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Last night, I was on the floor playing with my toddler and I noticed that he was shaking a maraca — so we had a daddy/baby jam session, with me tapping on the carpet and with him shaking the maraca. Then, I noticed what the maraca said: “AIG – Sun America”.
I thought, “hey, maybe my baby boy won’t mind if I take this maraca and raffle this thing off on shmula.com” — today is your lucky day!
Raffle Details
All you have to do is:
- comment on this post with a valid email address or
- retweet this post URL using the hash #aig-maraca
- I’ll randomly pick the winner on 3/27/2009 at midnight, mountain standard time.
- Double-entries (comment post and tweets) are allowed
- More in FAQ below.


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Frequency Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Say it Ain’t So?
Yes, I’m afraid I’m giving this away.
Is it For Reals?
Yes, I have no idea where I obtained this one-of-a-kind collector’s item, but it is real, American International Group (AIG) maraca.
Wow, thanks for doing this!
No problem.
You are crazy, an AIG Maraca is a super rare find!
Enter the raffle, you might win!
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I’m in — pretty cool find!
me too…this kicks ass
One of a kind keepsake, for the taking!
My Comment “Always Inventive Giveaways”
AMAZING BLOG – Peter Abila http://www.shmula.com – Read and be enriched!
1. Find AIG Maraca
2. Offer it as a prize on blog
3. ?????
4. Profit!!
AIG bonuses: $160M
AIG bailout: $180B
AIG maraca? Priceless!
Well, maybe not but we need a good laugh in these difficult times!
The AIG Maraca should be shaken violently towards AIG board members and the following should be shouted, “NO” “NO”
To read about who approved these bonus check this out:
http://rightofcenter-pmoshei.blogspot.com/2009/03/lack-of-governance-is-real-story-in.html