When i was about 13
some kids from my school were on Going Live search for a star thing (i may have told that part of the story before)

Anyway, i voted for them and they pulled my name out of the pile to win a prize

Luckily we happened to be actually recording the show as my brother was in hospital having a stone taken out of his ear (we're not sure how it got there). This was great as we could run it back and check it really was me - I was so excited about it!

weeks passed and i still had heard nothing. Months pass, and my dad writes a letter. Then one day a note from the post office arrives and we have to pick up the BIGGEST PARCEL YOU'VE EVER SEEN!

The prize was less exciting though - a dustbin pen set and an erasure live video (which I've watched once, in fast forward mode for about 5 minutes - we particularly liked the bit when he was wearing a leotard thing with nipple tassles). However, as they had taken so long to post it, they'd thown in some stuff which actually was cool - a double dare t-shirt, a going live mug and some other bits and bobs which i can't remember

NOwadays i have a habit of winning things on Radio6 without listening to what the prize is, as a result i have a 3 cd set of soul music (which is pretty cool), a CD of a boring singer songwriter I'd never heard of and a book about 'green' issues (one day i'll adhere to the tips in it).

I also have a 6music bag (which is in no way a crap prize, i use it all the time) from when Phil Jupitus did the competition to have the show done from your house. I was a runner up - they even had a couple of guys to come round to see if they could fit the equipment in the kitchen
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 4 Aug 2005, 18:34, Reply)