At the end of the desert section, Rose Mary Walls wins a contest - a car.
Have you ever entered a contest? What contest was it? What was the big prize?
Did you win or lose? How did it make you feel (winning or losing)? Explain.
My dad never cared much about contests or raffles and his biggest concern has always been to "beat the traffic". I was around the age of 7 when I decided to write my name on a raffle ticket while my dad was in the bathroom. I had forgotten about it until my dad told me we had to leave. "But what if I win?" I remember asking him. "win what? Everyone here is leaving in 15 minutes and I want to get out before then!" he replied. Just then, you heard my name being announced from a distance. "Candice Woodall? Is there a Candice Woodall? If so, please come claim your prize!". My dad was confused, but still let me run back into the park where the announcer held up an Ice Cream Playdoh set. I had won! As well as put my dad into traffic.
I was once in a staring contest with a friend. It was an intense battle that ended with the loss of someone's self esteem and pride. Finally the blood was spilled.The big prize was something everybody wanted and needed. It was priceless. The prize that I won was the ability to gloat about my win for the rest of the day. I felt great to win and I was definitely not afraid to show it. I gloated about it all day. I put salt on his wounds. He was definitely mad, but he knew the rules when he entered. We still dread the day that we will get into another contest like that one. Too much blood was spilled that day. We are still recovering.But secretly, I can not wait till I am able to beat him again. The addictive feeling of winning still makes me happy. I must wait for the next battle.
I think that the one raffle I entered was in elementary school. They had a raffle to see who would win 4 hockey tickets. It was actually pretty big, everyone in our school participated and I am really happy to say that I won. To be honest I forgot that I there was even a raffle that day, right up until the intercom went on and said "The winner of the hockey tickets is Jacob Meehan, come to the front office please". Other than that I have never entered a raffle, but my mom enters them all the time and I swear, she ALWAYS wins.
I remember when i was in the third grade, i went on a road trip with my bestfriend and her family to Lake George for her brother's hockey tournament. I remember we went to one of the games and at half time, they were selling foam pucks with numbers on them. It was a fundraiser for the local hockey team. You would buy a certain amount of pucks for a certain amount of money and then everyone would throw the pucks on the ice all at once. Whoever's puck landed closest to the middle would win half the money. I remember my friend's mom bought my friend and I two pucks each. When it came time to throw them, i closed my eyes and threw it on the ice. Little did i know that my puck was the one closest to the center. I won 83$ which is quite a lot when you think about it. I decided to use that money to treat my friend's family to a supper at Johny Rocket's and i bought souvenirs for my family with the remaining money.
When I was younger I competed in a soccer contest with my team. My coach was leaving to focus more on his career so he held an inter team contest. There were about 10 stations that featured a variety of soccer skills with courses from dribbling to juggling. Players where graded at each station and in the end the player with the highest amount of points won a singed soccer jersey. It ended up that I was tied for second place with 3 other girls, so we had to do a rematch and I came in third place overall. It kind of sucked not to win, but third place got a really nice soccer ball so it was easier for me to come to terms with the fact that I had lost. Nonetheless everyone (including me) was eyeing the girl who had won wishing that it could have been us. In the end the whole contest was fun regardless of the prizes!
I remember when I was in elementary school everyone put their names in a raffle and there were a few prizes to win. To get more tickets you had to read more books during the year leading up to that day. I got one extra ticket because of the amount of books I read, but then my teacher forgot he gave me one so I got another one to further my chances of winning. When the time came for the names to be picked, I had to wait a few minutes till they got to my grade level, when they finally did I was so excited, I had never won a contest before so I wanted to see if I would win. The first few names were not mine, but finally I heard my name, I was overjoyed. The prizes consisted of a selection of books, but no matter I had just won my first contest and nothing could dampen my mood.
I am the type of person who NEVER wins any contests or raffles that I enter. But I remember one time when I was in elementry, they were doing a raffle for random prizes at a holiday fair. Of course I thought well there's no point my ticket isn't going to get called. But then it was the fifth ticket that they were calling, and my number got called. I was jumping up and down in excitement. Until I saw what the prize was...they were wine glasses. Even though the prize wasn't spectacular, the feeling of finally winning a raffle was great.
