Reply #33: A parakeet. Twice. And some Buddy Guy tix. [View All]

My boyfriend (at the time) and I went to a bird show. They have a raffle at the show, with prizes including bird toys, food, cages--and even some birds. Two parakeets were among the raffle prizes. Neither of us are the type who win things, yet each of us won one of the parakeets. Sadly, my keet died tragically in a household accident just a few months later.

A couple of years later, at another bird show, two parakeets were among the raffle items. And unbelieveably, he and I each won a keet again! A little girl was bummed because she wanted to win one, so my boyfriend gave his to her.

Another time, I won tickets to see Buddy Guy at a club in Cambridge. It was a radio call-in contest during a blues program in which I hand to call and answer a trivia question about Buddy Guy.