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Indybay Contest: "What's Newsom doing in this picture?"

by indybay editors

Mon, Jan 19, 2004 7:09PM

Give your best answer and win a guest dj spot on the Enemy Combatant Radio news show!

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Contest rules and instructions: Answer the question "What is Newsom doing in this picture?" (in the picture appearing above) as a comment. Be sure to leave an email address with your comment so that we can contact you in the event that you are the winner. The deadline for accepting comments will be announced in the rules once it is finalized. The contest begins now.

The winner will be picked by the indybay collective members based on the creativity and believability of the answer. The winning prize is a guest dj spot on the Enemy Combatant Radio news show!

Disclaimer: There is no limit on how many different comment you can leave. Non-relevant comments may be hidden during the answer submission period. Contestants need not be a legal resident or a citzen of any country, and in fact, are encouraged to denounce allegiances to any country and be highly critical of any nationalist systems of thought. Right wingers, republicans, freepers, and zionists will be automatically disqualified. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible new members.

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§Ok here is what is going on

by tkat

Mon, Jan 19, 2004 8:59PM

The Sexual explaination of what is happening here. The little guy next to him is saying "when you are fisting someone, you just have to pound it in" (he is baning his fist into his hand. Newsom on the other hand says correctly, "you want to get your hand all lubed/greased up and put it in like this, then after you have the clearance, then you can make a fist"

The more probable explaination is that they are playing rock, paper, siscors. But Newsom forgot the rules and he is trying to be both siscors and paper, but badly. Little dude is the rock so he is gonna win.

§Shallow end of the gene pool

by chris long

Mon, Jan 19, 2004 9:52PM

Playing shadow animals on a cloudy day, Bright isn't he?

§Shadow Puppets

by mike.... (vegan_revenge [at] hotmail.com)

Mon, Jan 19, 2004 9:56PM

"So if you do it this way, the shadow on the wall will look like a dog. You've got to try it! Willie Brown used to laugh his ass off whenever I did this. He said that my creativity would pay off someday. Wheee hoooo! Look at me now."

§Pop-lock

by Jino ((indybay editor))

Mon, Jan 19, 2004 11:38PM

Well, since we made up the rules, there's no rule saying the editors couldn't join in. (:

Newsom is showing off a "pop-lock" breakdance move that he just learned trying to appeal to the African-American constituency, seeing that it was MLK day and all. The guy next to him is going, "Wow. They don't have those where I come from." The guy behind both of them is thinking, "Stupid crackers...". And the guy right behind Newsom is thinking, "I think I'll go stand next to someone else before my friends see me."

§Refined Behavior

by I'm with the banned...

Tue, Jan 20, 2004 3:37AM

Tomkat has it mostly right, but a bit more experience with homosexual interactions might be in order here.

The guy standing next to Newsom obviously expects to be fisted: look at the longing, dreamy expression on his face, his eyes almost closed. Newsom's obviously relishing the job.

I'd love to know who that guy next to Newsom is: the face looks familiar. Let's hope he doesn't represent the average citizen (or voter) of San Francisco.

Meanwhile, I'm perfectly willing to disqualify myself from the contest itself. Though I'm highly critical of Israel (and view Sharon as a fascist thug), I also consider myself a Zionist. It's not about nationalism; it's a tribal thing... (Anyone wanna talk about "freedom of associaton," or "security barriers"?...)

;-)

§He's distracting our attention while

by been there, done that

Tue, Jan 20, 2004 1:05PM

his connection slips a packet of blow into his pocket.

§tkat took mine

by sadie_sabot

Tue, Jan 20, 2004 2:01PM

defnitely a fisting discussion. The other dude is the supervisor from my district, Bevan Dufty. Dufty is a total tool of the Brown machine. yet anoher example of how just 'cause you're gay doesn't mean you're progressive, or even cool.

§Homeless plan explanation

by "BoB" (aot77 [at] yahoo.com)

Tue, Jan 20, 2004 4:15PM

"The first phase of my homeless plan is to cut off all their hands. Then they can't beg for money."

§Declining Sense

by m a colburn (melaniezen [at] hotmail.com)

Tue, Jan 20, 2004 5:53PM

Yesterday afternoon, Newsom described the direction he plans for the San Francisco economy over the next few years and his projections of city morale following his homeless policy to a San Francisco resident and supporter, Bob Fickle. Fickle later reflected on his discussion with Newsom as, "Mindnumbingly confusing and believable." In explaining his political compromise to support Newsom's vie for major, Fickle mused that "Newsom's like Bush, he just might be the best thing out there."

§little blue pill

by chance martin (streetsheet [at] sf-homeless-coalition.org)

Thu, Jan 22, 2004 4:16PM

Gavin's explaining his erectile dysfunction to Bevan Dufty, who can't help but be mildly titilated...

§Checking His Pulse

by ~Bradley (bradley (at) riseup.net)

Mon, Jan 26, 2004 4:03AM

I have looked at this photo several times, but for some reson when I looked at the larger version of the photo, it came to me....
gavin is checking to see if he still has a pulse.
he had previously told himself that a MLK march would only take place "over his dead body" if he was the mayor of san francisco.

§"gavin is checking to see if he still has a pulse."

by Green

Mon, Jan 26, 2004 4:54PM

nice. That's the best so far.

§Gavin's solution to pan-handling

by Katchita (katchita [at] excite.com)

Mon, Jan 26, 2004 8:29PM

Gavin is explaining, with graphic illustration, exactly where street peoples' hands will be chopped off if they are caught pan-handling on the streets of San Francisco.

by bradAdad

Thu, Feb 19, 2004 2:18AM

It's really an elegant way of describing taoist nature of free-flowing wave vs the right arm of adversity. Well, I'll go with Pop-Lock on the guy thinkin what a crazy ass cracker he is.
The dude in gray might be saying "yaaasooooo".

Or the dude in gray is like Fred Flinstone's buddy, "Great Gazoo". Nobody else can seelil Gazoo. Gavin acts crazy but Gazoo will make everyone forget what just happened.

§proper fisting technique demonstration

by dtoy

Wed, Mar 10, 2004 9:43PM

Gavin knows: Safe and comfortable entry is achieved by rounding of the hand and compression of the fingers.

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