A2H GO
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How far do you think you could get from Manchester and back in 2 days with little more than £20 and a passport?
We are organising a Prison Break Competition between 28 and 30 September 2011 to raise funds for MENCAP and Enable Scotland. We’re hoping to raise more than £5000 from the event.
Contestants will, in pairs, travel as far as they can by running, hitching, cycling, sailing, scoring free plane tickets...
The contestants who reach the furthest destination as the crow flies without being proven to have broken any of the rules will win a prize, but more importantly will have the kudos of having beaten everyone else!
You are cordially invited to enter a team in this exciting competition of initiative, tenacity, influencing skills, guile, cheek and blatant blagging prowess.
Any tips before we get started?  
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Ben G
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how will this work? trackers and constant cameras on people?
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Adam_B
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take a fit bird with you.
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Brett
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Sounds interesting. Can't be that hard to get far really tho, there's enough cheap coaches and other transportation to use. I take it all food, etc. has to be bought with the £20? Seems a bit too easy to cheat.
[Edited on 18-08-2011 by Brett]
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Tom
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Would work well if you are well connected/a whore on facebook and/or twitter. Ask people for help, tell them to pass it on and that it's for charity etc.
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Eck
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Easiest game ever. Find a local dodgey dealer, give him 20 bucks for a 9mm, hijack a car, and repeat until you reach mexico.
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Carl
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I'd probably get to the Trafford centre, my worst nightmare this kind of thing.
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A2H GO
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Originally posted by Tom
Would work well if you are well connected/a whore on facebook and/or twitter. Ask people for help, tell them to pass it on and that it's for charity etc.
Not a bad idea that. 
Not sure how it will work yet, we've got to go for a briefing next, I'm sure there will be some guidelines, do's and don'ts etc. i.e Don't hitchhike with strangers, doubt the compant would want to take responsibility if someone got kidnapped.
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Carl
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quote:
Originally posted by Brett
Sounds interesting. Can't be that hard to get far really tho, there's enough cheap coaches and other transportation to use. I take it all food, etc. has to be bought with the £20? Seems a bit too easy to cheat.
[Edited on 18-08-2011 by Brett]
Brett some people get far as fuck on these things, i'm talk half way to Russia type far!
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tom130691
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find some one with a prius............
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SXi_Tim
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quote:
Originally posted by Eck
Easiest game ever. Find a local dodgey dealer, give him 20 bucks for a 9mm, hijack a car, and repeat until you reach mexico.
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Gary
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What the fuck do you do when you get as far as you can?
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A2H GO
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Originally posted by tom130691
find some one with a prius............
Polo Bluemotion it to Dover on £20 on fuel then blag a ferry ticket, that will have to be 300 miles.
TBH I reckon we'd have to get a plane somewhere to stand a chance of winning, especially being so close to Manchester Airport.
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A2H GO
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Originally posted by Gary
What the fuck do you do when you get as far as you can?
I think you have to get back aswell within the 2 days so you would have to work out the distance and how long you expect it to take to get both there and back.
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Rob_Quads
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Give up any thoughts of winning. I am sure someone who has friends with lots of money will get them to buy them a ticket to somewhere like Canada and then back again.
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tom130691
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Originally posted by Rob_Quads
Give up any thoughts of winning. I am sure someone who has friends with lots of money will get them to buy them a ticket to somewhere like Canada and then back again.
local radio did this at one point and some bitch go a few thousand miles for free.....cunts
you wont win so get a chinese and stay in
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RichR
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enquire about the "jump seat" on a commercial flight  Tell them the charity and mission and bingo.....
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RichR
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jump seat should be FOC by the way
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mwg
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Whats the jump seat
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Twiggy
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WTF jump seat! Wont he need "Seats?"
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RichR
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
Whats the jump seat
Air crew seat, often left empty and available to family/friends of the air crew. You tend to sign a waiver to say that you agree to open the door etc in the event of an incident.
its a fold down seat by the main exit plus normally another in the cockpit.
[Edited on 18-08-2011 by LiVe LeE]
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A2H GO
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quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
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Originally posted by mwg
Whats the jump seat
Air crew seat, often left empty and available to family/friends of the air crew. You tend to sign a waiver to say that you agree to open the door etc in the event of an incident.
its a fold down seat by the main exit plus normally another in the cockpit.
[Edited on 18-08-2011 by LiVe LeE]
Awesome, could be onto a winner here.
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oceansoul
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quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
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Originally posted by mwg
Whats the jump seat
Air crew seat, often left empty and available to family/friends of the air crew. You tend to sign a waiver to say that you agree to open the door etc in the event of an incident.
its a fold down seat by the main exit plus normally another in the cockpit.
[Edited on 18-08-2011 by LiVe LeE]
No way would they let some randomer sit in the cockpit jumpseat
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DannyB
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Twitter/fb is a good idea. There was some guy on twitter really that went around the world and stayed at his followers houses for free. Got lifts everywhere etc.
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