PMP was launched 15 years ago, by coincidence, and hilarious misfortune, on April Fools’ Day. My sincere expectations were for it to be shut down after a few days, when I could no longer tolerate giving £10 away to strangers every day. We’ve since had ~3.5million signups, roughly 1 in 20 of the UK, given away £3.35 million, and been sued once.
We even have Superfans, like the omnipresent Chocolate Spaniel, and the very lovely and very orange Tango Doll (here she is telling us about her 2nd win), who sends us gifts every year. This year she made a very accurate PMP logo made of felt, and then hand delivered it to our office. She was in reception as I was leaving. She then made this impressive, though way too flattering, video about the whole experience:
It was so nice to meet her properly after all these years.
So how are things at PMP? To be honest, we’re mostly in the same place we were 10 years ago, which is around when we went from being my side hustle to a real business, with employees, and office plants. We have roughly the same number of people visiting daily (~200k), but make a lot less money from ads, but make that money back from the surveys on the Survey Draw. So, if you do want to support us, and you don’t regularly answer those surveys, please consider doing so. True, we used to give away more on the Main Draw, but we now give away more as Bonuses. We’ve had some very big Bonus wins over the last few years, which is both painful, and delightful at the same time, since we know those loyal members really deserve the extra cash.
So, why haven’t we grown. Well, first thing. In this world staying still itself is actually progress. Running a small business is already an uphill struggle, and it only seems to get tougher. The biggest issue though is that a free lottery just doesn’t fit neatly in a box that any of the big tech companies play nicely with. We want to advertise more on Google, but they say they need to see a gambling certificate, which is something we cannot and should not have because…. A free lottery is not gambling. Pretty much the same with Meta, and we’re even banned forever on Tiktok. For ever. They will not tell us why.
We’re often approached by big websites who want to promote us, only to find the Suits Department later say No, without explanation, and “will not correspond further on the matter.”
It sounds like I’m whingeing, and perhaps I am a bit, but I’m also proud. Proud that we’ve survived, have given away nearly £4 million as well as supported our team and their families. I’ll never stop being grateful for your daily visits, let alone birthday presents.
And here comes the Ask. Given all the above it really does help when you share your Referral Link. They can stop us advertising, but they can’t stop you posting (….yet….).
Back to the Tango Doll. In an earlier email she listed some ideas for getting the word out about PMP. They included, outdoor ads with a QR code for signing up (I like this… Will look into it) and a Road Show where I turn up in an area with the most picked postcodes (Not so keen on this one, as I don’t think anyone will recognise me).
One idea we’re considering at the moment is whether to run a paid draw, whether as a one-off or weekly event. We realise this doesn’t really fit the ethos, but given how the tech cos and suits think we’re gambling anyway, and the amount of people who write in suggesting it, is it time to give it a go? Imagine a £1 entry and a chance to win, say £10,000.. Would that work? We’re keen to hear your thoughts about this, and any other suggestions in the comments section below.
Until next time, here’s a photo of the Tango Doll (Sheridan) and me, outside our office.
Love
Chris & Team & Superfans x

Anonymous
an hour ago
Jokes about white sugar are rare,
but jokes about brown sugar, Demerara .
Hurricane1951
in 38 minutes
😂🤣😂🤣
tetleyt
an hour ago
😂😂
maddadof
an hour ago
:-) :-) :-)
Hatterles
1 hours ago
Congratulations Chocolate Spaniel on reaching £6000 bonus.
Fubsy
23 minutes ago
Well done CS, you're nearly in the top ten now!
tetleyt
an hour ago
Oh, Well Done CS. 👏👏👏
Anonymous
an hour ago
Well done! 😀🥳
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
a day ago
Thurs. 2nd April - Mini Draw NoT claimed - the member/s using : Bracken Bank Grove, Keighley, BD22 7BG. - have missed their £100 prize + bonus payment.
csikijanos
5 hours ago
Anon, perhaps one referred all his close neighbours.
Anonymous
5 hours ago
I wonder why/how 30 registered? Not a famous postcode. Not won before. Intriguing. 😀
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
20 hours ago
Maybe 29 of them are dormant🤔
What a pity it was so cloudy you might have had a good view.
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
a day ago
I was almost sure that would be claimed, as there were an amazing 30 registered.
