Unexpected Good FortuneTravelling through Seattle a good 15 years ago, I remembered an old friend I used to blow up Action Men with. We were bored, nothing to lose , so I looked him up in the phonebook. He was the only one of that name in there. "Come and stay," goes he.
Me and my mates were living in a car at that point so a bed was a novelty. After searching for a while, we rock up to a very posh mansion on Puget Sound with its own Helipad. "Come flying," goes he.
Has your luck held out recently?
(
chthonic, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 18:43)
« Go Back
No purchase necessaryOn competitions on chocolate bars, packets of crisps etc. there is a "no purchase necessary" clause in the terms & conditions (I think the law says they have to), saying if you send your name and address in on a postcard they'll open a packet in the factory for you and check without you having to buy. Something like that. I'm not sure how it works exactly, but I know that it did work for me once...
When I was 9 or 10, the people who made Quavers (or Skips, or some other type of crisps) had a win a Nintendo Gameboy competition, with "no purchase necessary" in the T&Cs. Wondering if they really meant it, I sent in my name and address to the makers and promptly forgot all about it. Couple of months later, Mr Postman brings me a letter of congratulation and a parcel with a shiny new Gameboy inside. Haha! The fact the stamps probably cost more than another packet of crisps didn't take the shine off one bit. Oh no.
That was the first and so far only time I've done it - I have never sent my name & address in to a competition since, as I'm scared of breaking my 100% record.
(, Thu 21 Sep 2006, 18:23, Reply)
« Go Back