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08:00 December 5th, 2008

Crown me later, elevator!

Posted by: Robert Basler
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Blog Guy, it looks like beauty pageants are surging in popularity. Do you agree?

Not really. Check these photos from Spain. It seems there was so little interest in this pageant, they held it in an elevator.

I guess you’d say their competition had its ups and downs?

I wouldn’t say that because it’s too obvious, but you can.

So why would anyone sponsor an event this small?

I suppose they saw a chance to get in on the ground floor of a good vertical market. And the charming winner of the Miss Otis Lotus Pageant is…

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Contestants in the Miss Sevilla pageant are seen in an elevator after a presentation in Seville, December 3, 2008. REUTERS/ Marcelo del Pozo

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8 comments so far

How nice it would be to be in that elevator and have the elevator “stuck” heh. A dream come true I think…

- Posted by Ben

Reminds me of the last time I was in court: “All rise . . .)

- Posted by Dr. Doll

Where is that freaking “up and out” button?

- Posted by K

You know what would make this cooler? If the elevator were glass…sealed…and filling up with water…

- Posted by K

K, I’ve begged you to get help….

- Posted by Robert Basler

Unfortunately, Bob, psychiatrists don’t find my jokes very funny.

Apparently, a sense of humor can be inherited. You should hear my 9 year old’s latest songwriting venture… “Little Jesse is Stuck in a Well”.

- Posted by K

I keep thinking of a rock video. “Mr. Tyler, going down?”

- Posted by Tim Z

And I keep thinking of Are you Being Served: “Women’s lingerie and undergarments, going down. Men’s trousers, going up….”

- Posted by Dr. Doll

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