Just been out with binoculars to see if I could see the Orion spacecraft leaving Earth orbit as there was a clear view last night, but tonight I can barely see the moonlight through thick black clouds. Typical..
Em
a day ago
Let’s play Word Association! I’ll start with Life
Hurricane1951
in 40 minutes
Sad
Yattonian🎶
18 minutes ago
Gloom
Lol 63
25 minutes ago
Darkness
tetleyt
an hour ago
Eclipse
maddadof
an hour ago
War
Jonathonstrand
2 hours ago
Total
samandi
2 hours ago
Sum
Paul B
2 hours ago
Maths
Mrs Pea 🫛
2 hours ago
Expression
TinyTim
3 hours ago
Blank
Happy
4 hours ago
Point
Mrs. M
5 hours ago
Centre
Jodali
6 hours ago
Core
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
6 hours ago
Apple🍏
maddadof
7 hours ago
Peeler
JennieS
7 hours ago
Police
PicklesTheKat 🐈
8 hours ago
Sting
samandi
9 hours ago
Bee
Barrie
9 hours ago
queen
Jonathonstrand
9 hours ago
Killer
Rosy 2 cakes
10 hours ago
Pain
Lidlicker 🎀✨👀
10 hours ago
Ache
Buttercup2
10 hours ago
Face
Yattonian🎶
11 hours ago
Poker
Mystic Bear
11 hours ago
Strip
Alley1940
11 hours ago
Film
TinyTim
11 hours ago
Grease
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
11 hours ago
Elbow
Anonymous
12 hours ago
Power
V
12 hours ago
Woman
YogiK
12 hours ago
Man
maddadof
13 hours ago
Gambling
TinyTim
13 hours ago
Chips
AJR
14 hours ago
Chicken
Purple Anonymous
14 hours ago
Wings
Rosy 2 cakes
14 hours ago
Bingo
PicklesTheKat 🐈
19 hours ago
Numbers
Hurricane1951
a day ago
Characters
Titchy
a day ago
Cartoon
Fubsy
a day ago
Gonzales
The pigs are primed and ready to fly
a day ago
Speedy 🐷
Yattonian🎶
a day ago
Fast
Barrie
a day ago
Starve
Lol 63
a day ago
Hunger
YogiK
a day ago
Games
Cakey🎂
a day ago
And away
Tudiefair
a day ago
Up
A Nick Name
a day ago
That could have been the shortest Word Association ever, if someone had followed Em with "I'll end with death."
Down
Malc_H
a day ago
Duck
tetleyt
a day ago
Rubber
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
a day ago
Puncture
DaSoothMoother
a day ago
Tyres
YogiK
a day ago
Wheels
TheMadScotsman
a day ago
Cart
a day ago
Horse
Mrs Pea 🫛
a day ago
Sea
Jonathonstrand
a day ago
Shell
MickmeDad
a day ago
Egg
Suelero
a day ago
Chocolate
PicklesTheKat 🐈
a day ago
Brownie
Chocolate Spaniel
a day ago
Scout
Percey Vere
a day ago
Guide
Shyboy
a day ago
bouy
Dee
a day ago
Hello. Has anyone won more than once??
Em
a day ago
Some people have won twice and a small number of people have won three times.
The system completes the draws from a database of active account ID numbers using a random number generator and the parameters of the smallest ID number to the largest. It then displays the postcode on the chosen account number as the winner of the draw. All it ‘sees’ is the account numbers of active members, it is not influenced by any other data or outside factors and is as random as a computer can be.
Any active account could win at any time. As with any lottery or giveaway, some people win and some don't, but at least ours is free. You don't often get the chance to win something for free in life, after all.
Em
1 days ago
Update about my personal situation for those who are interested.
The cancer has mutated again, it is now HER2 negative. There is only 1 conventional course of treatment left, another chemo regimine of Capecitabine & Oxaliplatin. It will be 8 x 3 week cycles (24 weeks). There are no other conventional treatments after that. Before this can be started they want a baseline CT. It'll be another 2 weeks until we hear anything. Maybe more with Easter.
The London Specialist mentioned that he's trying to set up a new trial but it takes a long time to do so and he said it was "6 months out" 18 months ago and he's still saying the same. The Southampton Oncologist is going to keep in communication with him but we're not feeling optimistic.
