In the offices of Specious Industries, a division of Pelorian Digital,
the Participant sits before the desk of the Assistant Director of Clanpt
(our chief investigator into the existence of words physically impossible to pronounce).
After a brief interview and an uncomfortable silence,
the Assistant Director responds to the Participant's growing anticipation
by reading the following letter:
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The Assistant Director lifts the letter from the desk
and hands it to the Participant.
After a long enigmatic clearing of the throat,
the Assistant Director walks out of the room.The Participant glides down the long paragraph of text in the letter
and sees an additional sentence
hand-written on the bottom of the page.
The Participant reads:
To complete your assignment,
simply write in ten words or less,
a synopsis of this letter.
If you, the humble new Pelorian
wish to test your skills in brevity,
submit your ten words or less!
Writers of the best Ten Words or Less Synopsis will receive
the Pelorian Digital Semi-Irregular
E-mail your Synopsis of the Assistant Director's letter to:
Contestants will only receive e-mail from Pelorian Digital
if being notified of winning the contest.
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strongly support a spam-free internet.
The Pelorian Digital Pelorian Contest (the "Competition" or "Puzzle") is offered and open only to living residents of Planet Earth and its Solar neighbors and inhabitants of any star system with high speed or dial-up access to the internet (except residents of Zeta Reticuli) at least 13 years old at the time of entry. Employees and directors of SIC ("Specious Industries Competitions"), and Pelorian Digital, d/b/a pelorian.com ("Sponsor" or "Pelorian"), their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotion agencies, judges and legal advisors, and the immediate family or members of the households of such employees and directors are eligible, but may have an unfair advantage. By entering, you (and your parents and legal guardians if you are a minor) agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of SIC, the Competition judging organization, which are final and binding in all respects.
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