Been away for a while
Have a pearoast for the compo

(evil_mikey_good_mikey is easily amused, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 23:52, archived)

Ah yes
The tax on the mathematically challenged.

*buys a ticket anyway*
( Tribs Buy things! http://www.quizzicaldinosaur.co.uk/, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 23:55, archived)

READS
FINALLY LEARNS
( Jahled The most heroic gerbil in Guildford, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 23:57, archived)

I buy a lottery ticket as insurance against
the intolerable pain of not buying one and my usual numbers coming up.
(Super Jet Shoes puts a smiley after everything to make it OK, Fri 6 Apr 2007, 0:16, archived)

I win a quid everyweek..
..by not 'playing'.

I ran model for 180,000 years using the same numbers and proved that unless lightning strikes, you'll ALWAYS lose.
( mikenco, Fri 6 Apr 2007, 1:10, archived)

Indeed that's true and sensible but...
....someone wins a bloody fortune every week.

EDIT: "Someone" meaning "someone else".
(Super Jet Shoes puts a smiley after everything to make it OK, Fri 6 Apr 2007, 1:19, archived)

I maintain that buying a lottery ticket is rational
The marginal loss of £1 per week is irrelevant given the price of, say, a beer. The marginal benefit of some millions, however, is significant.

Nonetheless, I have never bought a lottery ticket. Go figure.
(Pie of Meat ___°¬¯O¯____\o/_____/\_,____Y¯¯Y, Fri 6 Apr 2007, 1:38, archived)

made me
... spill my coffee !
(eneville, Fri 6 Apr 2007, 11:31, archived)