Simon is focusing on short-term goals such as his medical retirement.
I couldn't sleep last night. Once he fell asleep I cried.
Sorry to be so low. It's not easy, but I knew there were many who would want to know.
tetleyt
an hour ago
😥We’re all sitting with you and crying along side you Em. Miracles happen everyday. Simons might be soon. 💞💞💞
Paul B
2 hours ago
(hugs) because everyone needs them sometimes
RioRita
4 hours ago
Sending love, hugs and all good wishes. x
Laura
8 hours ago
Sorry to hear the latest update. We had sad news at our Maggie’s group yesterday. I wish it wasn’t this way. 😥
Mystic Bear
11 hours ago
Nothing I can add to everyone's messages above, but I echo them and send you and Simon all the positive thoughts and energy I can ✨️ and 🙏 of course x
Hurricane1951
a day ago
Sorry to hear the latest update, yes I’m interested in the latest news, yes I can’t do anything only to wish you both the very best of luck to you both. I’m not sure if luck is the right word to use but I’m sure you’ll know what I mean. I get pretty emotional when I hear people say that their loved ones has Cancer as I lost my 2nd wife to it and nobody had a clue until about 2 weeks prior to her passing so it came as a massive shock but we know that when we found out that she knew 2 months before through things she said then but she kept quiet, all the medical personnel was also confused that nobody knew about it prior to her admission to hospital? Therefore I can sympathise with you all and I’ll be thinking about you as often as my memory will allow it? I’m not religious in any way but I will say God bless you all and look after you both and all your family for as long as possible? Lots of love to you all, Steve X X
Titchy
a day ago
Miracles happen every day Em. One will come Simon's way, believe it. Virtual hugs through the ether xx
Fubsy
a day ago
Thinking of you both, sending positive thoughts.
V
a day ago
Best wishes to you both. xx
Lol 63
a day ago
Oh dear. It's okay to not be okay. Keep the faith.
Hatterles
a day ago
So sorry to hear this, Em. Our thoughts are with you both. As I have always said in our email conversations, make sure that you take care of yourself as well as Simon x
Always Hope
a day ago
So sorry to hear this news.Thinking of you both.Hope the treatment is successful ♥️
Garfield
a day ago
So sorry that you news wasn't more positive. Thinking of you both. Never apologise. You're more than entitled to down spells. Sending hugs and positive vibes 🥰
Mrs Pea 🫛
a day ago
Sorry to hear that your news wasn't more positive and hopeful Em. It's good that you feel able to share your thoughts and concerns with us so never apologise for your 'down' spells. We're all here to offer what we can by way of support to you both. 🫶 🫂❤️
Odette
a day ago
Em, you are entitled to feel low. You are a caring and loving person, so of course you feel emotion, and rightly so. We are all here with, and for you, with love and friendship. ❤️
Suelero
a day ago
Miracles do happen. There is a lot of love coming your way from this community. Positive thoughts are powerful.
Poppy
a day ago
Em, sorry to hear your news. Please don't apologise for feeling low, we are all here to support you as best we can, you've been through so much.
Thinking of both you and Simon. Take care 💞
Trevor
a day ago
Em
Thank you for sharing this hard news. We appreciate your trust in us. We wish the very best for both of you.
Trevor
YogiK
a day ago
Sorry to hear this Em. Tears are a release valve and understandable after the shock of this setback. Echoing all the previous good wishes on here and sending you and Simon kind thoughts and just keep hoping I guess.💞💞
Bisto Kid
a day ago
Difficult time Em but we are all rooting for you and Simon. It's good to cry - you need to cry, love to you both.
Beth8it!
a day ago
Sorry to hear the update, Em. Let’s hope something turns up, and the miracle happens. You know we are all with you.
The Octogenarian
a day ago
Our thoughts are with you always.
Tudiefair
a day ago
Thinking of you both at this very difficult time. All you can do is try to stay strong and take it one day at a time.
tracy
a day ago
Sending hugs to you and Simon. I can imagine how hard it is to keep upbeat with it all. I hope you have good news soon
AJR
a day ago
Agree with everyone, we are here for you ❤️
Em
a day ago
Thank you all for your support.
