Christmas Banner / Art of Sound Competition

[The Grand Wazoo]

I just thought you guys should know that I've worked out what the mystery hi-fi photos on the new banner are. So I must be the winner of the first prize in the competition that you don't seem to have anounced just yet.
BY THE WAY, WHAT WAS THE PRIZE AGAIN?

1) The guy dressed in red on the sledge is telling us that the most subscribed thread on the Art of Sound should be changed for 2009 to 'Five Words Daily'

2) The white guy with a carrot for a nose used to have a body, but he sat too close to his new Western Electric 300B spiked stylus gauge and melted just a teensy little bit, despite having already been a pioneer in whole-body cryogenic treatment

3) Only a fool would not know that the picture just to the right of centre (that looks vaguely like a snowman in a hat and scarf) is an early prototype of one of those B&W Blue Room speakers (but they had to disguise it in case those little tinkers from Monitor Audio spotted it before it went on sale).

4)The other guy dressed in red is reading a list of names on a petition from Art of Sound members to get Marco to stop turning every post into a discussion about his bleedin' turntable.

5) All the bells scattered about are the alarm bells that ring every time anyone on Art of Sound mentions any turntable / tonearm / cartridge that's different from Marco's, because we all know that soon there'll be an update on what Marco thinks of his turntable.

6) The leaves are a representation of how prickly Marco will get with me before he realises I'm just pissing about.

The tree and the baubles?????.....well that's just a load of Christmassy shit isn't it??

SO, WHEN DO I GET MY PRIZE??

[Steve Toy]

You'll have to ask Marco.

Nicely.

[Marco]

Hehehehe... Love it, TGW!

What prize would you like? The choice is:

1) A swift boot up the botty.

2) A 'music book' inserted into the orifice of your choice.

3) A pair of Steve's special pish catchers in 'Rudolph red' (they play 'Jingle Bells', too, when you walk).

Marco.

P.S Did I mention I liked my turntable?

[Steve Toy]

Most generous, Marco.

[Mike]

Brilliant!

I award TGW one rather crap Golden Dragon ECC83. Boxed.

I also award Marco one 'Fisher Price - My First Record Player' as an upgrade to his crappy little Technics, so he can stop babbling on about it.!

[Marco]

As they say in Glesga, "Pick yer windae!"

Marco.

P.S Btw, have you heard of the 1210?

[Mike]

Btw, have you heard of the 1210?

A what?

[The Grand Wazoo]

I'll translate......
Pick a window, you're leaving

[Mike]

No translation needed.

[Marco]

Hehe...that's pretty close. It means: "pick which window you want to go through", also commonly expressed as "taking a heider oot the windae"

Marco.