In October, I entered a contest to fly out to LA , watch a concert and meet my favourite band. I remember having to post a picture a day for 1 week straight, wearing an original superhero costume. I had some pretty great ideas. I was hoping to be the one chosen to meet them. It would've been miracle if I would've won. I was completely heartbroken. I tried so hard but I guess it wasn't good enough. I'm just glad that I will be going to watch them in concert this summer in Toronto. That's something I'm really looking forward too, and who knows? Hopefully I’ll bump into them somewhere somehow.
In August, I entered a contest to meet a singer, Bea Miller. Bea is an up and coming singer. This contest was held in Tampa Florida. I only found out that I had WON the day before the actual concert. I immediately rushed to the computer to look up flights but they were all so expensive. So I couldn't go. I wouldn't stop botthering my parents for the next month. I was so mad at them because they said they would take me but they said it was too late to go to Florida for a concert.
I never win raffle prizes or games or bingo or anything for that matter. My cousins always win every raffle I'm not even kidding!!! Once my aunt and I went to a summer carnival in her town and their was a lot of great food and activities too. At the end their was a raffle and I saw so many people paying a lot of money to put tickets into the raffle. I needed to know what the prize was that so many people were paying for. I found out that the prize was a cruse to a tropical place. I was so excited I told my aunt she should enter, it was last minute and she was the last one to put her ticket in. I guess they didn't really mix the tickets up much because the lady literally took the one on the top and guess what it was my aunt's ticket. If that were me in her position the lady probably would have put her hand all the way to the bottom so I would never win. And to this day I think my aunt has not gone on the cruse. Grace
Usually, I have the worst luck when it comes to contests and raffles. The only win I can recall was in grade 6, at an annual fund raising event. Basically, the more money you raised the more times your name was entered, and things were not looking good with my donation of $10. They asked the students to come up and pick the names for the winners, and all kinds of people won printers, classes and appliances. At the end, there was only one prize left, and it was a big one, an iPod touch (which was a HUGE deal in 2011). I was called to come pick the name, not expecting much when suddenly; I read the paper I had blindly chosen only to find I had chosen my own name! Talk about lucky! I was ecstatic as I was handed over the shiny new iPod, still in shock from the fact that not only did I win with a $10 donation but I picked my own name! The rest of the day was a blur of excitement and envy from my classmates as I began downloading all the “cool” apps at the time, overjoyed by my luck. Up until now, this has been my only real contest win, which is what made that day so special to me.
It seems that when it comes to winning raffles and contests bad luck seems to follow me around. I have never won anything...until last Thursday. You know when they make that announcement to look under your desk to find a heart and even though you know you won't win you still have the little bit of hope. Well, last thursday I had POP first period in the computer lab, I sat down turned the screen on and looked up, to my surprise there was a pink heart taped to the monitor! I was so surprised and excited, this was my day! Sadley my shock was immediately shut down by someone telling me that the heart contest was only second period. I was prepared to leave the heart there for some other lucky winner but my teacher informed me that there were no other classes in the computer lab second period. I was pretty much “forced” to take it so...I did! When recess came around I practically skipped over to the drama hallway to claim my prize. I was so excited, I had NEVER won anything and my moment had finally arrived! I handed over my paper heart with a huge smile on my face waiting for the suspense to end and finally get my prize. My prize wasn’t big but that wasn’t what made me so happy, the rush of winning something and getting a prize out of sheer luck is so amazing! All I have to say is next year may the odds be ever in your favour...
I don't really believe in contests, or anything that has to do with luck. It's not that I always think they're rigged for someone specific person to win, although sometimes it seems like it. I guess I just don't trust the odds. Your one person going up against however many other people. I do believe in chance just not all the time. The only time I'll even bother trying is if I want to win the prize badly. My sister, my two best friends and I all tried to win a radio contest once. The prize was 4 tickets to go see One Direction live. At the time I was obsessed and no matter how small my chances, I needed to try. We didn't end up winning, but it was worth the shot. We ended up having a lot of fun that day.
