Want a free iPod?  Want a free Britney Spears iPod?  Ok, I’m sure the ink can be scrubbed off, but if any readers are interested in the Apple hand-out, then listen up.  According to reports, a bitter Spears is preparing her own, very odd public paparazzi protest by asking fans to send in their best pics of surprised friends.  The winner gets, you guessed it, a free Britney Spears signed Apple MP3 player.

According to a few trashy Hollywood dirt sites, Spears has told interested fans to “Share what happens to you when the clock strikes 12…Where are you?  Who is with you?”

Furthermore, “Savour every last detail and when you think you have it down, recreate that perfect moment and capture it as best you can in a digital photograph.”

Clearly, Spears has lost it.  That’s nothing new.  But, even this contest sounds like the mad ramblings of an LSD-laden ‘60s San Franciscan.  Wouldn’t it make more sense to impulsively snap embarrassing shots of friends, rather than practice/recreate them? 

Beyond that, wouldn’t it irk the targeted Hollywood photographers more if Spears just appealed to local fans to snap annoying pictures of the paparazzi themselves?

All in all, it’s a fairly ridiculous attempt by Spears to promote her new Midnight Fantasy fragrance, which, if appropriate, would smell like a trailer park.

Finally, in an attempt to keep the contest “clean”, Spears warns submitters not to include “images containing nudity, obscenity, or violent depictions”.

I guess Britney just disqualified herself.