Winning
I once won a gas boiler from The Guardian. Tell us about times you've won, and the excellent and/or crappy prizes you've lifted.
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( , Thu 28 Apr 2011, 14:08)
I once won a gas boiler from The Guardian. Tell us about times you've won, and the excellent and/or crappy prizes you've lifted.
Suggested by dazbrilliantwhites
( , Thu 28 Apr 2011, 14:08)
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I'm not sure won is the correct answer. "Won" implies that it's something for free, and perhaps even something that you actually want.
A few weeks ago, as the firm at which I work has plants all over the world, including a few in Japan, in light of the earthquakes over there, we decided, or rather it was decided for us to host a 'fund raising day'.
So....to show willing and do my bit, plus the fact that I'm pretty much the only person I know with a PA etc..., I volunteered to host a quiz in the evening. It went quite well, I put a projector up and had picture rounds, song intro rounds, backward music rounds etc...
Of course, the upshot of this was that in the breaks and the answer sessions I had to grab my chance to grab another beer. By the end of it I was pretty much pissed. So much so, that I can't remember how I got home, and I'd pretty much left all my gear in the pub.
...but before that, there was a raffle.
The first ticket out was for a bottle of Scotch, my boss one that one.
The second ticket out was for a gas bbq donated by Homebase. My boss won that one too.
The third ticket out was two rugby tickets to England v Barbarians at Twickenham. Yep. He won those as well.
Of course, by this point everyone was shouting "Fix! Fix!" - as you would.
His response was to auction the rugby tickets there and then.
I wasn't really paying too much attention due to the aforementioned beer, and the fact that I hadn't been asked to buy a ticket as I was busy setting up the quiz when they went round selling them.
One bloke shouts "50 quid!"
...and of course, he's the winning bid...so far.
I was packing up my laptop etc...and I looked around to see MsDchurch standing on a chair waving her arms about in a considerably pissed condition.
I looked at the IT trainee who was helping me and said "What's going on there then?"
He replied, "Your girlfriend has just won the auction."
"For what?"
"Two tickets for a rugby game somewhere" he said, disinterestedly.
"How much for?" I ask, getting a little nervous.
"200 quid I think".
Jesus.
Neither of us even like Rugby.
So did we win? It's debatable.
( , Thu 28 Apr 2011, 16:27, 3 replies)
I'm not sure won is the correct answer. "Won" implies that it's something for free, and perhaps even something that you actually want.
A few weeks ago, as the firm at which I work has plants all over the world, including a few in Japan, in light of the earthquakes over there, we decided, or rather it was decided for us to host a 'fund raising day'.
So....to show willing and do my bit, plus the fact that I'm pretty much the only person I know with a PA etc..., I volunteered to host a quiz in the evening. It went quite well, I put a projector up and had picture rounds, song intro rounds, backward music rounds etc...
Of course, the upshot of this was that in the breaks and the answer sessions I had to grab my chance to grab another beer. By the end of it I was pretty much pissed. So much so, that I can't remember how I got home, and I'd pretty much left all my gear in the pub.
...but before that, there was a raffle.
The first ticket out was for a bottle of Scotch, my boss one that one.
The second ticket out was for a gas bbq donated by Homebase. My boss won that one too.
The third ticket out was two rugby tickets to England v Barbarians at Twickenham. Yep. He won those as well.
Of course, by this point everyone was shouting "Fix! Fix!" - as you would.
His response was to auction the rugby tickets there and then.
I wasn't really paying too much attention due to the aforementioned beer, and the fact that I hadn't been asked to buy a ticket as I was busy setting up the quiz when they went round selling them.
One bloke shouts "50 quid!"
...and of course, he's the winning bid...so far.
I was packing up my laptop etc...and I looked around to see MsDchurch standing on a chair waving her arms about in a considerably pissed condition.
I looked at the IT trainee who was helping me and said "What's going on there then?"
He replied, "Your girlfriend has just won the auction."
"For what?"
"Two tickets for a rugby game somewhere" he said, disinterestedly.
"How much for?" I ask, getting a little nervous.
"200 quid I think".
Jesus.
Neither of us even like Rugby.
So did we win? It's debatable.
( , Thu 28 Apr 2011, 16:27, 3 replies)
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