I've won a few contests, the most memorable being from a radio station in Plainfield, NJ to see "Four Jacks and a Jill" in the sixties.

My buddies and I were out throwing snowballs at cars on Route 22; one guy we hit decided to turn around and come back to get us.

He pulled over, got out, and we split up.

Alas, he chased and tackled me, and proceeded to kick, pummel and upbraid me, saying to the effect "If your friends had stuck around I couldn't take all of you on."

I escaped serious injury; upon returning home I learned I'd won the contest.

The other contest I won was at Chinook Winds Casino; they have a glass booth they put me in and swirled a bunch of currency around for me to grab onto.

Clueless, I did not emerge a wealthy contestant.