Ever won in a raffle?

fussyonion

Have any of you ever won anything in a raffle?

I've entered a few different raffles over the years; from Christmas hampers to cars, to holidays and money, but I've never won.

I entered one recently, for a car, and I doubt I'll win that either.
You ever won a raffle? What did you win?

alroley

won an easter egg in 6th class

shruikan2553

I won an iPad for completing a survey. Unless you mean a raffle as in buying a ticket, in that case no, Im very unlucky. Second thing I have ever won in my life.

ColeTrain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slmb4ZZ5pkY

Had to be done...

fussyonion

ColeTrain wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slmb4ZZ5pkY

Had to be done...

I don't follow....?

tomwaterford

I've won a surprising amount of glass crystal?? Bowls in raffles over the years and literally have no idea what to do with them

Schism

ColeTrain wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slmb4ZZ5pkY

Had to be done...

I only ever win if I have ticket #11, strange that.

whatismyname

Yes.

The other fella

ColeTrain wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slmb4ZZ5pkY

Had to be done...

"Please stand for the National Anthem"

A lamb.

Had the choice to take it alive or, for no extra cost, carved up.

It was delicious. Also never knew butchers carve lamb in different ways depending on the size of the family it's bound for.

fussyonion

:pac: I get it now. *slow*
"But I'll give you a 10 and a 1 and then you'll have 11!"

SEPT 23 1989

I have won a few bottles of red wine which was fcuked back at them immediately

theboy1

I WON GODS RAFFLE OF GOOD LOOKS.

eternal

Every single bottle of whiskey and teddy bear available through my childhood.

MonkstownHoop

tomwaterford wrote: »

I've won a surprising amount of glass crystal?? Bowls in raffles over the years and literally have no idea what to do with them

Host dinner partys and after a few bottles of wine wear them as hats

tomwaterford

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Host dinner partys and after a few bottles of wine wear them as hats

I just use them as coin jars!!!

In all honesty wtf are you supposed to do with a glass bowl ffs

Aongus Von Bismarck

I never enter raffles. I assess every financial decision before I decide to invest and raffles make absolutely no sense. It's pure blind luck. A complete waste of time.

A few months ago I was on a staff night out when I was approached by a girl trying to solicit me for 5 euros for some raffle they were holding in the tavern that evening. I explained my reasoning for not wasting money on raffles. She then attempted to guilt me into entering her little raffle by telling me about the good work her organisation does for the less fortunate of Frankfurt. I told her to pass on the details of her organisation including a breakdown of the donation expenditure and I would consider whether they were worthy of a donation (I give generously to a number of charities). She declined to do so, which told me everything I needed to know about that organisation. I was much happier to have the fiver in my Brioni wallet than in the hands of this disinterested and poorly informed salesperson.

ColeTrain

tomwaterford wrote: »

In all honesty wtf are you supposed to do with a glass bowl ffs

Stick some tickets in it and have a raffle?

Never ending cycle.

Aongus Von Bismarck

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I never enter raffles. I assess every financial decision before I decide to invest and raffles make absolutely no sense. It's pure blind luck. A complete waste of time.

A few months ago I was on a staff night out when I was approached by a girl trying to solicit me for 5 euros for some raffle they were holding in the tavern that evening. I explained my reasoning for not wasting money on raffles. She then attempted to guilt me into entering her little raffle by telling me about the good work her organisation does for the less fortunate of Frankfurt. I told her to pass on the details of her organisation including a breakdown of the donation expenditure and I would consider whether they were worthy of a donation (I give generously to a number of charities). She declined to do so, which told me everything I needed to know about that organisation. I was much happier to have the fiver in my Brioni wallet than in the hands of this disinterested and poorly informed salesperson.

She was hardly disinterested

Aongus Von Bismarck

bluewolf wrote: »

She was hardly disinterested

She had no idea of the revenues of the charity for the previous year. She couldn't tell me the breakdown of the spend on wages and administration vs charitable works, she didn't know the average wage of the office staff, only that she wasn't paid - not the question I asked!, etc.

If I'm selling a product I know it inside out. She didn't as she clearly wasn't interested enough to do the research on the charity she represented. Disintersted!

tomwaterford

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

She had no idea of the revenues of the charity for the previous year. She couldn't tell me the breakdown of the spend on wages and administration vs charitable works, she didn't know the average wage of the office staff, only that she wasn't paid - not the question I asked!, etc.

