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ShoeZOT! Day 2 – Insert Pithy Walking Comment Here |
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Why continue these mystery ZOT bundles for two days? Why not just "run" these once in a while and get back to showing us good deals on Mac apps? The main reason we continue the mystery "marathon" is because so many people’s guts are telling them this is going to be a great deal. Seriously, who else brings you such great offers for only $6? We know our friends earning in Euros are loving these prices even more. The deal will finish today and your drop in the tip jar will give you the equivalent of having purchasd one cool app on Monday and another on Tuesday. However, you get them all in one nice bundle. Now, for anybody following the RSS feet and this discussion. We’re having a contest. Contest: Come up with the funniest comment in the blog (as rated by the MacZOT team and other readers), and we’ll give you 5 copies of today’s ShoeZOT to send to whomever you want. The one about hoping it doesn’t SOCK is great. Then there’s the one, "This ZOT is easy to walk away from." Now, you’ve all been officially invited to join in the fun. Enjoy, and don’t forget – you now know it’s a $32.95 retail value on two apps that have never been on MacZOT before. ZOT! |
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October 3rd, 2006 at 12:12 am
Don’t try to shoehorn us into making funny comments!
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:14 am
The bubbles on my left foot are not from walking around … they came from eating not only my fingernails because of that ZOT-waiting, also snacking my toenails and licking my feet stressed up!
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:23 am
I was so glad I got my foot in the door 20 minutes from the end, and now it turns out to be another long-haul marathon. Seriously, only at MacZOT is the customer made to toe the line like this. And why? To give those with cold feet some extra incentive?
I’m afraid that the ZOT team are really shooting themselves in the foot by asking for so much trust. I hear some talk that macupdate.com is giving them a run for their money. They’re just lucky this time that 6 bucks is affordable for both the well-heeled and those on shoestring budgets.
Well, since my money’s in, I’m gonna urge all those holding out to take a walk on the wild side and jump in with both feet first.
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:28 am
Sorry about that last one, cliches are my achilles heel.
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:37 am
Wow. Way to go, sangsara =)
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:45 am
Did you all say Shoe-Zot? I thought $6 was a lot for a shot, unless it was Cabo Wabo…
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:51 am
Mine is a shoe-in to win: I hear MacZot can heel the sick. And if you hated that you have no sole.
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:08 am
o.k., it’s stronger than me… so I’m in, too. :o)
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:15 am
o.k. it’s stronger than me, so I’m in, too. :o)
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:37 am
Well, what’s the point of getting in early when they do this?
I mean; I was in right away, I can’t resist the mystery ones. But there should be some kind of incentive for the people who opt in early when they don’t even know the ‘retail price’.
Like today it should’ve been priced at $7 or $8, imho.
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:47 am
Once again I can’t resist. I just hope that once the shoes are off, I’m not just left with some stinky socks.
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:48 am
Sangsara’s comments should be a shoe-in for the win. Waiting for the winner will really keep me on my toes – now to kick off my shoes and relax until the announcement. Although maybe the shoe will be on the other foot and I’ll win – if it fits, I’ll wear it.
If the apps are worthwhile it’ll really rock me back on my heels. It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it.
Anyway, it isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you out, it’s the grain of sand in your shoe. Let’s kick two-day ZOTs into touch.
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:53 am
It would seem they don’t have enough Mac Apps to do a new one every day, hence the multiday mystery apps. Makes sense reall, that would be 200+ different apps each year.
An increasing price would make sense as there would be an incentive to buy but then it would stop people getting in on the later days.
By the way is there a page that just lists all the apps that have been on this so far ie Date:App:Cost:Saving along with the Mystery Apps etc? It would be useful to see :)
October 3rd, 2006 at 2:03 am
Yeah, I have to agree with Thume. What is the MYSTERY worth anymore? We find out the retail price and often the number of apps before we even have to decide to buy…if we opt in BEFORE we get this information, shouldn’t we at least be entitled to more of a discount than the “day two-ers?”
