Antenne Bayern Dings-bums Contest (From 4/8/06)
Oh yeah, this one is more fun than a whole barrel of monkeys. Antenne Bayern is a radio station that plays 80’s, 90’s and the best of today (whoever came up with that phrase should’ve copyrighted it, there must be a million radio stations worldwide that use it to describe their playlists). I think Antenne Bayern broadcasts throughout the state of Bavaria. I only get about 5 stations 100% crystal clear on my little clock radio, and Antenne Bayern is one of them, so I listen to it fairly often (when I’m not watching my Friends DVDs anyway).
They’re having this crazy contest where you have to try to guess the thingamajig (dings-bums) that they’re describing. Believe it or not, in the current contest, the callers have been having trouble figuring out the identity of the dings-bums, and the prize money currently stands at 58,000 Euros.
How much is that? SP told me to calculate dollars from Euros, I should add 20%. 10% of 58,000 is 5,800, doubled that is 11,600. 11,600 + 58,000 = um…wait for it…$69,600!! (Math was never my strength.)
Wow, that is a hell of a lot of money.
How they give clues is they have this little guy (Niels) with this high squeaky voice come on and talk about it. It’s obviously a man trying to sound like a kid, and it’s totally hilarious to listen to him. So far the little guy has given the following clues:
1. Playgrounds need a lot of dings-bums.
2. They also have dings-bums at public swimming pools.
3. People should not bring dings-bums home with them.
4. Dings-bums are very heavy.
I have only heard three guesses so far (I always tune in at seemingly the wrong time) – benches, trees, and tires. Those are all wrong. So if you have any ideas send them to me and if there is a particularly good one I’ll phone in your guess. If it’s the winner we split it 50-50. But don’t ask me to calculate how much that is.
(Post Script from 4/18/06 -- after about a million guesses of "benches" some lady phoned in with the winning answer (bike stands) and took home 61,000 Euros...sheesh)
They’re having this crazy contest where you have to try to guess the thingamajig (dings-bums) that they’re describing. Believe it or not, in the current contest, the callers have been having trouble figuring out the identity of the dings-bums, and the prize money currently stands at 58,000 Euros.
How much is that? SP told me to calculate dollars from Euros, I should add 20%. 10% of 58,000 is 5,800, doubled that is 11,600. 11,600 + 58,000 = um…wait for it…$69,600!! (Math was never my strength.)
Wow, that is a hell of a lot of money.
How they give clues is they have this little guy (Niels) with this high squeaky voice come on and talk about it. It’s obviously a man trying to sound like a kid, and it’s totally hilarious to listen to him. So far the little guy has given the following clues:
1. Playgrounds need a lot of dings-bums.
2. They also have dings-bums at public swimming pools.
3. People should not bring dings-bums home with them.
4. Dings-bums are very heavy.
I have only heard three guesses so far (I always tune in at seemingly the wrong time) – benches, trees, and tires. Those are all wrong. So if you have any ideas send them to me and if there is a particularly good one I’ll phone in your guess. If it’s the winner we split it 50-50. But don’t ask me to calculate how much that is.
(Post Script from 4/18/06 -- after about a million guesses of "benches" some lady phoned in with the winning answer (bike stands) and took home 61,000 Euros...sheesh)
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