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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Mark "bloody" Goodier pocketed my bootyMy crappy "win" was about 5/6 yrs ago when Mark "bloody" Goodier was just about cool enough to present a Radio One show (albeit the Sunday mid-morning shift). I entered a compo whereby he played 5 songs, you had to name the artists/titles and the "link" between them. I rang up and left my details and blow me they rang me back to go on air. Hooray. After the usual crappy banter (eg "Whaddya up to today then?", "...er nowt much", "Great" etc etc) and me giving the correct answers, he asked on air for a song request. After a lot of thought, I said Talking Head's "Once in a lifetime". Then, off air he duly took my address to send the assortment of CDs/Videos/Books etc that was the prize. One week past, then another, then another....nothing arrived. Wrote to "The Goodier", no reply. I can only assume that he pocketed my booty.
My faith in british broadcasting was in tatters.
Actually, thinking about it, he wasn't on Radio One for much longer after that so perhaps he got rumbled.
Mind you, I shouldn't have expected much seeing as though the twunt got my request wrong as well and played Texas' "Once In A Lifetime" instead of Talking Heads.
Bring back DLT* that's what I say.
*Not to be confused with the sandwich filling of the near-same spelling.
(, Thu 4 Aug 2005, 16:14, Reply)
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