We spent a little while watching one of these tv quiz phone in shows the other night, - you know the ones where althougyh they keep beggin you to phone in to solve a stupid puzzle, they hardly let any of the phone calls through?

Well, they now tell you (probably legal reasons) how many people tried to call in during the last 60 seconds.

It averaged around 200 people per minute. They pay £1 each time they try and call in. They must have took about 1 call every 1 or 2 minutes. And the lucky people who did get through got the answers wrong anyway as the puzzle is so obscure.

Who are these idiots who ring in? I'm amazed that 200 idiots, per minute, are wasting their money!??? This trend continues for hours!! Every week!!? (or night??)

Are YOU one of these idiots??? If so, i'm probably missing something, - please tell me why you're not an idiot???!?

drunk people mostly

5' 11" 95kg
SQ:205 BP:150 DL:245 OHP:110

ORIGINAL: daKensta

drunk people mostly

Or stoners.

With high boredom thresholds.

My friend confessed to me that she phoned one of these shows the other week. She said she was up till 4am in the morning ringing as she 'knew the answer'.

Her bill was £360.
The prize was only £1000!

I suspect she was drunk

My Story
Female Member of The Year '07!

It's a fix!

One night, whilst bored, I watched a few minutes.


Question.
What colour is the sky?

Pink
Blue
Yellow
A Tractor


Now I would have gone for D just for the fun of it, but some slack jawed halfwit, who sounded rather intelligent, said Yellow.
Maybe it was an atmospheric correction?
Maybe it was a Venusian Sky question?
Maybe answering "Yellow" was either the result on sucking on a crackpipe, being a social misfit or a complete fix to encourage those waiting for the Trisha repeat to quickly phone in.

T'is most definitely a fix.
Nobody with the ability to punch-in a long arse series of numbers into a phone, can be that much of a dickhead.

ORIGINAL: RedHotF

My friend confessed to me that she phoned one of these shows the other week. She said she was up till 4am in the morning ringing as she 'knew the answer'.

Her bill was £360.
The prize was only £1000!

I suspect she was drunk

It's not my money, but I still feel angry that the "little guy" has been sucked into paying a huge bill like this to a massive organisation who are making a large fortune out of stupid people (not disrespect to your friend, but I suspect she might agree it was a moment of stupidity).

I think these "quiz's" should be banned. They're a royale rip off. Or there should be some limit to how many times you can enter. It seems to easy (for some people at least) to be sucked in.

ORIGINAL: Power Junkie

It's a fix!

One night, whilst bored, I watched a few minutes.


Question.
What colour is the sky?

Pink
Blue
Yellow
A Tractor


Now I would have gone for D just for the fun of it, but some slack jawed halfwit, who sounded rather intelligent, said Yellow.
Maybe it was an atmospheric correction?
Maybe it was a Venusian Sky question?
Maybe answering "Yellow" was either the result on sucking on a crackpipe, being a social misfit or a complete fix to encourage those waiting for the Trisha repeat to quickly phone in.

T'is most definitely a fix.
Nobody with the ability to punch-in a long arse series of numbers into a phone, can be that much of a dickhead.

I thought competitions like this were illegal, because the answsers are so easy it's actually a lottery, whereby you need a seperate license.