Once, when I was in sec one, I won a small, school prize. On the intercom, they said everyone should look under there desks for a special note. I looked under mine and found a little white piece of paper that said to go to a room at recess. I was really happy because I had never won a contest before even though I knew it would be a small prize. I went to the room at recess and got a little bag of candy and chips.
One time when I was in grade 4, my school held a contest for hockey tickets. I entered the contest thinking that there would be no chance of me winning but I entered anyway. A couple of days past and I had forgotten about the contest, but when they announced it at school I had a little hope that I would win. When the intercom went on I was tense and then..."And the winner for the hockey rickets is Spencer Kelly". When I won I got up and jumped in the air full of happiness.
I am pretty lucky at times when it comes to contests and I have many experiences where I won contests like when I bet on sport games etc but the one that stands out the most to me would definitely have to be the time when I was caller number nine for one of those radio giveaways. I was so happy as soon as I got through, I was alone in the car waiting for my mom to come back from picking up food at a restaurant and I just decided that I would try my luck and fortunately I won. Once I got through they told me I had won a 100$ gift card for subway and as you probably guessed once I received the card I ate subway that whole week. :)
I have never entered a contest and I don’t really mind that much. If I was to enter a contest I would probably lose because I have some of the worst luck in the world. This one time I was walking to class in elementary with a water bottle in my hand and I trip on my shoe lace and throw my water bottle down the hallway. It exploded and I bruised my knee. This was not a fun day.
The only time that I can really remember winning a contest was one summer when my family and I were visiting family here in Montreal. There was some event going on at Stewart Hall and we had gone just to take a look. There was this one game in particular where you had to answer a series of questions, and you would win a prize if you answered all of them correctly. They wouldn’t tell us what the prize was when we signed up, so that made it so much more exciting! Anyways, in the end we ended up winning two computer holders, which wasn’t that great for me, but I was still very excited and happy about it because I couldn’t believe that I had actually won!:)
I've never won a huge contest before other then something small like a drink or donut from Tim Hortons. But one time my grandma signed up for a contest and surprisingly she won a brand new car. She didn't want the car for herself so she gave it to my family. It was a a cute white car and it was really nice. It was really cool getting something so huge for free. Even though I didn't win it personally it still felt like I did because we were the ones who ended up getting it. It was super cool.
My dad brought me and my sister to a old timers vs amateurs hockey game. when we first got there they handed us a paper with numbers on the inside. We were supposed to wait until the end of the game to hear the announcements say the magic numbers. If our number was called we would meet one of the famous old timer hockey players playing that night.I was so excited it was all i could think about throughout the whole game. When we finally reached the end of the game they announced the numbers and i didn't win, my dad didn't win but.. MY SISTER DID !! i was so excited to meet the hockey player and it was the best we got a picture that was signed and it was so cool.
I've never actually entered a contest or raffle. They never really interested me and I'm sure even if I did I wouldn't win. But once, my brother entered this raffle where you win an ipad so he entered expecting to lose but so his surprise, he won! He was shocked that he actually won an ipad, so when he got it, he would always brag about it because he didn't actually think he was going to win
The biggest contest my family has ever won was great. The story starts off with my family and I going to the car show downtown. We were looking at all the amazing cars and I was talking with my brother and I look back and don't see my parents so I'm like alright where could they be? I see them in the distance signing up for a contest to win a great prize at the Gazette stand. My brother and I were a little annoyed because we were there to see cars and not sign up for everything they saw on iPads! We continue our tour and get home by ten at night. A few weeks later my dad picks me up from school and he's freaking out on the phone to my mom! I said "what happened!?" He handed me his phone and I read the email he had open it said in bold letters; CONGRATULATIONS YOU, KEVIN WILKINSON ARE THE LUCKY WINNER OF THE 2015 AUDI A4!! He was freaking out because he thought it was fake but it turned out to be real. It was the coolest feeling ever! We won a car worth 56,000$ and it was put of about 800,000 people! We have had the car for about 6 months now and it's wonderful.
