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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Thu Nov 28, 2013, 03:19 AM Nov 2013

Toon: Honest Lottery Ads

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Toon: Honest Lottery Ads (Original Post) n2doc Nov 2013 OP

You're buying the dream. PeteSelman Nov 2013 #1

Yep, funds are fungible upi402 Nov 2013 #2

People who gamble suffer Riftaxe Nov 2013 #3

I like the last one the best Victor_c3 Nov 2013 #4

All forms of gambling are proof positive-- eridani Nov 2013 #5

At least the excess goes to help kids! xfundy Nov 2013 #6

Old joke I remember Ichingcarpenter Nov 2013 #7

whenever I buy a ticket... krispos42 Nov 2013 #8

should have read your post before posting mine... ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2013 #10

Great minds... krispos42 Nov 2013 #11

and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2013 #12

you are more likely to be struck by lightning ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2013 #9

PeteSelman

(1,508 posts)

1. You're buying the dream.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2013, 04:00 AM

Nov 2013

Only a fool would spend all tbeir money on a statistical impossibility. Throwing up a buck isn't that big a deal though. Can't win if you don't play. Haha!

upi402

(16,854 posts)

2. Yep, funds are fungible

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2013, 04:09 AM

Nov 2013

Shift the tax burden from the rich to the gullible.

Riftaxe

(2,693 posts)

3. People who gamble suffer

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2013, 04:15 AM

Nov 2013

from a disbelief in simple mathematics.

I am surprised that the APA has not slapped a tag on that stupidity so they can get their buck from it too.

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)

4. I like the last one the best

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2013, 05:26 AM

Nov 2013

However, I must admit that I do spend the occasional dollar on a lotto ticket. To me, it is worth $1 to have a decent daydream every once in a while.

eridani

(51,907 posts)

5. All forms of gambling are proof positive--

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2013, 05:30 AM

Nov 2013

--that the world has far more optimists than mathematicians.

xfundy

(5,105 posts)

6. At least the excess goes to help kids!

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2013, 05:48 AM

Nov 2013

HAW HAW! Did you actually believe that?

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)

7. Old joke I remember

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2013, 05:49 AM

Nov 2013

I guy had a chance to talk to God and asked him

God what's a million years to you?

God replied

About a second

Guy asked: What's a million dollars to you?

God replied

about a penny

Guy asked: How about giving me one of your pennies?

God says

Just a second.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)

8. whenever I buy a ticket...

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2013, 07:27 AM

Nov 2013

(*a* ticket, singular)... I call it "paying my idiot tax". For a buck (MegaMillions) or 2 (PowerBall) I get several days of intense and satisfying daydreams all the while figuring it's a better investment than a bag of Doritos.

Occasionally I buy a $3 "Win for Life" scratchoff.

I have no illusions about winning; I tell my kid the odds of me winning are like being hit by lightening while being eaten by a shark.

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)

10. should have read your post before posting mine...

Reply to krispos42 (Reply #8)

Thu Nov 28, 2013, 10:22 AM

Nov 2013

very true...

sP

krispos42

(49,445 posts)

11. Great minds...

Reply to ProdigalJunkMail (Reply #10)

Thu Nov 28, 2013, 12:36 PM

Nov 2013

Happy Thanksgiving, Brain Brother!

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)

12. and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Reply to krispos42 (Reply #11)

Thu Nov 28, 2013, 01:26 PM

Nov 2013

our turkey is just out of the oven... gonna let it rest for 15 then we're going in!

sP

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)

9. you are more likely to be struck by lightning

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2013, 10:21 AM

Nov 2013

WHILE being mauled by a grizzly bear than you are of winning the lottery...

as long as you know that going in, that you will NEVER win, then pay your dream tax and check your numbers...

sP

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