You know you got a problem sweeping when..... [Archive]

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February 21st, 2003, 1:25pm

)When your children are rooting through the cabinets for something to eat and you say, "I'll make dinner in a second, I just gotta check the Oscar Meyer site ONE MORE TIME"!

(Personally, I NEVER do this.....:D )

NAL027

February 21st, 2003, 1:27pm

...WHEN YOU HATE SUNDAYS BECAUSE THERE IS NO MAIL DELIVERY....

:grin2:

HoneyI'mSweepin

February 21st, 2003, 1:34pm

:tired: When you stay up every night longer and longer and the next morning fill like pooh untill after noon. And the hubby just shakes his head when he sees you head for the computer at night..:smile3:

lex2100

February 21st, 2003, 1:35pm

When...........you have to hide all the junk mail your spouse actually gets before he gets home.:frown2:

DjDale

February 21st, 2003, 1:38pm

...you think every phone call must BE THE BIG ONE!!!

...instant sychosis from the sight of the word 'sorry'.

...you know EXACTLY what a #10 envelope looks like.

...free M & M's are like GOLD IN THE BANK.

...you actually visualized yourself hosting a party in a huge house on lakefront property in Florida.

DjDale

kimberleym

February 21st, 2003, 1:39pm

LOL.....oh, how funny you all are and how true this all is!

lex2100

February 21st, 2003, 1:45pm

..you feel extremely obligated to tip the mail man at Christmas!

lex2100

February 21st, 2003, 1:46pm

.....you start making up children you don't really have just to enter a sweep.:laugh:

lex2100

February 21st, 2003, 1:51pm

...You've already spent the $100,000 from Harlequin.

(Sorry, bear with me here, I'm running out of ideas. I have 46 more post to make senior sweeper.)

lex2100

February 21st, 2003, 1:52pm

...you start typing all kinds of crap just so you can make Senior Sweeper!

Current

February 21st, 2003, 1:59pm

When you catheterize yourself so you won't have to get up to go to the bathroom because you are afraid you will miss that 30 second window to win one of those DANG LUNCHMEAT KEYCHAINS!!!!!

(ok...so this is farfetched.....but I thought about it) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Sabra505

February 21st, 2003, 2:01pm

When your heart starts beating fast at the site of the FEDEX man who knocks on your door - only to find out it's only a box of advertising from General Motors! If I hadn't already won some Planters nuts, and if the Boyds' Bear hadn't just shown up via UPS - I would have really been mad!!!!!!!!!

avalanche

February 21st, 2003, 2:02pm

when you get mad at the mail man and UPS man for not stoping at your house.

DjDale

February 21st, 2003, 2:05pm

...anxiety sets in not knowing if you already entered a one timer or not, and not wanting to disqualify yourself by entering again, but the prizes are great and you decide to 'risk it' anyway.

...hating not gettting a reply message sayingsometing to the likes of 'Thank You, You Are Now Registerd'. DARN IT...did my entry go THROUGH!!!?!?!?

DjDale

chancebunny

February 21st, 2003, 2:21pm

...when you have a perpetually sore butt and bleary eyes from sitting in front of the computer too long.

smileysal

February 21st, 2003, 2:21pm

when you continuly sneak out of bed several times a night to win a talking key chain.

when you see the UPS truck pass your house and you start to cry.

When you knock down family members who are trying to get the mail because you want to be the first person to look at the mail.

Sweepslover

February 21st, 2003, 2:24pm

Current: [When you catheterize yourself so you won't have to get up to go to the bathroom because you are afraid you will miss that 30 second window to win one of those DANG LUNCHMEAT KEYCHAINS!!!!!]

I laughed so hard, I about peed myself when I read that!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

You guys crack me up! What about this:

You know you have a sweeping problem when:

You talk to the OSers more than the spouse or kids!

You hassle all your friends and anyone else you know to vote for your silly poem on 1-800-flowers site. (I may have lost a few friends! :( )

You entered all day long in the Wheel of Fortune sweep knowing full well everyone else is doing the same, pretty much voiding your hopes of winning the darn thing.

Yep, I'm hopeless. I wonder if there is a support group for this...Oh yeah, here at the forums there is a great big support group!

Heidi

:grin5: :smile3: :grin5: :smile3:

DjDale

February 21st, 2003, 2:26pm

...you're 31 and you enter sweeps for seniors like an electric scooter or a hearing aid...because you've rationalized that you'll EVENTUALLY need them.

DjDale

eirehead

February 21st, 2003, 2:39pm

...when you don't let anyone in your family clean up their email inbox, because you're afraid that they may inadvertantly delete a contest win you entered under their email address:D !!!!

avalanche

February 21st, 2003, 3:05pm

Originally posted by DjDale
...you're 31 and you enter sweeps for seniors like an electric scooter or a hearing aid...because you've rationalized that you'll EVENTUALLY need them.