When I was about eight and my sister still did figure skating, my family drove down to Ottawa for one of her competitions. While we were waiting for my sister to perform I was looking at these baskets that you could win in a raffle. One of them was Christmas themed and I wanted it so badly. I begged my mom but she responded with her usual we'll see. After my sister won first place in her competition my mom figured we might as well test our luck with the raffle. She had me buy a ticket and helped me fill it out. About a week later I was doing my homework when the phone rang, my mom answered the phone and talked for a couple minutes. After she hung up she announced to me that we had won the raffle! We had to drive back to Ottawa to get the prize but I didn't care. I was so excited to have won something at all.
I absolutely never ever win any contests. It doesn't matter how many contest I enter, I am the most unlucky person when it comes to contests and raffle type things. I've never even won a coffee or a donut on a Tim Horton's cup. It always sucks not winning but I'm used to it. So now I know to not even bother entering because I know the there a 99.9% chance I won't win.
I've never won anything ever. At school, when we would have monthly raffles, I would be extra good to have my name put in the box more than one time, so I would have more chances to win. Same thing at the summer pool when we would have our annual fundraisers. Nothing. When they were pulling the names out of the box, I would cross everything that could be crossed, my fingers, my legs, my arms, and even try to cross my toes. I wouldn't win anything. I don't have a single streak of luck in my body. On the other hand, my dad has all the luck and he wins all the time. One year, he came home with a brand new camera. The next year he won a very cool and expensive looking watch. I even think he won a fully paid dinner at a very expensive restaurant. I hope when I get older, I become as lucky as he is, but I don't want to jinx anything so I'll stop here.
I remember in elementary school when they were having a contest. The goal was to guess the closest amount of how many jelly beans were in a jar. I took a wild guess because there was nothing to lose. I waited all day while other people put in their guesses as well. I remember somebody chose a number fairly close to mine, so I was hoping my guess would be the closest. By the end of the day, they announced the winner and I was surprised to find out that I had won! I was so excited and confused on how I got the closest answer. I then found out that the person that had a close number to mine won too. I guess the right number was right in between both guesses. Although I had to share the prize, I was still ecstatic and proud of myself.
During the summer, I entered a jelly bean contest. There was a giant glass filled with jellybeans, and everyone who entered the contest had to guess how many they thought there were. The grand prize was Tupperware, so it didn't thrill me that much, but I still wanted to see if I guessed it right. The amount of jellybeas I guessed was 250, and then answer was 200. I didn't win, but I still had fun trying. After all, when would I ever use Tupperware anyways!
I don't really remember being put of sighting myself up for a big contest. But what I do remember is a few years ago, around eater time I was walking in a little mall and there was these signs everywhere about a contest. So I went to go check it out and it was where you filled out a paper for a raffle to win $10. Now since I was very young, $10 was like $100 dollars for me now. So I signed my sister and I up for the contest. A few days later, in the mail, I got a letter from the city of pointe Claire saying that I won 10$ to the mini mall and it was a pretty exciting day for me :)
My dad never cared much about contests or raffles and his biggest concern has always been to "beat the traffic". I was around the age of 7 when I decided to write my name on a raffle ticket while my dad was in the bathroom. I had forgotten about it until my dad told me we had to leave. "But what if I win?" I remember asking him. "win what? Everyone here is leaving in 15 minutes and I want to get out before then!" he replied. Just then, you heard my name being announced from a distance. "Candice Woodall? Is there a Candice Woodall? If so, please come claim your prize!". My dad was confused, but still let me run back into the park where the announcer held up an Ice Cream Playdoh set. I had won! As well as put my dad into traffic.
ReplyDeleteYou actually won one of those contests? I never ever do!
DeleteYou must've been so happy!