I’m open to discussion. But please don’t eschew this comment.
October 3rd, 2006 at 2:15 am
Side with Thume. Was just about to post the same comment. What’s the benefit for the early adopters if the price stays the same?? In future I will sit things out and wait for the curtain to reveal what’s in store. I said this before, but this time I’m bloody serious: no more MysteryZot’s for me unless I’m sure that the apps have never before been featured and that there’s a benefit for me to get in early.
October 3rd, 2006 at 2:30 am
Does my “hope it doesn’t sock” still count as an entry?
I suppose I could try to pump a few more out, if it wouldn’t make me look like some kind of sneaker, but the truth is, I’m just feeling like a loafer right now… I was at the beach all morning, and you know how sand’ll get into everything, it just wore me out. Then I get home, and there’s a clog in the bathroom. Water’s everywhere and on the polished stone floor, I was more a slipper than a plumber. Finally, I get that cleaned up, so I decide to talk a walk to relax, but this bird keep’s attacking me, divebombing me and I think even smacking me with its wingtips. Maybe God was punishing me, as I was mocking my friend Mary Jane yesterday, but I don’t know if God considers to mock a sin.
But I think I better hit the Submit Comment button, this computer’s acting weird, and it may force a boot…
(Puzzle fans – can you find all TEN shoe references???)
October 3rd, 2006 at 3:08 am
Life is like a box of Zots, you never know what you’re gonna get. Run Zot run.
October 3rd, 2006 at 3:16 am
Ten? Well then, the game’s afoot!
October 3rd, 2006 at 3:27 am
Maczot, seriously how can you expect we loyal users to endure this marathon? You truley have no sole. I’d like to break both feet off in your behind for making me wait like this! But alas I am sure that you will come up with a deal that will curl my toes…
October 3rd, 2006 at 3:29 am
I bought yesterday, don’t need to buy today again, do I?
October 3rd, 2006 at 3:42 am
Daniel:
In a word, no.
October 3rd, 2006 at 4:17 am
Thume said:
“But there should be some kind of incentive for the people who opt in early when they don’t even know the ‘retail price’.
Like today it should’ve been priced at $7 or $8, imho.”
It seems reasonable, but it wouldn’t work.
People would say: “I didn’t buy it for $6 yesterday; I won’t buy it for $7 today”.
October 3rd, 2006 at 4:36 am
I agree with Thume. I jumped in early yesterday morning trusting Maczot without knowing the prices. There should be an incentive for those that bought it yesterday.
October 3rd, 2006 at 4:42 am
Tune. Run. ZOT! These shoes better be nano compatible.
October 3rd, 2006 at 4:55 am
This is really beginning to piss me off. How’s that for funny?
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:03 am
It’s in the Zot?
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:28 am
Thume++. I didn’t buy yesterday, will buy today, and still think the price should’ve gone up.
Also, what’s up with the lack of zotgeist postings since the reveal? Wasn’t that supposed to be an ongoing thing? Additional hints about postings like this one would be an excellent way to provide value to the people who bought into the club.
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:32 am
What these (digital) shoes for ? Runaway from zot… hmmm…
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:52 am
I hope purchasing this macZOT isn’t detrimental to my sole and spirit.
Ha, ha, sole, soul… get it….
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:58 am
Oooh, a better one.
I’d like to purchase this macZOT but I already owe Davy Jones my sole.
(Sorry, it looked like about every other foot pun had been used)
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:58 am
An adaptation from Super Troopers:
Captain Puma: I swear I’m going to shareware whip the next guy who says, ” Shoenanigans.”
MacZot: Hey Vista what’s the name of that website you like with all the goofy stuff on the walls and the myztery sticks?
Vista: You mean Shoenanigans?
MacZot: OOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
October 3rd, 2006 at 6:04 am
Not to step on anyone, but looks like I’ve been sidestepped once more. I wouldn’t like to be on my own shoes at the moment.
