Once around Halloween when I was like 7 or 8, the local drugstore had a giveaway for a giant (9ft high 4ft wide) inflatable Frankenstein. It was inflated and on display in the store right next to the entry box and from the moment I saw it I knew it had to be mine. So I begged my mom to be patient and stop lecturing me about fairness as I filled out every entry form there was and stuffed them into the box.
And yet, I was still in disbelief when I received a call a few days later saying that I had won. So back to the store we went to pick up my prize. Again begging my mom not to make me deflate it for the ride home. I wanted everyone to see. So we drove home with 4ft of Frankenstein hanging out the back of our station wagon, my face pressed against the window with Major Award Leg Lamp pride.
My little sister called to remind me of this story today because she had recently used the same technique. Her and her friend Necat were at the car wash and it was taking forever so they filled out tons of entry forms to win one of two cruise giveaways sponsored by a local travel agent.
Nessa said when she got out of work today she had 2 messages. The first was from the travel agency saying she had been one of 2 lucky winners of an all-inclusive cruise to the Bahamas. The second message was Necat, saying that she had just won a cruise.
Classic Frankenstein.
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