DeleteI was once in a staring contest with a friend. It was an intense battle that ended with the loss of someone's self esteem and pride. Finally the blood was spilled.The big prize was something everybody wanted and needed. It was priceless. The prize that I won was the ability to gloat about my win for the rest of the day. I felt great to win and I was definitely not afraid to show it. I gloated about it all day. I put salt on his wounds. He was definitely mad, but he knew the rules when he entered. We still dread the day that we will get into another contest like that one. Too much blood was spilled that day. We are still recovering.But secretly, I can not wait till I am able to beat him again. The addictive feeling of winning still makes me happy. I must wait for the next battle.
ReplyDeleteThe best prize there is is the ability to gloat.
DeleteI agree with you completely, except for the fact that I can never win. :)
DeleteI think that the one raffle I entered was in elementary school. They had a raffle to see who would win 4 hockey tickets. It was actually pretty big, everyone in our school participated and I am really happy to say that I won. To be honest I forgot that I there was even a raffle that day, right up until the intercom went on and said "The winner of the hockey tickets is Jacob Meehan, come to the front office please". Other than that I have never entered a raffle, but my mom enters them all the time and I swear, she ALWAYS wins.
ReplyDeleteI remember there was one kid in elementary school who would ALWAYS win those things! it was so annoying!
DeleteWow Jacob omg thats so cool. What teams was it? How was the experience?
DeleteWow Jacob you're so lucky!!!!!!!
Deleteim so jealous of how lucky you are:))
DeleteI remember when i was in the third grade, i went on a road trip with my bestfriend and her family to Lake George for her brother's hockey tournament. I remember we went to one of the games and at half time, they were selling foam pucks with numbers on them. It was a fundraiser for the local hockey team. You would buy a certain amount of pucks for a certain amount of money and then everyone would throw the pucks on the ice all at once. Whoever's puck landed closest to the middle would win half the money. I remember my friend's mom bought my friend and I two pucks each. When it came time to throw them, i closed my eyes and threw it on the ice. Little did i know that my puck was the one closest to the center. I won 83$ which is quite a lot when you think about it. I decided to use that money to treat my friend's family to a supper at Johny Rocket's and i bought souvenirs for my family with the remaining money.
ReplyDeleteThat is really nice that you used the winnings to buy you friends family dinner. Also its great that half of the money in the contest went to charity!
DeleteWhen I was younger I competed in a soccer contest with my team. My coach was leaving to focus more on his career so he held an inter team contest. There were about 10 stations that featured a variety of soccer skills with courses from dribbling to juggling. Players where graded at each station and in the end the player with the highest amount of points won a singed soccer jersey. It ended up that I was tied for second place with 3 other girls, so we had to do a rematch and I came in third place overall. It kind of sucked not to win, but third place got a really nice soccer ball so it was easier for me to come to terms with the fact that I had lost. Nonetheless everyone (including me) was eyeing the girl who had won wishing that it could have been us. In the end the whole contest was fun regardless of the prizes!
ReplyDeleteThird place is still a really great position!
DeleteI remember when I was in elementary school everyone put their names in a raffle and there were a few prizes to win. To get more tickets you had to read more books during the year leading up to that day. I got one extra ticket because of the amount of books I read, but then my teacher forgot he gave me one so I got another one to further my chances of winning. When the time came for the names to be picked, I had to wait a few minutes till they got to my grade level, when they finally did I was so excited, I had never won a contest before so I wanted to see if I would win. The first few names were not mine, but finally I heard my name, I was overjoyed. The prizes consisted of a selection of books, but no matter I had just won my first contest and nothing could dampen my mood.
ReplyDeleteI am the type of person who NEVER wins any contests or raffles that I enter. But I remember one time when I was in elementry, they were doing a raffle for random prizes at a holiday fair. Of course I thought well there's no point my ticket isn't going to get called. But then it was the fifth ticket that they were calling, and my number got called. I was jumping up and down in excitement. Until I saw what the prize was...they were wine glasses. Even though the prize wasn't spectacular, the feeling of finally winning a raffle was great.
ReplyDeleteGreat prize! You must have had loads of fun with them lol
DeletePerfect prize to win!
