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You didn't think we would let a week go by without a give-away did you?

 :rofl:

This week Tom Unique (http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-1738318-5463217?loc=http%3A//search.stores.ebay.com/search/search.dll%3Fquery%3Dpotter%26srchdesc%3Dy%26sid%3D100004650%26store%3DTOMUNIQUE%26colourid%3D3%26fp%3D0%26st%3D2%26fsoo%3D2%26fsop%3D3) has kindly donated a sealed box of PoAU to a lucky winner.

All you need to do to enter is to answer the simple question on this page:

http://www.theyakshack.co.uk/tradingcards/?page=competition

Oh dear will have to get my thinking hat on.

Wow a 36 pack box, that is super rare :P  Roz? :P

ROFL, I really shouldn't have left the Yak to do it

Does it include divination even though she gave it up?

Maybe next time we do a first serie box ;) :rofl: like thats going to happen :rofl:

This ones easy. Well, to me it is

You have an unfair advantage mike, all you have to do is ask your girlfriend :P

Well, Emma does know everything ;) She already knew before shotting that Hermione toke... :-X oops almost let it out :rofl:

Hmmm..I think I know, but I'm off to do a little research to make sure. ;)

Another question are we talking all together or just the new ones?

Yes, does this include Divination since she gave it up?  Great question!!!!

And, do i dare enter after winning the last one?  I didn't enter the LOTR one, even though I wanted to.  Will I upset anyone if I enter again?

I guessed. Most likely VERY wrong, but hey, I could be right :)

And no Sara, I don't think anyone would be upset if you entered or even if you won again! And I think it's a shame that you would disqualify yourself just because of that - there are a lot of us playing, so the odds are stacked against  you :)

I forgot to say THANKS, TOM!  This will be fun.  Not only to see who wins, but to see what they get in the box! 
Sara, definately enter-you're on a roll. ;)

Oh yes do enter... although as Joanna says there's lots of entries (60 seems about average) so although your chance isn't massive you just never know :) And then of course the winner has the second gamble of seeing what's in the box :D

I hope whoever wins lets us know what was in the box!!!

If they open it I think we ought to make it a condition ;)

I agree.  I mean, we will all NEED to know. ;)

I just entered.  But please let me know how you are doing this (with or without Divination) so I know if I answered right or not.  Thanks!

Yes we include divination- but if you have had any probs and want to enter this again because you didn't think divination would count then please EMAIL ME FIRST so that I can delete your first entry.

Thanks Roz!!!  And again, Thanks Tom!!!

Thank you Tom and Roz.  It is great of you to arrange these comps.  ;D

But please post the answer when the competition closes.  I have asked Jeeves and Googled till my fingers bled (well slight exaggeration  ;) ) and this is still just a wild guess  :rofl:

Yes, it's the first time, i'm not sure if my answer is right. But i hope so.   ::)

Finally entered. Hpoe my entry is accepted as I stated the number of subjects and named them all.  :-\

I haven't entered yet and wondered about listing all the subjects when I came to do it!
Better get my thinking cap on and start  :o=
Good luck to ALL!  ;)

I thought about listing them all but I didn't

Well I decided not to list them all and now I'm sitting here trying to type with crossdd fingas! ::) :P

c'mon lil box ... come to mama  :o= :o= :o=

 :rofl: ;D

I'm too dense to figure out BST. ???  Can anyone tell me how much longer until the competition is closed?

According to my clock its 11.57 now

Almost time Kelly .... about a minute left to go ... :o
11:58 my mine ....
 :o=

Me, me, me, me... :o=

I took a number out of my brai, im pretty sure its totally wrong so I will be interested to see what the answer was

YOUR ALL WRONG ITS MY BOX WITH AN EMMA AUTO IN IT MUUUUAHHHHH >:D >:D >:D >:D

I have a feeling we are going to have to wait  :-\

Did you take a number out of your BRA, or out of your BRAIN? :rofl:

 :rofl: how stupid of me...well I took the number out of my brain, but it may have been more reliable if I had have taken it out of my bra instead  ;D  :rofl: im doing well today...I have an exam this afternoon, do you think I will pass?? haha i cant even type brain

Maybe no one got the answer right and Roz is wondering what to do next.

