
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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...from tiny, mentalist manc radio station All FM. All I had to do was name the year in which the original Batman film came out (1989 - best year of my childhood, bar none). Having been assured by the DJ that I would be sent the tickets before the showing the following week, they utterly failed to turn up.
After a couple of abortive phone calls, I reckoned I'd had to take matters to the next level. I NEEDED to see the new film, and as a poxy student, the opportunity of free entertainment was just too great. Since the station broadcast from a suburban semi (easy) just down the road from me, I resolved to stage a sit-in until I got my tickets.
Plucking up all my courage, I boldly rapped on the door. Nothing.
I rapped again. Nothing.
Steeling my will (steady), I pushed the door open, strode into the house and prepared to berate whatever poor employee I could find.
My confidence brimming at this successful intrusion, I smartly pushed open the next door and strode...
...into the station's studio, where I was confronted by a visibly alarmed DJ and a big, red sign that said ON AIR.
Sensing that this was my chance, I raised an accusatory finger at the DJ, opened my mouth ... then bottled it and fled.
The tickets turned up the next day.
EDIT: Elegant(ish) variation.
( , Thu 5 May 2011, 15:47, 2 replies)

( , Thu 5 May 2011, 16:32, closed)

To my nine-year old self it was the 'original'. Anyway, the 1966 one is more like an extended TV episode than a proper film.
/huffs
( , Thu 5 May 2011, 16:46, closed)
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