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[challenge entry] blankety-blank, blankety-blank... blankety-blank, blankety-blank
blankety-blank, blankety-blank...
blankety-blank, blankety-blank!


From the Credit Crunch TV challenge. See all 359 entries (closed)

(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:31, archived)
# IT'S OKAY PEOPLE
DON'T PANIC

IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:32, archived)
# I wasn't panicking
but now I'm not sure if I should

What is going on?
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:34, archived)
# they wouldn't tell us not to panic
if everything was ok

*withdraws savings*
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:35, archived)
# JUST STAY CALM
IT WILL BE FINE!

OH GOD
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:37, archived)
# OH SHIT
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:39, archived)
# Ha!
Needs more RBS Logo ;)

Woo!
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:33, archived)
# I still don't understand the prize on Blankety Blank
is it just a regular cheque book but with a different logo..

do you get to write a load of cheques with someone elses bank account..?

what?!!!
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:39, archived)
# Think of it like a trophy.
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:40, archived)
# so it's purely symbolic then?
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:41, archived)
# yep
Most famously was the consolation prize, the Blankety Blank chequebook and pen, which Les would often deliberately mis-quote as "The Blankety Blank cheque pen and book." This consisted of a cheap-looking silver trophy in the shape of a cheque book
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankety_Blank
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:42, archived)
# I thought for years
that it was like having a load of cheques that you could just fill out and blankety blank would honour them.

I never understood why it was second prize...

My naivety, would it seems, know no bounds...
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:44, archived)
# would you like to see some puppies?
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:45, archived)
# Oh!
Yes please!


edit: awaits deagostini/goatse link
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:47, archived)
# *unzips*
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:49, archived)
# i think its a booby prize
probably made out of plastic
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:40, archived)
#
plastic
broken dreams
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:02, archived)
# haha
clik
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:27, archived)