Yeah, I kick ass.
October 3rd, 2006 at 6:08 am
lace me up and lets just gogo. come on you have me by hanging by the thread of a shoestring!
October 3rd, 2006 at 6:14 am
You’ve got me SOUL’d… seriously though you have to expect this, you know what they say, “If the shoe fits…”
October 3rd, 2006 at 6:17 am
Here’s my entry: “Shoe Zot: even shareware can stink!”
October 3rd, 2006 at 6:18 am
Only $6? I would have sold my sole for this bundle.
October 3rd, 2006 at 6:21 am
Now I just have to ‘suede my wife to let me spend the money. Maybe if I rubber back.. or leather buy some jewelry.
October 3rd, 2006 at 6:23 am
On Monday, I strolled on over to MacZOT, and was presented with the ShoeZOT. I nearly left running in the other direction; I wasn’t sure if it would be a good fit for me, but I tried it on for size. It turned out not being so bad after all; I figured I’d have to walk a mile in ‘em, but that wasn’t the case. They were cheap, but the support wasn’t too bad. And besides, all the cool kids were buying them. I left MacZOT walking on clouds.
Tuesday, when I sauntered over to MacZOT to see where my new ShoeZOT had taken me, I was stopped in my tracks. ShoeZOT – DAY 2! Of course! ShoeZOTs come in pairs, too! Still anxious to uncover the ShoeZOT value, I stomped back home to wait — wondering if this whole thing would put a spring in my step, or leave me needing a foot massage.
October 3rd, 2006 at 6:41 am
If the ShoeZOT fits, wear it!
October 3rd, 2006 at 7:03 am
bummer, money’s too tight right now. i’m just not ready to foot the bill for another mysteryZOT.
October 3rd, 2006 at 7:08 am
ShoeZOT! is the ShizNIT!
October 3rd, 2006 at 7:14 am
In a cold October day we catched a Zot… Ashooo, Ashoo… God Bless You!!.. Here take this ShoeBox (http://www.kavasoft.com/Shoebox/) for your Zot….
October 3rd, 2006 at 7:21 am
I think I’ll pass on this one. If it’s anything like my shoes, it probably stinks!
October 3rd, 2006 at 7:22 am
or…..
I think I’ll run away from this one, if it’s anything like my shoes, it probably stinks!
October 3rd, 2006 at 7:50 am
Meh.
October 3rd, 2006 at 8:12 am
I thought I could give this Zot a BOOT
I DUG IN MY HEELS and said to myself “Aw, shoot!”
I fought the desire in a way you’d admire
Then I KICKED UP MY HEELS and gave in to the ZOT
And now my WALKAROUND fund is partially SHOT
My heart RACING for apps that I know will be HOT
I am FOOTLOOSE and fancy free
I’m taking a HIKE, and then CLIMBING a tree
I am RUNNING around with a heart full of glee
as I WANDER and wonder what it is that I BOUGHT
standing under an ARCH I can feel the SUPPORT
Cause’ my old brown shoes can be part of the SPORT
I just love the deals ZOT provides of this SORT
October 3rd, 2006 at 8:23 am
We don’t have pride. We ain’t nothing more than sole lickers :(
October 3rd, 2006 at 8:41 am
Who here remembers Wag the Dog? Imagine Willie Nelson voicing these lyrics:
“Zot was loyal, and the Zot was true… and there’s never been a better than my Good Old ShoeZOT… Good Old ShoeZOT… Never have ta call ‘im when there’s apps to sell…”
October 3rd, 2006 at 8:53 am
The excitement in myztery is not what it is
but what it is not.
There are those that think this shoe thing is quite corny,
and some think it stinks.
Those with sole hit the keys and break out the ‘funny’ puns
in hopes that they’ll win
While other hopefuls send in their quick clips and then quip
that such heels are out
Of touch with the jammin’ ZotCrew found within this site.
Some write in caloused
and blistery tones ’bout what they’ve won or what they’ve paid.
