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The 80s are over and we’ve got to deal with it. It’s not as if Spandau Ballet, the Pet Shop Boys and Simply Red are still alive and touring. Time moves on, but if you want just a reminder of how things used to be, then this could be the competition for you.
We’ve got some vintage 80s prizes to give away and none of them are leg-warmers or a flock of seagulls hairdo. You could be walking away with – or at least accepting delivery from the postie – of one of the following:
- A pair of Nike gloves signed by Bruce Grobbelaar
- A Liverpool retro 1984 shirt signed by Bruce
- A red England 1988 retro shirt signed by Carlton Palmer with Carlton 12 on the back
- A Sheffield Wednesday shirt signed by Carlton
- An England white 1990 retro shirts signed by Des Walker
The connection is that they’ve all starred in our recent high-larious ads on the tellybox. Watch them here if you haven’t already been subjected to our brainwashing: Brucie – Carlton - Des
To win, you’ll need to combine brains with jamminess. Firstly, find out the correct answer to the below mind-boggler and then email the aforementioned correct answer, your username and the vintage item you’d preferably most like to win [although that's no guarantee you'll get it] to competitions@paddypower.com.
The Big Question [you'll probably need to watch the videos for this]
What number do you get when you take the number of appearances Des Walker claims to have made in his career SUBTRACT the number of kitchen appliances Bruce Grobbelaar interferes with in his ad and DIVIDE the total by the number of blue stripes visible on Carlton Palmer’s shirt in the bathtub ad?
So, in summary, that equation is
x = (Des Walker Appearances – Brucie Kitchen Appliances) ÷ Carlton’s blue stripes.
Email the final answer to competitions@paddypower.com.
The small print
- Competition open to paddypower.com and Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet account holders only. - Closing date for the competition is 23:59 on Sunday 30th August 2009.
- In the very likely event that a few people get the question right, winners will be drawn at random.
- Paddy Power decision is final.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
how about a mullet, a tache and a title? FOREVER Frozen in time. Goodbye Mr. Souness.
HELLO Mr.Sourness (i.e. A liverpool titleless fan Today 2009)
August 21st, 2009 at 11:19 am
Clever idea for the competition PP n team. But when you say “interferes” with kitchen appliances…what constitutes “interferes”?
August 21st, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Good question, tigerswood. ‘Interferes’ is meant to mean ‘has a direct interaction with’ or ‘comes into contact with’ during the course of the ad.
And to “shake your booty” means to wiggle one’s butt.
August 21st, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Bit confused by the stripes - is it just the stripes on the chest area of the shit, or do the bits visible on the sleeves count too?
August 21st, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Daniel, it’s all the stripes visible, not just the chest area.
And be careful how you spell ’shirt’ next time if you want to avoid our bad-word-detector!
August 21st, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Cheers. I’ll be more careful - that shouldn’t in any way be viewed as my opinion of either Carlton Palmer or Sheffield Wednesday!
August 25th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
clever advertising as ever with PP but the prices on the promotions are often less than the main rivals.
August 28th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
130.6 is the answer.
username is liambglynn007
Liverpool retro shirt
August 28th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Whats that got to do with this competition Trevor?
August 28th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
ill have a go with 130.7
August 30th, 2009 at 8:55 am
130.9
August 30th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
131.0
August 30th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
129.7
August 31st, 2009 at 5:56 pm
do i win anything i got it right with 131