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I have Elvis to thank for my TV debut.

Back in the early 1990s, while I was standing in line at the South Station post office, a Boston news anchor aimed a microphone at me and asked which Elvis stamp I liked better.

At the time, the U.S. Postal Service was allowing the public to vote and decide which image of Elvis Presley would make it onto a commemorative stamp. The choices were Old Elvis (less kindly referred to as Fat Elvis) and Young Elvis. I choose Young Elvis, as did the majority of voters and so the stamp looked like this.

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Right now, the U.S.P.S. is sponsoring another vote, this time in connection with a series of Star Wars stamps slated for production. Go to the U.S.P.S. website's Jedi Master page and cast your vote for which of 15 stamps will be made into it's own separate sheet in addition to appearing on sheet with the 14 non-winners (losers is such a harsh word, don't you think?).

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If you want to know how I voted for a Star Wars stamp, you'll need a microphone and cameraperson.

7th Annual Bald-No-More Contest

Reve, an Asian company that makes hair growth products for men, runs a contest for its happy customers: the company chooses the man who most successfully reversed his hair loss. The winner gets 3 million yen (about US $25,00) and is paraded around on Japanese television.

If you let Google translate Reve's website, the index referring to the contest says:

7th departure hair Japanese one contest entered athlete announcement

Source: Tokyo Mango 

Win a year of Godiva chocolates. Oh, yeah, you get diamonds, too.

Godiva is running a Valentine's promotion.

Technically, it's a raffle. But I'm loathe to use the word 'raffle.' It makes one think of bean suppers in the church basement. Don't get me wrong, I like beans and church basements, they just don't support a luxury branding strategy.

Anyway, U.S. and Canadian consumers can go to the Godiva website and enter to win "A million ways to say I Love You."

The winners will receive a year's worth of Godiva chocolates and $1 million or $50,000 in Hearts On Fire® diamonds, depending on whether we're talking first or second place.

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No purchase is necessary to enter this chocolates-and-diamonds raffle, but there's a "skill test required for Canadian residents."

Huh?

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I'm not into diamonds, so I had to look up what this Hearts On Fire® stuff is all about. Apparently, the brand name refers to a particular diamond cut that results in added brilliance.

Share your clogged toilet stories for fun and profit.

Toilet tissue maker Scott wants to know about what they're referring to as "your Cloggiest Moment." The rest of us would refer to it as that time your toilet was so clogged with... well, you know... that you were embarrassed to call the plumber.Yeah, THAT time.

Might as well make some money off it, right? For a chance to win $25,000, enter your story at Scott Clog Clinic.

Addendum, posted 23 March 2007

I hope you weren't holding your breath waiting for the announcement of a winner because, frankly, it's kind of a let down.

The Scott Clog Clinic has announced that the winner of the Cloggiest Moment contest is Jim Holeva of Clark Summit, Pennsylvania, for writing an essay about the time he dislodged a clog with a ski pole. That's him in the photo below, recreating the winning moment. Granted, the essay is rather amusing ("You have to CHOP IT UP"), but surely there are frat boys out there with better stories.

 

Source: Ad Freak