But when all is said
and all is done. Everyone is praying for one thing
from this myztery.
That has left us raw left foot and right, from heel to toe.
and that simple thing
is a mole.
October 3rd, 2006 at 9:26 am
‘Twas the second day of ShoeZOT! and all on the site,
Every user was posting to get what they might;
The posts all made jokes about sock, shoes and boots,
In hope that the web-master think that it suits;
The jokes were all corny recycled a lot.
That’s kinda ironic considering ZOT!;
Some posters complaining they still hate the site,
While others just waiting to go straight to night.
Then out of some post people spotted a winner,
Of all the darn luck some newfangled beginner.
Away to the comments I flew like a flash.
Tore open a new post and threw up a mash.
My post sounded just like old-posted stuff,
When it finally posted, enough was enough.
When, what to my wandering fingers I typed,
A Christmas time rip-off, all brand new and hyped.
I knew in a moment I must make this post,
For Brian, Dear ZOT!, our most wonderful host,
Now I’m ending this early to post on this site;
Happy ShoeZOT! to all, and good luck for tonight.
October 3rd, 2006 at 9:26 am
Just do it. :)
October 3rd, 2006 at 9:33 am
Ok, I’ll bite on this shoe zot.
How about: Three people walk into a zot, the fourth ducks.
Not funny? That’s ok. Here’s my official contribution – the MacZot Haiku
Six dollar ShoeZot
Must… resist… my own… urge to…
D’oh! I bought one too!
October 3rd, 2006 at 9:41 am
I did a MacUpdate search for ‘shoe’, and the only relevant thing that came up was Shoebox, the digital photo management .app. It’s $29.99, so considering that this Zot! will contain multiple .apps, it’s probably unlikely that one of the .apps would have such a high retail price. I don’t really care that they didn’t raise the price today. I just wish there was a new Zot! today. Having the same Zot! up for 2 week days straight is bland.
October 3rd, 2006 at 10:00 am
Never thought I could run into a website with some great DIGITAL assets!
(Anyone not knowing “Digital” is a medical term for toes and/or fingers. I just used a different context.)
October 3rd, 2006 at 10:41 am
Excuse me- where was the warning that there was going to be a second day? I paid- I expect to receive what I paid for!
It’s a nice idea to offer software at a discount to help shareware developers get noticed, but the folks behind this site are approaching a customer-losing “too smart by half” level, IMHO. Don’t forget that this isn’t the only game in town, it’s just the only one that plays games with it’s subscribers.
As for your lowest-form-of-comedy puns, as soon as I get the software that I’ve paid for, I really don’t see any reason not to give this place the boot.
October 3rd, 2006 at 10:55 am
Maczot: Discount Mac Shoeware
October 3rd, 2006 at 11:00 am
Oh my god….the complaining on this site is ludicrous.
If you don’t like the way they do business, go shop elsewhere.
Trust me…NO ONE will miss you if this is how you’re going to act EVERY SINGLE TIME they run a MysteryZOT.
If you want a standard, run-of-the-mill, “here’s-the-deal-of-the-day, take-it-or-leave-it, we-don’t-care-about-making-this-fun” kind of deal, then go to MacUpdate and keep your bitching to yourself.
I, for one, am tired of listening to it.
October 3rd, 2006 at 11:21 am
has this never been on MacZOT like Oblivion was a never-before-seen PS3 title?
October 3rd, 2006 at 11:27 am
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
(nothing makes you smile like laughter, right)?
October 3rd, 2006 at 11:48 am
MacZOT improves my Mac’s Feng Shoe.
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:02 pm
True story:
My wife, whose native language is Spanish, and I were walking on campus and I noticed that she was limping (or at least wincing) as she walked. I asked: “honey, is your foot hurt?”
Paulina: “No, my thumb is hurting.”
Peter: “Your thumb?”
Paulina “Yeah, isn’t that what it’s called?”
Peter: “Nope.”
