In the early eighties, the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team had something called the "Stick Boy/Stick Girl Promotion". Any kid between, I believe, the ages of five and ten could write an essay about how much they loved the Penguins and the winner would receive two tickets to a game, a photo with his or her favorite player and a hockey stick signed by the whole team.
As an avid hockey fan, I WANTED that prize! Unfortunately, I was 15 or 16 at the time so I was too old to enter the contest. That was okay, though. I wrote a kick ass essay and put my nine year old sister's name on it and hoped for the best.
A few weeks later, we got a call that "my sister" had won the contest! And I got to go with her to the game
