Re: [_] claiming £5 from people and telling them they are, in fact, somebody else
Giles Turnbull
giles at gilest.org
Fri Oct 6 12:04:28 BST 2006
On 10/6/06, Matt Kane <ascorbic at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobby_Lud
I seem to remember another variation from my childhood, involving the
claiming of a free Sherbet Dib-dab. They still sell those in our local
corner shop.
G
> 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.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobby_Lud
I seem to remember another variation from my childhood, involving the
claiming of a free Sherbet Dib-dab. They still sell those in our local
corner shop.
G