does anyone ever win competitions?

[eldar]

Some people are just lucky. I know someone who won an Escort Mexico (CCC magazine), £18,000 on the pools and £25 premium bond prize within a month.

[Fleegle]

I once came second in a donkey derby.

[eldar]

Fleegle said:

I once came second in a donkey derby.

Outrun by a donkey? Shame

[Fleegle]

eldar said:

Fleegle said:

I once came second in a donkey derby.

Outrun by a donkey? Shame

It had an unfair advantage - 5 legs

[Steve in Stoke]

Not strictly a competition, but as part of a sales incentive in a previous job, I won a trip around Millbrook in the Maclaren F1 driven by Jonathan Palmer. One of the other winners was a neurotic woman who squealed and cried the whole time in the car, which sort of spoilt it for me.

[Puggit]

sunbeam_alpine said:

Several years ago I won a pushbike in a "see how fast this car goes round the M42" competition.

[Kermit power]

Last thing I won of any interest was a pair of tickets to see the Rolling Stones at Twickenham.

It was run by the England Rugby Supporters Club. They apparently screwed up and published the competition late, so only had something like 35 entrants for 10 pairs of tickets!

[Smart Mart]

Stupidlikeafox said:

I've also never entered the lottery, yet I still dream of how I'd spend the millions...

Maybe (well, there is no maybe if I'm honest) I'm just pessimistic.

Edited by Stupidlikeafox on Friday 8th January 18:47

If you dream of winning the lottery without even doing it, I'd say that you were optimistic. Maybe even over-optimistic....

[BringbacktheP&P]

sunbeam_alpine said:

Several years ago I won a pushbike in a "see how fast this car goes round the M42" competition.

[RacingPete]

I won second prize in a beauty competition over Christmas, but then an hour later my sister bloody came second too...

Bloody Monopoly is so fickle!

[adycav]

VXED said:

adycav said:

My brother won a racing bike once via a Frosties competition.

When i won a coco pops competion, i won Theme Park World for the PC. Are Frosties really that superior to coco pops?!

Yes.


Theyy'rre Grrreat.

[Stallion Pants]

Won a Sony 15" TV after buying a box of PG tips some 15 years ago. Inside was a nice card saying I won. It was the last box left on the shelf and the box itself was badly battered.

Not won anything since then, but I very rarely enter competitions, but I'm trying my luck now as I have my eye on winning that Honda Civic on prizefinder

[White-Noise]

I once won a copy of Return To Castle Wolfenstein from Blueyonder since I was the only person to enter

Actually, I won some hotel vouchers through work once too. Other than that, nope!

[odyssey2200]

Aparently Readers Digest have £250,000 + a number of other prizes for me, totalling over £289,000 worth.

All I have to do is spend the rest of my life returning the junk mail that they keep sending to me in the correct envelopes.

Off to choose a new car now.

[Lois]

I won a photo shoot many years ago and tickets to the 1st PH show.
I've been entering every This Morning, GMTV and Loose Women competition but still nothing. Luckily it's free web entry!

[Kit80]

I won a book once off a TV show, I was about 12 and me and brother rang up and didn't grasp the concept that you were supposed to hang up after giving your name and address, so we made lots of snoring sounds and silly noises for quite some time. I think we won at the pity of the person handling the calls knowing what my mums phone bill was going to be

Also won a holiday once for doing stand up when I was young.

[koolchris99]

i won £100 off capital FM ,

myself and the misses at that time entered flirty at 9.30 pretending we didnt know each other and i was asking her out on a date.. she refused and they went a nice £100 in the post. which we had a very nice meal with..

[renmure]

I won a car in 1992. A Peugeot 205 GTI

Suppose there wasn't really any skill involved in the competition... It was one of the national newspapers (Daily Express I think) and just had to send off a card/envelope with your name, address and contact number. T'was a very pleasant surprise!!

[mrmr96]

I won a Rally Experience day at Castle Combe in a charity raffle. (Still haven't taken it actually.)

[Ghisallo]

The best things I've won are

a tropical island
flight in a glider
flight in a hot air ballon
4-day trip around Bavaria & Austrian Alps