DeleteGrace
It's so true how the actual feeling of winning the prize is better than the prize itself!
DeleteIn October, I entered a contest to fly out to LA , watch a concert and meet my favourite band. I remember having to post a picture a day for 1 week straight, wearing an original superhero costume. I had some pretty great ideas. I was hoping to be the one chosen to meet them. It would've been miracle if I would've won. I was completely heartbroken. I tried so hard but I guess it wasn't good enough. I'm just glad that I will be going to watch them in concert this summer in Toronto. That's something I'm really looking forward too, and who knows? Hopefully I’ll bump into them somewhere somehow.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have fun at their concert!! And it would be so cool if you got to meet them!
DeleteIn August, I entered a contest to meet a singer, Bea Miller. Bea is an up and coming singer. This contest was held in Tampa Florida. I only found out that I had WON the day before the actual concert. I immediately rushed to the computer to look up flights but they were all so expensive. So I couldn't go. I wouldn't stop botthering my parents for the next month. I was so mad at them because they said they would take me but they said it was too late to go to Florida for a concert.
ReplyDeleteI never win raffle prizes or games or bingo or anything for that matter. My cousins always win every raffle I'm not even kidding!!! Once my aunt and I went to a summer carnival in her town and their was a lot of great food and activities too. At the end their was a raffle and I saw so many people paying a lot of money to put tickets into the raffle. I needed to know what the prize was that so many people were paying for. I found out that the prize was a cruse to a tropical place. I was so excited I told my aunt she should enter, it was last minute and she was the last one to put her ticket in. I guess they didn't really mix the tickets up much because the lady literally took the one on the top and guess what it was my aunt's ticket. If that were me in her position the lady probably would have put her hand all the way to the bottom so I would never win. And to this day I think my aunt has not gone on the cruse.
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That's really funny! I guess they are just super lucky people.
DeleteUsually, I have the worst luck when it comes to contests and raffles. The only win I can recall was in grade 6, at an annual fund raising event. Basically, the more money you raised the more times your name was entered, and things were not looking good with my donation of $10. They asked the students to come up and pick the names for the winners, and all kinds of people won printers, classes and appliances. At the end, there was only one prize left, and it was a big one, an iPod touch (which was a HUGE deal in 2011). I was called to come pick the name, not expecting much when suddenly; I read the paper I had blindly chosen only to find I had chosen my own name! Talk about lucky! I was ecstatic as I was handed over the shiny new iPod, still in shock from the fact that not only did I win with a $10 donation but I picked my own name! The rest of the day was a blur of excitement and envy from my classmates as I began downloading all the “cool” apps at the time, overjoyed by my luck. Up until now, this has been my only real contest win, which is what made that day so special to me.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that when it comes to winning raffles and contests bad luck seems to follow me around. I have never won anything...until last Thursday. You know when they make that announcement to look under your desk to find a heart and even though you know you won't win you still have the little bit of hope. Well, last thursday I had POP first period in the computer lab, I sat down turned the screen on and looked up, to my surprise there was a pink heart taped to the monitor! I was so surprised and excited, this was my day! Sadley my shock was immediately shut down by someone telling me that the heart contest was only second period. I was prepared to leave the heart there for some other lucky winner but my teacher informed me that there were no other classes in the computer lab second period. I was pretty much “forced” to take it so...I did! When recess came around I practically skipped over to the drama hallway to claim my prize. I was so excited, I had NEVER won anything and my moment had finally arrived! I handed over my paper heart with a huge smile on my face waiting for the suspense to end and finally get my prize. My prize wasn’t big but that wasn’t what made me so happy, the rush of winning something and getting a prize out of sheer luck is so amazing! All I have to say is next year may the odds be ever in your favour...
ReplyDeleteThe adrenaline is so exciting! That's the best part about everything!
