December 2011
17 posts
Winner #23: Louis C.K.
No no, Louis C.K. himself didn’t win, but he came up as a topic more than once in the past week or so after releasing his “Live At The Beacon Theatre” video online DRM-free for only five bucks. Now that’s something we can support!
Anyway, a few people hit us up saying they’d spend the money supporting Louis C.K., but Brandon was the first:
I would buy my buddy Mike...
Winner #22: Date Night
Josh’s wife needs a little pick-me-up this Christmas, so he has planned a perfect date night:
My wife is originally from Colombia. This is the first Christmas she won’t be back in Colombia with her whole family. Although she’s excited to spend Christmas with just my family this year, she’s still a little bummed. With $5 I would take her to Chipotle, her favorite restaurant, and buy her a...
WINNER #21: McRib
Tyler not only has a great entry, but he has some wise words about friendship:
I would take a friend to McDonalds for a McRib, they are here for a limited time only but my time with friends is unlimited. #fivedollars
Well said, Tyler. Congrats!
WINNER #20: Kindness at the tollbooth
Marie sent in a fun idea that we think is likely to spread some holiday cheer:
We would give it to a toll taker and tell them to use it to pay for as many cars as it can. This would reduce stress and maybe cheer a few people up. There’s nothing like an unexpected kindness, no matter how small, to make someone’s day better.
Who wouldn’t love to have their tolls paid for when...
WINNER #19: AUTOGRAPH SEEKER
Our Winner #19 is Mike from New Jersey who wrote us with a great idea for a prank to play on his family:
While dining in a restaurant with friends or family I’d make an excuse to leave the table. While away from the table, I would approach a friendly-looking stranger dining in the establishment and offer them the five dollars towards coffee or dessert if he/she would approach my table...
WINNER #18: Marfa, Texas!
I only hear rad things about the people in Marfa, Texas. So it makes sense that the offer we heard from Terry:
Good evening, Gentlemen—
A friend shared your link with me, and I just issued this challenge to my Marfa, Texas Facebook friends. Already I’ve gotten several public pledges, and a few private pledges via facebook messages. I only posted this a few minutes ago, and...
WINNER #17: Photos
Sometimes all you need is a little encouragement… and it’s usually your friends who can help the most. Gina wants to help her friend get out of a rut with a walk around the city taking pictures. Sounds like a fun way to spend $5 to us!
i’d take the $5 and buy a roll of film for my friend Kate to shoot with. she’s been stuck in a rut and i think it would be a really...
WINNER #16: Little Misfit
Entries like Justin’s are the kinds of entries you hope to get in a contest like this. Who doesn’t want to see a baby with a full sleeve of Misfit temporary tattoos?
Justin, congrats my friend! If you send a picture with your tattooed one-year-old, we can just retire the entire $5 Friendship Stimulus and claim victory.
WINNER #15: Doing good for a do-gooder
Michael wrote to us about his friend who does lots of good things for people:
Hey guys. A very good friend of mine is always doing the sweetest things for other people, volunteering at hospice and reading singing ullabies to old ladies as they pass away, volunteering at Make-A-Wish and making kids feel like there’s nothing wrong with them at all, starting food drives at her work for...
WINNER #14: TACO DELIVERY
It seems like so many of the $5 ideas we get revolve around food. But it makes sense because FOOD IS AWESOME. Especially food you can’t get normally. I can’t tell you how often I crave the amazing food of various West Coast-only food establishments… mainly because I can’t have them here in Virginia.
Jeff is here to save the day!
With $5 I could bring Del Taco direct from Los Angeles to...
Winner #12: Happy Birthday
We couldn’t resist Ellen’s heartwarming story:
I’d like to treat my 93-year-old friend Eva to a piece of cake for her bday which is today!!! She’s provided my husband and me with many words of wisdom over the past few years and I’d like to give her a small treat to celebrate her life.
Surely I think we all deserve a piece of cake for turning 93! If we can give...
November 2011
16 posts
WINNER #11: Funding a Tradition
Today’s winner is Annie from NYC, who asks us to help her fund a longstanding tradition with her friend:
Hi! My name is Annie. My best friend Alisa lives in Philly and I live in NYC. When we were in college, we would celebrate momentous occasions- like receiving scholarships, getting accepted to a semester abroad program, or just for making it to class on time (8am classes are really...
For those of you just joining us...
Here’s a little refresher on how to submit. Don’t be shy, it’s easy!
Submitting on Twitter (our preferred method of submissions):
I’d buy a small piece of fabric and some thread… then make a kitten pillow stuffed with @heyitsphil’s beard hair. #fivedollars
(notice that this person has tagged their friend and used our hashtag so we could find their idea out there on the...
Winner #10: Chocolate Chip Cookie
Winner #10, a guy named Sen, e-mailed us and told us a long sob story about how he messed up and had a chance to buy a cookie for his friend at a place in Manhattan that supposedly has really great cookies and he blew it. We’re not kidding when we say it was long.. it actually had seperate sections for the intro, the middle, and the conclusion. We’re talking multiple paragraphs...
Happy "Cyber Monday".
It’s Cyber Monday y’all! Surely there’s something you can buy today for FIVE BUCKS!
Submit your idea here on the site or via Twitter and we’ll select a winner later today!
WINNER #9: Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Today’s winner is Ted, who writes:
Ok, not flashy or weird or cool like the $5 laser show, but a great deal for $5. Donate it to https://feedmore.org/donate/campaign-form/capital_one_throw_down-form and provide 25 meals!
Now that’s what I call a stimulus!
Ted, we can’t argue with feeding 25 families especially as we gather with our families to...
WINNER #8: Dumpling Time
Okay, so it’s 11:43 on the day before Thanksgiving and I’m starving, so this entry definitely qualified for “right place, right time” winning status:
I would get my best friend, Pat, and go to Chinatown NYC. There’s a dumpling house that sells the most amazing homemade dumplings for $1 for 5. I’d get us 25 dumplings, then we’d go sit in the park and...
WINNER #4: So Many Gumballs
Winner #4 is Stephen from Ohio who submitted via our site:
I would buy 20 gum balls with my friend, and we would try to fit all of them in our mouths. It’d be AWESOME.
While this seems semi-unsafe, think of the BUBBLES you could blow! We must see a photo!
Congratulations, winner #4. Please don’t choke on the gumballs. Please.
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