Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Homeless couple win tickets to Super Bowl XLV

A homeless couple in Green Bay have won the dream of the lifetime through a Facebook contest. The couple were walking through downtown Green Bay as various people approached them asking the question “Have you been to Dallas lately?’
The game,sponsored by the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau posted a secret phrase on a Facebook page and sent out a ‘mystery man’ to walk the streets of Green Bay. Once the first person asked him the secret phrase, they would become winners of Super Bowl tickets.
Homeless woman, Ouida Wright, told her boyfriend Aaron, “I wish I had a dollar for every person who asked me that question.” It turns out she ended up with more. A passer-by told them about the contest and they started asking random people the same question they were bombarded with. It turns out the fourth person Ouida asked had been to Dallas and he just so happened to be the “mystery man’ behind the Faebook game.
The couple say the only had 90-cents in their pocket when they won the tickets, and the couple were concerned about being able to afford going to the big game. In addition to the tickets, the couple was also surprised with airfare to the Superbowl.
Winning the tickets is something that Aaron says ‘there is no word to put how I feel about this.“
When asked about the trip, Wright answered, “I’m looking forward to spooning.”
Check out the video in the left panel to see an interview with the couple.


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