Well, not exactly. But just as equally stupid:
Que. families fight over winning Tim's coffee cup
Mar. 8 2006 7:19 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Two Quebec families are locked in a battle over a prize SUV after a 10-year-old girl named Marilou dug out a winning coffee cup from the trash on Tuesday.
Marilou found a Tim Hortons coffee cup featuring the company's popular "Rrroll up the rim to win" contest in the garbage bin of her primary school in St. Jerome, Que.
When she found her small fingers lacked the strength to roll up the tough cardboard rim, she asked an older schoolmate for help -- with success. The girls found that the cup entitled the holder to a $28,700 Toyota RAV4 SUV.
The Montreal Gazette quotes Nathalie Prevost, mother of Marilou's 12-year-old helper, saying that the girls then took the cup to their school's daycare centre. A teacher called both parents to tell them the news.
"The first parent to arrive there was Marilou's father, so he took the cup," Prevost told the Gazette.
Radio host Mitsou Gelinas spoke to both families during the dispute and explained to CTV how the happy find turned ugly.
"When the parents got in the school they both wanted to share and everyone was happy. The two little girls wanted to share the car. One week would be with one family and the other week the other family. They also wanted to go to Walt Disney together," Gelinas said.
Both the girls' fathers went to Tim Hortons to claim the prize.
But when it came time to claim the prize, there was only one form to fill out. Marilou's father filled out the form and the two men decided to talk it over that night.
"Father number one (Marilou's) doesn't want to share anymore and that's it," Gelinas said.
Prevost believed that her daughter was entitled to some recognition for helping out, so she emailed a local radio station asking for legal advice.
"I wanted the name of a lawyer who could tell me if my daughter is entitled to some of the prize," Prevost explained to the Gazette.
And that's when the story caught the media's attention.
Marilou's father, who remains anonymous, said Prevost went too far with her radio plea and he has changed his mind about giving up any part of the reward.
Gelinas told CTV that the father no longer wants to share the prize because it is, "finders, keepers."
"It's not for me. It's for my daughter's education," Prevost told the Gazette adding, "I hope the parents save the money for their daughter's education and don't spend it for themselves."
Meanwhile, Tim Hortons spokesperson Diane Slopek-Weber told the media Wednesday that the rim tab had not yet been submitted to the contest company by either family.
"The Roll up the Rim to Win promotion," Tim Hortons said in a statement, "is meant to be a thank you to our loyal customers. hahaha8230; we sincerely hope that the families in this case in Quebec will be able to come to a resolution."
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