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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steeevcThere isn't much to do in Cherbourg even if it isn't a Sunday. It was our stop-off when I was one of the volunteer crew members on a tallship. Various delights of Cherbourg were:
Our mates walking on the grass, and then nearly getting beaten to death by the police for doing so (why?!? no idea)
Looking at all the big pretty gun-metal grey naval ships...ooooh!
The pub
Running away from the pub because there are too many drunken brits
Finding a kebab shop (only other place that was open at the time of night/early morning) and talking to the illegal turkish immigrants who owned it about the troubles of learning French
Running away from the kebab shop because all the other drunken brits had found it
I also found some posters organising a trade union strike by someone or other, thought about nicking some, but needed to get back to the ship. I had the night of my life coming back though, we had to sail through a force 11 gale, but thent hat's another story, and had sod all to do with bloody Cherbourg
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Hampster Squared has stuff at www.tilla.co.uk, Fri 5 Aug 2005, 16:20,
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