Funny and clever and very well done. Has that old feel to it as well. (I tried that but I messed it up and it just was too gimmicky to enter). But this is fantastic.
Also, what instantly springs to mind is a Guinness ad, which for starters is a good thing, but more importantly it's the celebration of life that I think HCB was quite adept at recording.
I didn't like this photo the first time i saw it, but the second time it struck me and i rated it one of the highest in the competition. Good use of geometry and rule of thirds...