DjDale I can't stop laughing...

suzannek1

February 21st, 2003, 3:25pm

I'm sitting here at the computer, laughing and shaking my head (oh yes, and identifying with just about everything said!).

You guys are too funny! (Lex, hope you reply to this - and make senior!) What a support group!

:smile3:

Quadratic

February 21st, 2003, 3:27pm

When you make a u-turn while leaving your neighborhood because the Fed-ex man just turned in...

Lutzplay2

February 21st, 2003, 3:27pm

You think making senior sweeper is a job promotion...........

You tell your spouse that you'd love to make love however you must keep your hand on the mouse for the bologna keychain
contest.

You FORCE your kids to win you points on the Crayola Code Quest

The only things in your pantry are: M&Ms, Planters peanuts, Lifesavers,ActII popcorn and a Spam football(Should that be refrigerated?)

You have the taste of #10 envelopes permanently stuck on your tongue

You leave soft drinks in your mailbox with notes that say"Please berng me a win, I'm going thru withdrawals" (Yes I did that today!)

You give pencil grippers and Animal Planet notebooks for gifts at childrens' birthday parties.

If someone else wins the HGTV Dream Home,You think you might have to "Take em outside"

You start buying crystals, lucky charms, burning sage , growing bamboo, and rubbing the Enquirer Blue Dot Everyday, to feel the sweep energy.

You are thinking about divorcing your husband, and marrying the computer, because it doesn't talk back and gives you presents.

You are sick as a dog, but you are writing at this very moment and going to enter your 100 daily entries today, even if you barf up a lung!

lex2100

February 21st, 2003, 3:35pm

Originally posted by DjDale
...anxiety sets in not knowing if you already entered a one timer or not, and not wanting to disqualify yourself by entering again, but the prizes are great and you decide to 'risk it' anyway.

Too funny.

How about...when you start to get jealous because your spouse "wins" more than you do.

mscurious1

February 21st, 2003, 3:36pm

When you're skin is pasty from never seeing the sun unless it's a picture on one of the contest sites you're entering.

When you have a crush on the UPS man because "he brings me the nicest things!"

When you do leave the house the first thing you do when you get home is rush to the computer to see if there might be a winning e-mail!:laugh: :laugh:

lex2100

February 21st, 2003, 3:37pm

Originally posted by Quadratic
When you make a u-turn while leaving your neighborhood because the Fed-ex man just turned in...

Another good one!!!

or........you look out the window no less than 30 times a day EVERY time you hear a truck drive by.

Snookums

February 21st, 2003, 3:41pm

:laugh: :laugh: I nearly died laughing with the enquirer blue dot comment I HAVE ACTUALLY DONE THAT:smile2:

Lutzplay2

February 21st, 2003, 3:48pm

I nearly died laughing with the enquirer blue dot comment I HAVE ACTUALLY DONE THAT

It is taped on my computer, I am rubbing it right now, as my mail lady should be arriving any second! LOL

Snookums

February 21st, 2003, 3:53pm

.....you actuall verbally attack your computer screen every time you play an instant sweep and lose!

This one happens to me all the time cause I have NEVER won one of those!!!

Sweepslover

February 21st, 2003, 3:54pm

Lutzplay 2:

You're killing me. I think I just gave myself a hernia from laughing so hard. Thank God I just went to the bathroom or I would have lost it!!! :laugh: Thanks to all for the huge laughs. We all have so much in common, its scary!

Heidi

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

lex2100

February 21st, 2003, 3:59pm

..........you count down and keep track of the days on your calendar to play the weekly instant win games.

lex2100

February 21st, 2003, 4:02pm

.........you print out all the "Congratulations! You are a winner!" pages so you can stare at them and always feel good about yourself.

azrosebud

February 21st, 2003, 4:06pm

....your hands are curved and painful due to entering so many contests....kind of hard to do things...when your hands are like that!!!!

aaaaa........anyways......good luck all

btw love thispost!!

rose

Snookums

February 21st, 2003, 4:06pm

....You mark the days the big sweeps like publisher's clearing house ends on your calendar and watch for the prize patrol to show up at any moment!!!!

smileysal

February 21st, 2003, 4:17pm

when you fake sick and miss work and family functions so you can stay home and try to win a key chain.

When your family and friends start to ask you for your picture becuase they forgot what you look like.

lex2100

February 21st, 2003, 4:22pm

No it's when you actually leave a note on your door for the PCH Prize Patrol on the day they are to arrive, letting them know where you are, what number you'll be at and when you'll be home.

