RE: [_] claiming £5 from people and telling them they are, in fact, somebody else
Derek Almond
home at derekalmond.com
Fri Oct 6 13:12:19 BST 2006
> 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.
>
I always thought it was from Brighton Rock, never realized it was actually a
real competition... you learn summat new every day eh ;-)
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