'Cause really, these have gone beyond random.
"It never rains on the Moon".
A remnant from one of last year's office Christmas parties, I've got this "page a day" calendar with the endearing title "Fact or Crap". Each date has a statement which carries the implied question of whether or not it's "fact or crap". "It never rains on the Moon" was today's question. I'm really hoping no-one missed that one. But I have my doubts.
Single ticket wins this weekend's $215 million dollar Powerball Lottery.
Every time the Powerball or California lottery gets up into monster amounts, it gets mentioned on KROQ (usually as the morning show figures out how to get a hold of their tickets for the lottery). What I can never understand is why it is that, whenever you get a really large jackpot in California, there's always multiple winners. But when the Powerball—which runs in 29 states—get's into the $200 million dollar mark and more, it's almost always a single ticket that wins. Doesn't this seem to defy all logic and the law of averages… not that I'm any expert on either logic or the law of averages. I mean, the Powerball lotteries are always bigger than the California payouts, and there HAVE to be more people playing Powerball, don't there? So how come it's always a single ticket that wins?
QOUTES!
Since I haven't posted any quotes from the Wordsmith.org "A Word A Day" email lately (thus missing my chance to mess with my friends)…
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and the government when it deserves it.
—Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
(AWAD email, 9/21/04)
It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defense of our nation worthwhile.
—Earl Warren, jurist (1891-1974)
(AWAD email, 10/4/04)
"It never rains on the Moon".
A remnant from one of last year's office Christmas parties, I've got this "page a day" calendar with the endearing title "Fact or Crap". Each date has a statement which carries the implied question of whether or not it's "fact or crap". "It never rains on the Moon" was today's question. I'm really hoping no-one missed that one. But I have my doubts.
Single ticket wins this weekend's $215 million dollar Powerball Lottery.
Every time the Powerball or California lottery gets up into monster amounts, it gets mentioned on KROQ (usually as the morning show figures out how to get a hold of their tickets for the lottery). What I can never understand is why it is that, whenever you get a really large jackpot in California, there's always multiple winners. But when the Powerball—which runs in 29 states—get's into the $200 million dollar mark and more, it's almost always a single ticket that wins. Doesn't this seem to defy all logic and the law of averages… not that I'm any expert on either logic or the law of averages. I mean, the Powerball lotteries are always bigger than the California payouts, and there HAVE to be more people playing Powerball, don't there? So how come it's always a single ticket that wins?
QOUTES!
Since I haven't posted any quotes from the Wordsmith.org "A Word A Day" email lately (thus missing my chance to mess with my friends)…
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and the government when it deserves it.
—Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
(AWAD email, 9/21/04)
It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defense of our nation worthwhile.
—Earl Warren, jurist (1891-1974)
(AWAD email, 10/4/04)
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