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You know you're a comping addict when.....

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  • when you're bursting for the loo but will only go when youve finished this batch of comps

    when you are aching because youve been sitting too long

    when before you know it, its bed time again
  • Kirri
    Kirri Posts: 6,184 Forumite
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    when...

    you have a mild panic when you see the forum is shutting early for maintenance that night and you are way behind..
  • lilrahi
    lilrahi Posts: 1,483 Forumite
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    when ...

    you persuade OH/mum/friend/anyone to have the kids for a couple of hours so you can have some 'me' time but you just want to do some comping
    You'll have to speak up; I'm wearing a towel
  • When you become paranoid with visions of your Postman/postwoman hoarding all your mail.
  • Kirri
    Kirri Posts: 6,184 Forumite
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    when...

    you get a surge of excitement when you see a jiffy envelope has arrived in the post...


    ... even bigger surge of excitement if it's from a company you weren't expecting it to be from...
  • wingobins wrote: »
    When you search the supermarkets looking for anything that says.....WIN! :o and when you've got bags under your eyes! :D

    when you go to the supermarket and your kids are searching for anything that says "win" .... and everything they find you've already entered!
  • tinktinktinkerbell
    tinktinktinkerbell Posts: 43,041 Forumite
    edited 21 July 2012 at 10:39PM
    when you hate sundays and bank holidays because theres no post and not many competitions to enter
  • gethro
    gethro Posts: 954 Forumite
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    When the first thing you ask when you get home from work is Has the postman been yet :D and did he bring me anything :o
  • .... when you come home to a missed delivery card and you can't believe that it's not for you.
  • nelie
    nelie Posts: 1,568 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    gethro wrote: »
    When the first thing you ask when you get home from work is Has the postman been yet :D and did he bring me anything :o

    When I was on my home from uni (a 15 minute walk) I'd ring my BF to ask haha!

    ...When you are thinking about prizes that can go in a christmas hamper, In JULY (ah Im too addicted!)
    December Wins: £300 worth of board games, £500 Tesco Vouchers Best Win in 2023: £500 Tesco Vouchers
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