prize:
  Top 5 finalists will receive a free case of MyJones and a Jones Soda T-Shirt
  Grand Prize winner will have their photo printed on a national distribution bottle run of Jones Soda.
• Drawing and Notification:
  Top 5 Finalists will be selected, from among all eligible entries received by voting conducted by the ICHC members during the weeks of March 24 through April 14. The Grand Prize winner will be selected from the Top 5 Finalists by voting conducted by the ICHC members during the week of April 21, 2008.
• List of winners will be published on both the Publisher and the Sponsor’s websites for a month following the drawing and will be available by written request after that period of time.
• Prize Conditions:
  All taxes and expenses not specified here are the sole responsibilities of the winner. Prizes are non-transferable and; no prize substitutions are allowed. Winner will be required to complete and return (within 10 days of written notification) an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release. Failure to comply with the 10-day time period may result in disqualification and an alternate winner selected .
• If the winner is a minor (under 18 years of age) he/she will be required to have a parent or legal guardian sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release. Winner’s entry and acceptance of the prize offered constitutes permission (except where prohibited) for the Sponsor to use said winner’s name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical information, voice and address (city and state), in all forms of media worldwide, in perpetuity, without limitation, notice or further compensation.
• No substitution or transfer of prize is permitted. In the event of a printing or production-related error, neither Sponsor, Publisher, nor their respective advertising/ promotions agencies, participating retailers, nor their respective agents or suppliers shall have any liability. In no event shall more prizes be awarded than the number stated in the “Prizes” section above. All federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of winner. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission to the Sponsor and its agencies to use winners’ names and/or likeness for advertising and publicity purposes, without further compensation, except where prohibited by law. By entering, the entrant agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the Sponsor, the Publisher, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents against any and all liability, damages or causes of action (however named or described), with respect to or arising out of entrant’s participation in this promotion, and/or the receipt or use of the prizes awarded herein.
• The same Terms of Use as the site apply to this contest.
• Using copyrighted, or watermarked images without permission will disqualify your entry. Plz. Get permission.
• Yes! We accept pictures of pretty much anything, including dogs, chairs, famblies and fedoras.
• Please don’t use pictures that contain logos or trademarks from other companies.
• In the event of a tie or cheating, gaming teh systems, hacking the db’s or bribing the burgers with Nintendo Wii’s we reserve the right to punish the offenders. Tsk. Tsk.
• Upon the conclusion of the contest, we will use the contact information provided with the original winning entry. If you do not respond by email within 3 days, we’ll move on to the next winnar!
• This prize has no monetary value.
• We don’t have to use any captions you submit.
• We may modify the winning caption or image.
• We reserve the right to change the rules.
• If you don’t like these Terms, don’t send us anything! kthxbye.