DeleteI don't really believe in contests, or anything that has to do with luck. It's not that I always think they're rigged for someone specific person to win, although sometimes it seems like it. I guess I just don't trust the odds. Your one person going up against however many other people. I do believe in chance just not all the time. The only time I'll even bother trying is if I want to win the prize badly. My sister, my two best friends and I all tried to win a radio contest once. The prize was 4 tickets to go see One Direction live. At the time I was obsessed and no matter how small my chances, I needed to try. We didn't end up winning, but it was worth the shot. We ended up having a lot of fun that day.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with what you mean!
DeleteOnce, when I was in sec one, I won a small, school prize. On the intercom, they said everyone should look under there desks for a special note. I looked under mine and found a little white piece of paper that said to go to a room at recess. I was really happy because I had never won a contest before even though I knew it would be a small prize. I went to the room at recess and got a little bag of candy and chips.
ReplyDeleteOne time when I was in grade 4, my school held a contest for hockey tickets. I entered the contest thinking that there would be no chance of me winning but I entered anyway. A couple of days past and I had forgotten about the contest, but when they announced it at school I had a little hope that I would win. When the intercom went on I was tense and then..."And the winner for the hockey rickets is Spencer Kelly". When I won I got up and jumped in the air full of happiness.
ReplyDeleteHow high did you jump?
DeleteI am pretty lucky at times when it comes to contests and I have many experiences where I won contests like when I bet on sport games etc but the one that stands out the most to me would definitely have to be the time when I was caller number nine for one of those radio giveaways. I was so happy as soon as I got through, I was alone in the car waiting for my mom to come back from picking up food at a restaurant and I just decided that I would try my luck and fortunately I won. Once I got through they told me I had won a 100$ gift card for subway and as you probably guessed once I received the card I ate subway that whole week. :)
ReplyDeleteomg wow im sooo jelly of u
DeleteI have never entered a contest and I don’t really mind that much. If I was to enter a contest I would probably lose because I have some of the worst luck in the world. This one time I was walking to class in elementary with a water bottle in my hand and I trip on my shoe lace and throw my water bottle down the hallway. It exploded and I bruised my knee. This was not a fun day.
ReplyDeleteWOW YOU HAVE REALLY BAD LUCK SUCKS TO BE YOU!
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ReplyDeleteThe only time that I can really remember winning a contest was one summer when my family and I were visiting family here in Montreal. There was some event going on at Stewart Hall and we had gone just to take a look. There was this one game in particular where you had to answer a series of questions, and you would win a prize if you answered all of them correctly. They wouldn’t tell us what the prize was when we signed up, so that made it so much more exciting! Anyways, in the end we ended up winning two computer holders, which wasn’t that great for me, but I was still very excited and happy about it because I couldn’t believe that I had actually won!:)
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DeleteI've never won a huge contest before other then something small like a drink or donut from Tim Hortons. But one time my grandma signed up for a contest and surprisingly she won a brand new car. She didn't want the car for herself so she gave it to my family. It was a a cute white car and it was really nice. It was really cool getting something so huge for free. Even though I didn't win it personally it still felt like I did because we were the ones who ended up getting it. It was super cool.
ReplyDeleteMy dad brought me and my sister to a old timers vs amateurs hockey game. when we first got there they handed us a paper with numbers on the inside. We were supposed to wait until the end of the game to hear the announcements say the magic numbers. If our number was called we would meet one of the famous old timer hockey players playing that night.I was so excited it was all i could think about throughout the whole game. When we finally reached the end of the game they announced the numbers and i didn't win, my dad didn't win but.. MY SISTER DID !! i was so excited to meet the hockey player and it was the best we got a picture that was signed and it was so cool.
ReplyDeleteI've never actually entered a contest or raffle. They never really interested me and I'm sure even if I did I wouldn't win. But once, my brother entered this raffle where you win an ipad so he entered expecting to lose but so his surprise, he won! He was shocked that he actually won an ipad, so when he got it, he would always brag about it because he didn't actually think he was going to win
ReplyDeleteThat's kind of like me. I never think I'm going to win.
