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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SnotI once phoned one of those crappy scratchcard prize-line things you get inside the News of the World/Sunday Mirror/People etc.
Was told I'd won a real Emerald. A real gemstone, guarenteed to be worth 'significantly' more than the extortionate price of the phonecall.
I got it through in the post, and it consisted of a small plastic bag with a lump of sticky, dark green, crumbly substance that looked like old snot. Apparently it was unpolished, uncut, industrial emerald, with a value of about £7-8 (the phone call had cost about £6).
Serves me right for bothering to call.
(, Fri 5 Aug 2005, 11:55, Reply)
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