Biggest opportunity I've blownNot Alan Partridge tells us: "I was once offered the chance to co-present a programme on national radio. Audience of millions, but blew up spectacularly, my entire contribution being the rustling of paper in the background. I was that bad, I have since burned my copy of the pilot show." Tell us about your big break, and how you messed it up.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 3 Apr 2014, 14:22)
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Not an employment story, rather than a financial opportunity lostBetween the years 1989 and 1994, I picked the winner, and several placed horses, in the Grand National.
However, due to me being young (read: skint), my maximum bet was £5. Or, rather, this was the most I was willing to risk on a random choice
I knew/know nothing about race horses, or did any research prior to the race.
Whilst I won, relatively, very little, my boss copied my choices and, by the fifth year, won a couple of grand, but gave me fuck-all. I left that piss-poor job in 1994, and haven't picked a winner since.
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Another_tragic_case wished he hadn't eaten all the cake, Fri 4 Apr 2014, 11:06,
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when i was little, my dad got 4 horses in the bank sweepstake, 1 for each of ushis horse fell, my mum's came in second but without a rider, my brother's was sick the night before the race, and mine was 100-1.
and it WON. i was so thrilled with my shiny £1.
only years later did i realise what my dad probably got in his work sweepstake.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 4 Apr 2014, 12:03,
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