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What could be better than getting free stuff?

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  • THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I got a neon PS2 sign from Gamestop for just walking in during renovations and saying "can I have that?". They said yes and now I have a sign that I can't put anywhere.

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  • PedantophilePedantophile Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Bucketman wrote: »
    Also I don't think I've won anything since high school. Back then I won a ton of stuff including:
    Third Place in a male beauty contest (with 12 contestants. I already saw that joke coming)
    Prom King
    Most Likely To Succeed
    4 year running Pie Eating Champ
    Lord of the Dodgeball
    Employee of the month


    Oh way, I won best dressed at work recently. Because I wear WACKY ties.
    Is it just me or do these all sound like concepts to terrible comedies?

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  • GeoMitchGeoMitch Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I got a 4-day trip to Disneyworld for free, sans cost of food. Hella tight.

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  • Darth AardvarkDarth Aardvark Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    DekuStick wrote: »
    I won a timberland backpack and a shit ton of grapefruit soda from a radio call in back in '01. I used that pack for school from 8th grade til I finished high school.

    I wish I could win more stuff.

    Am I the only one who has never heard of grapefruit soda

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  • GeoMitchGeoMitch Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Do you not have Shasta on the moon?

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  • Dr. FrenchensteinDr. Frenchenstein Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    man if you go to an asian grocery you will see flavors beyond your imagining.

    Also, baby tea

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  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2010
    i should be getting some free stuff today
    it's my birthday, you see

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    DekuStick wrote: »
    I won a timberland backpack and a shit ton of grapefruit soda from a radio call in back in '01. I used that pack for school from 8th grade til I finished high school.

    I wish I could win more stuff.

    Am I the only one who has never heard of grapefruit soda

    Fresca has been around forever.

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  • Darth AardvarkDarth Aardvark Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Hunter wrote: »
    DekuStick wrote: »
    I won a timberland backpack and a shit ton of grapefruit soda from a radio call in back in '01. I used that pack for school from 8th grade til I finished high school.

    I wish I could win more stuff.

    Am I the only one who has never heard of grapefruit soda

    Fresca has been around forever.

    Is that what that is?
    I have literally never seen a bottle of this and have only heard of it referred to on Venture Bros
    edit:Wikipedia says it has been around for 50 years and is sold worldwide?

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  • AsiinaAsiina ... WaterlooRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Oh! One time I found $20 in my pocket!

    I mean, technically it wasn't free, but I forgot I had it, so I certainly felt like a winner!

    I discovered $600 in my paypal account that I had 100% forgotten about.

    I'm not really sure how that happened.

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  • SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    i found a pair of ray bans in a dressing room once

    i also once won a copy of the brave little toaster for being really good at coloring a t-rex mascot in

    that's pretty much it

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  • ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Blake T wrote: »
    Blake T wrote: »
    Blake T wrote: »
    HEY NIALL WHO HAS TWO THUMBS AND WON OZ LOTTO?

    Not you.

    WRONG.

    Did you win like 5 bucks?

    HAH.

    MORE LIKE EIGHT SEVENTY FIVE.

    BEFORE YOU ASK NO I DON'T NEED TO STICK THE WORD HUNDRED IN THERE.

    I thought the lowest you could win (this time) was $12.95?

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  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I bought a pop from a vending machine last week

    got two pops

    I was at a food place two weeks ago and these people ordered one of those big awesome pretzels, and the place had to cook it hot and fresh because they don't keep em stocked

    Turns out they didn't want salt and I was like "I'll take it!" and they gave it to me.

    Was at an ice cream shop THREE weeks ago and the people in front of me left, leaving two complete double-dip vanilla waffle cones in the hands of the attendant. I said "I'll take em!" and they gave them to me.

    For those of you who haven't worked in the food biz before, employees will usually be happy to hand over made things that they are just going to throw away, if you ask them nicely.

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  • AsiinaAsiina ... WaterlooRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Crashmo wrote: »
    I bought a pop from a vending machine last week

    got two pops

    One time in high school I bought a pop from a vending machine and the bottles just kept on coming. I ended up taking 6 to bring back to my friends but they kept coming so I just started giving them to people who were around the vending machine.

    Eventually some guy came up and without paying attention to what was happening put his money in the vending machine and hit the button, causing the flow of free pops to stop.

    People got pretty mad at him.

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  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Man I would've killed that guy

    When we were little, my brothers and I found a vending machine where something in the bottom had busted and all the quarters were just laying on the ground below it.

    We stole so much money that day

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  • [Michael][Michael] Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I got a free McFlurry from McDonald's fries. Twice in a row!

    And once I won like $20 in a spelling bee for losing, so that was awesome.

