Re: [_] claiming £5 from people and telling them they are, in fact, somebody else
Rick Hurst
rick.hurst at gmail.com
Fri Oct 6 10:40:54 BST 2006
On 10/6/06, Matt Kane <ascorbic at gmail.com> wrote:
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> It's from competitions run by newspapers back in the day, where
> readers would have to approach the paper's agent and say something
> like "You are Lobby Lud and I claim my £5". It's similar to the thing
> run by local radio stations where they have to say a certain phrase
> when called by the DJ in orer to win some prize.
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A slight variation on that is to say virtually anything and append - "do I
win £5?" I think this may have been made popular by the letters page in Viz
comic. do I win £5?
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Rick Hurst, Web developer, Bristol, England
http://www.rickhurst.co.uk | http://www.netsight.co.uk
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> It's from competitions run by newspapers back in the day, where
> readers would have to approach the paper's agent and say something
> like "You are Lobby Lud and I claim my £5". It's similar to the thing
> run by local radio stations where they have to say a certain phrase
> when called by the DJ in orer to win some prize.
>
A slight variation on that is to say virtually anything and append - "do I
win £5?" I think this may have been made popular by the letters page in Viz
comic. do I win £5?
--
Rick Hurst, Web developer, Bristol, England
http://www.rickhurst.co.uk | http://www.netsight.co.uk