I thought that would be easy she'd keep the box  :P

Good one! :rofl:

Well I know I got it right ;) Its really not that hard. Hermione toke every class at Hogwarts *all but Flying* all you have to do is figure out how many there are. I know the answer if anybody wanted to know what it is after the winner is annouced

Ive really got my fingers crossed for this one. Took me alot of flipping back to POA book to find out but in the end it wasnt too ahrd. Just hope my entry was still accepted even if I did write more than I should have.  :-\

Hmmmm....do we have a winner?

"Hermione toke every class at Hogwarts *all but Flying*"

I thought she took every class for her grade level - not every class offered. Guess I really did mess that one up then!

We should have a winner by now, right?

I thought so  :-\

Me too, and i leave work in an hour, and internet is down at home...which means I will have to wait until tomorrow to see who the winner is!!!!

Roz isn't even about :(

She has been missing all day, huh  ???

No I think I saw her earlier  :-\

Hmmmmm, maybe she forgot?  That's okay though.  I actually forgot to until just a little bit ago.

I think, Roz doesn't know the answer, so she can't find a winner.  ;D  ;)

The question and submit button are still there.  Has the competition closed?

I think it is closed, and any answers given after the specified time wouldn't count, but I could be wrong.  I am curious to know how many people got this one right too.  It seems many people just guessed at it.

I sort of guessed, but I added Astronomy which I'm not sure if 3rd years take.

The page stays but I just delete entries that arrive after the deadline ;)

OK here's the deal - normally practically everyone gets the answers right. It's a good way of making sure you've got the right answer! However this time, the answers were so varied you lot have got us doubting ourselves. WE think the answer is:

"12 - Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Astronomy, Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Divination, Herbology, History of Magic, Muggle Studies, Potions, Transfiguration" (thanks to Elven Songster for that breakdown).

But there were so many other answers that it has caused much confusion. So we thought we'd put it to you guys. We can't find anything wrong with this answer and so anyone who said 12 is eligable for the draw by our reckoning. But before we do the draw, we wanted to put it to you guys. If you think that isn't the answer, just say what you think the answer is and why!

Well I had the exact same answer as elvensongster and I am 100% sure its right. But dont take my word for it.  ;)  :)

I think that is the answer because after I entered I found a list of classes from Hp Lexiouns or whatever and had thirteen counting Flying and Hermione doesnt take that.

I entered 12 so I'm in. Good luck to everyone who entered! :) l

That sounds right but I wish it wasn't because I missed two :(

Mark - I just sent you a PM.  I too think this is the correct answer after doing major looking up information for it.  Now, I know you normally get about 60 entries......how many correct ones did you actually get this time, if we decide to go with 12? Or is that secret?

And after she cancelled divination there have been 11 left. My answer.  ;D  But to be honest, that wasn't my thoughts when i wrote 11, i was totally wrong. ;) But as for me, 11 can count too.  ;D

and 10 :D lol

Well, whoever wins this box, I hope there is something good in there and that they will share with us what they find, if and when they open it.

Please not only a Lupin Jacket for the winner ...   :o=

Fingers crossed for a triple :o=

Well I counted 28 entries and I think about 11 or 12 got the answer '12' so the odds are higher than most times!

Dog gone it!  12 is right, but I put 10.  I forgot History of Magic and Muggle Studies. :-[

Me to Kelly I missed Astronomy and DADA :(

So when we will know the winner?  I am leaving work in 5 mintues and won't get to see until tomorrow.  Boo Hoo....... :'(

Wow, great odds too.  This was a tough one.  Fun :)

Well you know it wasn't Kelly or me lol ;)

That's really sad :'(  You'll get it next time though.  I just know it :)

I hope its easier next time  ::) lol

And the winner is ZERO! (Please PM me your info)

Congratulations and next time we'll go back to questions like "What is Harry Potter's first name"

:P

Well done Zero and that sounds like a good plan Roz (its Fred isn't it?)

