I Pity The Fool…
Considering today’s date, I suppose you’re all expecting some far-fetched story or other…I’m still getting enquiries for Mesmer! But no, not today.
Is there anybody reading these pages not expecting an April Fools’ Day joke? Well if there is, then I’m afraid they’re too easy a target and that’s not sporting.
However, you’re not getting off that lightly. In the spirit of April 1st at least, I put my thinking cap on and considered how I could still get you to question the validity of something I present as fact.
Well, the image above has obviously already told you just what I thought of. I’m sure you’re all familiar with the popular TV show which I believe has been shown in various formats around the world.
For those not familiar, the premise is simple. Three obscure words are presented with their meanings and a panel has to decide which of the definitions of the three words has the one true meaning, the other two being bluffs. Except I’m doing it with contests not words.
Below I’ve described the prizes for three seperate contests, you don’t have to do anything apart from work out which you think is for real and which are bluffs. The twist being you’re only allowed to enter the ONE contest you think is for real. Good luck!
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Remember the above tour poster, which I think first came to light during the UK leg of the Reality Tour in autumn 2003? A striking image (even if I do say so myself) which found its way onto different bits of merchandise and was used for tour passes, etc.
Well, one of the things that was produced as a cute little gift to the promoters in different territories was a promotional jigsaw puzzle! These 39cm x 28cm 130-piece jigsaws came in a numbered picture box.
There were only ten of these beauties made, and apparently only five were actually sent out. You’ve guessed who has the other five. It’s likely that you’ve never even heard about this item. I’ve never seen it on eBay, but would you sell it if you had one? I think not.
We have numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 and if you think this isn’t a bluff, then enter this contest here.
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If you thought the jigsaw above was a true collectable, seasoned Ziggy collectors will know just how rare the above sheet of
Clockwise from top left, the stickers were: Gilly, Starman, Aligator, Weird, Newsman, Lectric Eye, Lady Stardust and, of course, Ziggy himself right there in the centre.
George has very generously given us five sheets to give away, which means we now have more than him…but not for long. Obviously the sheets we have don’t have the George Underwood watermark across them, as above, but I have to make it clear that to enter this particular contest, you must promise not to reproduce the stickers in any way…that includes scanning them in and posting them online. We don’t want some unscrupulous bootlegger making inferior copies and flogging them on eBay.
Was that convincing enough to make you believe this is the one true contest? If so, please enter here.
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Can you believe it? We have yet another five signed-by-David Bowie highly collectable 2006 Serious Moonlight DVD promotional prints of which we’ve already given twenty away of. (03.13.2006 NEWS: SM DVD OUT NOW…POSTER WINNERS AND DVD COMP & 03.15.2006 NEWS: FIVE MORE SIGNED SM POSTER WINNERS! & 03.19.06 NEWS: YET ANOTHER FIVE SIGNED SM POSTER WINNERS!!!)
But, can it be true? You know they definitely exist, but would we hang onto yet another five? Whatever, if you think this is the most likely to be true, then try your luck here.
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Usual rules apply: Only one entry per BowieNet account, and you may only enter one of the above three contests. Please don’t bother contacting me for extra clues, as you won’t get them.
Also, please remember you must enter using your BowieNet e-mail or at least supply your BowieNet user name…it also speeds things up if you include your address in the event you end up an eventual winner.
The contest ends two weeks from now at midnight UK time on Saturday April 15th to give you a little time to ponder the above options. We’ll announce the five winners the following weekend, along with the truth of course!
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