So, who running out to get their tickets for tonight's drawing?

[4est_4est_Gump]

Isn't a few million worth a shot?



You don't get paid, if you don't play!

 

[smoothg103rd]

"My motto, fuck Lotto. I'll get them seven digits from your mother for $1 tomorrow.


https://youtu.be/sFFUzyUriwM

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Quote marks are supposed to be like bookends.

:facepalm:

I know, "What's a bookend? Books? Books? I don't need no stinkin' books, I have a bookie..."

 

[smoothg103rd]

And 4est supposed to be a movie character.

 

[Saint Peter]

And 4est supposed to be a movie character. /QUOTE]

Where the bear shits.

 

[someoneyouknow]

Screw that. I fully admit I'm greedy and want a bigger payout.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I found about $5 on the ground this week.


Yeah, I'll "invest" two of it and a tickie for a shot at 20M.

 

[someoneyouknow]

I found about $5 on the ground this week.


Yeah, I'll "invest" two of it and a tickie for a shot at 20M.

Wouldn't it be hilarious if you did win?

 

[Saint Peter]

A fool and his money are soon parted.

 

[someoneyouknow]

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Exactly. Just like people who go to Starbucks or Pete's every day for their $5 coffee, or those who go out year after year and buy the latest and greatest shiny electronic toy just because it's the latest and greatest, or by every video game which comes so they can sit in front of their monitor for hours every day doing nothing useful.

It's all perspective. If someone wants to spend a few dollars of their money now and then for the possibility of getting rich, that's their right, just like the fools I mentioned above.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Wouldn't it be hilarious if you did win?

That would depend on what your definition of hilarity is.


I think that I could manage to avoid being smugly self-satisfied, and I also think that I could manage to become sufficiently anonymous to duck the inevitable parade of leeches beating a path to my door.


But I'd have to cave to greed on a couple of things:

http://cdn.barrett-jackson.com/staging/carlist/items/Fullsize/Cars/112813/112813_Side_Profile_Web.JPG

http://40.media.tumblr.com/61c6bccb906f67c77962153eda005abb/tumblr_mzjr0hmgPL1rhjw0do1_1280.jpg​

 

[Saint Peter]

Exactly. Just like people who go to Starbucks or Pete's every day for their $5 coffee, or those who go out year after year and buy the latest and greatest shiny electronic toy just because it's the latest and greatest, or by every video game which comes so they can sit in front of their monitor for hours every day doing nothing useful.

It's all perspective. If someone wants to spend a few dollars of their money now and then for the possibility of getting rich, that's their right, just like the fools I mentioned above.

I got into a pool for the big drawing. It was insurance against being the only fucker in the shop that did not get it if one of the tickets hit.

Everybody got 46 cents. You cannot even buy a cup of shitty Starbucks with that.

 

[lovecraft68]

I pick up five quick picks every week. I don't care if its "only" a million. I'll take it

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Actually, I think you'll split it with the government...

 

[someoneyouknow]

That would depend on what your definition of hilarity is.


I think that I could manage to avoid being smugly self-satisfied, and I also think that I could manage to become sufficiently anonymous to duck the inevitable parade of leeches beating a path to my door.

You'll have to excuse me since you don't know my sense of humor. When I say hilarious I mean it more like astounding mixed with hilarity. Your "investment", despite us all knowing the improbability of winning, would have paid off handsomely.

It's like when I tell my guys to go have fun moving equipment around. My definition of fun is somewhat sarcastic since I used to do the same thing, but it's also a way to briefly make them chuckle before they head to the drudgery.

As to avoiding the leeches, you mean unlike the idiots in Tennessee who came out in public before the ticket had been confirmed or they had any legal or financial plan in place because their attorney told them get out in front of the story and are now nervous because everyone knows they won?

http://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2016/01/tennessee_couple_go_on_tv_to_s.html#incart_river_home

But I'd have to cave to greed on a couple of things:

http://cdn.barrett-jackson.com/staging/carlist/items/Fullsize/Cars/112813/112813_Side_Profile_Web.JPG

http://40.media.tumblr.com/61c6bccb906f67c77962153eda005abb/tumblr_mzjr0hmgPL1rhjw0do1_1280.jpg​

I think you're allowed.