If I'm selling a product I know it inside out. She didn't as she clearly wasn't interested enough to do the research on the charity she represented. Disintersted!

I remain to be convinced you asked all these questions to someone selling tickets in pub.... As anyone I've ever seen selling tickets like that usually brush off questions asked of them and move on!?

MonkstownHoop

tomwaterford wrote: »

I just use them as coin jars!!!

In all honesty wtf are you supposed to do with a glass bowl ffs

My OH uses one to mix various styles of crisps in :-/

Aongus Von Bismarck

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

She had no idea of the revenues of the charity for the previous year. She couldn't tell me the breakdown of the spend on wages and administration vs charitable works, she didn't know the average wage of the office staff, only that she wasn't paid - not the question I asked!, etc.

If I'm selling a product I know it inside out. She didn't as she clearly wasn't interested enough to do the research on the charity she represented. Disintersted!

She sounds more uninterested to me :pac:

Aongus Von Bismarck

tomwaterford wrote: »

I remain to be convinced you asked all these questions to someone selling tickets in pub.... As anyone I've ever seen selling tickets like that usually brush off questions asked of them and move on!?

She did exactly that. Every answer was "Ich weiß nicht" until she eventually just walked away.

tomwaterford

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

My OH uses one to mix various styles of crisps in :-/

I grew cabbage in another one of the bowls one time....like I've about 8 of em...good sized ones....I taught on using them As fishbowls....though I dunno would that be unhealthy for the fish??

I won coffee syrups once

I don't tend to win things though

tomwaterford

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

She did exactly that. Every answer was "Ich weiß nicht" until she eventually just walked away.

:pac:

osarusan

bluewolf wrote: »

She was hardly disinterested

bluewolf wrote: »

She sounds more uninterested to me

BOOM! The hammer falls, the kaiser falls.

Aongus Von Bismarck

bluewolf wrote: »

She sounds more uninterested to me :pac:

osarusan wrote: »

BOOM! The hammer falls, the kaiser falls.

Disinterested and uninterested can be both be used to mean not wanting to learn more about something or become involved in something. Granted disinterested is more commonly used to mean impartial, or not influenced by personal feelings, opinions, or concerns but my use of disinterested in that context was perfectly fine.

EGriff

tomwaterford wrote: »

I've won a surprising amount of glass crystal?? Bowls in raffles over the years and literally have no idea what to do with them

I've heard you can look into the future with a crystal bowl.

tomwaterford

tomwaterford wrote: »

I grew cabbage in another one of the bowls one time....like I've about 8 of em...good sized ones....I taught on using them As fishbowls....though I dunno would that be unhealthy for the fish??

Very, fish need proper tanks, even little goldfish.

You could put floaty candles on some of them, or pot pourri or ... I don't know
Raffle them off yourself

Badly Drunk Boy

About 8 years ago there was a raffle in work, in aid of the brother of a co-worker. One of the people selling the tickets asked if I'd be interested, as the tickets were €10, the only prize was a €1000 holiday voucher, and the draw would take place at 1.30 in the canteen. I gave him the tenner and said "Will you drop the prize in to me at 1.45, please?"

When he came back, he said "How did you do that? HOW DID YOU DO THAT?" Myself and the girlfriend got a very nice holiday out of it.

And people say that positive thinking doesn't work... :pac:

tomwaterford

EGriff wrote: »

I've heard you can look into the future with a crystal bowl.

:pac:
All I've ever seen us the ground!!

Such a pointless prize


I can't really give em away...as I feel it would be bad luck to give away something you won??

tomwaterford

bluewolf wrote: »

Very, fish need proper tanks, even little goldfish.

You could put floaty candles on some of them, or pot pourri or ... I don't know
Raffle them off yourself

I've not taught on floaty candles....would make a nice feature I guess


Are they really that bad for fish...even if you were to adapt in the proper pump thing?

eternal

EGriff wrote: »

I've heard you can look into the future with a crystal bowl.

