June 17th will be a great day for internet culture, and no, I am not talking about Firefox 3 (although, go pledge, vote, download, rejoice, etc, and do it today — we are trying to set a world record here!).

No, instead I am talking about animals of a less fiery nature: The 2008 World’s Ugliest Dog Competition.

When doing my research on LOLCats (see gnovis for the result), the topic of the “anti-LOLcat” came up often. These are images that mock the nature of LOLcats, and they are quite funny:

That said, can they compare with this?

Many people asked me why LOLDogs aren’t as popular as LOLCats, and I have never had a good answer. This competition, however, sheds a little light. As Steve said, maybe dogs just need their own thing, and that we should start a new trend: the PIMMDog (aka, Puking in My Mouth Dog). This said right after “How are they alive?”

I think my vote is leaning towards “Elwood.” He/She/It(?) is last year’s winner, but I think this might be a case of an oldie being a goody… or something like that.

Today is the last day to vote, so while you are waiting for your 4th copy of Firefox to download, take a walk over and give these puppies some love. Just don’t get too close.