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BatVink
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Posted: 27th May 2006 03:09
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If you've stuck your head in the sand for the past few weeks, you'll be blissfully unaware that you can win a place in the Big Brother house by finding a golden ticket in Kit Kats. This find will give you a 1% chance of winning the place, there are 100 to be had.

Take a look at eBay. There are dozens of auctions for Big Brother Golden Ticket Kit Kats. That's right folks, read it carefully again. People are selling Kit Kats that have the BB promotion on them, NOT the winning tickets!!!!

It gets worse. There are 2 auctions that claim to be for the winning tickets themselves. However, both of these have NO PHOTO!

It gets even worse. There are 2 more auctions, each with photos of the alleged winning tickets. Here are the photos:





Uh Oh! 2 completely different tickets! And they both have bids for hundreds of pounds. If one is genuine, it only gets you a 1% chance of entering the house. That's a good thing, it means you have a 99% chance of a reprieve



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Yes, Tiscali Home page had a feature about this. I looked at the Kit Kats for sale, it's just crazy.

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Posted: 27th May 2006 03:14 Edited at: 27th May 2006 03:14
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Excellent! Anyone wanting to go into big brother deserves everything they get! Of course, only those wanting to go into the house would be thick enough to actually bid for the kit kats themselves.

By the way, I'm not a huge fan of the show...

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Posted: 27th May 2006 04:14 Edited at: 27th May 2006 04:15
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Why is it that every time us North Americans don't hear about the latest UK craze, we're automatically considered to have stuck our heads " in the sand for the past few weeks"?

Who on earth is Big Brother?


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Posted: 27th May 2006 05:12
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Yeah, they don't exactly advertise UK promos outside the UK.


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Posted: 27th May 2006 05:25
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Winning bid: GBP 20,100.00
(Approximately US $37,625.19) "

Ick.

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Posted: 27th May 2006 12:34
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Anyone who bids on those tickets deserve everything they get. Big Brother is the televisual equivilent of syphillis.

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Drew Cameron
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Posted: 27th May 2006 14:17 Edited at: 27th May 2006 14:18
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Big Brother is a reality TV show in Britain. It's where like 10 weird people are trapped inside a house together for like a year and you can watch it on TV.

They are voted out based on how gay they are and the last person standing wins like £20.

It sucks, alot.

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Posted: 27th May 2006 14:18
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And it's not really the latest "craze", the show has been around since about 2000 I think.

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Posted: 27th May 2006 14:29
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same with most countries.
Did you see the knife episode on the american BB a few years back.
The escape attempt on the UK brother.
The parachutist on the australian BB
and the sweedish smorgasboard of romping.
?

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Posted: 27th May 2006 14:55 Edited at: 27th May 2006 14:56
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Quote: "Why is it that every time us North Americans don't hear about the latest UK craze, we're automatically considered to have stuck our heads " in the sand for the past few weeks"?"


I think it's fair to assume that his post was directed at the UK people. No need to be so defensive dude. Unless you want to start a convention whereby any country specific thread must be prefixed with [UK], [CA], [AU] or [USA], etc...? Then we won't have to waste your time with our country-centric ramblings?

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I bought 7000 kit kats then found out about some silly promotion.

WE SHALL BECOME ALL POWERFUL! CRUSH THE LESSER RACES! CONQUER THE GALAXY! UNIMAGINABLE POWER! UNLIMITED RICE PUDDING ! ! ! ETC. ! ! ! ETC.! ! !
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Just read a lot of those ebay auctions. Talk about people trying to rip you off!

Those pictures you posted up above are listed on loads of them but read the smallprint and you see;

Quote: "The picture displayed is what could be inside your winning kit kat "


So basically they are just mock ups.

Even people selling whole boxes of kitkats claiming they are the special golden ticket versions. From what I've seen and read, the only ones sold in shops were single bars in a big box, so buying a whole box was not even possible. As the golden ticket versions are identical in every way to normal kitkats then they are simply selling normal boxes of kitkats. The great thing is that the sellers dont even need to prebuy them, just wait for a mug to bid on it, then pop into local shop and buy them!

Boo!
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Incidentally, since when did kitkats stop being wrapped in foil? Maaaan, I used to love doing the splitty thing, as per the advert.

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Posted: 27th May 2006 15:43 Edited at: 27th May 2006 15:51
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Quote: "I think it's fair to assume that his post was directed at the UK people. No need to be so defensive dude. Unless you want to start a convention whereby any country specific thread must be prefixed with [UK], [CA], [AU] or [USA], etc...? Then we won't have to waste your time with our country-centric ramblings?"


Hmm...after long consideration, I'm going to have to reply to that with "You are a dork" and then say something negative about the UK.

So anyway, this show sounds interesting. They basiclly pick random hobos from the streets, place them inside an old house where they abuse them on camera, and then people get to vote which of the hobos is the most homosexual?


It's like a Megaton Cat radar, 24 hours a day.
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Quote: "Did you see the knife episode on the american BB a few years back."


Please tell me someone got stabbed in the face.

