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Lotteries require lots of losers

In Reply to: The lottery of wealth and happiness. posted by Darcy Carter on January 14, 19100 at 11:21:22:

: : And who said it wasn't all just a lottery?
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: The lottery of wealth and happiness. Better than the certainty of poverty and misery. Personally, I'm all for it. BUY BUY BUY!

And of course, I'm sure you remember the late Adam Smith's comment on lotteries - 'a tax on all the fools in creation', unless I'm very much mistaken.

I think the word you're looking for is 'D'oh!', Darcy

Farinata.

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