Paulina: “Then what do you call your big toe?”
Peter: “Your big toe.”
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:12 pm
@staypuffinpc: of all the posts here, your anecdote gave me the best laugh.
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:15 pm
Why do people think the funny comment will be long?
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:28 pm
I just purchased my first ZOT. It took a size 6 ShoeZot kick in the ass to get me to buy, but I finally did it.
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:33 pm
I just got a new zotgeist email – There is an anagram in it that is supposed to reveal the applications in the shoe zot…
I think I have an idea what it unscrambles to but I don’t want to post it here… (Is it being a bad zotgeist member to do that?)
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:37 pm
“At macZOT our ShoeZOT’s have sole, can you Digg it?”
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:41 pm
ZOTGEIST JOLT! 10.03.06
BirthdayZOT should be ready today. Login to see.
ShoeZOT contents in Anagram are:
OH CRAB CHOP OWLS DO KICK A BED
I am so confused.
:(
And what does this mean?
“The deal will finish today and your drop in the tip jar will give you the equivalent of having purchasd one cool app on Monday and another on Tuesday. However, you get them all in one nice bundle.”
If we bought yesterday, we get two apps?
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:49 pm
Hey guys, I am a shoe-in to buy this one. It’s really nike that they are just doing such new things on zot. My addiction is getting so bad, that I have even rebok’d a few apps for friends. Maybe one day I can sketcher an app idea and one day have it feetured on Zot.
puma out!
matt
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:50 pm
Well I guess the cat is out of the shoe due to ScottMcD’s post. I figured out what the anagram is, and since I do not need either of the applications I will not be purchasing. Although they both look like pretty good apps… and from the look of it, they total $29.95, not the amount Zot said.. so Im not sure what that is all about.
And ScottMcD yes you get two apps, and you can look it several different ways, since this is a two day Zot.
1) You purchased 2 apps on Monday and none on Tuesday
2) You purchased 2 apps on Tuesday and none on Monday
3) You purchased app 1 on Monday and app 2 on Tuesday
4) You purchased app 2 on Monday and app 1 on Tuesday
Regardless you purchased 2 apps by participating in the ShoeZot.
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:52 pm
D’oh….anagrams were never my strongest suit. =\
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:53 pm
Run MacZot Run
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:55 pm
Rick…what is the answer to the anagram? Please share.
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:03 pm
Posting that ZOTGeist email was in bad form if you ask me. Those of us who are ZOTGeist members paid for that sort of thing, and you’re just giving it away. At least you didn’t spell it out for everyone by solving the anagram.
And for the record, I agree with Rick on the fact that it seems that the total cost of both apps is $29.95 and not $32.95. That is, if I was able to figure out the anagram (and I’m almost positive I was).
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:07 pm
I wouldn’t count on Rick’s [mis]information… if his results don’t match the advertised $32.95 retail value, you can bet he’s mistaken somewhere.
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:09 pm
ShoeZot: (noun) – What happens to you when you plug in your Nike + iPod incorrectly.
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:10 pm
That kind of defeats the fun of the whole puzzle doesn’t it :)
Plus Im not sure I agree that the anagram should have been posted in the first place since I can’t really get all the zotgeist members permissions on what info to give away and what should be kept to the members since they paid for the membership.
And Dan it’s definitely possible that I got it wrong, although that means Patrick got it wrong also and with an anagram for mac software.. the likliehood that it could also be 2 other different applications besides the ones that Patrick and I figured out.. the chances are very slim.. but possible :)
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:14 pm
No timie to spend figuring out anagram – and i’m actually not really very happy about macZot playing a game with me… just spill the beans and don’t make me spend more time on this please? someone email me the answer? dadads at mac dot com?
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:14 pm
You never know… but as one who did pony over the $6, I hope it’s good. :)
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:18 pm
Twist, Trip and Fall it must be ZotNet
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:21 pm
Sorry about that…i didn’t mean to ruin the fun. I was just confused by the indication that there was a change, and a little bothered by the fact that my zotgeist only got me an anagram, instead of the app itself.
