Some moron out in San Francisco won Nintendo of America's "What Would You Do For A GameCube?" contest by becoming a Pikmin, which is apparently a kind of insect character from an upcoming Nintendo GameCube game. The guy shaved his hair off, mounted a leaf on top of his head and painted himself blue (because that's what the characters look like), then ate a bowl of Pikmin food (which includes worms and crickets). His prize was a new GameCube, a Game Boy advance, some games and $5000.

Now I've done a lot of stupid and self-deprecating things in my lifetime to draw attention to myself (including allowing my a cappella group to try to sell me on stage for 10 cents and a can of kosher ham glaze -- although I have no clue where they found that -- in an attempt to humorously raise money to record a CD), but I don't think I'd ever stoop that low. The only way you'd get me to shave my head and paint myself blue is if you offered me a full-time job as a member of the Blue Man Group. At least they eat Twinkies, not insects.