http://lenpenzo.com/blog/id528-dont-get-caught-paying-the-stupid-tax.html The off-beat personal finance blog for responsible people Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:27:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://lenpenzo.com/blog/id528-dont-get-caught-paying-the-stupid-tax.html/comment-page-1#comment-3989 Len Penzo Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:17:37 +0000 http://lenpenzo.com/blog/?p=528#comment-3989 I have coworkers who do the same thing, Billy. The odds are completely irrelevant to them! Those are details that only get in the way of "the dream." I have coworkers who do the same thing, Billy. The odds are completely irrelevant to them! Those are details that only get in the way of “the dream.”

]]> http://lenpenzo.com/blog/id528-dont-get-caught-paying-the-stupid-tax.html/comment-page-1#comment-3982 Billy Kernow Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:34:32 +0000 http://lenpenzo.com/blog/?p=528#comment-3982 We have a national lottery here in the UK, and when I was working in an office they played a syndicate - every player in the office, except me! They would constantly hassle me telling me I couldn't win if I didn't "play" etc. just as you say above, but I'm a poker player so I understand odds. So what I started doing was filling out a fake lottery ticket each week - each week they would pick their numbers and play, and I would pick my numbers and NOT play - they had the odd very small win but lost almost every week, I pocketed my ticket price every week ;) We have a national lottery here in the UK, and when I was working in an office they played a syndicate – every player in the office, except me! They would constantly hassle me telling me I couldn’t win if I didn’t “play” etc. just as you say above, but I’m a poker player so I understand odds. So what I started doing was filling out a fake lottery ticket each week – each week they would pick their numbers and play, and I would pick my numbers and NOT play – they had the odd very small win but lost almost every week, I pocketed my ticket price every week

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