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After reading about how the M & M girls failed to win a contest, I was wondering...
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lana-in-fl
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Marilyn, I do think that you need to write a complete autobiography
The more of your stories I read, the more I want to read.
The more of your stories I read, the more I want to read.
lana-in-fl
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I won a gold coin once...
though my husband claims he won it. I bought 10 competition/raffle tickets from the SA geological Association to try to win a Kruger rand. Each ticket had to have a slogan promoting gold, and the best slogan would win. I filled out 9 tickets with great slogans (the only one I can remember was my mother's suggestion - "Gold Charms"), and for the last ticket, which happened to have my husband's name on it, I was reduced to one that I didn't like much : "Gold - the Maestro of Metals". Two months later my husband got a call telling him that he had won second prize (a 1/4 Kruger rand), but he denied entering any competition and it took a while for the caller to convince him that he should accept the coin. So technically, I guess I didn't take second place in the competition even though I bought the ticket and came up with the slogan.
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though my husband claims he won it. I bought 10 competition/raffle tickets from the SA geological Association to try to win a Kruger rand. Each ticket had to have a slogan promoting gold, and the best slogan would win. I filled out 9 tickets with great slogans (the only one I can remember was my mother's suggestion - "Gold Charms"), and for the last ticket, which happened to have my husband's name on it, I was reduced to one that I didn't like much : "Gold - the Maestro of Metals". Two months later my husband got a call telling him that he had won second prize (a 1/4 Kruger rand), but he denied entering any competition and it took a while for the caller to convince him that he should accept the coin. So technically, I guess I didn't take second place in the competition even though I bought the ticket and came up with the slogan.
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AWW!!! That is so sweet! My college room mate had something similiar. She drove with it in the
passengers seat for a few years. It was quite alarming / disturbing / funny all at once. (Especially when the windows were down; and the bunnies ears were flopping outside the car) The looks we would get, when we went to drive through McDs were priceless!
passengers seat for a few years. It was quite alarming / disturbing / funny all at once. (Especially when the windows were down; and the bunnies ears were flopping outside the car) The looks we would get, when we went to drive through McDs were priceless!
I won 2nd prize at a BBQ competition...
not for BBQ, but for pepper jelly.
Other than that, nada, zero, zippo!
Can't even get a free ticket from a lottery drawing, and this year, for the first time since it's started, I failed to "win" a spot in the Art in the Courtyard Show at the Lowell Folk Festival!
Someone selling hand made chalk, of all things, is among this year's vendors.
not for BBQ, but for pepper jelly.
Other than that, nada, zero, zippo!
Can't even get a free ticket from a lottery drawing, and this year, for the first time since it's started, I failed to "win" a spot in the Art in the Courtyard Show at the Lowell Folk Festival!
Someone selling hand made chalk, of all things, is among this year's vendors.
steve2-in-la
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Guess Meryl's the one we send to Vegas with our retirement funds. Pony up, folks.
steve2-in-la
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You don't? Of course I do! It's that jar of pennies sitting on the desk. Must be up to $75 by now.