Feb 25 2008
It’s Roll Up The Rim To Win time again at Tim Hortons.
Their sales sky-rocket during this promotion, where customers have to roll up the rim of their beverage cup to reveal if they won anything, which includes a car, donuts, muffins, coffees, and for the first time: a boat!
I don’t drink as much of their [...]
Dec 24 2007
I received a call while in Ottawa from the company I order my home oil from:
Mr. Cairns? This is Blue Wave. You won a $2000 Entertainment Center.
After I tell them to Fuck Off, asking if they’re serious, they laugh (I like people who don’t take swearing seriously) and say they are serious. It’s [...]
Feb 26 2007
As EVERY Canadian knows, Roll Up The Rim To Win is Tim Hortons’ annual contest that features their red and yellow cups labeled with prizes you can win. You peel back the rim to see if you have “WIN DONUT” or if you have to “PLEASE PLAY AGAIN / RÉSSAYEZ S.V.P. ©”
I’m going to [...]
Oct 10 2006
Every fall we buy tickets for the LotoMania, a fund raising lotto for the Canadian Red Cross. They have a lot of prizes I don’t care for (movie passes, magazine subscriptions…), but it’s the cold-hard cash I want: they promote it as “Live Free for a Year!! Over $50,000 VALUE!”, which includes the movie [...]
Apr 06 2004
Tim Hortons is a ubiquitous coffee and donut shop in Canada, where you can get a coffee with two cream and two sugar by just saying “large double double”.
Their spring ritual is to have the Roll Up The Rim To Win contest, where you roll up the rim of their cardboard cups to reveal “”PLEASE [...]
