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Doing the Meerkat when a delivery van turns up?

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  • fire**fly
    fire**fly Posts: 148,056 Forumite
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    Blulu wrote: »
    OK, you all know by now that I have lost a marble or two, but seeing as how this thread is asking for us to confess our deepest darkest comping addiction secret, I will fess up that I resort to singing the Wells Fargo Wagon song. The words vary, but it usually goes something like this:
    O-ho the Royal Mail Wagon is a-comin' down the street,
    Oh please let it be for me!
    O-ho the Royal Mail Wagon is a-comin' down the street,
    I wish, I wish I knew what it could be!
    I won a bar of bubbly chocolate for my birthday.
    In March I won a Karaoke machine
    And once I won an M&S Hamper
    And a box of yummy scrummy jelly beans
    O-ho the Royal Mail Wagon is a-comin' now
    Is it a big win or just something from eBay?
    It could be vouchers
    Or make up
    Or Glamour toiletries
    Or it could be
    (finger’s crossed, it really could be)
    Somethin' special
    (Somethin' very, very special now)
    Just for me!

    Yes, I know I need help! I'm trying to win some :D


    :rotfl::T:T brilliant :D:D:D
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • nanto3girls
    nanto3girls Posts: 5,984 Forumite
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    Blulu wrote: »
    OK, you all know by now that I have lost a marble or two, but seeing as how this thread is asking for us to confess our deepest darkest comping addiction secret, I will fess up that I resort to singing the Wells Fargo Wagon song. The words vary, but it usually goes something like this:
    O-ho the Royal Mail Wagon is a-comin' down the street,
    Oh please let it be for me!
    O-ho the Royal Mail Wagon is a-comin' down the street,
    I wish, I wish I knew what it could be!

    I won a bar of bubbly chocolate for my birthday.
    In March I won a Karaoke machine
    And once I won an M&S Hamper
    And a box of yummy scrummy jelly beans

    O-ho the Royal Mail Wagon is a-comin' now
    Is it a big win or just something from eBay?

    It could be vouchers
    Or make up
    Or Glamour toiletries
    Or it could be
    (finger’s crossed, it really could be)
    Somethin' special
    (Somethin' very, very special now)
    Just for me!

    Yes, I know I need help! I'm trying to win some :D


    Love it...............................
  • mollythewestie
    mollythewestie Posts: 1,929 Forumite
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    Blulu wrote: »
    OK, you all know by now that I have lost a marble or two, but seeing as how this thread is asking for us to confess our deepest darkest comping addiction secret, I will fess up that I resort to singing the Wells Fargo Wagon song. The words vary, but it usually goes something like this:
    O-ho the Royal Mail Wagon is a-comin' down the street,
    Oh please let it be for me!
    O-ho the Royal Mail Wagon is a-comin' down the street,
    I wish, I wish I knew what it could be!

    I won a bar of bubbly chocolate for my birthday.
    In March I won a Karaoke machine
    And once I won an M&S Hamper
    And a box of yummy scrummy jelly beans

    O-ho the Royal Mail Wagon is a-comin' now
    Is it a big win or just something from eBay?

    It could be vouchers
    Or make up
    Or Glamour toiletries
    Or it could be
    (finger’s crossed, it really could be)
    Somethin' special
    (Somethin' very, very special now)
    Just for me!

    Yes, I know I need help! I'm trying to win some :D

    I had to google the tune, but that's brilliant!:rotfl: it fits the song so well!
    Value of prizes 2010 - 2017: £8374 Wins 2022: Magic set
    Debt free thanks to MSE
  • hamsterfan1
    hamsterfan1 Posts: 8,281 Forumite
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    glad I'm not the only one - but has anyone else noticed less coming by courier now - postie has had some largish parcels for me recently
    proud gran to 4 lovely boys and one little girl
  • echofalls
    echofalls Posts: 302 Forumite
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    :rotfl: Guilty! Just this morning a UK Mail van came slowly up the street and I was hoping he was stopping for me (sadly he didn't:( ) My blinds are constantly twitching!
    Twitter @hms1708 please feel free to follow
    Many thanks to all who post :A
  • Prudent
    Prudent Posts: 11,691 Forumite
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    Blulu love the words :T

    Beware everyone. I took this to extreme lengths. I am now engaged to my postman and we have been in a relationship since 2007 ...... which by pure coincidence (??) is when I began comping seriously through MSE :D :rotfl:
  • fire**fly
    fire**fly Posts: 148,056 Forumite
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    Prudent wrote: »
    Blulu love the words :T

    Beware everyone. I took this to extreme lengths. I am now engaged to my postman and we have been in a relationship since 2007 ...... which by pure coincidence (??) is when I began comping seriously through MSE :D :rotfl:


    awww that's lovely :j
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • lucinad
    lucinad Posts: 5,329 Forumite
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    not any more :) when i was getting prizes just turn up then i was like a meerkat with each vehicle that drove past. now i cant remember the last time a delivery van actually turned up with a surprise win so i have stopped looking expectantly :(

    i do secretly think the local delivery van driver has furnished his house with all my wins!!!!! lol #paranoid
    Compers challenge 2024 wins!!!!.... Oct £60... £10 free spins, £50 palm, m&m pouch
  • bertie200
    bertie200 Posts: 474 Forumite
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    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: we deffo do this and then get very narked when the driver, having spent 5 minutes parked outside then gets out and goes next door!

    from now on we will call it doing a Meerkat!
    bertie200

    2011 - best wins - Coca-Cola Fridge, Galaxy Tablet, Kodak Printer, Roberts DAB Radio, £200 Voucher, John Lewis Hamper, Tassimo Coffee Machine :j:j
  • kisto
    kisto Posts: 7,075 Forumite
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    I don't even have to 'see' anything to do the meerkat/parcel patrol! If I hear a car/van within my 'zone' I'm THERE! Peering through my spy hole on my front door is my usual tactic!
    :T*Thanks to all who posts comps * :j
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