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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When I was a kidwe had a competition to list 5 things to put in a time capsule for future civilisations. Me being a spack, I listed things like model cars and canned food and a magazine. I won first prize.
Six months later, when I had progressed to big school, my name gets called out during Assembly. In front of 800 other boys, I walk up to recieve my prize "as a concerned citizen of the 20th Century," which had been forwarded there from my old school. And there, Im presented with a gaybo "Captain History" glow-in-the-dark t-shirt. Captain History looks a lot like the spaceman on a box of Ricicles. And his slogan? "The Past belongs To The Future!"
If that wasnt shame of all shames, the headmaster encourages me to put it on. Over my shirt and tie. So Im now sporting a glow in the dark "I love History" tshirt with a white shirt collar, black trousers and shiny shoes. In front of 800 young testosterone-fuelled future NBP members.
The bruises I "won" that day... *shivers*
Bloody education system
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 11 Aug 2005, 14:22,
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