What is the best thing you have ever won?

[PyRo]

I won $50 in a poetry contest a while ago. Apparently I can write very good childrens poems, they probably published it and made millions off of what I got $50 for. Do the schools get paid for forceing students to enter contests or somthing?

$15 on a scratch off lottery ticket
$10 on them a couple times
A bunch of $1-$5 prizes on the scratch off's

Tons of soda and fast food. You know the burger king things where one square wins, the other looses. I managed to call mine and all my friends tonight 8 in all, i'm damn good (they were all the bottom square).

I won a tie in kindergarden

Some other little things.
A girlfriend won tickets to some huge basketball thing on a sprite bottle and I think the airfare, hotel and such was all covered and didn't go.

I don't need to win things, I find them in the garbage

[Bad_Dog]

well my family has won quite a bit...

when I was in 3rd grade we won a hot-tub from a local radio station...

when I was in 5th grade we won a lazy-boy recliner from the same radio station...

when I was in 6th grade we won a weber grill from that same darn radio station, came with a free backyard party catred by the station for us and 20 friends... good thing my mom enters every stinkin contest... eh?

[Ironmag]

I won a Replay TV system (worth $500) from a radio station contest. That has been the only thing that I've won that is of a higher value than a 20oz. soda.

[fire1811]

well dont know if i "won" it but i recieved a firefighter of the year award last year. huge trophy thing on it, which was pretty cool

[NJPaint]

I won a raffle at Six Flags Great Adventure for a trip for two to the Bahamas, but then they told me that I had to be 21 or older to go on the trip .

[MarkM]

I have over the the years won many raffles but the "best" prize had to be when I was out of work and with my last 40p (0.70c) I won a raffle that won a huge stuffed Elephant that I gave to my mum as her birthday present.
I could include Ebay auctions but those aren't really prizes

[CasingBill]

I called into the Rocky Allen Show when it was on WABC and won a Sega Dreamcast.

[cabldawg]

I think the best thing I won was "sportsmanship award" from the oppossing general at a scenario game

[FragTek]

I won the Lottery!!!!!





$2 from a scratch ticket

[dwab3000]

one time i wo a pair of shoes....

another time 500 and some odd freakin bucks...it was this thing were you guess how much moneys in the jar, kinda like they do with jely beans...

i bought an e-blade that night

[Warewolf50]

I won $50 in a poetry contest a while ago. Apparently I can write very good childrens poems, they probably published it and made millions off of what I got $50 for. Do the schools get paid for forceing students to enter contests or somthing?

$15 on a scratch off lottery ticket
$10 on them a couple times
A bunch of $1-$5 prizes on the scratch off's

Tons of soda and fast food. You know the burger king things where one square wins, the other looses. I managed to call mine and all my friends tonight 8 in all, i'm damn good (they were all the bottom square).

I won a tie in kindergarden

Some other little things.
A girlfriend won tickets to some huge basketball thing on a sprite bottle and I think the airfare, hotel and such was all covered and didn't go.

I don't need to win things, I find them in the garbage

U know if u get a flashlight and hold it up to the back of those tickets u can look through them and see which one is the winner and which one is the looser.

[fuzzynutzipper]

I won a duck hunt from one of my hunters safety teachers. I didn't hit a darn thing either!

[PyRo]

U know if u get a flashlight and hold it up to the back of those tickets u can look through them and see which one is the winner and which one is the looser.

Have you tried it? I'm pretty sure if that were true gas station owners would be winning the lottery alot more often.

[CaptaiN_JacK]

I think he means the Spiderman scratch-offs, not the lottery tickets.

[punkncat]

The best thing I ever won....

I was calling in to a radio station to make a request. I had no idea there was any sort of contest going on at all.

When they picked up the phone dude was "Congrads! You are caller so and so , and if you can tell us 5 things that go with chili" Or something stupid like that.I answered the question and won tickets to see the band Live w/ backstage passes.

It just gets better from here though.

They entered me into a grand prize drawing for them to fly you to Hershey PA to see Live at their opening show. Now I am not a big Live fan , but this seemed cool , fun ,and best of all FREE TO ME ! So I was pretty cool with it , I mean after all it was a drawing w/ loads of other entrants.

A couple of days later I get a call from a Guy named Jeff Daniels w/ MCA records. He tells me congrads I had won the grand prize drawing to see Live at their opening show in Hershey Penn.

He then asks me "Martin, are you a big Live fan?"

I say "well no , I mean I like them , but I don't want hair or articles of clothing in a jar..."

He proceeds then to tell me how the logistics of this contests grand prize was not well thought out. In order to get to Hershey required you to land in one place and then have a 4 hour limo drive into town. A town that contained a college and a famous chocolate factory.

Now unless we were insane Live fans , or really into chocolate , this looked like it would be a really boring outing. So instead we were sent to Las Vegas. Stayed in Ceasars Palace, with spending cash. And we also got to keep the tickets to see Live back at home.

Pretty good for a chance phone call , huh?