Barrie
a day ago
Of course you're feeling low, people forget that often the partner is more worried than the one who has the problem. Hoping everything moves forward as fast as possible & Simon gets the treatment.
Alley1940
a day ago
Thinking of you both at this difficult time. I hope everything goes well.
Rosy 2 cakes
a day ago
I suspect the trial delay is related to ethics committee approval. Em just focus on one day at a time. Try and keep positive.
Davhris
a day ago
Sorry to learn of your news.
Hopefully that the medics can find something to improve or rid Simon of his health issues.
TOGS - Senior Moment :-)
a day ago
I hope that it is a positive outcome, you are both in my thoughts and prayers.
Happy
a day ago
Em & Simon, my thoughts are with you both. Massive hugs sent virtually to you. Hoping also the Chemo works. 🙏
Val1101
1 days ago
Thinking of you both and wishing you all the best for a positive outcome 💙❤️
samandi
1 days ago
Sending best wishes for a positive outcome to you both
Chocolate Spaniel
1 days ago
I really hope that the chemo combination works for him.🤞🤞🤞 Let him know to be very careful not to handle anything cold during the treatment, I know from experience! Thinking of you both. ❤️
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
1 days ago
Thinking of you both & hoping for the best. When things seem their worst, they can only get better.
Little Owl
1 days ago
I hope that the cancer cells will change to the good direction. On trials, why not email Wes Streeting (he seems a nice guy) Details below. Best Wishes to you both.
https://members.parliament.uk/member/4504/contact
Shyboy
1 days ago
We are all with you and Simon.
maddadof
1 days ago
Thinking of you both Xx
Cakey🎂
1 days ago
Emma I am so sorry for you both. No words from me or anyone else can change this news but know that there are thousands of people out here wishing good thoughts and supporting you in our prayers.
Jaffa
1 days ago
Em bless you of course you will be feeling low.
Just take time for you and Simon to absorb things and know us lot are all with you.😘
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
1 days ago
Wed. 1st April - Mini Draw NoT claimed - the member/s using : Willow Rise, Little Billing, Northampton NN3 9AR - have missed their £100 prize + bonus payment.
Jaffa
2 days ago
Em and Simon thinking of you both tonight.🥰
Em
1 days ago
Thank you Jaffa. Once I have finished moderating all the comment pages, I'll post an update above.
Stinger69
2 days ago
Anyone read the next James Bond is ...
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Jesse Buckley!!!
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April Fool !!!
PicklesTheKat 🐈
19 hours ago
@ MickmeDad, April Fool would be a great name for a Bond character.
These days, it's quite likely that someone would come up with a scenario where James could become 'Jane' eg after having a nasty accident. There used to be a joke doing the rounds many moons ago that explained what his DSO really meant, and it wasn't Distinguished Service Order. 😱
However, Bond is such an iconic character, there would probably be wailing in the streets. 🙄
Hurricane1951
a day ago
What I can’t understand is, and I’m a big Bond fan is how come a woman take over James’s role when James is a man’s name, it just won’t be the same without him being a man? No I’m not being sexist but all the 20+ books and films which I have every film classify the character as being a male so whose the idiot whose probably changed James’s sex, it’s not right??
Lol 63
a day ago
The trouble is, the idea of the next James Bond being a woman is an actual possibility.
MickmeDad
a day ago
So who is Jesse Buckley and is April Fool a Bond Villain ?
PicklesTheKat 🐈
a day ago
You did, Alley1940, In my spaghetti tree thread a couple of threads below 😉
Alley1940
a day ago
Yes I did and commebted on it somewhere.
Shyboy
2 days ago
At last I've completed a survey today. It's been mainly issues. The back is being a real pain today so it has slowed me down. At least we are packed ready for the mystery on Saturday. We are first pickup at 8am so I reckon north or southwest, There's no wi fi on the coach bcause the tour has been sub contracted to another company. I do know that it is a brand new coach so it will have a destination board at the top of the windscreen. That means a crick in the neck trying to see ahead.. Most coaches have stopped wi fi because 3g is no longer available.
The pork is in the oven, first roast I've done this year. Plenty of roasties because Lidl have got 2kg of white potatoes for 8p. Got some reduced purple sprouting broccoli.
Two loads of washing out on the line. Hopefully it will dry as there is bit of a breeze.
