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[challenge entry] Been away for a while
Have a pearoast for the compo

From the If Ads Told The Truth challenge. See all 454 entries (closed)

(evil_mikey is right behind you, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 23:52, archived)
# Ah yes
The tax on the mathematically challenged.

*buys a ticket anyway*
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 23:55, archived)
# READS
FINALLY LEARNS
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 23:57, archived)
# I buy a lottery ticket as insurance against
the intolerable pain of not buying one and my usual numbers coming up.
(Super Jet Shoes, Fri 6 Apr 2007, 0:16, archived)
# I win a quid everyweek..
..by not 'playing'.

I ran model for 180,000 years using the same numbers and proved that unless lightning strikes, you'll ALWAYS lose.
(I helped save b3ta! mikenco, Fri 6 Apr 2007, 1:10, archived)
# Indeed that's true and sensible but...
....someone wins a bloody fortune every week.

EDIT: "Someone" meaning "someone else".
(Super Jet Shoes, Fri 6 Apr 2007, 1:19, archived)
# I maintain that buying a lottery ticket is rational
The marginal loss of £1 per week is irrelevant given the price of, say, a beer. The marginal benefit of some millions, however, is significant.

Nonetheless, I have never bought a lottery ticket. Go figure.
(Pie of Meat ___°¬¯O¯____\o/_____/\_,____Y¯¯Y, Fri 6 Apr 2007, 1:38, archived)
# made me
... spill my coffee !
(eneville, Fri 6 Apr 2007, 11:31, archived)