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Those numbers may be very lucky. Or it could be just a coincidence. If you use them to play the lottery you might just win. They tell me that you can't win if you don't play. Of course you might have to add in some numbers to make it up to the five or six or seven numbers you need to put together your ticket. Might I suggest your age? And if you think you are going to win...your IQ? I kid of course. Many smart and good looking people play the lottery. And one out of every billion or so times you come up a winner. The rest of the time you might just be a whiner...crying out for that one or two dollars you wasted.
There are some interesting holidays that you can celebrate today. First of all, it is Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Honest Abe was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, to a poor family. He only attended school for one year, but continued reading as much as possible to learn on his own. The following site has interesting stories about Lincoln, including how someone attempted to rob his grave and that Lincoln owned a patent for a boat lift. Click here to learn more about Lincoln.
Tied to Lincoln's birthday...you might want to search for Lincoln's lost...copper? That is right, today is National Lost Penny Day. So search around for any lost pennies that might be hiding in your jacket pockets, sofa, or under your car seats. If people make fun of you or call you crazy, just tell them that looking for pennies just makes...wait for it...wait...wait...cents!
Finally, today is also Plum Pudding Day. Plum pudding dates back to medieval England. There are no plums in plum pudding. The English back then referred to raisins as plums. As a matter of fact, the Cambridge Plums recorded their first number one hit back in the 13th century. Their song "I heard it through the plum line" was later ripped off by the California Raisins. Of course, true connoisseurs of music stick with the original...only available on K-tel records. If you have grown tired of this nonsense and just want a picture and recipe for plum pudding then here you go.
Those numbers may be very lucky. Or it could be just a coincidence. If you use them to play the lottery you might just win. They tell me that you can't win if you don't play. Of course you might have to add in some numbers to make it up to the five or six or seven numbers you need to put together your ticket. Might I suggest your age? And if you think you are going to win...your IQ? I kid of course. Many smart and good looking people play the lottery. And one out of every billion or so times you come up a winner. The rest of the time you might just be a whiner...crying out for that one or two dollars you wasted.
There are some interesting holidays that you can celebrate today. First of all, it is Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Honest Abe was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, to a poor family. He only attended school for one year, but continued reading as much as possible to learn on his own. The following site has interesting stories about Lincoln, including how someone attempted to rob his grave and that Lincoln owned a patent for a boat lift. Click here to learn more about Lincoln.
Tied to Lincoln's birthday...you might want to search for Lincoln's lost...copper? That is right, today is National Lost Penny Day. So search around for any lost pennies that might be hiding in your jacket pockets, sofa, or under your car seats. If people make fun of you or call you crazy, just tell them that looking for pennies just makes...wait for it...wait...wait...cents!
That takes us to the grand finale. I have been ordered by the editors of this blog to apologize for insinuating that people who play the lottery are academically challenged. They also told me to not use big words when doing the apology. I am sorry.
Love you all!
I never throw away a penny. I usually pick pennies up that I come across, like those just below the arc of my open car door, say in a parking lot. I've watched young people throw pennies away with no more thought than if they were just pieces of pocket lint, as if they were nothing of value, and singularly they probably are somewhat useless, but in a ton amounting to 363,000 pennies (at 2.5 grams each) their total value soars to $3,632.00 according to Wikipedia, and that's not chump change, buddy. A lot of beer, I'd say.
ReplyDeleteI understood that the odds of winning the lottery was 167,000,000:1. Granted, some academically challenged people do it--even some in Wannaska and surrounding communities-- sacrifice a couple bucks worth of pennies a week--even while knowing their tonnage value--and with no more consideration than a bunch of teens throwing handfuls of pennies into the Roseau Municipal outside pool in the dead of winter, we have to cut them some slack! Ignorance can be fixed--stupidity is forever. Just keep hammering home that it is unworthy of their efforts to buy lottery tickets because it's a good chance they'll never win--and then ask the person in Roseau who did win 22.8 million dollars last summer if they regret their folly. Dummies... Happy Birthday Abe.