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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My worst prizeI used to belong to an amateur theatre group and went to their Christmas party a couple of years ago (£3 to get in, lame buffet and quiz included).
My table was dead chuffed to get the runners-up prize in the quiz, especially as the first prize had been a bottle of something alcoholic. I excitedly leapt up to fetch our prize, a wrapped-up box which I assumed to be posh chocolates.
We all enthusiastically ripped off the paper to discover it was...
A box of tissues.
Apparently, this was the quizmaster's idea of a joke. Our idea of a joke was to soak the tissues and ram them down his trousers.
I've heard they do proper prizes these days.
(, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 14:28, Reply)
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