DEAL!!!

When I'd first arrived home in Oz, in need of something exciting to cheer me up, I'd sent out loads of applications for random fun and folly things… One of those applications was for the TV game show 'Deal or No Deal'...
Now, months later, having almost forgotten I'd even applied, I was sitting in photography class during the break when I received an email from the 'Deal Coordinator' inviting me to a casting to be a contestant on the show.
I jumped out of my chair and ran out of class to call Jerry, my heart pounding.

J: (excited) 'You're gonna get through baby! You could win $200,000!!'
Me: 'It says in the invitation that I can invite someone along to play with me… Do you wanna play with me?!!'.. 
J: (hesitates).. 'What about my English? You know how I get when I'm nervous!'
Me: 'Oh come on baby! Who gives a shit! It'll be so much fun!!'
J: (excited again) 'Ok!!'

I decide to dress in vintage for the casting. Polka dot jumpsuit, pin curls and red lippy. Jerry dresses to impress in blazer and bow tie. We drive to the casting with the roof down, feeling a million dollars. But its stinking hot, we're running late, and there are no parks, so we park the car at my brothers office, blocking his car in, throw the keys at him through the door with no explanation and powerwalk four blocks, me with instant blisters from the damned heels. My nerves are fraying and I start bickering at Jerry who's walking ahead.
'Shall we meet there or do you want to wait for me?!... F-ing Speedy Gonzales!'
We turn the corner and there are a hundred people queued up outside the studio for the casting. Ahhh!! Rushing for nothing!

We walk up to join the crowd and one hundred people turn and stare at us. We're literally the only ones who made any effort whatsoever at looking good for the casting. I'm talking Bogan Central. It could've been a queue at Centrelink on dole day.
As we pose for the mug shots, I whisper to Jerry 'We've got it in the bag'.

The questionnaires include:
'Whats the most exciting thing you've ever done?'
'What are you most proud of in your life?'
'Whats something people wouldn't guess about you?'
'Whats the strangest job you've ever done?'
And the big one: 'What would you do with $200,000?'

I overhear the broads next to me struggling to come up with answers. Meanwhile Jerry and I have absolutely smashed the questionnaires! They're literally overflowing with winning answers, rippers, beauties, everything you could ever wish to read on a questionnaire if you were a casting director looking for somebody interesting for your show.
eg:
Jerry: Won 'Survivor'. (Bang)
Anna: Opened a cocktail bar in Costa Rica and made a reality TV show about it. (Bang)
Jerry: Cruised the world on a 6-star luxury cruise ship. (Bang)
Anna: Got hit on by Prince Harry. (Bang)
Jerry: Owned my own restaurant in Stockholm. (Bang)
Anna: Worked as a Playboy Bunny at the Playboy Casino in London. (Bang)
Jerry: Was a chimney sweep. (WTF?!)

We strategically analyze the 6 interviewers at their desks, and decide on the guy we want. Yes, we definitely stand the best chance with him. Luck is on our side. He notices us too, waits while his colleague takes the broads next to us and then calls us over. We're silently high-fiving as we sit down opposite him.
'I have to say, you two have lit up this room!' is the first thing he says to us.
The interview is amazing. He loves us.
And we leave, dreaming of the suitcase containing $200,000.