Radio Station Giving Away $48 Tickets for 50 Cent
This is certainly off the beaten path of my normal blog posts but too funny not to share. My friend C.H. told me he realized this week that he’s getting old and out of touch.
While listening to the local radio station a few days ago, C.H. heard a promotion for an upcoming concert and the announcer was making a really big deal about giving away “$48 tickets for Fifty Cent.” This completely dumbfounded C.H. because he thought, “Why the heck would the radio station promote a giveaway for a concert yet charge the winner fifty cents to win the tickets? Can’t they just give them away for 100% if the ticket value? Is there some kind of tax implication to the station for giving away the full value of the tickets? Is the radio station just so cheap that they’ll pay the first $47.50 but not cover the remaining fifty cents? What a lame giveaway. Why can’t the station come up with a measly fifty cents more?”
After really being perplexed by this strange radio promotion it finally dawned on him. The tickets aren’t going to cost fifty cents. The tickets are for 50 Cent…the rapper. It’s a 50 Cent concert. Guess the radio station’s promotion isn’t so bad after all, though maybe their phrasing was. Or maybe it was just lost in translation on a guy who’s not quite as in touch as he thought. Whatever the case, I got a good laugh out of this.
