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( Sir Jon Dangerous, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:00, archived)

hehehe
nice
( cowjam est dulce et decorum, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:02, archived)

Yay!
It's like Deep Impact, but with more plot
( Dogtanian, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:02, archived)

.
And better acting!
( EvilHippo, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:17, archived)

it's the work
of the spong eyeball stunt team that does it for me
(Cousin It, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 13:38, archived)

the week i'm having
i expect to be hit by a meteor any minute now...
( new_matt, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:02, archived)

s'true
I worked it out once: including the fact that same numbers coming out in a different order is technically a different result, it'd take over 262,000 years to go through every possible winning combination - that was before they introduced more draws though
( JustHere, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:03, archived)

But someone wins nearly every week
and you don't hear about people being hit by meteorites every week...
( Sir Jon Dangerous, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:07, archived)

maybe all the hits happen in siberia or china
so you don't hear about them
( new_matt, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:07, archived)

Aye, but
all the lotto winners live here...
( Sir Jon Dangerous, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:09, archived)

ah
that's because the extinction of the dinosaurs threw off the averaging
( JustHere, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:08, archived)

Aahhhhh
I understand now.
( Sir Jon Dangerous, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:09, archived)

well if you're figuring in mass extinctions then no wonder!

( new_matt, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:10, archived)

The main problem with the lottery is...
...people actually think that paying a measly quid actually entitles them to a substantial chance of winning - significantly higher than zero than it actually is.

14 million is a fuck of a large number to bet against.
(the_hammerhead_tart -- In love with a strict machine, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:03, archived)

more people have won the lottery
than been hit by meteors
( Sunshine Elephant, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:05, archived)

Um...
I don't think that's actually true.

No, hang on, that's meteorites, isn't it.
(the_hammerhead_tart -- In love with a strict machine, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:06, archived)

he's got a point

( new_matt, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:07, archived)

imagine if you won the lottery
AND got hit by a meteor!
( magoo, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:13, archived)