Shyboy
1 days ago
Jaffa, sorry, greedyguts here has scoffed it. Had to finish the crackling under the grill and it came up lovely and bubbly.
Enver, I kneel on a kneeling pad to do the heavier work. It turns over easily now after years of adding home compost and horse poo.
Jaffa
2 days ago
Raised beds is a good shout Enver.I hope the back improves for your coach trip,save me some pork and roasties too!
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
2 days ago
When you have some time get some bricks & concrete, or railway sleepers & build raised beds for veg so you do not have to bend in future, maybe get a friend to do it.
Most of our buses & some trains have charging points between seats, I'd be suspicious of using them as it's generated, not a smoothed voltage & could damage your device, don't think it's anything to do with connecting to the internet though.
tracy
2 days ago
I see Kylee has won on the bonus draw hope they claim
Suelero
a day ago
🤣
Buttercup2
1 days ago
Now, if it had been Lulu 🤣
DaSoothMoother
2 days ago
Need to shout louder as hasn't claimed at 19:30.
🧙♂️🧑🦯🤣
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
2 days ago
Tues. 31st - Mini Draw NoT claimed - the member/s using : Offington Drive, Broadwater, Worthing BN14 9PN - have missed their £100 prize + bonus payment.
PicklesTheKat 🐈
2 days ago
Members of a certain age... Celebrate with me.......
HAPPY SPAGHETTI TREE DAY! 🌴🌳🌴🌲🌴
Beth8it!
a day ago
Years ago someone made a life-sized friesian cow in wood, or fibreglass, I suppose, with a pantomime funny expression, and put it on the heath near a crossroads. There are no friesians on the forest usually because the food wouldn’t support them, it’s normally little belted Galloways, or the bigger ones are only out in between being taken in for feeding. Anyway, April the Cow made it into the local papers, and caused a lot of double-takes for drivers, and when I saw her, she was surrounded by very alarmed forest cattle and ponies!
A Nick Name
2 days ago
It was the Guardian, back in 1977, and they had a map showing the two islands which made up Sans Serriffe. They were called Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse.
JennieS
2 days ago
One of the broadsheets years ago (Guardian I think) did a travel article about the Island of 'Sans Serif'. It was well before computers were a thing, so it referred to handwriting at the time. I was quite young, but I've never forgotten that one 😅
Thunderbird
2 days ago
Spaghetti day tree. That was so funny. I didn’t see news today to see if there were any
Saphicat
2 days ago
The tartan paint 🤣
Alley1940
2 days ago
There is one on Gmail today. The new "James" Bond is to be a woman.
Meadowshop
2 days ago
🤣😂🤣😂😂
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
2 days ago
Penguins flying on emigration. BBC 2008
https://www.google.com/search?q=Penguins+flying+on+emigration.
PicklesTheKat 🐈
2 days ago
Yes, it was Panorama in 1957. No one would have even thought that a serious programme like that could possibly do a spoof report. People contacted the BBC to ask how they could get the plants/seeds etc and the best way to care for them.
There have been many other programmes that have made similar reports since (Esther Rantzen with the driving dog, and the Lirpa Loof at the zoo), but the Spaghetti Tree was by far the best imo. I missed the one about the library, as I was living in cornwall in 1976 and we didn't have a tv.
Does anyone recall any other spoofs?
Chocolate Spaniel
2 days ago
Remember it well! Presented in serious manner by Richard Dimbleby.
https://youtu.be/tVo_wkxH9dU?si=3mNPPHipO0QeOVwM
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
2 days ago
Haha!
Lol 63
3 days ago
A zookeeper was writing to another zoo which was due to close and was looking for homes for its animals.
"Dear friend, I am running a small zoo and would like to take a few of your animals. Please could you send me two mongooses?"
He read it through and it didn't look right somehow. So he tore it up and started again.
"Dear friend, I am running a small zoo and would like to take a few of your animals. Please could you send me two mongeese?"
This didn't look right either, so he tore that up, scratched his head and started again.
"Dear friend, I am running a small zoo and would like to take a few of your animals. Please could you send me a mongoose?"
"P.S. Better make that two."
Alley1940
2 days ago
I thought he would ask for a different animal.
A Nick Name
3 days ago
It's an old one but I've always liked it. I heard it as "Can you send me a mongoose...and another mongoose."
