Chet in Ceske Budevocije wrote:

> Cheri wrote:
> >
> > "tert in seattle" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Cheri wrote:
> >>>
> >>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>>> On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 10:28:26 PM UTC-5, Cheryl wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I think I'll buy a few more chances this week since no one won.
> >>>>
> >>>> Mathematically speaking, the difference between buying 1 ticket
> >>>> and 5 tickets is not worth the extra $8.
> >>>>
> >>>> (Of course, mathematically speaking, the ROI on even one ticket is
> >>>> so close to zero that no statistician would consider it worth buying
> >>>> even one.)
> >>>>
> >>>> But if it makes you happy, go ahead and buy more. My husband does.
> >>>>
> >>>> We don't buy tickets very often; just often enough to give our
> >>>> "what I'd do with the money" fantasies a little more immediacy.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cindy Hamilton
> >>>
> >>> Nobody that buys a ticket cares about all the math and statistics, if you
> >>> play you have a chance at a dream, if you don't...
> >>>
> >>> Cheri
> >>
> >>
> >> if you don't, you can get a cookie!
> >>
> >> I will take the real cookie vs. a dream
> >
> > Not me, fact is, some people actually win that dream and could buy the
> > whole damned bakery.
> >
> > Cheri
>
> who the heck wants a cookie factory??


Jeez, tert...donchya know...THE COOKIE MONSTER natch...!!!


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Best
Greg