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Started by Ed Anger, March 24, 2011, 09:07:47 AM

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garbon

#15
March 24, 2011, 01:11:43 PM
Quote from: Caliga on March 24, 2011, 12:53:14 PM
It's foolish logic too.  I'll be happy to stay behind and get a huge promotion or, if not, get a job elsewhere via my large network of contacts. :)

The foolish part is that the chance of them winning is negligible.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Caliga

#16
March 24, 2011, 01:16:03 PM
Well I know, but I'm saying even in the incredibly unlikely chance that it happens.

I think this may be a standard defense for playing the lottery when folks realize that, rationally, they really shouldn't be playing, but they just really like to gamble anyway.
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garbon

#17
March 24, 2011, 01:33:57 PM
I'd rather have a cocktail.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Barrister

#18
March 24, 2011, 01:36:06 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 24, 2011, 11:03:09 AM
We play whichever has the highest jackpot between powerball & megamillions a couple times a week.  It's not that I expect to win or even think about winning-- in fact I'd prefer to take the money & visit a casino.  But I just don't want to have any chance of being one of the unlucky few left in the office if everyone wins, so I view it as a sort of insurance policy.

The girl who goes & buys the tickets does a great job running the whole thing-- just wish she was that good with her actual work.

I do the same. -_-

What I don't get is someone like Ed who goes out to buy 20 tickets.  The odds are so astronomical you're hardly helped by buying multiple tickets.  I figure if I'm going to win it's because of some divine plan, so I only need to buy one ticket for that to happen. :goodboy:
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Caliga

#19
March 24, 2011, 01:40:29 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 24, 2011, 01:36:06 PM
What I don't get is someone like Ed who goes out to buy 20 tickets.  The odds are so astronomical you're hardly helped by buying multiple tickets.  I figure if I'm going to win it's because of some divine plan, so I only need to buy one ticket for that to happen. :goodboy:
While I know you are being facetious, there are actually crazed religious people down here who actually think Jesus wants them to be rich (see: "prosperity theology"). :hmm:
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Barrister

#20
March 24, 2011, 02:00:56 PM
Quote from: Caliga on March 24, 2011, 01:40:29 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 24, 2011, 01:36:06 PM
What I don't get is someone like Ed who goes out to buy 20 tickets.  The odds are so astronomical you're hardly helped by buying multiple tickets.  I figure if I'm going to win it's because of some divine plan, so I only need to buy one ticket for that to happen. :goodboy:
While I know you are being facetious, there are actually crazed religious people down here who actually think Jesus wants them to be rich (see: "prosperity theology"). :hmm:

I don't think He wants me to be rich, but in case He does, I only need to buy one ticket for that to happen.   :cool:
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Syt

#21
March 24, 2011, 02:01:07 PM
I play Euromillions whenever the jackpot is over 60mil. This weekend it's at over €133,000,000. Tax free.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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Caliga

#22
March 24, 2011, 02:02:50 PM
I don't need to play the lottery, because I know that of any of my Languishite best buds win the lotto they'll share their winnings with me. :cool:
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Barrister

#23
March 24, 2011, 02:03:14 PM
Quote from: Caliga on March 24, 2011, 02:02:50 PM
I don't need to play the lottery, because I know that of any of my Languishite best buds win the lotto they'll share their winnings with me. :cool:

:zipped:
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derspiess

#24
March 24, 2011, 02:29:19 PM
Quote from: Caliga on March 24, 2011, 12:53:14 PM
It's foolish logic too.  I'll be happy to stay behind and get a huge promotion or, if not, get a job elsewhere via my large network of contacts. :)

I'd rather not take on the workload + have to train a department full of new people.  A buck or two a week is a small price to pay for peace of mind.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Barrister

#25
March 24, 2011, 02:32:19 PM
My wife's sister's husband's uncle was in a workplace where 20 or so people split a big jackpot.   :)
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HVC

#26
March 24, 2011, 02:41:51 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 24, 2011, 02:00:56 PM
Quote from: Caliga on March 24, 2011, 01:40:29 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 24, 2011, 01:36:06 PM
What I don't get is someone like Ed who goes out to buy 20 tickets.  The odds are so astronomical you're hardly helped by buying multiple tickets.  I figure if I'm going to win it's because of some divine plan, so I only need to buy one ticket for that to happen. :goodboy:
While I know you are being facetious, there are actually crazed religious people down here who actually think Jesus wants them to be rich (see: "prosperity theology"). :hmm:

I don't think He wants me to be rich, but in case He does, I only need to buy one ticket for that to happen.   :cool:
If he realy wanted you to be rich you'd find a ticket on the floor on your way home :contract: :P
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

garbon

#27
March 24, 2011, 03:03:08 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 24, 2011, 02:32:19 PM
My wife's sister's husband's uncle was in a workplace where 20 or so people split a big jackpot.   :)

:lol:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Camerus

#28
March 24, 2011, 03:11:37 PM
I buy lottery tickets for large jackpots once every season - spring, summer, fall, winter.  So far, I haven't won jack.

Barrister

#29
March 24, 2011, 03:23:42 PM
I once got 4 plus bonus number on Lotto 6/49.

Turns out that gets you $80.

:rolleyes:
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