Just because it's a star prize on a game show
doesn't mean it's any good.

Bullseye used to give away Austin Allegros and Metros, FFS.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:13, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

and caravans

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:14, Reply)

Very true
I still find it amazing that said car was considered a star prize. Especially when you consider that my Dad had the choice of that or £3,000 cash. Mind you it was 8 years old by the time I got hold of it, and it was knackered by then
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:14, Reply)

There was a North/South divide with game show car prizes
Didn't Bullseye once have a Lada Riva as a "star prize"?
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:14, Reply)

Probably
Usually the car was the prize that you 'could have won', where if you actually won, it was a caravan or a speedboat.

The latter would be a lot of good if you lived on a council estate in Bradford.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:16, Reply)

I can say with absolute authority that I'd don't know anyone who wants a speedboat
and I live in Norfolk, you could actually make use of it round here
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:17, Reply)

Hahahaha!
Brilliant.

They also helped popularise the notion that putting a shed on wheels and towing it along at 45mph on a Bank Holiday weekend was socially acceptable.

Bastards.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:17, Reply)

Alright Clarkson, calm down
Caravanning was incredibly popular in the 80's. Almost like Britain was unaware of the existence of airports
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:19, Reply)

When camping
A caravan is bloody brilliant. When it's moving however it's a menace.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:20, Reply)

I got stuck behind one on the way to Aberystwyth
It was going 40mph the whole way and the roads were windy so there was nowhere to overtake. The queue behind me was huge. I think that people like that should pull over every so often to let people past.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:23, Reply)

In that respect they are a pain in the arse
but living in Norfolk you get used to getting stuck behind tractors whenever you try to escape
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

I used to live in a village and it was the same
during the day it was tractors, at weekends it was idiotic old people out for a scenic drive, stopping to point at the sheep.

At night it was drunk drivers from the pub.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:37, Reply)

Number two makes the queue
as my dad always said to me. Although he's a bit of a plodding driver, so he's not bothered about being held up.

If the car behind the caravan is a wee underpowered one frequently driven by a little old lady (almost invariably a Nissan Micra) then it means the third car has even less chance of getting by, and so on. Eventually the wanker in the 3-series/A4 decides to overtake from 10th in the queue and causes a crash.

The lesson is to rid the roads of caravans, Micras and BMW 3-series/Audi A4-driving wankers. Then we'd have no problem.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

caravans, Micras and
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:36, Reply)

No, my original statement stands
The wankers cause accidents, but it's the caravans and Micras which cause the hold ups in the first place.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 12:42, Reply)