TV,Radio or Magazine type stuff. Keith from Walsall was walking his tog when Andi Peters went to house this morning to give him 10k. He was walking the dog , and the Crew had to find him. Chap was genuinely chuffed.
Personally I have never, ever entered any competition, apart from the lottery a few times if that counts.
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Remember reading an article years back from a woman who effectively made a living out of entering every free competition she could possibly find. I mean she entered dozens a day, but it did pay off.
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Always preferred Andi Peters to Phillip Schofield.
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When I was a teenager, I used to enter the comps in teen mags. I once won a "Quigley Down Under" promotional suede waistcoat.
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Jesus Christ how is that guy 52? I bet he still gets ID'd in Tescos
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Nice work. An acquaintance wanted to take her 2 pre-schoolers to see the Disney animated sequel The Rescuers Down Under. On autopilot she entered the multi-plex and walked into the first screen she saw that was showing "something Down Under".
Needless to say, watching Tom Selleck in avenging angel mode caused a certain amount of anguish all round.
I once won a Palm PDA back in the day from entering an online competition. That was ace.
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There was a lovely poster on here back in the day who was a serious comp'er. There are two kids at my work (cousins) whose mums are comp'ers and regularly win major holidays.
I won something in the surrey comet when I was little but can't remember what it was - I just remember the phonecall to say I'd won.
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Yes, I won return flights to Vegas on a (now failed) business class only airline, from the Evening Standard. £4k worth.
It was a word wheel puzzle and the answer was 'Casino'. So not a particularly challenging one.
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Yes - I (and 25 other lucky sods) beat off 1000 people to win a training contract place at an international law firm.
It has led to many years of well remunerated drudgery and boredom.
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Beat off a 1000 people, eh? Different world back then, I guess.
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Reminds me of this epic scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-hUV9yhqgY
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I always mean to enter that one where you win a squillion pound house and a car you couldn't afford to insure.
But then I forget to.
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I won a Pierrot jewellery box by sending in my name on a postcard for girl magazine when I was about 9. I was over the moon!
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I believe that I won a copy of either Operation: Wolf or Operation: Thunderbolt from Your Sinclair back in the 80s.
My name was printed in the magazine and everything. Had never been so excited.
Can't remember if it ever arrived.
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Won a bottle at the local fair in a chinese raffle on saturday. Winning big time!
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I don’t recall ever even entering a phone-in competition, although I did once call in to an LBC type politics chat thing to protest some particularly idiotic views being expressed - something that backfired when it turns out a couple of my colleagues heard me while in a taxi (where else would one hear LBC) and I faced mockery, albeit light,
I did, as a child, win a primary school essay competition on the subject of crime prevention. I’ve always been a genuinely talented writer. Researching it was quite easy as I wrote about car theft prevention and, being a junior petrolhead, I was expert in that anyway.
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p.s. QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER PROMOTIONAL SUEDE WAISTCOAT
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I got a green polo once, think it was 100 cash. Otherwise no
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I won a fancy weekend bag from Vogue years ago. I was very pleased with it and used it for yoga until quite recently when it eventually wore out.
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I won a bottle of fizz counting how many balloons someone was wearing at a party.
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Nope not random stuff like TV raffles but have won sports things and that
Won a tenner on the lottery a few times I guess
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I won £10k in a comp like that once
also won flights, hotel stays (4 times), tickets for gigs
you’ve got to be in it to win it
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I won a drinks cooler in some completion out in Cayman, didn"t even know I had entered it.
I filled it with ice and beer, grilled a few steaks and had a few friends round chatting and watching the sunset over the ocean.
Good times.
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Won an fully expensed trip to Italy once for completing the slogan: "Chianti is the perfect accompaniment to Italian food because......"
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Won a an iPad once. Also won a few grand on a breakfast radio phone in. Won a VHS of Sliding Doors in Blockbuster magazine about 24ish years ago. Fun times.
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Heh @ chambo’s “I won a drinks cooler and used it as a drinks cooler” anecdote
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Had a postcard read out on Wacaday. Was over the moon, despite being at Butlins at the time.
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I won a bottle of whiskey when I was 17, and my dad immediately took it from me on the grounds that I wasn't 18 and gave me a fiver in exchange.
I won the Gluckstein prize and the Buchanan prize, with similar results.
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