Freebies and free stuff

Why is Peyton Manning flipping the coin here? Is he going to officiate the Super Bowl? I smell a slight conflict of interest seeing as his brother will be playing in it.

Here’s the deal. Papa John’s is holding a goofy promotion where people pick what the Super Bowl coin toss will be. If “America” correctly calls it, then everybody gets a free large one-toppings pizza and a 2-liter Pepsi Max.

• Click yellow “CALL THE COIN TOSS” button
• Skip Facebook integration
• Watch stupid video of a grown man failing to flip a coin
• Create a free Papa Rewards account, if you don’t already have one
• Vote Heads or Tails
• Watch the Super Bowl on … I don’t know. Who cares. The Packers aren’t in it.

If America gets it right, all Papa Rewards members will get an email telling them how to get their free food, regardless of whether you personally got the call right.

Papa John’s is giving away one million free pizzas throughout the football season this year. The way it’s set up is that 60,000 random people will receive a free large one topping pizza each week. All you have to do is signup for a Papa John’s rewards account, click “My Account,” click “Enroll” under the Papa Points section, then cross your fingers. If you win any week, you’ll receive an email notification. I was hoping they’d just randomly deliver a pizza to my house, but I guess that’s asking a little too much.

[thanks Cha-Ching on a Shoestring!]

There’s a free Splenda Essentials sugar offer on their Facebook page. You’ll also be entered into a contest where a $1000 Visa giftcard will be given away for every 10,000 samples they send out. In other words, tell your friends to get the freebie but stipulate you have dibs if they win the gift card. If they actually go for that, please let me hang out with them.

There are only 400 winners each day in Dove Chocolate’s new instant win game, but Hiffers tend to have amazing luck when it comes to these types of freebies. The Nerdburgers among us might point out it has something to do with the overwhelming number of us and how that skews statistical odds in our favor, but to that I say “booooo for using math.” Nobody likes math.

The “game” lasts through 12/17/11 and you can play once a day, so there are plenty of opportunities to win something. There’s no purchase necessary – when it asks for a UPC, click on “Don’t have a UPC Code?” Good luck!

Not all for the same person. That’d be unfair (unless it was me).

In addition to the Wrigley summer contest, there’s a Pick Your Pause contest where 250,000 free Twix bars will be handed out. You can play once a day and there’s no purchase necessary since you can get a free entry code.

Good luck!

If you have an Adidas Outlet store nearby, bring this coupon in before June 14 to get a free pack of tees, low rise briefs, or boxer briefs. It’s been a while since we’ve had a good underwear freebie, which is a sentence I never thought I’d ever type.

There are 160,000 prizes for Wrigley Jr.’s Non-Stop Summer Fun Instant Win Game, which means at least three of us should win something. Maybe four. To the prizes!

• (114) $100 Summer Fun Bucks
• (25) Pair of Six Flag Theme Park Adult Admission Tickets
• (1,000) $25 Summer Fun Bucks
• (2,000) $10 Summer Fun Bucks
• (31,021) $5 Summer Fun Bucks (That’s an odd number)
• (130,000) FREE Single Size Starburst, Skittles or Lifesavers Gummies Coupon

There’s no purchase necessary as you can use codes JKJ736WWR4 and P75D533ED2 up to three times per day through September. I didn’t win anything except for a message that said “at least it’s not snowing.” Oh really? What if I happened to be in Antartica right now? (I’m not) What if I really enjoyed snow? (I really don’t)

EDIT: This contest has ended.

Social Goodies is a new daily deal site about to launch. In celebration, they are holding a contest where they’ll give away 100 free $50 Target gift cards. In addition, for every person who enters the contest, they’ll make a $1 donation to the American Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Fund.

I was fully prepared to make fun of them because the last thing we need is another Groupon clone. Yet how can I ridicule a site giving away $5,000 in prizes and making donations to the Red Cross? Turns out I actually have some of those “standards” everybody is always talking about!

If you’re out at the mall today, then swing by Great American Cookie and ask for a free Turtle or Red Velvet brownie. While you’re at it, you can enter a GAC contest to win a spa vacation for your mom plus a friend, which is valued at $5,000. If she wins and doesn’t take you, I’d reconsider entering her in any future contests.

Freebie may be a bit slow or incoherent today. I’m doing my taxes and can’t decide if I should do some calming yoga or bust open the liquor cabinet at 11am.

[thanks Penny Pinchin' Mom!]

Wendy’s Summer of Real game is just what I needed to validate my existence and solidify my belief in the seasons. Turns out it’s also a game where you enter in Cup Code 329492855844 and will most likely win 30 MyCokeRewards points, which is enough for a free 20oz. Coke. They’ll email you the code, but it’s not instant, so don’t worry.

There are other potential prizes you could win, but I’m not holding my breath. Mainly because I want to live.