PHILADELPHIA - After laughing, crying and just feeling sorry for some folks, contest judges at TLAraw.com and TLAvideo.com have announced the winners of the TLA Gives It Away Contest. No longer will these winners be down on their luck or see their bank accounts suffering, because they have earned the right to splurge.
Concerned that their loyal customers and devoted fans were suffering in a gloomy economy, TLAvideo.com and TLAraw.com - websites dedicated to the sexy side of gay, lesbian, bisexual and straight adult cinema - partnered to offer an economic stimulus package of their own.
Twelve winners were chosen from a pool of thousands who submitted entries detailing funny, bizarre and eye-opening ways they would spend their winnings. The top three were:
Grand Prize - $1,000
"I think I'd probably not spend it for a while; instead, I'd convert it into quarters and Sacajawea dollars, fill a kiddie pool, then swim around like Scrooge McDuck."
-Jeramy, Hulbert, Okla.
Two 1st Place prizes - $500 each
"Let's see.... I'll try to remember some things that I often fantasize I might do if I had all those $20s and $10s just bulging in my tight, sweaty fists. One for sure is I'd get some of that high-tech flea killer for my cat, Paco."
-Chris, San Diego, Calif.
"I'd get a beaten-up car.... I'd take that car and I'd start driving. I'd drive as much as I could, copping gas money however I can figure out. And I'd write. I'd chronicle my journeys, especially the everyday Americans I meet."
-Matthew, Columbus, Ohio
To read the other hilarious entries that made the Top 12, visit TLAvideo.com/giveawaywinners or TLAraw.com/givewinners
"Whether the winners use the money for their stated reason or blow it like all the financial "experts" in the news ... hey, at least it was free," a TLA spokesman said.