DeleteThe biggest contest my family has ever won was great. The story starts off with my family and I going to the car show downtown. We were looking at all the amazing cars and I was talking with my brother and I look back and don't see my parents so I'm like alright where could they be? I see them in the distance signing up for a contest to win a great prize at the Gazette stand. My brother and I were a little annoyed because we were there to see cars and not sign up for everything they saw on iPads! We continue our tour and get home by ten at night. A few weeks later my dad picks me up from school and he's freaking out on the phone to my mom! I said "what happened!?" He handed me his phone and I read the email he had open it said in bold letters; CONGRATULATIONS YOU, KEVIN WILKINSON ARE THE LUCKY WINNER OF THE 2015 AUDI A4!! He was freaking out because he thought it was fake but it turned out to be real. It was the coolest feeling ever! We won a car worth 56,000$ and it was put of about 800,000 people! We have had the car for about 6 months now and it's wonderful.
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DeleteWhen I was about eight and my sister still did figure skating, my family drove down to Ottawa for one of her competitions. While we were waiting for my sister to perform I was looking at these baskets that you could win in a raffle. One of them was Christmas themed and I wanted it so badly. I begged my mom but she responded with her usual we'll see. After my sister won first place in her competition my mom figured we might as well test our luck with the raffle. She had me buy a ticket and helped me fill it out. About a week later I was doing my homework when the phone rang, my mom answered the phone and talked for a couple minutes. After she hung up she announced to me that we had won the raffle! We had to drive back to Ottawa to get the prize but I didn't care. I was so excited to have won something at all.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely never ever win any contests. It doesn't matter how many contest I enter, I am the most unlucky person when it comes to contests and raffle type things. I've never even won a coffee or a donut on a Tim Horton's cup. It always sucks not winning but I'm used to it. So now I know to not even bother entering because I know the there a 99.9% chance I won't win.
ReplyDeleteI've never won anything ever. At school, when we would have monthly raffles, I would be extra good to have my name put in the box more than one time, so I would have more chances to win. Same thing at the summer pool when we would have our annual fundraisers. Nothing. When they were pulling the names out of the box, I would cross everything that could be crossed, my fingers, my legs, my arms, and even try to cross my toes. I wouldn't win anything. I don't have a single streak of luck in my body. On the other hand, my dad has all the luck and he wins all the time. One year, he came home with a brand new camera. The next year he won a very cool and expensive looking watch. I even think he won a fully paid dinner at a very expensive restaurant. I hope when I get older, I become as lucky as he is, but I don't want to jinx anything so I'll stop here.
ReplyDeleteI remember in elementary school when they were having a contest. The goal was to guess the closest amount of how many jelly beans were in a jar. I took a wild guess because there was nothing to lose. I waited all day while other people put in their guesses as well. I remember somebody chose a number fairly close to mine, so I was hoping my guess would be the closest. By the end of the day, they announced the winner and I was surprised to find out that I had won! I was so excited and confused on how I got the closest answer. I then found out that the person that had a close number to mine won too. I guess the right number was right in between both guesses. Although I had to share the prize, I was still ecstatic and proud of myself.
ReplyDeleteThis was the type of contest I enetred also!!! I can't believe you won, that's awesome.
DeleteDuring the summer, I entered a jelly bean contest. There was a giant glass filled with jellybeans, and everyone who entered the contest had to guess how many they thought there were. The grand prize was Tupperware, so it didn't thrill me that much, but I still wanted to see if I guessed it right. The amount of jellybeas I guessed was 250, and then answer was 200. I didn't win, but I still had fun trying. After all, when would I ever use Tupperware anyways!
ReplyDeleteI don't really remember being put of sighting myself up for a big contest. But what I do remember is a few years ago, around eater time I was walking in a little mall and there was these signs everywhere about a contest. So I went to go check it out and it was where you filled out a paper for a raffle to win $10. Now since I was very young, $10 was like $100 dollars for me now. So I signed my sister and I up for the contest. A few days later, in the mail, I got a letter from the city of pointe Claire saying that I won 10$ to the mini mall and it was a pretty exciting day for me :)
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