No complaints if someone wants to modify my post.
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:22 pm
It’s sad we paid to get the inside scoop with ZotGeist, and yet we still don’t know what it is. Of course I understand why why wouldn’t just reveal it, since some people think it is ok to tell everyone about this anagram that we paid to receive.
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:31 pm
Walking is for losers. Segways are for winners.
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:33 pm
I personally like puzzles that can actually be figured out. It’s annoying though when they make it look like a puzzle and so you try to figure it out and when you find out the answer there was no possible way of figuring it out. The anagram idea was a very cool idea in my opinion, but as a tall guy with a big hat said, “You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:33 pm
Hi,
I’m french guy and i don’t understand if there’s 2 differents apps.
I buy one app on monday and no one this day. If i buy a another app today, this is a different app that i bought monday ?
Excuse me for my ugly english.
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:35 pm
You better hope the apps aren’t as ugly as the shoes.
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:49 pm
For people that have figured it out, any help for those of us who can’t?
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:51 pm
So many frustrations.
The ZOTGeist “hint” comes in the form of a pointlessly difficult puzzle. Really, how is one supposed to figure it out without having a ready command of all the available Mac titles? Most likely, if you just happened to have seen one recently, it jumps out.
Aside from that, the “hint” comes halfway through the unexpected second day. I made my decision to buy yesterday, thinking I had to. Then comes the unexpected extension, then the virtually useless “hint”.
I’m sure they sell a lot, though, judging by the comments, so what incentive is there to change?
I used to recommend MacZOT to every Mac user I met. I haven’t done that in quite some time.
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:56 pm
@eightfive
I hope they’re as sweet as the shoes.
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:59 pm
Hi,
I’m french guy and i don’t understand if there’s 2 differents apps.
I buy one app on monday and no one this day. If i buy a another app today, this is a different app that i bought monday ?
PS : Excuse me for my ugly english.
October 3rd, 2006 at 2:11 pm
No.
The ShoeZOT contains two apps.
Regardless of the day in which you purchased the ZOT, you’ll get both applications.
$6 for 2 applications worth $33 (or $30, depending on to whom you’re talking), no matter when you bought in.
October 3rd, 2006 at 2:15 pm
MysteryZOTs are like buying a lottery ticket. Except winning is a shoe-in… :)
October 3rd, 2006 at 2:26 pm
Ok Bill, thanks a lot for your answer.
And long life for MacZOT :)
October 3rd, 2006 at 2:37 pm
All this intrigue over the anagram is really taking the “shine off” the shoezot. I guess they really “stepped in it” when they made the zotgeist and a second class of users. I keep waiting “for the other shoe to fall” and someone just post the anagram, although at $6 it was a “shoe-in” for me to buy. I hope the application selection is well thought out and not just “cobbled” together (i like that one :) ).
I know I give maczot a hard time sometimes; it must be difficult to run a website with so many users. I hate to “walk a mile in their shoes”. I’d like to think that they are providing an interesting service to the mac community and that making money isn’t their “sole” purpose.
:)
October 3rd, 2006 at 3:13 pm
Mmmmm…. nah. I don’t tend to like total mysteries.
Don’t step in the shih-tzu.
October 3rd, 2006 at 3:23 pm
I feel so ashamed, I whined about not getting a zotgeist jolt and then it came. Sorry MacZot, regardless of the anagrams popularity at least you did send the clue, albeit on day two. Which I then went and purchased.
I will not whine again, I will not whine again, say it with me poeple, you should be with me, we all have control over our browsers. I will not whine again…
October 3rd, 2006 at 3:28 pm
Time is money, and to resolve the anagram takes more money than $6, so I finally buy it directly. I would like to suggest to Zot that, in the future, you give easier information, please.
