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Old 19-05-2008, 08:06 PM
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Default competitions - ever won anything?

i have just entered the gadget show competition as usual (cos i'm a geek), but have never one anything

how about you, or people you know?
Old 19-05-2008, 08:12 PM
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I'm planning on winning page 3, does that count

I've won quite a few things but the most memorable was a doll when I was in primary school. I gave it to my mates sister as there was no way on earth I was walking round the school with it

Oh and good luck with the gadget show
Old 19-05-2008, 08:13 PM
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Won a car once mazda mx5 in 2004,sold it after one day and bought my first cosworth, moonstone blue saf 4x4 loved it polished it every day. Think i won a medal in a fishing competition once when i was a child aswell, not sure about that one might of just been a dream
Old 19-05-2008, 08:15 PM
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loads of golf competitions in the south yorkshire region
Old 19-05-2008, 08:16 PM
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Won a couple of golf competitions back in the day.

Never won anything off the tele though, although my work did win a weeks worth of Subways in a local radio thing last month
Old 19-05-2008, 08:26 PM
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i meant competitions that you just enter and get 'picked out of a hat' rather than things where you compete against others. does anybody actually win these telly comps?
Old 19-05-2008, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by foreigneRS
i meant competitions that you just enter and get 'picked out of a hat' rather than things where you compete against others. does anybody actually win these telly comps?

once won a fat bird although it wasnt picked from a hat think it was a fruit ball
Old 19-05-2008, 08:36 PM
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well I have a blue peter badge!!!!
I won a competition in about 1980 about the new dog that had been born the dog was goldie it died of old age years ago!

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Old 19-05-2008, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by foreigneRS
does anybody actually win these telly comps?
A mate of mine used to work as a producer on an early morning show that got in trouble recently for fixing the phone votes ... 3 of us shared a house for a while a few years back and strangely enough we "won" quite a lot [never the holidays though ].

TBH I was a bit upset as the staff all took it in turns to win stuff but it didn't marr the enjoyment of the PS2 we got .

I won £10 million with the reader's digest the other day. I must remember to collect it.
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Originally Posted by the youth
well I have a blue peter badge!!!!
cool
Old 19-05-2008, 08:50 PM
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I was Miss Rinella Beach in Crete, won a return holiday to the hotel
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Originally Posted by the youth
well I have a blue peter badge!!!!
I won a competition in about 1980 about the new dog that had been born the dog was goldie it died of old age years ago!

steve
I bet you still use it to get into places for free
Old 19-05-2008, 08:52 PM
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not such luck - i couldnt win an argument
Old 19-05-2008, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by the youth
well I have a blue peter badge!!!!
ME TOO!!!! I got a gold one! I'm special
Old 19-05-2008, 08:53 PM
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not won anything myself but my sister won a brand new corsa
sxi at the local mecca bingo
Old 19-05-2008, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by dangerbrian
not won anything myself but my sister won a brand new corsa
sxi at the local mecca bingo
Chicken in a circle...they can only give them away!
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Originally Posted by Paddy
I won £10 million with the reader's digest the other day. I must remember to collect it.
oh yeah, we're all multi-millionaire from that
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Originally Posted by COCHYN
Chicken in a circle...they can only give them away!
true pmsl
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I won a road angel at the Motorsport show at the NEC last year.
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I won a standalone joystick games machine of "Afterburner" after winning the crossword competition in the Funday Times (Sunday Times kids section).

What a geek I was!
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I won a Tonka truck at a school fair when i was about 8 it was ace.
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I won a mountain bike race once many years ago!
Old 19-05-2008, 09:20 PM
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I won a Kit Car when i was thirteen. I won it in a competition in Kit Car Magazine.It was a Dutton, a sort of poor imitation of a Lotus 7, a bit shit but free! My parents were shocked to say the least, they didn,t even know i'd entered LOL. Built it up over the next year ( broke a Mk2 Cortina in the back garden)and then my Mum , who worked at a very posh golf club, drove it to work for the next couple of years
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Originally Posted by **Claire**
I bet you still use it to get into places for free
I wish!! wonder if croft will accept it!! lol


Originally Posted by COCHYN
ME TOO!!!! I got a gold one! I'm special
nice one, mine is just a plain round one, still got there letter signed by the cast, sarah green, simon groom and that bloke that kept fluffing his lines fook knows his name

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Someone I know won a ford street ka convertable in a bag of walkers crisps (a token was in the bag not the car itself obviously or it would have weighed slightly more than other bags and been obvious)
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never won fook all - but then again I don't enter any competitions because I know i'll not win fook all Go figure!!! LOL
Old 19-05-2008, 09:43 PM
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Won a full set of toyos off of EVO magazine They didnt last well on the cossie though
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Originally Posted by gazcos
I won a Kit Car when i was thirteen. I won it in a competition in Kit Car Magazine.It was a Dutton, a sort of poor imitation of a Lotus 7, a bit shit but free! My parents were shocked to say the least, they didn,t even know i'd entered LOL. Built it up over the next year ( broke a Mk2 Cortina in the back garden)and then my Mum , who worked at a very posh golf club, drove it to work for the next couple of years
superb
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Originally Posted by RichardPON
I won a standalone joystick games machine of "Afterburner" after winning the crossword competition in the Funday Times (Sunday Times kids section).

What a geek I was!
i won a boglin from the funday times years ago

thats it tho,
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Originally Posted by RichardPON

What a geek I was!

Was?
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i won the egg and spoon race
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Originally Posted by Mitsy FQ
i won the egg and spoon race
Did your ex wife win anything in a divorce ever?
Old 19-05-2008, 10:08 PM
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Any of you scot's out there remember "Glen Micheal's cavelcade" ?

I won a £5 cheque in 1985.
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I won Fifa 2000 off the cornflakes packet but thats the lot!!!!
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Up until last year I used to play a lot of music. Grew up playing in Brass Band's, so learning to drink at a young age is kinda winning...or loosing, depends how you look at it

But I won loads of soloist prizes and got to play in awsome venues like the Albert Hall etc.
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