Vote for Bombay beggars and a giant bottle of gin
Dr Mumbo finds the idea of a giant bottle of gin rising phoenix-like from a pond a bit much to stomach on a rainy Monday, with the weekend’s excesses still sloshing about in the system.
Still, he reckons Dave Morawsky’s entry for the Bombay Sapphire – project your imagination competition is worth a look.
Morawsky won the first round (for Australian entries) with a surreal story about a group of Bombay slum dwellers who are lured by a mysterious blue force to the Taj Mahal.
On arrival, they are enchanted by a massive bottle of Bombay Sapphire, which rises out of a pool of water. Then explodes. Then it rains sapphires.
Hmm.
The use of the brand’s name is a bit literal, isn’t it?
And Dr Mumbo isn’t sure that a gang of grinning beggars heading for a monster bottle of grog is an appropriate message coming from a booze brand.
Anyway, it’s not a bad effort by Morawsky, the head of Melbourne-based talent agency Empire Management, who says he knocked out the idea in five minutes.
But he’s up against it in the final round though, when ‘Sapphire Eyes’ takes on eight other entries from around the world.
Not only does he lack any images to support his entry. But he’s a bit short on Facebook friends to drum up support, poor guy.
If he wins, he gets $8000 and a trip to somewhere special, where his story will be projected on to an ‘iconic building’. Presumably the Taj Mahal.
But if the Indian government allows a gin maker to project images, however inspiring, on their most famous building, the epitome of Mughal art and symbol of eternal love, good on ’em.
Voting closes on March 27.
Vote Dave!
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The fact that you have “wasted” your time to write such uselss mumbo yourself, YOU clearly lack imagination!!
If Dave won the Aussie entry he “clearly” has a huge backing and a great idea – Bombay Sapphire obviously thought so too!
BTW how many friends do you have on Facebook? If he hasnt many friends, Im guessing it wasn’t his friends who voted for him then – so I guess the rest of the population who voted agrees with me – Dave’s idea is fantastic!
Agree – vote david – and GO AUSSIES!
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Go Aussies? You think there’s anything to be proud of here?
You think this poorly written, geographically confused Orientalist crap represents imagination and great ideas?
My favourite part was when the ‘beggars’, with fresh new blued eyes, boarded the blue-dust train and travelled 1,000 km to Agra to visit a tomb in search of a gin named after a precious stone from Sri Lanka.
There should be rules against defending work this bad.
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@Southern Goon – I agree, very poorly written. As I state in the submission, I am by no means a seasoned writer.
The submission wasn’t intended to be geographically correct either.
I simply used my “imagination” as is the purpose of the project and typed the first idea that came to mind.
It does warm my heart however that you found a “favourite part”
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Well, aptly named “Southern Goon”, why not get this right and in perspective before you start bashing your keyboard (and others)!! Remember this is all about projecting one’s imagination, Goon.
The Taj Mahal is essentially the dedication of one man (Emporer Shah Jahan) to his love for his wife. So deep was his love, (and therefore hisgrief when she died) that he built this exquisite mausoleum. In his own words:
“Should guilty seek asylum here,
Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin.
Should a sinner make his way to this mansion,
All his past sins are to be washed away.
The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs;
And the sun and moon shed tears from their EYES.
In this world this edifice has been made
To display therefore the Creator’s glory.”
Pilgrimages are made to the Taj Mahal, Goon, and, YES, that includes beggars from Bombay!.
Much poetry and myth surrounds the Taj – and it all transcends culture and geography. Aw…all too complex for your closed mind
IMAGINATION, however – and that’s what we’re talking about here, is most brilliantly portrayed by the “Sapphire Eyes” submission. It incorporates the iconic building, hope for poverty, the eyes, the colour – Just brilliant.
It’s a competition for imagination. The submission is great and has my vote.
Lighten up GOON. In today’s climate – sapphire eyes, hope, light, colour and some very positive imagination wont go astray.
The entrant’s flow of writing is superior to yours, and an English essay is not part of the brief. Maybe you should have read that first.
Orientalist crap???? Geographically confused?????
The only geographical confusion is yours. You are not only Southern Goon, but Northern, Eastern and Western Goon also. The only “crap” is from your mouth!
Email me any time you want a history and/or grammar lesson!!
I feel so much better now.
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Wow! You lot get really intense. Maybe a Bombay over ice with a twist of lime would calm things down. And Good Luck, Dave!
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They are a rowdy lot, aren’t they? Such passionate debate, I love it. Thank you very much, MixnSip. A Bombay over ice with a twist of lime sounds like a wonderful idea
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