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In Canada, we have a coffee and donut chain called Tim Hortons. It's like Dunkin Donuts I guess, but the coffee is, in my opinion, much better. I suspect they put crack in their coffee, I maybe go through about 2-3 extra larges a day.
A couple of times a year, they run a promotion called Roll up the Rim. The cups have rims that you roll up, and you can win prizes like a free donut. coffee, bagel, muffin, moutain bike, TV, boat, cars, etc. etc.
The promotion is currently in effect in British Columbia. It's been going for about 3 weeks now.
I haven't won jack shit.
I'm gonna bust out some math here for you. If I only drink 2 coffees a day, then:
21 days x 2 coffees a day = 42
42 coffees over 3 weeks is ridiculous. I know of a guy that has won 2 bikes these season!
I want a free coffee god damnit!
 
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Hahaha, sucks man 
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lmao.. I've won like 3 coffees + a couple donuts.. for about $20-25 worth of coffees.. wouldn't mind one of those TVs though.
XD
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I bought a take 10 yesterday.
Won 3 free coffees and a $100 gift card!
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haha damn man, good luck to ya. I only ever drink it once every few weeks so I don't expect to win, but best of luck to you! : )
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Einstein Bros started doing a roll up the rim too. That's a bagel/coffee shop here in the US
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I buy a XL tea every weekday - no luck at all so far.
Sorry, play again!
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I didn't realize this promotion is going on right now, I should try my luck with yummy Timmy's and hope I can win a boat! 
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On April 02 2011 12:03 arcfyr wrote:
I buy a XL tea every weekday - no luck at all so far.
Sorry, play again!
PLEASE play again.. gotta be a courteous fail when you roll it.
XD
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Ah They have Tim Hortons in my native Michigan but not here in Kansas ><
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canada will always have tim hortons over america. fuck yeah, canada.
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I never won anything personally, since I don't drink a lot of Tim Hortins, but a lot of classmates win a ton of coffees and donuts.
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we have tim horton's here in the states, but i am not a coffee guy
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I haven't won a fucking thing either, but a woman in town won one of the Matrixes.
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I have won 3 free coffees. It was the first 3 i bought. That was it. I drink like 3 or 4 teas a day. There is some conspiracy with these roll ups
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Thank you for reminding me, I just about threw out a valuable contest cup.
Edit: Wooo, free coffee.
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On April 02 2011 12:11 apalemorning wrote:
canada will always have tim hortons over america. fuck yeah, canada.
WRONG. Tim Hortons exists in Northern US. :p
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In my experience the Roll-Up-The-Rim odds have always been really good, at least for a donut or coffee. I haven't shopped there for a couple of years now, but I hear the last couple of contests have been really bad for odds. Sucks to see it go from so awesome to so not
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im winning coffees with my free coffees! ontario roll up must be better?
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i'm 0-15 so far this roll up the rim
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On April 02 2011 13:33 Code wrote:i'm 0-15 so far this roll up the rim
same i drink two extra larges a day, havent won SHIT.
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I won 10 coffees already!
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Canada7170 Posts
The best part of winning coffees is that you get another rim.
What rim techniques does everybody use? I finish my coffee, plunk the lid in the cup so it faces me and the arrow to roll up is right in front of me. Then I take both hands and squeeze the cup for the lid falls in and roll up with my thumbs. I've seen silly things around the U like people using their teeth and stuff.
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Canada8035 Posts
Have you guys seen those special tools people use to roll up the rim? My friend has one, and I think he's insane for buying one.
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/GK2Gt.jpg)
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United States16368 Posts
They have Timmy's here in upstate New York.
IMHO, Tim Horton's coffee is pretty terrible, and I consider myself a non-novice coffee drinker (I have a French press at home and grind up various types of beans and blends).
William's (in Canada) has much better coffee for about the same price. I know a lot of people hate Starbucks because it's overprice/mainstream etc., but Starbucks definitely has better coffee than Timmy's.
If you add both milk and sugar to your coffee, then pretty much anything tastes the same.
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On April 02 2011 13:56 mikeymoo wrote:
The best part of winning coffees is that you get another rim.
What rim techniques does everybody use? I finish my coffee, plunk the lid in the cup so it faces me and the arrow to roll up is right in front of me. Then I take both hands and squeeze the cup for the lid falls in and roll up with my thumbs. I've seen silly things around the U like people using their teeth and stuff.
This is the only way to roll it. I've had to teach so many people over the years after I see them gnawing at their cup.
I'm at about 5 for 18 this year which is pretty good especially since only 1 was a donut and the rest were coffees.
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I'm 2-20. I'm a tooth roller. Wouldn't mind winning something nice so I can pawn it off for some tuition money .
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Dude, I'm so peed off at Tim Hortons right now. I drink at least 1 of there coffees a day.
Since the start of the season I have only won a donut. 1 donut.
I worked midnight shifts at a Timmy's during some of high school.
Pretty damn easy job, people who work there mostly the ladies and underpaid supervisors do nothing but bitch. They make decent tips, but make there job sound like hell. I also had 2 sisters who worked at a different Tim Hortons. (I'm a triplet)
I can vouch for them though, no one wants to be with a minimum wage job.
I'll let them into my world one time, there job compared to a professional kitchens level of stress.
On April 02 2011 14:17 Spazer wrote:Have you guys seen those special tools people use to roll up the rim? My friend has one, and I think he's insane for buying one.
Wow, I was playing with one of those the other day, and couldn't figure out what in the world it was.
Time to go find it , My roommate buys the stupidest crap.
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haha I'm living in Buffalo, NY atm and me and my sister have gone every damn day on the way to class and only won one free coffee...its insane how unlucky I am...I actually gave up on ever thinking that I would win ever good luck with that though
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I've won 4/5 times this time. Surprisingly I haven't bought alot of timmies recently.
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On April 02 2011 13:56 mikeymoo wrote:
The best part of winning coffees is that you get another rim.
What rim techniques does everybody use? I finish my coffee, plunk the lid in the cup so it faces me and the arrow to roll up is right in front of me. Then I take both hands and squeeze the cup for the lid falls in and roll up with my thumbs. I've seen silly things around the U like people using their teeth and stuff.
I use my teeth get the lip out then use my fingers. My best friend does it that way and I've done it ever since even though it looks stupid.
But thank you for starting this OP. I've bought like 10 and I've gotten nothing
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The odds of winning are something like 1/9 iirc, so you're pretty unlucky lol. I've had about 7-9 so far and haven't won yet either.
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Wow Tim Horton's is real? I thought it was one of the things fake Canadian things they made up in How I met Your Mother, like Canadians are afraid of the dark, or the Hoser Hut,
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I rarely drink coffee but I just wanted to say I fucking hate the commercials for this.
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Canada8035 Posts
On April 02 2011 17:09 igotmyown wrote:
Wow Tim Horton's is real? I thought it was one of the things fake Canadian things they made up in How I met Your Mother, like Canadians are afraid of the dark, or the Hoser Hut,
No offense, but this is the funniest thing I've read all day. Tim Horton's is huge up here. It's literally the place to be for coffee and donuts.
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We are afraid of the dark.. i don't know what you're talking aboot.
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is it me or the car they have this time is really shitty compared to previous roll up the rims
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is it me or the car they have this time is really shitty compared to previous roll up the rims
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On April 02 2011 20:40 G3CKO wrote:
is it me or the car they have this time is really shitty compared to previous roll up the rims
Lol wasn't it a terrible spineless american car last time? A ford flex or something? Think it's a matrix now... I'd take that any day.
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2/2 baby yeahhhhhh and i only payed for 1 of them
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