Crystal BALL, crystal BALL.

lycan238

A bottle of wine (when I was 11 years old), a tin of biscuits (same raffle) a hotel voucher for €250, €50 cash and an easter egg hamper over the years. Must have sold about ten grand worth of raffle tickets over the last ten years.

osarusan

Won a bottle of 2008 Chateau Brane-Cantenac at a university function a few months ago. Saved it for a special occasion (3rd prize in the function, so we all thought it must be decent) but nobody really liked it in the end.

tomwaterford

tomwaterford wrote: »

I've not taught on floaty candles....would make a nice feature I guess


Are they really that bad for fish...even if you were to adapt in the proper pump thing?

A small bowl? yes, definitely bad
Imagine if someone stuck you in a lift!

nuttlys

In college I was on a ski trip, locked off my rocker in a pub on THE group night out. The pub owner put on a raffle, with a snowboard as the main prize.

As I said I was hammered, so I as a good business student I approached the pub owner to negotiate the price of a book. After a minute or two, I had a book in my hand for €200. I reckoned the board was worth 350-400, and I was going to purchase one anyway, I figured.

Went back to my friends. A girl comes round "who wants to buy a strip?" couple of my friends purchase a few, she comes to me, I show her the book (my most ross o'carroll kelly moment in my life) and the rest of my mates stop purchasing.

So I wait for my ticket. Down the back of this pub. Waiting for a BROWN ticket. Any brown ticket.

The draw starts, I'm occupied so I miss the start of it. "....AND ITS A BROWN TICKET!..."

I run up to the front of the pub, ecstatic in my win. Only to realise I had won third place, a dinner for two. I sober up real quick.

Long story short - I don't win second prize (my nerves), but I win the board, which I still have. Plus a good story.

MonkstownHoop

tomwaterford wrote: »

I grew cabbage in another one of the bowls one time....like I've about 8 of em...good sized ones....I taught on using them As fishbowls....though I dunno would that be unhealthy for the fish??

I once had to put my goldfish in one just for an hour while I bought a new bowl, when I came home it was on the ground but still alive

brummytom

I won a bottle of Sambucca at a fundraiser for a trad festival thing at Christmas. I'd already had a serious amount of drink at that point, and after a few sips of the bottle, I sat down to play a few tunes, put the bottle in my case.. but forgot to zip it up.

Ended up fcuking the bottle across the floor and didn't notice the dozen people clearing it up. So I don't really deserve to win raffles.

harry Bailey esq

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

She had no idea of the revenues of the charity for the previous year. She couldn't tell me the breakdown of the spend on wages and administration vs charitable works, she didn't know the average wage of the office staff, only that she wasn't paid - not the question I asked!, etc.

If I'm selling a product I know it inside out. She didn't as she clearly wasn't interested enough to do the research on the charity she represented. Disintersted!

Its only a fiver man have a heart.Besides,if she was in a position to explain off the top of her head the ins and outs of admin costs,staff wages and the day to day running of a charitable organisation she wouldn't be volunteering her free time shaking buckets in a boozer that's for sure.

I won tickets to the Ireland/Australia rugby-ball-kicking thing at Landsdowne a few years ago, but couldn't and didn't want to go.
Gave the tickets to my friend who gave them to her brother, who I didn't like, and I was annoyed he was getting a day out courtesy of me.

poisonated

I won a trip to lap land, a trip to Disneyland... Oh yeah, I also won bottle of wine when I was 10

Badly Drunk Boy

I bought my house on 17-12-1997. Between 27-11-1997 and 23-12-1997, I won second prize in the Credit Union draw (£200 plus 5 nights in one of the Great Southern hotels), £150 & £100 (in the same raffle), and a stereo at the work Christmas party.

Yet people seem to think that I'm lucky or something!

Mint Aero

Came close once. Eleven came out but I had two upside down ones.

diomed

Yes. Ford Escort.

MarkAnthony

No I've never been won in a raffle OP. Have you?

Dozer Dave

MarkAnthony wrote: »

No I've never been won in a raffle OP. Have you?

Me neither, any news?

MarkAnthony

Dozer Dave wrote: »

Me neither, any news?

None, other than porn for the Oculus Rift is awesome.

Dozer Dave

MarkAnthony wrote: »

None, other than porn for the Oculus Rift is awesome.

That filth will rot your head, take in some fresh air. Write a book maybe.