Jan fell under the spell of the drumbeat of propaganda. She wanted to have 640 million dollars. I patiently explained that the cash option and taxes would reduce the take to perhaps a mere 200 million. She allowed that this would be quite sufficient for her immediate needs. I offered to flush a dollar bill down the toilet. Not good enough. So I hied myself to the nearest convenient store and squandered a dollar.
This morning we checked the winning number. You can imagine our dismay and disappointment when we came up empty handed. This confirms my favorite aphorism ( my own invention ) : "Ones chances of winning the lottery are the same whether or not one buys a ticket"
3 comments:
Glad my chances were as good as yours then - good post Dad.
I can't even win a raffle when the odds are 1 in 10 - so no lottery tickets for me. I have a friend who bought 100 tickets!! I bit my tongue and kept my thoughts to myself lest I lose a friend. Only good thing - presumably a portion of the money goes to education.
We bought one, too. I reckon that a dollar spent on the anticipation of disappointment is still a solid dollar's worth of entertainment...
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