[stomachmonkey]

Bunch of years back a NYC radio station was giving away a 944 every week.

They'd play a song montage and if you were caller 10 and had the songs/artist correct you were in the running for the week.

Every weekend the entrants would go to a Mall and pick a key out of a fishbowl, the key that started it got you the car.

I got into the running but could not claim it as I did not have a valid license, long story. So I made a deal with my boss, he claims it and we split it. He was driving a DeLorean and wanted a 308. He would sell the 944 for the down on the 308 and i kept the Delorean.

Anyway we get there and wait our turn to pick the key. I pull one out of the bowl and take one look at it. It was a blank with a couple of quick notches filed into it, obvious it would not start even a lawn mower.

Someone in the line before us picked the correct key so we were spared the pain of attempting to start it.

A bunch of us "contestants" hit the bar and had a good time consoling each other and getting downright pissed.

The girl who won it came in and everyone threw money on the bar to buy her some drinks.

Turns out she had been unemployed for a bit, had racked up some bills, needed a few thousand dollars in dental work done urgently and had just landed a job the day before but had no car and no reasonable way to get to work.

On the hopes that she would win she had made a deal with a local car dealership to take the car at a reduced value. In return she got a brand new car, basic no frills transportation, and enough cash to get her out of debt and also pay for her dental work.

The rest of us "losers" unanimously agreed that the right person won that day.