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Do comp promoters REAALY need your DoB, address, inside leg measurement?

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  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
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    edited 17 February 2014 at 8:46PM
    gizmobenny wrote: »
    Couldn't resist it last week.. I just had an uncontrollable urge to select "Other" in that gender selection ;)

    I have had that thought that a few times too :eek: Hey, if it increases our chances of winning! ....:rotfl:
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • Melli
    Melli Posts: 4,602 Forumite
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    BlueBella wrote: »
    Thanks - my mind was boggling! :rotfl: Even googled but got lots of naughty links :eek::eek::eek:

    I had a quick google to double check - I discovered that in Germany parents have the option to register male, female or unspecified as a gender on a birth certificate

    I've strayed from the subject now, so I'll go back to comping ;)
  • BlueBella
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    Melli wrote: »
    I had a quick google to double check - I discovered that in Germany parents have the option to register male, female or unspecified as a gender on a birth certificate

    I've strayed from the subject now, so I'll go back to comping ;)

    Wey, thanks for that bit of new info for my little mind to boggle over! ! :rotfl: I never knew that! Amazing what you can find when you are googling! Bit strange that a parent might not know the sex of their baby though!? I have heard of people dressing baby boys up as baby girls and vice versa but not registering them as unspecified! The mind boggles! I think I might finish off that bottle of opened wine in my fridge afterall! :rotfl:
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • BlueBella
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    Eeeek these threads make me laugh, man! Thanks MSE'ers rolling-on-the-floor-laughing-smiley-emoticon.gif
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
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    BUT.....getting back to the original question - yes - I do think promoters ask too much! Like I am never keen on handing over my mobile number as I cannot see why companies cannot just email their winners??? And why hand over our address - surely they could email and ask for it if we win?

    Since I started comping, I get loads of brochures and junk mail - goes straight in the recycling bin! :(
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • snakepilsen
    snakepilsen Posts: 2,757 Forumite
    BlueBella wrote: »
    Wey, thanks for that bit of new info for my little mind to boggle over! ! :rotfl: I never knew that! Amazing what you can find when you are googling! Bit strange that a parent might not know the sex of their baby though!? I have heard of people dressing baby boys up as baby girls and vice versa but not registering them as unspecified! The mind boggles! I think I might finish off that bottle of opened wine in my fridge afterall! :rotfl:
    BlueBella wrote: »
    Eeeek these threads make me laugh, man! Thanks MSE'ers rolling-on-the-floor-laughing-smiley-emoticon.gif


    Being born with ambiguous genitalia is not something to be laughed at. IMHO
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