Way back when I worked at Hilton I used to have this thing that whenever we put in the basketball court I would end the night by walking on my hands to see how far I could get down the floor. I would often do it after other calls where the floor was in too.
Well the gymnastics coach was there one day while we were setting up for a meet and I jokingly asked her when they were going to draw my name. They used to draw a couple of names of people who entered to try to walk on their hands across the floor exercise mat at the midpoint of the meet. You got more prizes the farther you went. She responded, "I'm not going to draw you unless you are going to win the whole thing." So I dropped down and started walking on my hands the length of the basketball floor and finally dropped from exhaustion after 92 feet just two feet short of the full length of the court. She looked at me and said that they would "draw me" at the meet the next day. The next day they did actually "draw my name" even though I never entered and I walked the full length of the floor exercise mat to win all the prizes. I got a sweatshirt, a pair of shoes, a tote bag, and a couple of gift cards from what I can remember.
Also, I handed Ed Gagnier the mic the first time (only time, as far as I know) a guy actually won shoot 5 for 5. I believe at that time it was actually winning the car, they hadn't changed it to just a free one year lease of the car yet.
Well the gymnastics coach was there one day while we were setting up for a meet and I jokingly asked her when they were going to draw my name. They used to draw a couple of names of people who entered to try to walk on their hands across the floor exercise mat at the midpoint of the meet. You got more prizes the farther you went. She responded, "I'm not going to draw you unless you are going to win the whole thing." So I dropped down and started walking on my hands the length of the basketball floor and finally dropped from exhaustion after 92 feet just two feet short of the full length of the court. She looked at me and said that they would "draw me" at the meet the next day. The next day they did actually "draw my name" even though I never entered and I walked the full length of the floor exercise mat to win all the prizes. I got a sweatshirt, a pair of shoes, a tote bag, and a couple of gift cards from what I can remember.
Also, I handed Ed Gagnier the mic the first time (only time, as far as I know) a guy actually won shoot 5 for 5. I believe at that time it was actually winning the car, they hadn't changed it to just a free one year lease of the car yet.
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