Need 2 more volunteers for pigfesto competition please!

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I though I would post seperately (hope you dont mind Karen) about needing 2 more volunteers to make up a celebrity pig festo :D

Karenrgpr & Sunshine & Twinkle came up with the idea. During guinea wheek in Feb, we will be posting a competition with a "celebrity" guinea pig posing as a candidate for pig minister. The "piggy" will have a manifesto (pigfesto) and will represent one of 4 guinea pig rescues. Myself and S&T are doing one each but we need 2 more people. Other members can then choose to vote for the piggy who will make the best pig minister and to vote a donation sould be made and all proceeds donated go to the winning rescue.

Read more about it here:
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=16920.0


Thanks all!
 
I wanna nominate Fergie - I'm still confused as to what to do
 
Thanks LJ I'm more than happy to let someone else do this, :) Not that I don't want to and I will 'be there' but many hands make light work :)

Can I just add you don't have to be mad to do this but if you are it helps piggies :)
 
You have to write a manifesto. Your chosen pig pretends to be a celeb you can change the celeb name to fit in with guinea pigs like Jeremy Pigson instead of Jeremy Clarkson! :D
 
so Fergie has to be a celebrity, i have to write a manifesto - what else? I'm confused
 
Have you read the other topic?

Ok, you know when political parties are running for goverment, each party leader writes a manifesto which sets out their aims and objectives for what they will do for our country if they get elected?

Well this is similar. So you make up a celebrity name for your piggy and what your piggy candidate can do for all piggies/rescues in Great Britain! You write a "pigfesto" to convince people to vote for you (well your piggy).

What I am doing (without giving info to my opponents :D) is putting up a pic of my piggie Lennie but giving him a celebrity name. Then I am writing a pigfesto as if it is from him and his celebrity status can say why people should vote. Karen used Jeremy Clarkson as an example as he presents top gear so has access to lots of cars to transport piggies!

See? We need 2 volunteers to represent GBH and Thistle cavies rescues :)
 
M+R you need to think of a celebrity/cartoon character etc etc. Lets take Jeremy Clarkson, we call him Jeremy Pigson (optional!) One of your pigs can be his representitive for your Pigifesto if you want, as the 'face of Jeremy'.

Your celeb (Jeremy for example), represents either Thistle Cavies or GBH rescue- you choose. You need to write a manifesto (a paragraph or 2 :) ) saying why you (Jeremy) should be the next Pig Minister (as in Prime Minister) what would you do for Pig Kind? Be as emotional/whacky/true to life or not as you wish. :)

Jeremy could say that he would be an ideal PM because he has access to transport and would set up permanent and regular Piggy Runs all over the country in reliable transport etc etc

Other suggestions were BatPig (Batman), you could have Homer Pigson (as in Simpson).
Is that any clearer? Keep asking away!

Those of you who are really into this will make posters (inWord) and advertise your Pigifesto on other forums (just to let them know we're all crazy ::) about guineas!) You can use your guinea photos too. Perhaps some people would rather just do posters for those that are doing the Pigfestos?
 
Just a thought but Those who are writing Pigfestos must put forward their candidates name in case we have two the same. I suppose it could work, what do you think? Can someone offer to do Paypal or do you want me to organise that, I don't mind.
 
Yes I was thinking that too. Once we all have a celeb pig name, shall we pm it to you and you can let us know its ok to proceed with that name?

I have a paypal account so wouldnt mind but members may feel more trusting if a rescue or mod organised the money side of things?
 
I think its too confusing too ;D Maybe thats just me though :D
sooo what you mean is one of your own guinea pigs has to turn into a celebrity or whatever then you write say 2 paragraphs about what ? guinea pigs and something to do with what the celebrity does ? :)
 
Let me know if no one else volunteers as i think its such a great idea i will have a go my pigfesto wont be the funniest or best but i would definately have a go if no one else volunteers.

Lindsay
 
You write about what you would do if you were piggy minister like better health care, better funding, crack down on animal cruelty etc etc. :)
 
Yes Lindsay have a go! is that 3 volunteers now then? Just one to go ;)

Lindsay, which guinea pig rescue would you like to represent? GBH or Thistle cavies?
 
lavenderjade said:
Yes Lindsay have a go! is that 3 volunteers now then? Just one to go ;)

Lindsay, which guinea pig rescue would you like to represent? GBH or Thistle cavies?
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Not sure how i would choose. Which one would be the nearest to me in North Lincs?
 
GBH is in Beckenham, Kent and Thistle cavies is in Scotland :)
 
Can I just say, mine is not a celeb as such but a former PM, is that ok? He is a sort of Celeb I guess. ;D
 
Oh so is mine S & T, do you want to pm me who it is incase we have done the same person? ;D
 
lindsay7 said:
lavenderjade said:
GBH is in Beckenham, Kent and Thistle cavies is in Scotland :)
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Lol I'm about in the middle. Right i will choose GBH if thats ok.

When do we have to announce which piggy and celeb we are using?
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Karenrgpr was thinking of doing it to coincide with guinea week which is 17th to 24th Feb. So if we have the photo of our chosen guinea all done and the pigfesto written, its just a case of liasing to post it at the beginning of that week I think ;)
 
Not too sure, I dont think so. But we should PM her with our celeb name as we may end up choosing the same ones. Possibly S & T and I already have ;D

If you prefer Louise (S & T), shall we pm Karen our celeb names just incase they are yhe same? ? :D
 
lavenderjade said:
Not too sure, I dont think so. But we should PM her with our celeb name as we may end up choosing the same ones. Possibly S & T and I already have ;D

If you prefer Louise (S & T), shall we pm Karen our celeb names just incase they are yhe same? ? :D
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I will pm karen now with mine. :)
 
Glad this is clear to some People! ILA you are standing to be elected as Pig Minister and need to tell the voting public (The Guinea Pig Forum Members) why they should vote for you. LJ had the idea (brilliant!) of making your guinea into that character,, so they would have the celeb name (Jeremy Clarkson/Pison for example), or they couldbe the spokespig for your celeb. I think most pigs that own a Human will get their Humans to do all the work and they will just front the campaign, but we'll see 8)

Jane, your new years resolution/wish was to help rescues- nows your chance :)

Thistle rescued lots of fungal pigs and turned their little lives into something worth living, don't let this go unnoticed!
 
Jane said:
Hmm, you're right Karen!

Is there any spaces left hehe? I would love to do this. Hmmm I need to get thinking..
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I'll nominate Jane O0
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