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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Sponsored prizesWhen I was thirteen, I was at some local fair and I won one of the kids competition for downing a small glass of orange juice in the shortest amount of time. The other contestants (no doubt forcefully shoved up the stage by their parents) were eight and five. They gave up waiting for the five year old while he savours his drink before they handed me my prize - a crappy nail manicure set.
At the same event I also won a drawing competition I entered because I was damn bored and had nothing better to do. I won another nail manicure set. Come to think of it, I think my dad got one too. And so did the kids who didn't actually win the orange juice thing. Ummmm.
(, Thu 4 Aug 2005, 20:14, Reply)
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