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Posted: 27th May 2006 16:07
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Quote: "Incidentally, since when did kitkats stop being wrapped in foil? Maaaan, I used to love doing the splitty thing, as per the advert."


I haven't bought a Kit-Kat in a while but I'm pretty sure they're still wrapped in foil down here. Want me to send some up for you?


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Posted: 27th May 2006 16:31 Edited at: 27th May 2006 16:31
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Quote: "I'm pretty sure they're still wrapped in foil down here. Want me to send some up for you?"


Just a photo of you splitting the kitkat ought to be enough. Yeah .. that'd do nicely.



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smorgasboard. hahaha



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take a look at this beauty.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Big-Brother-Golden-Ticket-Found-in-Kit-Kat_W0QQitemZ4465637920QQcategoryZ38174QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

What dick bid that much for a golden ticket.

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I feel strangely compelled to go buy lots of kitkats... no wait, it was only gas. Nevermind.

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Quote: "Why is it that every time us North Americans don't hear about the latest UK craze, we're automatically considered to have stuck our heads " in the sand for the past few weeks"?"
Considering DB is in the UK then why are you assuming it was directed at Americans? Bad enough that we sell you Pop Idol and you bring it back to us with American Idol (along with that English t**t (I'm Welsh) who invented it)....

Really really can't stand Big brother. I watched half of the 1st series years ago and abandoned it when I realised I had been watching a bloke sunbathing reading a book for 2 hours while drinking a beer. Turned off and went outside to read a book in the sun. With a beer. I also hate Kit Kats, so all is good. Apart from those chunky ones. They were tops. And hopefully Big Brother free.

Out of interest, if you win do you *have* to go into the house? Would rather set fire to my privates than go anywhere near that Chav temple....

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So I must be the only one here who actually watches big brother out of choice. Oh well....................

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Yes, you must be.



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No, I watch it out of my wife's choice.



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Posted: 28th May 2006 01:17 Edited at: 28th May 2006 01:17
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Big Brother is the television equivilent of having an awkard never-ending conversation with someone you don't particulary like, but don't hate enough to offened.

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They had Big Brother here back in 2000 (of which my girlfriend was an addict). I thought it was the stupidest, most boring show--- little more than a popuplarity contest.

This golden ticket thingie is reminding me of Willy Wonka, with the poor kid singing "I've got a golden ticket!" etc.


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Quote: "They had Big Brother here back in 2000 "
Yeah, same here, but it kinda stuck. Although lately it has been waning aparently.

Quote: "No, I watch it out of my wife's choice"
I know it's harsh, but the word "Divorce" springs to mind. Clean break buddy, clean break.... Friend of mine has a girlfriend who loves games as much as him, plus she ****s off to go see Rocky horror stage shows every third day or so (kid you not). Aim for that.... Plus she likes football. Nuff said.

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Dazzag, your mate's girlfriend is a man. There is no other plausible explanation.

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I'm proud to say I've never even watched Big Brother and, if I am very very lucky, I will never have to.

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You have to watch a couple of episodes Philip. It improves your enjoyment of other tele programmes 10 fold.

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My fear is that this is a TV programme about tedious unintelligent non-entities made to be watched by tedious unintelligent non-entities. My advice: AVOID!

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I watched Jack Dee win the first Celebrity Big Brother. And that was it.

Last night I went so far as to delete my the Big Brother recording that my brother had set on Sky+. He wasn't so pleased. But it made space for David and Victoria Beckham's Full Length And Fabulous Party. Which more than made up for it.

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Quote: "tele programmes"

Someone watches E4 too much.

Quote: "I watch it out of my wife's choice."

My girlfriend has shocking taste in television. It's like jekyll and hyde. One moment, she's watching Big Brother followed by America's Next Top Model. Next, it's Time Team or another history programme with Simon Schama! Either way, I tend to make a quick exit and sit down at my desktop.

Quote: "Dazzag, your mate's girlfriend is a man. There is no other plausible explanation."

My girlfriend is disturbingly candid when it comes to commenting on a hottie in the street. Although I like her honestly (coming out with phrases like "she's gorgeous") it's a little ... disconcerting.

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The woman who got into the house paid £4,000 for her ticket!

I can think of cheaper ways to ridicule yourself.



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Hehehe I hope they vote her off the very first day. Would be great Loser.

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Here is an interesting idea: Parliament should amend the Representation of the Peoples Act to exclude from the franchise anyone who watches more than 2 episodes of Big Brother in any one series.

I believe that this modest step would significantly increase the average intelligence of the enfranchised electorate.


Thomas Jefferson once proposed that every elector should pass a simple exam before they could vote. He failed to persuade the other founding fathers of the merits of this idea. Mind you, he was an appalling hypocrite. But now I digress.

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I for one approve of the principle idea of Big Brother...I mean slamming some the the dregs of society in a house out of everyone elses way is great...by why they let them out rather than bombing the place is quite beyond me.

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Quote: "slamming some the the dregs of society in a house out of everyone elses way"

Surprise ending to Big Brother - everyone in the house gets mustard gased?

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Mustard gas? Naw too tame, some kind of slow acting nerve agent. Lot's of convultions, and other unpleasant effects.

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