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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I won an ipod shuffle which broke after 6 months

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  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2010
    oh so i guess that my dad either forgot its my birthday or is just pretending like he is to surprise me with something awesome

    guessing the former

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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    he will surprise you with a wonderful.. freshly washed shirt

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  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2010
    well he yelled at me because i lost his library card and then went to the library
    which is exactly what i wanted so i mean woooo

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  • SLyMSLyM Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I once found a $50 bill lying on the ground at a fair. I even went up the the people running it and told them that I found it, and asked if anyone had lost it.

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  • skettiosskettios Enchanted ForestRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    When I was a kid, I won a VHS of The Beauty and the Beast. Think I still have it somewhere.
    I won a video card at the first or second PAX.
    Also won a t-shirt by beating a guy at smash bros (again, PAX).

    umm..

    My work feeds me every Thursday! Free food is the best food.

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  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    me and my highschool gf were voted the "cutest couple"

    the picture of us in the year book is her slapping me in the face pretty hard

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  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    oh shit, I forgot to mention I won a kick ass donkey kong hoodie back when I was like 12 for placing in the top 10 provincially in a donkey kong country competition block buster was running one year

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2010
    I have some Steam games.

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  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    The Geek wrote: »
    I have some Steam games.

    Give them all to me.

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    The Geek wrote: »
    I have some Steam games.

    You know what game I don't have that I wish I did have? Fallout 3 GOTY.

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  • SlicerSlicer Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I got a free satchel from working a temp job for the US Census.

    After my job finished I asked if there was anything else I needed to return and they told me there wasn't so unless they suddenly call me up and ask for it back I'm keeping it.

    No idea what I'll even use it for but hey, free stuff!

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  • skettiosskettios Enchanted ForestRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Slicer wrote: »
    I got a free satchel from working a temp job for the US Census.

    After my job finished I asked if there was anything else I needed to return and they told me there wasn't so unless they suddenly call me up and ask for it back I'm keeping it.

    No idea what I'll even use it for but hey, free stuff!

    Same thing more or less happened with me. Except I worked security. They let me keep my hat. It says SECURITY. I wear it when I wanna look tough :P

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  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Oh no, I share a birthday with Kusu! D:

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited June 2010
    i won the genetic lottery

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I have exactly one awesome free shit story, and the item is not really that cool.

    So one day I was taking the bus in to town, and it was nice and sunny. Now, the bus stop is about a 10 minute walk from my house, so once I was there it wasn't like I could just run back inside and get things I needed.

    Anyways, I got to the bus stop and noticed that awww, someone left an umbrella there. Wonder why they had an umbrella, it's like 72 and awesome out.

    About 30 seconds later, and for about 5 minutes until the bus came, it suddenly starts pouring ridiculous amounts of rain, before hailing.

    I still have that found umbrella, it is my favoritest umbrella ever.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I won a PS3 in a raffle at work

    It is pretty much the only luck-based thing I've ever won

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  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2010
    Oh no, I share a birthday with Kusu! D:

    and naporeon

    join us
    joinnnn ussssss

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Knob wrote: »
    i won the genetic lottery

    jackpot was pretty low that year

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Oh man, years ago, when it was still made and stocked here, Dr Pepper ran an "Under the cap" promotion that 1 out of every 2 bottles won you another free bottle.

    I got six in a row.

    #pipe on
  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I once won a free blockbuster rental from a Sprite bottle cap. I never used it, but it was the principle of the thing. Until that day, I believed I would never be a winner.

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  • sponospono Mining for Nose Diamonds Booger CoveRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    pipe are you telling me you can't get dr. pepper in australia?

    you've won nothing

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  • TenTen Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I used to love entering competition so I've won a bunch of stuff over the years:

    Microwave
    Scrabble Game
    Xbox
    Terminator t-shirt
    3 month unlimited movie pass
    24" LCD Monitor (this was was an awesome surprise and I still don't know which contest I won it from)

    My biggest win was from a video contest run by an online store that sold electronic goods, I entered this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLK-ja5OCu8

    and won $10,000 worth of stuff from their store.

    Ten on
  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    spono wrote: »
    pipe are you telling me you can't get dr. pepper in australia?

    you've won nothing

    The manufacture and distributing rights were owned by a local company for ages and ages and it was manufactured here you could get it just in regular stores

    But they ditched it in the mid nineties I guess due to poor sales (lots of people here hate it)

    there was a big dry patch where it was impossible to find

    but now you don't have to look hard to find it. It's imported in bulk and sold in a lot of privately owned convenience stores and specialty candy stores which seem to be pretty popular lately.

    Why just a couple of weeks ago I bought a 12 pack of cans for $15. For reference, 12 packs of locally produced coke in grocery stores are about $18-$20

    #pipe on
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