Crappy PrizesCompetitions, raffles, give-aways... sure the prizes look great, but don't they always turn out a bit crap should you happen to win them?
The last raffle I bought tickets for, they'd just given away the all-expenses paid weekend in New York when my number came up. Rushing up to find out what I'd won, I was a little disappointed to be handed a box of "Biscuits for Cheese". Especially as they were busy serving the cheese course (complete with biscuits) as they drew the raffle.
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chthonic, Thu 4 Aug 2005, 11:16)
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Booze for BooksWhen I was 17, the school, in its wisdom, decided to hold a Mastermind competition, revolving black chair and all.
I won it. Prize? £5 book token.
I traded it with a schoolfriend for £4.50 in cash and went out and got rat-arsed (this was the early 80's, in which £4.50 could buy an awful lot of booze).
I should mention that the friend in question, who had shown no evident academic promise up until then, eventually got a Ph.D. and has had a successful and prestigious career in medical research. I like to think that book token gave him his start.
(, Mon 8 Aug 2005, 12:08, Reply)
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