Cool!! Well done Zero!! ;D ;D ;D

Let us know what you pull won't you ... pleeease!!  ;)

Thanks to Tom once again for supplying such a great prize and of course to Roz and Mark for organising the comp. ;D

Methinks my eyes are popping out :o I just ran around the house like a little kid during Christmas. Thank you Roz and Mark for always arranging these awesome contests and tomunique for donating the prize!

I'll be sure to post the what I pull, as well ;)

Woo hoo - don't forget ;)

You know me, oh, too well! ^-^

Greta work Zero. Pull us all something good ;)

I wanted to post a congratulations to my brother Mikey (Zero) on winning the Update Box  ;D

I also wanted to mention something to Roz, Do you know how unbearable he is know that he won this contest  ::)  He is going around chanting I won, I won  :rofl:

Way to go, Zero! ;D  Thanks to Tom, Mark and Roz for everything!

Congratulations Mikey! ;D  Hope you have some great pulls! :o=

And thanks Tom, Mark and Roz for another fun contest and a cool prize. :D

Congradulations Mikey well done hope you pull a fantastic card
and thank you Tom and Roz and Mark for the great comp again

Thanks everyone!

Call me modest, but I'm only hoping for a card that I don't have yet. I can be anything really ...

Sorry. Perhaps we ought to state in the terms and conditions that by entering we assume that you have got permission from family members to jump up and down destroying the household for 5-10 mins :P

Congrats Mikey!!  I can't wait to hear what you pull.  Anything you are hoping for? I don't have any boxes to open right now, so I have to live through others, like you, so I am extremely excited and anxious to hear what you get. 

Me too - since Tom and Zero are both in the States it won't take us long til we know :)

And that is a wonderful thing.  My executioner auto arrived like a day later.  Tom is reallu fast with shipping!

Congrats ZERO! Plaese post a picture of the Triple Auto after pulling it.  ;)

Congratulations Zero.  Hope you do get a really gorgeous card  ;D

Thanks again to Tom, Roz and Mark.  And even though I got the answer wrong I sort of like the harder questions - it was a good laugh trying to find the answer  ;D

I like the harder questions too.  I was a bit too hastey on answering the last one.  The 2 classes I missed were so obvious!

That should definitly be a rule ;D


Well, there are certain ones that I am definitly hoping for, but I don't have that much luck, lol! If I had to pick one (within reason), I'de love to get a Trelawney Costume but that's still pushing it, imo.


I'll be sure to post a picture of anything that I get ;)

Well have you got it, have you opened it?

Anything yet?  I am curious to know what was in it.

I think Tom is on vacation, so he may not have shipped the box yet.

Well the tension is killing me so I don't know about Mikey ::)

The wait was hard, but we shall wait no more. I give to you the winning box:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/sugarquills/hppoaubox.jpg)

After seeing this, you all may be wondering what I pulled. Before I get into that, let me tell you a very short story. When it came in the mail, I was happy upon belief.  It didn't take long for Wendi and I to sit at the dining room table (it was too hot elsewhere) and take turns opening each pack. I got the left side and Wendi got the right. After we were finished, here's what it contained:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/sugarquills/hppoaucontents.jpg)

There was a box topper, a handfull of foils, the U.K. Adverts in each pack, and a Cedric Diggory Quidditch Robe (1032/2173). Even though I had already gotten one of these from Anna, I'm not dissapointed at all. On the contrary, I was thankfull that I even had the chance to win it!

THANK YOU  ;) It was most enjoyable ;D

Cool ;D at least you got something it would have been bad if the winning box had turned out to be a dud. But how come you got uk adverts? :-\

Oh like the picture of the demolished article ;D

I think your picture record is excellent - thanks Mikey!

There's always a *chance* no matter how small - of a big auto, so it's always fun. I hope you enjoyed it - sorry it wasn't a triple ;)