Stewardess Picks Up Trash, Wins Space Trip
By Wyatt Earp | July 17, 2008
Who knew that being anal retentive could ever pay off?
PARIS (Reuters) – A French air hostess will become one of Europe’s pioneer space tourists after picking a chocolate wrapper out of the rubbish and finding a winning number in a competition to fly to the upper reaches of the earth’s atmosphere.
Mathilde Epron, 32, said she had bought a Kit Kat chocolate bar at her local supermarket but initially threw the wrapper in the bin, telling herself that “it’s only others who win.”
Two hours later, thinking back to the competition, she decided to try her luck and fished the wrapper out of the bin, only to find a code marked inside.
A spokeswoman for Nestle in France confirmed that Epron had won the prize to take a flight on a four-seater, fighter-sized aircraft built by Rocketplane, a company that builds aircraft intended to provide cheap flights into space. (H/T – Reuters)
Yeah, she’s happy now, but wait until they tell her she is not a guest. She’s working the flight.
“Coffee, tea, or Tang?”
Topics: Snarkasm | 6 Comments »
July 17th, 2008 at 12:56 am
She dug through the trash to find a candy wrapper so she can take a trip to space… sounds kind of Willy Wonka-ish!
July 17th, 2008 at 7:43 am
Deanna – Or Sanford and Son-ish!
July 17th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Why is she blowing up like a big blueberry?
July 17th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Doghouse – Hey, he told her to keep her hands to herself!
July 17th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Oompa Loompa gobbledy gin
Sort through some trash and you may just win…
July 17th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
RFTR – Well played!