Post by nildrohain on Feb 21, 2024 21:36:55 GMT
So one of my favorite "urban legend" stories (which I learned from family) was of this dude (maybe a coworker of a family member?) who entered a supposed Taco Bell contest in the late 90s/early 00s and spent 1000s of dollars on Taco Bell food to win the ultimate prize of "meeting Angelina Jolie (AKA Lara Croft in the movie version of Tomb Raider)." He forked over like 30%+ of his income that year and ended up not only NOT winning, but not even winning a smaller prize.
I was telling my partner about it (who is both a big fan of the original Tomb Raider games and movies) and he got a good laugh about it and looked up the contest out of curiosity...only to find no record of this kind of contest actually existing? There were indeed some promotional prizes for the Tomb Raider movie at Taco Bell, but nothing about "meeting Angelina Jolie."
Does anyone know what I'm talking about here?
I was telling my partner about it (who is both a big fan of the original Tomb Raider games and movies) and he got a good laugh about it and looked up the contest out of curiosity...only to find no record of this kind of contest actually existing? There were indeed some promotional prizes for the Tomb Raider movie at Taco Bell, but nothing about "meeting Angelina Jolie."
Does anyone know what I'm talking about here?
