I was checking out the Year of a Million Dreams contest/promotion that Disney has going on, and while reading the rules, I started laughing. There's the normal legal type jargon, and then, this little gem:
"For residents of Canada, a mathematical skill-testing question must be correctly answered to win any prize. "
WHAT? A mathematical skill-testing question to win a prize? What is the deal with that? Is it some government program to get people interested in math? Why math? Why couldn't you chose to diagram a sentence instead? Whatever it is, it's a good thing I'm an American, because my math skills are less than stellar, and I'd never be able to win anything.
Glad I'm not Canadian...
Posted by Whitney C. at Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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"Blame Canada!" That is a totally bizarro stipulation! Kinda funny.
I checked it out on wikipedia, I guess it has to do with Canada's gambling laws-- a game of skill vs a game of chance, and combining a game of chance w/that math question makes it a game of skill, which in turn makes it legal... Still bizarro, though, and still funny.
This is really funny...
I work with someone who is French Canadian - and I just adore him. Not that it has anythign to do with anything... :)
Wow... that is so super weird. OH I just read your explanation. Well still... talk about a technicality.
Wikipedia states that the person who must answer the question cannot ask for help, and cannot use any devices for help (like calculators); however, even if the question is answered wrong, you can still be awarded the prize. Ah, bureaucracy, how silly you are.
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