The Lottery
01-19-2004, 06:35 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by JonasM
To be more accurate, I'd say money obtained too easily does funny things......
I know a number of very wealthy people who worked hard for evey dime. They're not that different from most of my other friends in attitude or overall outlook, though they do have some nicer toys.
To be more accurate, I'd say money obtained too easily does funny things......
I know a number of very wealthy people who worked hard for evey dime. They're not that different from most of my other friends in attitude or overall outlook, though they do have some nicer toys.
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01-20-2004, 10:35 AM
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matrix - sorry to hear that. maybe next time
Something strange though... I always though that Super 7 was a Canada-wide lotto, but I guess it goes by province, because nobody won the BC Super 7 last Friday, so this weeks jackpot is $25 million. I guess it was just a fluke that both Ontario and BC had $20 million jackpots during the same week.
Either way, I really hope I get the winner this week! (If I win, I'll buy you a beer for being another F1 avatar guy)
Something strange though... I always though that Super 7 was a Canada-wide lotto, but I guess it goes by province, because nobody won the BC Super 7 last Friday, so this weeks jackpot is $25 million. I guess it was just a fluke that both Ontario and BC had $20 million jackpots during the same week.
Either way, I really hope I get the winner this week! (If I win, I'll buy you a beer for being another F1 avatar guy)
Monkei!
01-21-2004, 06:43 PM
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I don't have a lottery story, but one that's somewhat similar.
A lady in my sister's neighborhood received some good news & some
bad news from a private investigator a couple years ago.
Once it was confirmed by the investigator that the lady was in fact the person
he was looking for, he broke the bad news to her that she had been adopted.
Since her parents were already deceased, she had lived her life not knowing
that they had adopted her. Since the investigator knew everything from her
birthdate, to her name, to the place she was born, she had no reason to doubt
the fact that she had been adopted. Then the investigator gave his reason for
tracking her down to give her the news. (Good News
The mother that gave
her up for adoption was an American Indian. Since she was a decendant of the
tribe she was due her share of the tribe's casino earnings, past and future.
I guess the money can console her to the fact that her parents had lied to her.
She won the lottery without having to buy a ticket.
A lady in my sister's neighborhood received some good news & some
bad news from a private investigator a couple years ago.
Once it was confirmed by the investigator that the lady was in fact the person
he was looking for, he broke the bad news to her that she had been adopted.
Since her parents were already deceased, she had lived her life not knowing
that they had adopted her. Since the investigator knew everything from her
birthdate, to her name, to the place she was born, she had no reason to doubt
the fact that she had been adopted. Then the investigator gave his reason for
tracking her down to give her the news. (Good News
The mother that gave her up for adoption was an American Indian. Since she was a decendant of the
tribe she was due her share of the tribe's casino earnings, past and future.
I guess the money can console her to the fact that her parents had lied to her.
She won the lottery without having to buy a ticket.
01-24-2004, 01:17 PM
#19
Originally posted by dhayner
It's a tax on the mathematically challenged.
It's a tax on the mathematically challenged.
Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from Einstein
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
02-14-2004, 03:54 PM
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Originally posted by dhayner
It's a tax on the mathematically challenged.
It's a tax on the mathematically challenged.
The lottery: A game for people that are poor at math!
The other one that I have seen reads: What has six balls and screws the poor? The lottery.
I have witnessed people that seem as though they could put twenty dollars to better use commenting that the twenty dollars worth of lottery tickets they just bought gives them a twenty times better chance at winning. That seems to prove the first point and perhaps the second.
With that stated: I hope that I win the $177 million Mega Millions on Tuesday.