Lol 63
3 days ago
It may not be hilarious, but at least it's clean.
Even when you know that mongooses is the correct plural, it still looks wrong.
Happy
3 days ago
(Love this song) I pictured a rainbow you held in your hands.
I had flashes but you saw the plan............
Paul B
3 days ago
I spoke about wings
Poppy
3 days ago
The whole of the moon
Barrie
3 days ago
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
Chocolate Spaniel
3 days ago
I wandered out in the world for years
While you just stayed in your room
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
3 days ago
Mon. 30th - Mini Draw NoT claimed - the member/s using : Shelford Close, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham, NG12 1BX - have missed their £100 prize + bonus payment.
Lol 63
4 days ago
Watching the Japanese Formula 1 on Sunday, it always amuses me when the commentator says "He's found the barrier!"
There it is! Didn't really take a lot of finding, it had been there for the whole duration.
Percey Vere
a day ago
Should save that one for car crashes on the motorway!
Shyboy
4 days ago
I've come in from the garden because I'm doing too much as usual. At least it reminded me to order more meds. It would have been nice to have a hot cross bun now but they were sold out in Morrisons yesterday. I did get some pork leg at half price. Cut it in two and froze one piece. Plenty of crackling on it. Didn't get any apple sauce as they didn't have their own brand. Had a five minute job to do which took all morning. Glo broke the toilet flush handle in her bathroom. Couldn't find one amongst my bathroom fittings box in the workshop so I had to buy one. Old handle remains removed, new one doesn't fit, the hole in the cistern is just too small. It's only 36 years old. Filed just enough of the plastic thread off but leaving enough so that the nut would still grip. Then I carefully enlarged the hole in the cistern with a masonary drill. Once I got through the glaze it wasn't too bad. All working again after two coffee breaks. Now I'm going outside again to weed the hanging baskets, the fuchias already have some leaves.
Beth8it!
a day ago
Ha, Lol, that nearly happened when the kitchen fitter switched on the extractor fan for the first time and put it on full. I thought Indi was going to be sucked in from the other side of the room.
Lol 63
3 days ago
@Happy - Yes, but those high-up cisterns with a pull-chain when they flushed got rid of EVERYTHING. Never that little bit left creeping back round the U-bend that says "Ha ha! Missed me!"
First time, every time. Stand too close and you risked being sucked in by the torrent.
RioRita
3 days ago
Me too Tudiefair!
Shyboy you did make me laugh when I read your comment the toilet was only 36 years old!
Tudiefair
3 days ago
I still say pull the chain - not flush the toilet. Showing my age.
Happy
3 days ago
Remember the toilet when I lived at home, cistern up by ceiling and long pull chain for flushing toilet.
How times have changed.
Lol 63
4 days ago
I too have experienced the hole in the cistern which came with the house being ever so slightly too small for the replacement flush handle. Very annoying.
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
4 days ago
Whenever weeds grow through stone chippings I put the mower on a high setting & whiz over it. If between slabs I strim them. Some nice sunny drier day I might sit down on the ground & pull them out.
AJR
4 days ago
Well Shyboy, I think after reading that I need a nap.
Em, don't worry about what the neighbours think as you could be setting the lastest trend!
Em
4 days ago
It's annoying when there is not just one size for things / industry standard size. Glad you got it working again.
Having said that you were doing too much, don't do too much in the garden. Weeds will always be there, after all!
I've given up with our drive, there are too many more important things to do and now it looks like we have a lawn instead of a driveway. Perhaps not a bad thing... except for what the neighbours think ... but got more important things to care about than what others think, too. So who cares! Let there be life and growth on our driveway!
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
4 days ago
Sun. 29th - Mini Draw NoT claimed - the member/s using : Orchard Road, Margate, Kent CT9 5JS have missed their £100 prize + bonus payment.
A Nick Name
5 days ago
Just seen the postcode, first 4 digits are mine. I thought "that's got to be the closest I've seen to me.". Checked it out and it's 3 mile away. There was one 2 streets away some years ago, although just checked that and they have the first 5 digits like mine. What I really need is the first 6 digits😂
Alley1940
3 days ago
I can imagine Lol 63.
Lol 63
4 days ago
@Alley1940 - My apprenticeship stint in the mechanical workshop was partly in millimetres and partly in "thou" (thousandths of an inch) depending on which teacher we had in on any particular day. That was confusing.
