BANANAGRAMS AGAIN

Family Affairs — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:46:00 +0000

RIGHT. This is rubbish. I have quite a few answers in my comment section – but only one of which is right so far….

However, it was not the response I was expecting. So I’m going to use another image so you all know the game I’m talking about….this is a genuine giveaway because she is my friend NOT because I have suddenly taken to promoting specific items….maybe it’s because I don’t know enough mothers with younger kids….if you know anybody who might be interested – send them the link. It is the perfect summer holiday game to play with the kids (well obviously not for me because I will be lying by the pool trying to pretend I haven’t got any children and they will be playing by themselves, but that’s just me).

SO. I’m repeating the rules and the questions and holding out for a bit longer. What’s wrong with you all. I”M TRYING TO GIVE SOMETHING AWAY FOR FREE! In the US they get 1,000’s of people responding and consequently I was the one who offered to put it on my blog and was showing off about how many people would want them AND NOW SHE’S GOING TO BE REALLY UNIMPRESSED:-

So. Here are the rules:-

1. You have to answer the two following questions:

a) What is a bunch of bananas really called?

b) True or False – Bananas grow on trees.

2. You have to add your name to my “followers” list so that I know who you are.

3. You have to leave your answers as a comment and I will put your details into the competition.

4. I will put all the correct answers into a hat and get one of my children to pick out 10 correct answers.

5. I will then contact you and then I will send you a free “Bananagram” game.

BANANAGRAMS

Family Affairs — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:39:00 +0000

About two years ago, I was having coffee with a friend of mine. She is a very sorted woman who was about a year ahead of me in the “how to survive divorce” stakes. She made me believe that I would be OK. At the time she briefly mentioned that she and her father had invented a new game for children and that they were going ahead with a prototype and that they were hoping it would be successful because she needed to be able to support her children….

Two years down the line and she has one of the biggest sellers of children’s toys on the market. “Bananagrams” is now sold in every self-respecting toy shop, it has become a Nintendo game, they play it online and they have now developed some other similar games to expand their world domination. Their family story is amazing (so amazing that I can’t quite remember the details – something to do with her father being the son of a fruit vendor but I will divulge the details in due course when she has reminded me of them).

Because they are about to launch two new products I have decided to do my first ever competition. This is simply because I think she is amazing and deserves to be a huge success and because she has given me some of her original games to give away. If this works, I will get some of her new games and be able to do another competition soon with brand new, hot off the press games after the summer.