I buy a $2.00
lottery ticket every week. That means I
spend $104.00 a year on chance.
The chance
of winning the Maine Megabucks is one chance in fifteen million.
There were
fifteen people in the US struck by lightning last year. The population of the US is three-hundred and
twenty-three million. This works out (when
rounded off) to one chance in fifteen million you will be struck by lightning.
I have had
two lightning incidents so far in my life.
In Italy I was leaning against the aircraft when it was hit by
lightning. My left arm had no feeling
in it for almost three weeks.
In Florida I
was riding my motorcycle home in a thunder storm when lightning struck the ditch
beside the road. The next thing I knew I
was sitting in the road stunned and after checking myself for injuries I crawled
to my bike and hit the kill switch. I
was able to get back on the bike and make it under an overpass where I waited
out the storm.
I figure I
am overdue on the lottery.
the Ol’Buzzard
That $2 lottery ticket is a cheap price to pay for the idle moment dreams it allows.
ReplyDeleteThe lightening gives you stories that add up to cheap thrills!
Yes! Don't waste any more long odds on lightning.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the odds of winning are mathematically the same whether I buy a ticket or not, I still buy one once in a while. It makes for some interesting daydreams.
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