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Joshua Palmatier ([personal profile] jpskewedthrone) wrote2008-03-08 11:30 pm

It Happened on the Way to Work . . .

So, on the hour-long drive to work yesterday, which has become monotonous, I was listening to the radio and this song started . . . then immediately stopped. I was slightly ticked, because it was a song I liked. BUT it turns out it was for a contest. If you could identify the artist and title of the song, and called in, you could win 25 lottery tickets (those scratch-off kind). I could remember the artist, but was drawing a blank on the title. Because I suck at titles.

Then, a few miles down the road, it hit me! "Christmas in Hollis" by Run DMC!!!

So I picked up my cell phone and illegally dialed while driving . . . and got that annoying "beep-beep-BEEP" followed by an incorrect number message. Blast! I tried to put in the number correctly, thinking it had probably been 5 minutes since they aired the audio clip and somebody must have already gotten the lottery tickets.

But no. *grin* This is the second time I've won something through a radio station give away. $50 of lotto tickets this time. Last time it was backstage passes to a Bush concert. But it made the drive to work more interesting than usual.

[identity profile] barbarienne.livejournal.com 2008-03-09 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
Hee, that was my ringtone during the holiday season!

And if you'd read my blog (http://barbarienne.livejournal.com/164673.html) right after Christmas, you'd have seen it listed as one of my top five. :-)

[identity profile] shannachie.livejournal.com 2008-03-09 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations! They have these contest in Germany, too. But I cannever think of the artist or title.

[identity profile] scbutler.livejournal.com 2008-03-09 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
My only win was also on a call-in for a radio program. Won a copy of a Buddy Holly Greatest hits LP (it was a long time ago). Still have the record, though.

How much did you win on the tickets?

[identity profile] diamondreads.livejournal.com 2008-03-09 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! I hope one (or more) of the tickets is a big winner! I never remember those things in time to call in.
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