Powerball hits $450 Million

[PopeyesPappy]

Haven't talked to my brother yet but he had a ticket, and he buys them from "a" Publix in Melbourne. I'm not holding my breath, but there's still hope...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I heard the winner in Chino is going to buy Chihuahua. (The state, not the dog.)

[stromboli]

From what I know about Chihuahua, probably doable. With enough money left over for tequila for everyone who hasn't figured out how to GTFO. And Chihuahuas aren't dogs. They are noisy and annoying varmints.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

From what I know about Chihuahua, probably doable. With enough money left over for tequila for everyone who hasn't figured out how to GTFO.

Yeah, been there. Spent a month there one day.

And Chihuahuas aren't dogs. They are noisy and annoying varmints.

Canus rodentus.

[stromboli]

Been to Mexico. I do know there are vast tracts of available land that nobody wants.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

A few pretty good reasons to not play the lottery.. http://usuncut.com/news/5-reasons-why-the-lottery-is-a-massive-swindle-that-preys-on-the-poor/
The best reason to not play?  It's fixed and there's nothing you can do about it  other than not play.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Cool, a lottery conspiracy theory.

[Unbeliever]

I've got this weird feeling of knowing I won't win and at the same time knowing that I will win. I only have a 50% chance of winning, since either I'll win or I won't. I guess 50-50 odds is pretty good...

I think I know why I had so much cognitive dissonance yesterday:

According to the quilted patchwork multiverse model of the existence, "I" did in fact win, in an infinite number (oxymoron?) of Hubble volumes, but this particular "I" happens to reside in one of the other infinity of Hubble volumes, where "I" didn't win. That's probably a higher level of infinity, too, since there must be many more Hubble volumes where "I" didn't win than where "I" did win.

But that's just one level of multiverse, the others are a bit more theoretical, and perhaps less likely to exist.

Nevertheless, "I" both did and didn't win, as did all of us.

[PopeyesPappy]

Not only did all us win, but we won an infinite number of times. Of course we lost an infinite number of times too...

[TomFoolery]

This is the conversation that happened in my house this morning at around 5:00am between my husband and myself...
Me: Do you want the good news or the bad news?
Him: Uuuuuuuuggggh?...
Me: We didn't win the powerball.
Him: Yeah, I know. What's the good news?
Me: We'll stay humble and appreciate the things we have.
We both paused, threw our heads back and laughed, and left the house before the sun came up.

[Unbeliever]

Spooky, huh? Like action at a distance...

[stromboli]

But we can comfort ourselves with all the misery that will now befall the winners. A lottery ticket ain't no ticket to paradise.

[trdsf]

Not only did all us win, but we won an infinite number of times. Of course we lost an infinite number of times too...

And an infinite number of us were hit by a bus on the way to claim the prize.

[Mike Cl]

And an infinite number of us were hit by a bus on the way to claim the prize.

On CNN a stat expert said that a person had a more likely chance to be hit by a bus and lightening at the same instant.  That must be the bus you are referring to.  :))

[stromboli]

That is what I like about infinity. There's plenty to go around.