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You know your addicted to comping when...
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When you work from home and find yourself hoping your boss isn't looking at your Facebook page!
Your boss rings you to ask for advice on company competitions running!
You're in your team meeting (via skype) and the door bell goes/the phone rings and the first thing your colleagues say is 'what have you won'
You give your outlaws a decent present and they ask 'did you win it?'Back to comping after a couple of years overseasGood Luck Everyone0 -
OOhhh - and my favourite, 'You spend too much time on that computer' (next breath) 'Oohh can you enter this competition for me babe'Back to comping after a couple of years overseasGood Luck Everyone0
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When your house look's like it's going to be on the next episode of "How clean is your house?" :embarasseABCDEFGHIJKL:jNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0
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When you feel sick at missing 1 of the 12 in a Times hourly!0
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When you hand your kids a bag of sweets and tell them to like and share!:TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea0
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.... when family members start saying things like (and I quote from my dad)
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'Can you not try and win us some fish food pellets, pet, we go through loads!?'
Em, I'll try dad, but I don't see that many comps to win fish pellets!'
He will be posting a prizes wishlist through my letter box next, I'm sure!:TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea0 -
.... when family members start saying things like (and I quote from my dad)
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'Can you not try and win us some fish food pellets, pet, we go through loads!?'
Em, I'll try dad, but I don't see that many comps to win fish pellets!'
He will be posting a prizes wishlist through my letter box next, I'm sure!
I get requests now. The fridge is on the way out. "Enter some of your competitiony things to win one of those love"Trying to save up for a deposit for a mortgage....could be a while!!
Comping since 15/06/2014 - thanks to all those who post the competitions ❤️😀0 -
When your son goes to a shop and he comes back with a receipt saying 'ohh mum, there's a special code - I couldn't understand the woman (we've just moved to Wales) but it turns out you can win £200 of vouchers' :rotfl: :ABack to comping after a couple of years overseasGood Luck Everyone0
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The crushing disappointment when you see the postman with loads of parcels in his bag, and all he delivers to you is junk mail.
Checking your 'other' messages on F/B at least once every 30 mins.
When you a do an online shopping grocery order, and ask the pickers to bring the promotional packs only.BEST EVER WINS WON IN ORDER (so far) = Sony Camcorder, 32" lcd telly, micro ipod hifi, Ipod Nano, Playstation 3, Andrex Jackpup, Holiday to USA, nintendo wii, Liverpool vs Everton tickets, £250 Reward Your thirst, £500 Pepsi, p&o rotterdam trip, perfume hamper, Dr Who stamp set, steam cleaner.
comping = nowt more thrillin' than winnin':T :j0
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