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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oh, i've got another:in year 8 i went on our school's american exchange, which included trips to a few museums around washington DC and new york.
in one museum (i forget which) the teachers gave us each a sheet of questions to answer as we went around the museum, with the highest scorer to win a prize!
i was slightly geeky and had slightly fewer friends than most of the kids there, so i actually attempted the questions. and consequently won.
now i was about 10 at the time - which seems young to me now - but i did feel extremely patronised when i was presented with a colo[u]ring-in book about the american civil war.
(, Tue 9 Aug 2005, 0:33, Reply)
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