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9/9/2010 from Yelp for iPhone Eliah "on the run from Thinkpol" H. says:

So what crazy things have you done to get free food, booze, product samples, tickets, etc.? Let's hear it!

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    9/9/2010 Min min "Not Just Anypony" T. says:

    Dammit, you made me read your thread. I have nothing to contribute to your actual question.

    But I had lots to write to what I thought you originally posted about.

    (Uh, no ... I'm just lying.)

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    9/9/2010 Eliah "on the run from Thinkpol" H. says:

    Well...I left it open. Get some of whatever the sum total may be.

    On two separate occasions I've listened to bible thumpers expound the virtues of God and Jesus (note I don't subscribe to contemporary religious beliefs) for a considerable length of time in order to get some. Once it was for a free meal, the other time it was this smokin hot young lady who I thought I could convince, by wit, charm and logic, that having sex with me wouldn't endanger her ability to be in God's good graces. So it be "Blah, blah, blah..." and I'd be nodding my head and agreeing whilst bored to tears...Ready to give myself to Jesus if only I could get me a slice of pie.

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    9/9/2010 Phillip Jessie "PJ" j. says:

    shave my massive beard

    oh, you didn't mean sex

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    9/9/2010 Eliah "on the run from Thinkpol" H. says:

    That was back in the day I had the time and energy to waste on freebies. Mind you if a Montreal stripper came up to me with a rack of BBQ baby-back ribs I'd be like "Raëlians? UFOs? Secret retreat? Suuuure I'll sign up. Do you have an extra wet-nap?

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    9/9/2010 Tony "tells the truth, even when I lie" F. says:

    I was recruited by hot Raelians once at the supermarket...  This time I might say "Take me to your Elohim".  I'm not sure if it was a good or bad thing that I had already known about them and knew right away that the chick wasn't trying to pick me up.

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    9/10/2010 Karl "Kid Don Cornelius" R. says:

    Bought $500 shoes hoping to impress a BBW (beautiful bus woman)?

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    9/10/2010 Chris "How quickly can I hit 4 digits?" P. says:

    Last week I travelled north of Bloor for free froyo.

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    9/10/2010 Karl "Kid Don Cornelius" R. says:

    Have you NO shame, Chris?

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    9/10/2010 Renata "nyanyanyan" R. says:

    I attended Open Source conventions. Not just for the freebies, but, you know, people LOVE the T-Shirts, bags, everything. I attended a very bad Novell event this year and the only decent freebie I got was a stuffed penguin.

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    9/10/2010 Eliah "on the run from Thinkpol" H. says:

    Anyone line up for two hours to get free Poutine from the Smoke's Poutinerie rtuck at Dundas Square this summer?

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    9/10/2010 Chris "How quickly can I hit 4 digits?" P. says:

    @Karl: I was in your neck of the woods at Yonge and Finch. And yes, I have no shame :(

    Renata you reminded me.  I DROVE from Calgary to LA a few years ago to go to E3, mostly for the freebies and because I got free tickets.

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    9/10/2010 Karl "Kid Don Cornelius" R. says:

    Oh god, I thought I did nothing crazy but now it's all coming back to me. In Vegas, I bought a tie at the Versace store to keep talking to the saleswoman who was this tall, slender, blond eastern european woman with small boobs. I had zero, less than zero, chance with her but it was nice to talk to her for just one more minute and appreciate her body and beauty. The tie was on sale, I'd like to point out.

    And sometimes I'll use a weight machine I don't normally use to ogle a woman.

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    9/13/2010 Melanie C. says:

    I sent away for a free sample of Similac (baby formula) for a friend.  By the time I could get the formula to her the baby was way too old...

    Luckily, another friend just had a baby and hopefully she can make use of it!

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    9/13/2010 from Yelp for iPhone Steve "the dude" B. says:

    Drove to Buffalo to go to a Mighty Taco.    Years of pent up craving.

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    9/13/2010 Mozart A. says:

    Once I straight up sent an e-mail to the manager of the Californian band Cake (never there, you're never there...) complaining about their 2005 Brazilian tour in which they would play some five cities but not Rio, where I was living. I just vented that it was too expensive for me to spend both with travel and tickets.

    The guy told me that I would get a free ticket if I went to the concert. (!)

    Of course I was 100% skeptical and went there with money to buy it... turned out that not only my name was there, but my ticket was a VIP one!

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    9/14/2010 Karl "Kid Don Cornelius" R. says:

    Back in the day when 3.5" floppy disks were really expensive, I'd send away from free demo programs in computer magazines and just reformat the disk.

    You couldn't buy paper lunch sacks in Seoul to save your life, which made making microwave popcorn difficult. Because Korea is sometimes a cash based society and their highest bill is a $10, banks would make available free paper sacks for people to put their money in. Problem solved!

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    9/14/2010 from Yelp for iPhone Eliah "on the run from Thinkpol" H. says:

    Back when I was tres poor I'd hit up anyplace that had free food during happy hour.

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    9/14/2010 Elaine "Danger Zone" K. says:

    In for the first 3 years of college, I went to the frosh events so I could score free tickets to the sex show, free art supplies, stickers, and whatever else they were getting. Luckily, I'm Asian and will look like I'm 18 forever.

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    9/14/2010 Karl "Kid Don Cornelius" R. says:

    More of it is coming back. I worked with a guy that would troll the Globe & Mail business section to see what companies were having annual stock holder meetings that week. Even though he didn't own shares he'd go anyway because usually they'd have free wine and cheese.

    Some a while Toronto movie theaters were having problems with their projectionists which led to a lot of "errors". They'd hand out free movie passes to say sorry. A friend would go out, get his pass, duck back in through the other set of doors, exit again, get another pass, and keep this up 10 times.

    I do much the same when they're giving out free samples of stuff in front of the Eaton Center. Usually they have people posted at all four corners. I just do a little circuit around the intersection a few times and collect a  year's worth of Halls or bubble bath.

    Back in the day when a laser printer cost $5,000, I could use my student newspaper's laser printer to forge the validation sticker on my student card. I could then use my student card for a couple years for student discount.

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    9/14/2010 Karl "Kid Don Cornelius" R. says:

    And let's not forget you pretty much never have to buy chapstick again if you go to Yelp elite events!

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    9/14/2010 Payam "Gene splicer, Leucine unzipper" Z. says:

    considered going to jersey (when I was living in NYC)....then reconsidered and stayed put.
    this might have been for food, a bar, or etc.

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