----- Original Message ----- From: Walter Landry <waltlandry@mediaone.net> To: <HannonsVT@AOL.COM> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 10:11 AM Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Corruption at local car show! > It is amazing how serious some people get with trophies. I like to win as > much as the next guy but we have a local guy in my area that if he has > anything to do with the show and there is peer judging you can count on him > and his friend stuffing the ballot box. The thing is he has a real nice > car, not a forward look, but he could win sometimes on his own. > It takes away from the show but we just ignore it and have fun. > > Walter > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brandie Hannon <HannonsVT@AOL.COM> > To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@LISTS.PSU.EDU> > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 3:26 AM > Subject: [FWDLK] Corruption at local car show! > > > > Hi everyone, > > I just had to share this with everyone (venting!). Today I drove Mable > down > > to a local car show near where I live. The show was at a street fair > > benefiting a few different local groups (boy scouts was one). I spent most > of > > the day there as the car show started at noon and the awards were > announced > > at 8. Me and my friend had a great time talking to all the other car > owners > > at the show, there really was just a good bunch of people. About 6 o'clock > > this guy rolls in driving an old ford 4x4, hops out, somehow grabs a stack > of > > the car show ballots, fills them out with his number, and starts buying > beers > > for people to get them to go drop his ballots in the box. > > Well anyways, he won by a landslide...but Mable and I came home with 3rd > > place fair and square. > > Is that Pathetic or what? > > -Brandie > > P.S. it gets better, he put the trophy on the hood of his truck and the > wind > > knocked it over and broke it into 3 pieces...thats karma for ya! > |