October 3rd, 2006 at 4:02 pm
So, now the Zot is almost all laced up and the shoe’s on the other foot, or is it? Oh, if only the ZG’s felt they were insole…
Shoezot the dang crab in the bed and give me an app! I’ve got a shoehorn if the zot fits tight…
Or maybe I just got outsole feeling crabby in my midsole , and then I put on my shoes, to find they were the wrong Zotsize, and the vamp ahd shrunk! Oh, my poor sole, it’s on the tongue of the world, perched on the ball of the Zot, tippy-zot, tippy-zot.
Heel to the Zot. Once polished, it goes on the Zottree
:smile:
October 3rd, 2006 at 4:03 pm
Thought I’d get smart and use an anagram solver online…
First two words of phrase it returned: Cheapish, Crook …
The whole phrase was amusing … give it a rip at anagramgenius.com .
No way in hell I’m going to solve it … not with that many letters. Kind of worthless as a clue.
October 3rd, 2006 at 4:26 pm
I should have posted this Joke here.
This Zotgeistest makes a suggestion to MacZOT.
“I need a weight loss program.†He thinks he’s being clever.
He gets a response a week later, “Check out today’s ZOT.â€
He reads it, and it says ,â€ShoeZOTâ€.
“WTFâ€, he thinks, but he buys it any way, but accidently pays for 3 times at PayPal. “Oh well, I’ll give what ever it is to friends if I can’t use them.â€
A week later he’s a little pissed because he hasn’t heard anything about the ShoeZOTs he bought. Just as he was going to write MacZOT a nasty note he sees an e-mail from MacZOT, “Here’s your ShoeZOT, How much weight do you want to loose today?â€
He thinks about it, and sends back an answer, “1lbâ€.
MacZOT replies, “Be ready with your shoes on in an hour.â€
The guy hears a knock at the door and sees an attractive woman in jogging cloths wearing a sign that reads, “If you catch me you can #@$* me.†He runs after her, but never catches up. He gets home and weighs himself. “Wow, 2lbs.â€
He sees the same MacZot e-mail in his box and remembers that he bought three ShoeZOTs. He decides to wait for next day and look at them. Again he reads, “Here’s your ShoeZOT, How much weight do you want to loose today?†He sends a message, “5lbsâ€.
Again he gets the same response, “Be ready with your shoes on in an hour.â€
This time an even more attractive woman shows up, wearing a pair or running shoes, a halter top, a thong, and a sign that reads, “If you catch me you can #@$* me.†Again he runs after her, but never catches up. He gets home and weighs himself and finds he lost 10lbs.
He’s tired so he decides to answer the ShoeZOT the next morning.
He clicks on his last ShoeZOT e-mail and it reads, “Here’s your ShoeZOT, How much weight do you want to loose today?†This time he sends back the answer, “20lbsâ€.
Again MacZOT e-mails him back, “Be ready with your shoes on in an hour.†While he waits his heart pounds. He imagines the woman of his dreams at the door completely naked, except for a sign and a pair of shoes. He formulates a plan. He gets a rope an makes a lasso. He puts a note on the door “Just come in.†He waits by the door and plans to toss the lasso on whom ever comes in the door.
At the hour, the door bursts open, and the guy tosses the lasso perfectly. He looks up and sees a giant guerilla wearing only a pair running shoes and a sign that reads, “If I catch you I will OH CRAB CHOP OWLS DO KICK A BEDâ€.
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:41 pm
@Eniregnat
That was extremely funny. Well done. That shoud easily earn you the funniest comment, which means you’ll get 5 more of these. What comes after the gorilla?
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:45 pm
It’s a good joke, but an old joke. I do like the change to ZOT! though.
October 3rd, 2006 at 7:32 pm
A: Knock knock!
B: Who’s there?
A: ShoeZOT.
B: Oh it’s you, ZOT. Come in already.
October 3rd, 2006 at 7:45 pm
Recycled jokes:
- In Soviet Russia, shoes wear YOU!
- Yo momma so fat, they had to make ShoeZOT 2 days just to fit her.
