God my parents are arsey bastards. In the 60s they went on a TV show in Melbourne called the Tommy Hanlon Show, sort of a precursor to Sale of the Century. They took the major prize: the car, cash, shitload of other minor prizes. In the 70s they were at some dinner function, a fund- raiser from memory, and won the door prize which was a South Pacific cruise. Which I got to go on. In the 90s, my wife and I had come up to Lonny from Hobart for the night, I think it might have been Kerrys school reunion or something like that. Anyway, we got a call saying dad had bought a keno ticket at the casino (they often head up there for a meal, they dont gamble, but occasionally chuck a coin or two in the machines or buy a couple of keno tickets) and had pulled off a major prize. Cant recall exactly how much but $9000 rings a bell. I get home last night and they had gone to the casino for dinner again and as you walk in you get a wrist band and can win prizes. Yep - they pulled $2500 worth of Caltex petrol cards. Hasnt rubbed off on me. I never win a bloody thing.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 05:25:43 +0000
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