Malc_H
4 days ago
Nick - Check the Winners Map page. It show all those near you who have claimed.
Alley1940
4 days ago
@ Lol 63. You reminded me of my efforts to work with my son some years ago. I was working in Imperial and he was Metric. Guess who had to learn to work in Metric so we could complete the job together.
Hopeful2B
4 days ago
Good luck Nick.
My WN postcodes were very rare, but there have been quite a few showing up in the last few months. I was lucky enough to win on the bonus draw recently (after 15 years of trying).
Lol 63
5 days ago
I just checked and the first 4 digits of my postcode covers 3.14 square miles. (8.12 sq km for the youngsters)
The population was 33,265 in 2021 but we've gained 2 massive housing estates since then.
Hurricane1951
5 days ago
🎶🎵🎶🎵 Come away, come away with ??????? ???? 🎵🎶🎵🎶
Hurricane1951
a day ago
@Beth8it, yes I have all the way through and yet I hate and detest classical music but i thoroughly love it and I do agree with you they are completely different!
Beth8it!
a day ago
Anyone heard the original Rossini William Tell Overture? The beginning is so unlike the ending!
Barrie
3 days ago
Tonto Mcguire - Not as random as you may think.
Hurricane1951
3 days ago
Well I’m happy someone remembers that but nobody’s tried writing the lyrics have they? It’s back on Sky TV, now on episode 6 or 7 I think, it only lasted 1 series and nearly 40 episodes I think if my memory serves me well?
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
4 days ago
Saw it on TV a couple of times... (& don't even mention the yodelling), they're all cuckoo there, even the clocks! ⏰9.9--🦜
🎵🎻 Heidi Hi, Heidi Ho, ... Heidi Hi, Heidi Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho , ... Heidi Hi, Heidi Ho!
FergieMad
4 days ago
I remember, but never visited the "land he knew so well"
csikijanos
4 days ago
William Tell
I wonder how many will remember?
Em
4 days ago
I'm now singing Norah Jones to myself. I was going to reply with the first line of her song but out of context it might read wrongly.
Paul B
6 days ago
A young comedian had been struggling to get laughs anywhere he went.
One day, an older comic told him about a small gig at a local retirement home.
“Now don’t expect much,” he said. “A lot of the folks there have memory problems.”
Still, the young comedian took the job and showed up nervous as could be.
He told his first joke… and the room burst into laughter.
It felt amazing—his confidence shot right up.
Then he remembered what the older comic had said.
So he told the same joke again… and they laughed even harder.
Pretty soon, he just kept repeating it over and over.
The crowd loved it—big laughs every single time.
In the back of the room, one older gentleman sat quietly, watching him closely.
The comedian never noticed and finished his whole set the same way.
As he was leaving, the man in the back stopped him.
“Son, I’ve got to ask you something,” he said.
“How in the world do you remember all those jokes?”
Barrie
4 days ago
Nor did I.
Lol 63
5 days ago
I did not see the punchline coming!
maddadof
5 days ago
:-) :-)
Alley1940
5 days ago
Good one. Thought it might be the "your flies are not done up" joke again.
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
6 days ago
Fri. 27th - Mini Draw NoT claimed - the member/s using : Corkland Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, Manchester M21 8XW - have missed their £100 prize + bonus payment.
Shyboy
7 days ago
On the way to the hospital to visit my sister I doubled the value of my car, I filled up with petrol. My super unleaded was £1.74 a litre. I did get six large free range eggs reduced from £3.06 to 99p. Got to the hospital at 12.30 pm and went into the cafe as it was Friday - fish and chip day! We each had small cod (actually quite big), chips and sweetcorn. Glo had Coke and I had coffee, A few pennies over £18. That now works out cheaper than a chippy. Went up to the ward and Anna was asleep as usual. Shouted in her ear and the nurses were shaking her but she wouldn't wake up. She looks a lot paler now. Came home after half an hour. Couldn't do anything outside as it has been a gentle rain all day.
Beth8it!
a day ago
Not sure if the price has gone up since last year but the local chippie was doing Pensioners Lunchtime cod & chips for £3.50. Ordinary price is well over £10 - chips were about £3.50 anyway, but the servings are massive - one lot does three people easily.
