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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magictorch, I understand your codeCrappest rowing prize I never won was a wooden 'spoon' for coming last in the Thames Head Race.
Several years ago I had the dubious pleasure of being in a Senior 4 eights crew that came last in the Thames head of the river race. We were 417th. There were something like 438 crews in the race but ours was the slowest of all those that actually finished. We were even overtaken by a boat that had earlier hit the bank and sank. We were utterly rubbish. Eight overweight, sweaty, wheezing losers.
One of the crew was an asthmatic who made the most appalling noises through the entire race. When it was all over the cox asked him "What was all that noise, were you having an asthma attack or something?"
"No" he answered, "I only get those if I over exert myself"
NB The Head of the River Race is the same distance as the University Boat Race, rowed over the same course (but in the opposite direction) and is between 19-22 minutes of sheer hell. The whole point of the race is to over exert yourself. In our case it was nearer 30 minutes of sheer hell.
We were going to make a booby prize for ourselves out of an old blade and put all of our names on it but, as with our training for the race, no-one could be arsed.
(, Fri 5 Aug 2005, 15:56, Reply)
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