And if you are home that day, you get all doodied up just in case the Prize Patrol comes to YOUR door!

wintermoon

February 21st, 2003, 4:28pm

... when you've been staring at the computer all day entering sweeps.. oblivious as to what your kids are doing. ... ( hey they can eat popcorn and life savers while I enter a few more ) and you don't understand HOW the house got trashed and why your husband looks at you funny when he comes home.

:rolleyes:

wintermoon

February 21st, 2003, 4:31pm

..... when you come home to see that UPS tag on your door so you kick yourself cause you just KNOW you missed getting the big prize ... turns out it's a present for your kid from a relative.... and although you should be happy for your child you are secretly envious that HE got a package and you didnt. :cool:

tiffnat

February 21st, 2003, 4:31pm

...when you follow the UPS truck around the neighborhood hoping he'll stop at your house.

MarilynBr

February 21st, 2003, 4:49pm

you write out your shopping list and then go to google to see how many of your shopping items are being offered as sweepstakes prizes (I really do this!!!)

MarilynBr

dspack

February 21st, 2003, 4:50pm

...when you try to think how you can get out of that big family reunion in the national park next summer because you would miss a week of contests--maybe even miss a chance of winning a prize of a week at a national park.

dspack

February 21st, 2003, 4:57pm

...when you gain 5 pounds because somebody had to eat that case of English Muffins from Bays.

dspack

February 21st, 2003, 4:59pm

...when you can tell the sound of the UPS truck when he's still a block down the street.

Snookums

February 21st, 2003, 9:29pm

......you spend an extra hour reading all the "spam" in your mailbox just to make sure you don't miss a "congradulations you're a winner" notice....

jonelyn

February 21st, 2003, 10:31pm

...when your husband will ask you "how come you dont do your crocheting anymore" What can I do I fell in love with my new hobby!

...when you realized your belly just gained an inch from sitting all day!

everynamestaken

February 21st, 2003, 10:57pm

I can relate to most of these, especially yelling at my computer when I don't win an instant game and when upon seeing the UPS or Fed Ex person, hoping.....please, please come to my house (of course they never do). lol

InterplanetJanet

February 21st, 2003, 11:25pm

you ignore the shooting pain of carpel tunnel in your wrist and hand because you have just a few more to go...

Lutzplay2

February 22nd, 2003, 11:43am

You ordered a box of Depends online, dammit you want that bologna keychain, at whatever the cost!

Lutzplay2

February 22nd, 2003, 12:00pm

OH yeah I forgot this one. You write down random UPC codes from products at the grocery store just in case they have a sweepstakes, you'll be ready! Yes i have started doing that! I believe I need THERAPY, lots of it!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

warning

February 22nd, 2003, 11:57pm

Originally posted by lex2100
...you start typing all kinds of crap just so you can make Senior Sweeper!

LOL then what.

:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

Shellih6301

February 23rd, 2003, 12:20am

~~When you sit by the window all day waiting for that very unpredictable mailman, cursing him because he's never ontime!

And then feeling bad because I might have cursed myself by cursing at the mailman!

:smile3:

:D

Scary Snarky toaD

March 2nd, 2003, 12:36am

When you find yourself Welcoming Spam mail because at least it's a response!

:love: :spam: :love:

LiL_Yoshi

March 2nd, 2003, 1:52am

When you are considering a move because the security gate to your apartment doesn't have an entry bell...and you are sure the the UPS man and the Fedex man has come and gone with YOUR BIG WIN!

When you have made new e-mail accounts for my nieces and sister-in-law so that you can enter them in contests. You figure someone has got to win...might as well be in the family.

Ok, truthfully you created new e-mail acocunts for your nieces and sister-in-law so that when it says, "Enter e-mails for more chances to win" You are ready.

I have informed my male bestfriend that "WE WILL" be getting married should I win one of the many wedding contests.

Katie Scarlet

March 2nd, 2003, 2:03am

When you say you are going to the store just for milk and bread and don't return for 6 hours because you had to search the aisles for possible new sweep packaging.... and return home without the milk or the bread!

When you position your computer at the right spot to see all entrances/driveways/windows that might alert you to a Brown, White or Freight truck... and you're not the least bit concerned that no one else can move around the room.

When you need a wireless connection and a laptop so you can continue to check the OM site even WHILE you do your business.

You begin to notice that you have the sweep "movie of the week" and the local radio station playing at the same time to maximize your call in potential and have entered all needed numbers on speed dial and deleted all your families numbers to make room for the sweep numbers.

You make your child load and reload the OM site while you race to do your business (and they can actually reload faster than you... so you make them stay there for you!) <--- did this once!

Katie :laugh: