# Survey: Ever won anything cool in a raffle **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943 "2003-01-16T07:38:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/1 "2003-01-16T07:38:54Z")
I’ve won: –a nice brown and tan afghan, handknitted by a grandma –a big basket of L’Oreal products –a ceramic mug with a metallic seal/logo on it from a college –a cute Snowman decoration made from an upside down flowerpot, among other things ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/2 "2003-01-16T07:44:21Z")
I won my favourite teddy bear in a sort of raffle in my first-grade class. His name is Charity Bear and he served as my pillow nightly until I was 13 🙂 He is now living an honourable retirement on my bookcase. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/3 "2003-01-16T09:21:47Z")
I won a raffle for an airline ticket to Phoenix, Arizona, that my company bought and then couldn’t use. So I took a weekend and went to the Grand Canyon. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/4 "2003-01-16T09:23:24Z")
I once won a frying pan, when I was 12. ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/5 "2003-01-16T11:20:58Z")
I won a Lotus Elise 111s last Christmas (In case anyone doesn’t know what such a thing is, here is a little picture [http://www.johncant.com.au/lotus\_elise111S.htm](http://www.johncant.com.au/lotus_elise111S.htm) ) And yes, it was a real one, but no I didn’t keep it, because I won it in England and the cost to re-register it in Ireland, insure and run it would be somewhat beyond me. (SOMEWHAT?!?!) ---
**Author:** ![Infectious\_Lass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Infectious\_Lass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infectious_Lass)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/6 "2003-01-16T11:57:15Z")
I won a cake with blue icing in a school fete raffle when I was about 6 or 7 or something or maybe my mum did I don’t remember-it isn’t very cool but it is the only thing I have ever won! (And I don’t have it anymore!) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/7 "2003-01-16T12:20:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by curly chick \* > **I won a Lotus Elise 111s last Christmas** No bleeding way!?!?! So did you sell it in the UK and get the cash? ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/8 "2003-01-16T12:36:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by curly chick \* > **I won a Lotus Elise 111s last Christmas** Jaysus, I thought winning a holiday to Cuba would be hard to beat. My missus won it after running a 10km sponsored race in aid of breast cancer research. The charity held a raffle among all those who had chosen to collect sponsorship for them. We went last January and had a great time at the expense of the afflicted;). A Lotus though - we’re only in the Vauxhall Conference in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/9 "2003-01-16T12:45:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > \*\*I’ve won: > > –a nice brown and tan afghan, handknitted by a grandma > > –a big basket of L’Oreal products > > –a ceramic mug with a metallic seal/logo on it from a college > > –a cute Snowman decoration made from an upside down flowerpot, among other things \*\* Didn’t you win a nice new hat in **OpalCat’s** raffle recently. It only made “among other things”, you ungrateful bollix;). **yojimbo** prayed to his god for that hat - I had to buy him one to compensate for his extreme dejection (which expressed itself in all sorts of ways - let’s just say we had to start putting bromide in his tea again). ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/10 "2003-01-16T12:55:48Z")
How about a [stainless steel mousepad](http://www.linkshaender.de/z_000_bildgross.html?bildname=images_produkte%2Flnk06_10003_gross.jpg&bildueberschrift=Produktdetails&bilduntertitel=) with an engine-turned surface, complete with wooden presentation case and polishing cloth. Sadly, it doesn’t work with optical mice. But it looks cool! ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/11 "2003-01-16T13:13:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*No bleeding way!?!?! So did you sell it in the UK and get the cash? \*\* Yup, sure did. Quite a coup, eh? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/12 "2003-01-16T13:25:19Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by curly chick_ > **Quite a coup, eh?** Ah, but my frying pan was non-stick. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manwithaplan \* > **I had to buy him one to compensate for his extreme dejection (which expressed itself in all sorts of ways** Let’s hope that **yojimbo** wears his nice new hat tonight. ---
**Author:** ![sWitchazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sWitchazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sWitchazel)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/13 "2003-01-16T13:45:45Z")
I completely forgot about filling in a raffle ticket at a local blood drive one year. Two weeks later they left a message on my machine saying, “Miss Hazel, this is so-and-so from the Medic Blood Center. I need you to call me at xxx-xxxx.” I thought they were going to tell me I was infected with something. :eek: When I called it took several minutes for them to figure out why a message had been left for me. They kept putting me on hold and then another person would ask my name and put me on hold again. Somebody finally said, “Oh, you won a prize.” It was a battery operated AM/FM radio. It’s actually been quite useful, but I don’t think it was worth the near heart attack. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/14 "2003-01-16T14:09:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by curly chick \* > \*\*Yup, sure did. > > Quite a coup, eh? \*\* Ah, but was it a friend to you throughout your entire childhood? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/15 "2003-01-16T14:19:01Z")
I won a Sony Trinitron TV. It was worth around $700. My parents won their choice of 100 steaks or $100. This was back in the 60s when you could actually get a good steak for a buck. They took the cash (no deep freeze to put all those steaks in). My husband won $1500 in the Illinois lottery (before he won my heart). ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/16 "2003-01-16T14:35:24Z")
I won a McGill skateboard when I was 13. ---
**Author:** ![AV8R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AV8R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AV8R)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/17 "2003-01-16T15:09:36Z")
**Ladies Diamond Cocktail ring** - from a college Speech team raffle **Laser Disk Player** - from a record store **Bottle of Gin** - on an airplane when I was 12 **Belt Buckle** - at a rodeo **Aviation Book** - at a flying seminar ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/18 "2003-01-16T15:12:42Z")
I won a $500 shopping spree at a local jeweler’s about eight years ago. I ended up buying a 14kt gold charm bracelet and several charms. Since then I’ve added many more charms to it, and it will end up being a beautiful heirloom that I plan on passing down to my daughter. I flipped out when they called me because up until then, I’d never won a thing in my life, unless you count cakes during Halloween party cake walks! ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/19 "2003-01-16T15:42:22Z")
Freshman year in high school, a drawing was held for everyone trying out for the lacrosse team. The prize was a nice midfield stick. My name was chosen and I won it. I was one out of only two people who didn’t make the team. I kept the stick anyway. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943/20 "2003-01-16T16:00:37Z")
I won a really nice pair of binoculars at a work raffle. At an old job, I won an inkjet printer at the X-mas party raffle. $50 at a school contest That about wraps it up for me, I guess. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-ever-won-anything-cool-in-a-raffle/148943.md?page=2)