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08-22-2012, 06:14 AM
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And I didn't win, which is in no way noteworthy except that I thought I had done so. I received a Chambers Dictionary through the post (not Biographical) marked Competition Prize. Now what the hell competition did I win? Anyone like to hazard a guess?
Congratulations to those who did.
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08-22-2012, 06:24 AM
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John, it was either a booby prize or a lifetime achievement award. I'm putting my money on the latter.
(Yust a rainy-day yoke, Yohn.)
Last edited by Janice D. Soderling; 08-22-2012 at 06:48 AM.
Reason: AAAAARGH. misspelling that ruined the joke.
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08-22-2012, 06:31 AM
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John,
You won The Oldie 'Market Stall' comp last month; did you get a Biographical dictionary from them in July? (Was there no accompanying letter with this Chambers?)
Asking: "Who's this from?" may not be wise.
Just be thankful that you won a prize! 
Jayne
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08-22-2012, 07:41 AM
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Yes I did. This is ANOTHER dictionary. I tried to find out who it came from but this information appears to be classified. So I now have TWO bloody fat books.
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08-22-2012, 08:22 AM
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Congratulations indeed to B & B, and indeed anyone who had the patience and wit to make anything out of a really unpromising set of rhymes.
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08-22-2012, 09:21 AM
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Congratulations to Bill and Basil. (My only regret is that I'm not congratulating myself as well ...)
John, although I was supposed to have won a Chambers Biographical Dictionary the previous month, what they actually sent me was a Chambers English Dictionary, so perhaps they did the same for you, having forgotten that they had already sent you the Biographical.
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08-22-2012, 05:15 PM
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Hearty congrats to Bill and Basil. What fun!
I love bouts-rimés--or at least the idea of them--and almost entered, but I never feel I can be funny enough.
John, lucky you! Maybe you can use the books as door stops? Flower presses? Book-ends? I'm serious!
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08-22-2012, 05:44 PM
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That'll be right, Brian. Unfortunately I have no machinery for the returning of extra prizes, so I can just thank the Oldie, or not really the Oldie but the Chambers people. I am twice blessed. I wish they'd all get back to offering booze though. Fifty quids worth of booze would be going some.
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