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Waiting to Score Winner!

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You know how every once in a while, something happens that makes you laugh out loud? Well that just happened to me when I assigned numbers to everyone who entered and then used an online number generator to choose a winner.

Now according to Google Analytics, we have Musers all over the globe. Australia, Singapore, the USA, the UK, Iraq, Canada, you name it. I couldn’t wait to see where Waiting to Score would go.

So here’s the screenshot from the Random generator I used:

Twenty-one was the winning number. I went to see who’s name matched the number, and well…here’s a scan of the part of my list (you might have to click on it to see it better):

As you can see, Brown-eyed Girl was the winner! So what’s so funny about that?

Well this book could have travelled anywhere in the world. In fact, I figured it quite likely the book would go to someone in the United States, as I know many of the entries came from there.

Instead, it goes to Brown-eyed Girl, who is not only a Canadian…but my neighbor! She lives just down the street, like three houses away. Isn’t that crazy?

Instead of popping it in the mail, she got a personal delivery. Like I said, you had to see it to believe it.

Congrats, Brown-Eyed Girl and thanks to all who entered!

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  1. Martha Flynn says

    I had a book giveaway in my last contest and my friend, who I was having dinner with the day after the contest, also won. It felt so rigged but that’s how it went!

  2. Angela says

    LOL, Nate–I stole the idea from Beth–that’s what she did for her book giveaway, and I thought, ‘We’ll wouldn’t that make life easier!’ so I did it too. 😉

    Brown-Eyed Girl: Congrats on winning. And yeah, that is strange about our house colors…*twilight zone music*

    Thanks for playing everyone!