Shyboy
6 days ago
Enver, down here in the south we were allowed 5 boxes of creme eggs. This week they are selling 7 pack original Penguin for 69p. I've been buying the caramel flavoured ones for 99p. I love the marzipan and vanilla Dancake swiss roll and the Easter one is lemon flavoured. Got some of each flavour in the freezer.
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
6 days ago
Fish (single) £8.80p, Fish Supper £10.80p. Chips £2.90p / £3.90p. (At one of my local chippys).
Saturday 16.30pm I've just been across to Farmfoods, Cadbury's creme eggs (Normal, white choc, & caramel) are still £1.99p a box of 5, limit 4 boxes per customer, & 25% of each case still left - as well as other brands.
6 large (free range) eggs are normally 99p & plenty boxes on the shelf, but I noticed they're sold out of the normal size (15 in pack) for £2.99p. Their Dancake swiss roll only has a marzipan & vanilla flavouring, does it taste as good?.
Alley1940
6 days ago
Not been to the best chippie in this area since before the pandemic as the bus company suspended the service and never restored it. Would take 2 busses to get there and back now. They used to do a Pensioner's Special with smaller portions of fish and chips at a very reasonable price.
Barrie
7 days ago
Fish & chips in the shop I prefer is over £24 here but it is a large fish, a mini fish ,chips & peas. It's been mainly dry here.
Em
7 days ago
Name as many events /event types as you can.
Happy
14 hours ago
Sail GP
Rosy 2 cakes
a day ago
Notting hill festival
Malvern flower show
Flea Market
Beth8it!
a day ago
Hot Air Balloon festival
Cowes week
Buttercup2
a day ago
Easter, Halloween, Guy Fawkes, Christmas,
Andrea
2 days ago
Challenge cup final 😊
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
3 days ago
The Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race
samandi
3 days ago
Highland games
Happy
3 days ago
Isle of Wight Festival
Jonathonstrand
3 days ago
British Grand Prix, Silverstone.
TinyTim
3 days ago
Wakefield rhubarb festival
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
3 days ago
The Great North Run
Priceless
4 days ago
Last Night of the Proms
Jonathonstrand
4 days ago
Farnborough International Airshow
TinyTim
4 days ago
caber tossing
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
5 days ago
F.A. Cup Final
maddadof
5 days ago
Welly Wanging
Paul B
5 days ago
Great Yorkshire Show
samandi
5 days ago
Eisteddfod
Yattonian🎶
5 days ago
Clevedon Flower Show
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
5 days ago
London Marathon
samandi
6 days ago
Anglesey Air Show
DaSoothMoother
6 days ago
Up Helly Aa (Frozen North Fire Festivals)
Kirkwall Ba' Game
Paul B
6 days ago
Cheese Rolling Competition
PicklesTheKat 🐈
6 days ago
Notting Hill Carnival
Happy
6 days ago
Cowes Regatta
Anonymous
6 days ago
Pride
Shyboy
6 days ago
Classic vehicle show.
Yeti
6 days ago
Motorcycle Show(s)
Alley1940
6 days ago
Edinburgh Military Tattoo plus the Festival.
samandi
6 days ago
Royal Welsh Show
Happy
6 days ago
Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival
Yattonian🎶
6 days ago
Six Nations rugby
Happy
6 days ago
Wimbledon
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
7 days ago
And at the end of all those above an endless litter picking up session. (No, not Indi)
Hurricane1951
7 days ago
F1 racing
Yattonian🎶
7 days ago
Bath & West show
royboy55
7 days ago
Motor show
V
7 days ago
Baby shower
Poppy
7 days ago
Crufts
Barrie
7 days ago
Garden fete.
samandi
7 days ago
Christening
Jonathonstrand
7 days ago
Chelsea flower show
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
7 days ago
Cheltenham
Happy
7 days ago
New Forest Show
Happy
7 days ago
Glastonbury
7 days ago
Engagement Party
Tiseye
7 days ago
Village fete
Chocolate Spaniel
7 days ago
Ploughing match
Rosy 2 cakes
7 days ago
Country show
Lol 63
7 days ago
3 day event
Mrs. M
7 days ago
Birthday party
TheMadScotsman
7 days ago
4 Weddings and a funeral