The Gadget Show
Posted on 21st July 2008 by Andy
Right then. I don’t know how many of you watch The Gadget Show but it’s kinda like 5’s equivalent of Top Gear only about gadgets not cars. I suppose 5’s equivalent of Top Gear is 5th Gear but I don’t want that and I don’t watch any other gadget shows so I can’t compare The Gadget Show to anything else. It certainly ain’t 5’s version of Midsommer Murders anyway.
Hmmm. I digress. At the end of the gadget show they always have a competition that gives away pretty much every gadget they have talked about on the show and then a few others. So each week you could win pretty much every console, several TVs, radio controlled things and, well, loads of gadgets. I’ve entered a few times ‘cos I’m a sucker and I’d like a new TV. But this week I HAD to enter. The prize was different. Instead of giving away lots of prizes to one person they were giving away 1 prize to lots of people. They had 85 Canon 450Ds Digital SLRs to give away. I don’t know how good they are but they cost £600… and I figured they’re giving away 85 of the things and the programme is on 5… how many viewers can the show have?!
I think I might win this week.
Susie
July 21st, 2008
10:54 pm
All the best. I hope you win. May I use your post to ask the question, what’s the best prize you’ve ever won?…. Anyone? I once won £10 Amazon voucher for guessing the weight of my nephew. I also once won a cassette tape of bird noises. Good times. Also, read Gloria’s comment on the sleep post if you haven’t. Its funny.
Carolyn
July 22nd, 2008
9:05 am
I once was runner up in a national animal photography competion run by DK books and olympus.
I won an olympus camera worth £150 (which was loads in 1995 when I was 10). I also got an all expenses paid trip to London to meet Chris Packham (the really wildshow) to collect my prize. That was a fun day. I got the day off school and everything. Also I’d never been to London before so it was brill.
Jonny Evans
July 22nd, 2008
10:32 am
When I was 7, I entered a Roy of the Rovers competition to win a George Best video tape. I was 100% certain I’d win because I knew the answer (it was number 11). However, my Dad wisely told me that it isn’t guaranteed I’d win. He said that many people will know the answer and any one of thousands of people could win. He told me this so that I wouldn’t be heartbroken.
3 weeks later my George Best video came in the post. It confirmed to me that my Dad mustn’t know anything and that if I want something badly enough - it’s guaranteed I’d get it.
I can attribute a life of broken dreams and disappointments all the way back to that one Roy of the Rovers comic.
(I’m glad Roy lost his leg!)
Carolyn
July 22nd, 2008
11:17 am
Didn’t you once win a dancing competion Jonny?
Pete
July 22nd, 2008
11:58 am
I watch the Gadget show from time to time. I always get tempted to enter the competition, but never do. The Canon Camera is a good one. It is fairly new out. It is basically the upgrade from the upgrade of my first SLR, which is now my back up camera, but is still very good, the the upgrade of the upgrade of it should be even better. Its got a few really good little features, but I wont bore you with them here.
I remember that I won a free packet of crisps once with walkers crisp-can you remember the little blue thing thy put in packets telling you what you had won. Apart from that ive not won much. In Year 8 at school I won a ‘most improved in English’ award, which basically meant it was given to the person who was really really really bad at it, and is now just really bad. I got book vouchers, so I bought a book about airplanes. I don’t know why, as I am not really all that interested in planes. I never read it.
But generally I never win anything. There are between 2 and 3 medic balls each year, they always do a raffle. Ive done 3 years, so I have bought raffle tickets at at least 6 balls. They have loads of prizes, probably between 20 to 30. So out of a possible 180 prizes I have never even won 1. Which when you consider that only around 120 people attend each ball, its a fairly bad record. I should give up, but I always think-next time…next time…
Susie
July 22nd, 2008
1:21 pm
I choked on my apple when I read carolyn’s most recent comment!
Andy do you remember when you kept winning free cans of Coke in NZ? Pete’s crisps reminded me of that.
Mat - Crows are back in Decemeber! With Ben Folds!
Dad
July 22nd, 2008
3:38 pm
According to the emails I get at work I have won MILLIONS - pounds, dollars, you name it - from lottery competitions I haven’t entered and random selection of email addresses by people I don’t know. I must be loaded! Trouble is, they always want me to send my bank details first - which makes me a little sceptical. Am I wise to be so - or shall I chance it next time?!
Dad
July 22nd, 2008
3:41 pm
Oh - and I’ve just remembered - Ros won a GIANT bottle of pickled beetroot at her school fayre once. It was so big she couldn’t carry it and had to phone home for a lift! Don’t remember eating any come to think of it…
Ros
July 22nd, 2008
4:36 pm
Oh yeah, I’d forgotten about that! That was the biggest jar of beetroot I have ever seen.
flipperr
July 22nd, 2008
11:52 pm
We’ve won some good stuff between us:
- I had a spate of wins as a child - including a pair of Startrite shoes (impressive at the time!) - and I’ve always been one to be lucky at raffles and suchlike. Someone not long ago tried to convince me that I’d won a free holiday, but it was a scammy time-share company so I declined.
- Z-Z (that’s his new name - he can kind of say it, which is sweet!) recently won a bunch of washable nappies for being cute (this is a very exciting and valued prize!).
- Betty Boo didn’t win exactly, but ended up modelling for a well known baby mail-order company when she was little, also because she’s cute.
I have two cute children - apart from when they’re screaming - and saying no - and stropping on the floor….I’m sure they’ll be on their best behaviour on Sunday!
PS Matt doesn’t do competitions (apart from on the cricket pitch!)
Andy
July 23rd, 2008
6:40 pm
I’m beginning to think of Matt as the one who doesn’t speak of the blog - like the guy on Scott Mills.
I like it.
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