As first reported in today’s Bangor Daily News, and since picked up by several news outlets, who apparently wanted to make Mainers look as ridiculous as possible, the Maine State Lottery has received a great deal of backlash for wanting to name its new scratch off games “Kwikie”.
The Lottery has bowed to pressure and agreed to change the name, which some were quick (pun intended?) to point out was slang for a sexual encounter.
“We’ve heard the complaints, and we’ve changed the name,” Joey Cunningham, the Sate Lottery spokesman told a gathering of reporters. “The new name is $%&*@! and anyone who has a problem with that can go $%&*@! themselves!”
Judging by the silence that came over the room, I gathered no one had a problem.
Lottery tickets bearing the new name should be available next week.
very cool. thanks.
do i have your email address? there is something else i want to share you might get a laugh out of, similar in nature. but don’t want to post it here as yet.
It;s moviewriternyu at that Y place…
I’ll bet the rabble-rousers complained because of the incorrect spelling of Quickie to Kwickie. I know that would have someone like me seeing red instead of green.
Have you read the article? It makes Mainers look ridiculous. I was so embarrassed when I read today’s paper…
No, I haven’t. Based on your reaction I’m thinking maybe I should look it up?
It was the lead article on Yahoo news. I’m sure it’s on the Bangor Daily News website. Oh, it’s so dorky…
That’s the first time I think I can recall you being a bit put out by being a “Mainer”.
I’m put out by the way Mainers are depicted in the article…
Ah. Ok. That makes more sense.
I’m glad.
If it makes you feel better, here in Canada they replaced the dollar bill with a coin and called it a “Looney”….I kid you not!!
Be pretty interesting to hear someone here say, “this looney can get me a Kwikie at the corner store!”
Thanks again Austin!! You never disappoint
Have a great night funny man and keep us posted!!
I’m just embarrassed that the Maine Lottery story went national. Makes us look like dorks. Glad you liked my spoof on it, though.
I bought a lottery ticket once. It was a scratch and match game where you choose 2 squares of 3 available, to scratch and see if you got a match with those two. I chose my first square and scratched away, only to find “$0″. I didn’t use expletives at the time as I was far too confused: should I pick one more squares to see if I was a winner, or not? And if I did win, what would I do, celebrate my big winnings with a glass of, I dunno, air? Quite the quandary Now, I just cuss under my breath, and refuse to play. Once burned, you know.
You could always try again.
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The Kwikie becomes the $%&*@!” … LOL
Just read this story in the Boston Globe. Of course, we “flatlanders” are laughing at you rubes…
So silly. So, so silly.
One of those events that makes you ask yourself, “Who’s in charge here?”
I’m mad at my friend Abby, who write for the Bangor Daily News. How could they publish that article? It makes Mainers look like hillbillies. I love that they guy who owns the story, and is worried that the name of the game will offend his female employees, refers to the women as “girls”…UGH!
I think I bought one of those $%&*@ tickets before. It made me so $%&*@ mad I remember screaming $%&*@ words out loud.
Good times! Thanks for supporting the Maine Lottery.
Scratch Off Games always depends on luck. if you are luck going on then you win excited prize.
Wonderful. Quickie was a bad decision, they might as well have done this.
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading. Good luck if you play the lottery…