The karma fairy is taking the piss..
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Back in December we splurged some of my (bloody hard-earned) bonus on a new telly for the kids' room. Nice shiny thing, 19 inches, all the bells and whistles (as it were). We actually debated it for quite a while 'cos it seemed a lot of money for a pair of kids. The old one was knackered - 14 inch screen with a nice purple bit where a magnet got too close, and no amount of tuning got rid of the "gently falling snow" effect. Anyway, we took the plunge and bought the telly. Two delighted and grateful children later, we felt like we'd done the right thing.

Fast forward to a fortnight ago, and a workmate was selling raffle tickets in aid of her son's football team. I bought a fiver's worth and made my usual jokes about not bothering to enter mine in the draw because I've never won a prize in any kind of raffle or draw. Not even a tube of Smarties at the tombola. Nada. I promptly forgot all about it.

Just this morning, my workmate bounced over to my desk like Tigger on acid, and plopped a big box down.

"You won first prize" she announced. My jaw hit the desk, and I eagerly scanned the box to see what I'd won.

Yes, it was a telly. A 15 inch LCD telly. More to the point, it's PINK. I brought it home and the girls demanded it be installed in their room forthwith. Because it's PINK. It's smaller than the one we bought, but the one we bought is NOT PINK and is therefore inferior.

We now have a nice, nearly new 19 inch telly we have no real use for. We could put it in our room, but there's no aerial in there. Still, we can always spend some more hard earned cash and have one fitted. We haven't really decided yet. My mum, when she stopped laughing, suggested I gift it to her, but was told that while I love her, I don't love her quite that much.

I have concluded that the karma fairy is having a bloody good laugh at me today. The first prize I ever win and I don't really need it.

To console myself, I have, since lunchtime, eaten three-quarters of an M&S chocolate cake, and now feel a bit sick. That's not karma though, that's just sheer greed.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Fri 22 Feb 2008, 19:57, 3 replies)

give the 19" to the needy
and get a better karmic prize!


and some rennies.
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Fri 22 Feb 2008, 20:08, closed)

Gift it to your mum.
And I reckon the vast majority of prizes go to those that really don't need them. Raffles aren't the most surefire way of gaining necessary items.
(Captain Skippy pooed in a bag and left it on your doorstep, Sat 23 Feb 2008, 18:21, closed)

Karma Fairy, all is forgiven....
These things happen for a reason. Just yesterday, my Mum in Law arrives for her weekly session of adore and be adored with the grand-daughters.

Just after arriving, and before hearing about the above, she was telling us about Friday night. She's sitting up in bed, watching telly on her very old portable. We bought her a freeview box a couple of years ago and she loves it - more trash than ever before! Anyhoo, her wee dog (looks like a cross between a yorkshire terrier and a floor mop) starts barking at the telly. It refuses to stop, and MIL decides something is wrong. On closer inspection, the telly is smoking - badly.

She unplugs it and phones my nephew to move it downstairs (they only live round the corner) and he opens up the back. All smouldery and burned it was, so he sticks it in the wheelie bin.

As soon as she finished, we knew exactly why we had a spare telly. It was boxed up, and my hubby took her home later and connected it up. She's absolutely thrilled, and keeps offering some money for it. Fact is, she doesn't have the money to buy a new one without making economies elsewhere, so we wouldn't dream of taking anything for it. My mum, on the other hand, can well afford to buy one if she wants to (three foreign holidays a year tells you she isn't exactly skint).

So, a good ending all round I think!
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Sun 24 Feb 2008, 10:46, closed)