October 3rd, 2006 at 7:56 pm
i hope our shoes arent re-used as i dont want my socks showin!!
October 3rd, 2006 at 8:32 pm
In the Zotgeit´s corner I can´t see anything pointing that a double-bought the SHOE. One hit I did on day1 by using paypal, but no other hit like I read here. Where do you see that?
October 3rd, 2006 at 8:33 pm
Shoe’s going to calm me down when I ZOT two cool apps?
October 3rd, 2006 at 8:47 pm
When I heard abould the ShoeZOT, it was all I could do to lace up my tongue and not shout my exitement to the world. Yet, something inside me wore away at my sole and told me to wait and see if it was too good to be true. All day thoughts of this mystery stuck to me like gum. Alas, how could I walk away from such an unstinky deal? It is my Achilles Heel. I booted up my computer with hopes of my foot fitting into this glass slipper of a deal. Yes, it was a snug fit I am happy to say. The shoe fits, so hopefully I won’t experience the blistering pain and rank smell of a good deal gone bad when you put on the shoes the next day…
October 3rd, 2006 at 10:38 pm
Because time is running out –
I suppose I could try to pump a few more out, if it wouldn’t make me look like some kind of sneaker, but the truth is, I’m just feeling like a loafer right now… I was at the beach all morning, and you know how sand’ll get into everything, it just wore me out. Then I get home, and there’s a clog in the bathroom. Water’s everywhere and on the polished stone floor, I was more a slipper than a plumber. Finally, I get that cleaned up, so I decide to talk a walk to relax, but this bird keep’s attacking me, divebombing me and I think even smacking me with its wingtips. Maybe God was punishing me, as I was mocking my friend Mary Jane yesterday, but I don’t know if God considers to mock a sin.
But I think I better hit the Submit Comment button, this computer’s acting weird, and it may force a boot…
(Puzzle fans – can you find all TEN shoe references???)
They are:
Pump
Sneaker
Loafer
Sandal (sand’ll)
Clog
Slipper
Wingtips
Mary Jane
Moccasin (mock a sin)
Boot
If you got all ten, congratulate yourself! You’ve won the freeware app of your choice! Yay!!! :)
October 3rd, 2006 at 11:45 pm
Knot one preson used aglet! People were tendon to use the easy words. Others were padding there comments inserting as many words as possible. Must be a bunch of Velcro keds.
October 3rd, 2006 at 11:54 pm
No one used aglet? Is it too late to jump into the fray? Aglet aglet aglet!
October 3rd, 2006 at 11:55 pm
Did anyone actually figure out the anagram?
October 3rd, 2006 at 11:56 pm
5 minutes to go! Then I can finally stand up from my desk and relieve these pins and needles.
October 4th, 2006 at 12:05 am
ok, can someone reveal the anagram now?
October 4th, 2006 at 12:08 am
Ack! It’s after two and where’s my shoe?
October 4th, 2006 at 12:09 am
Mystery is over, what were they?
October 4th, 2006 at 12:10 am
i knew there was a cliche we hadn’t seen yet. what was it? ah yes, take the money and run.
October 4th, 2006 at 12:11 am
me thinks they’ve gone to bed… and now so shall I. Just leave my shoes in the inbox in the morning ;)
October 4th, 2006 at 10:01 am
It was the two that I unscrambled and same with Patrick, but they have a different price for Checkbook than the price in Macupdate since macupdate says 14.95 not 17.95 thus the price descrepency that we saw.
October 4th, 2006 at 8:37 pm
so, which entry won the “funniest comment in this blog” contest?
October 4th, 2006 at 9:24 pm
Peter,
This is MacZOT it will be months when we find out the winner, it we ever do.
October 27th, 2006 at 7:21 am
still no winner? hmm…..
January 23rd, 2007 at 3:11 am
hmmm….I’m disappointed that no winner was ever announced. It seems like bad form to say something is a contest and get all these people spending time on it and then not following through.