All through my life, I never won diddly squat
Not even a goldfish. Every raffle, every prize draw, every lottery, every scratch card, EVERYTHING, I was a sure-fire loser. I could never throw a hoop over a bottle or knock down tins with tennis balls either; there were people with luck (and skill), and I just wasn't one of them. One of my friends, who I'll call Stuart (as that's his name) was known for being lucky; things always seemed to fall in his favour somehow. He was always the one who found money, who won prizes, who somehow managed to have tghe correct alignment of the planet to most suit him at any one point, and I, of course, never did.

Until 2 years ago.

Since then my luck has completely changed, to the extent where I actually feel confident entering competitions and prize draws. I have won a year's membership of the gym at a 5-star hotel (awesome prize!), 6 months Tai Kwan Do lessons, numerous cash prizes in raffles, a 3 litre bottle of whisky, and am quite useful to have in a casino...

It makes me wonder, what is this bloody luck thing? Where does it come from? Why does it go? People say "There's no such thing as luck" but it seems like I can definitely point to a period when I had no luck and a period when the gods are undoubtedly smiling at me. It's a strange one.
(McChinaman banned, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 5:32, 1 reply)

Luck fluctuates
Professional gamblers are a case in point. You can be the best poker player in the world and still spend an entire year losing money.
( MatJ LOOK, Mon 2 May 2011, 16:35, closed)