May 12, 2005
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This blows my mind.

An astounding number of folks--110!--won second place in the March 30 Powerball drawing. Where'd they get the winning numbers from? A fortune inside a cookie manufactured by LIC's own Wanton Wonton Food.

It's a heartwarming story, in some ways, but it speaks disturbing volumes about us, doesn't it: We are a culture of people who are willing to throw away our money on a one-in-three-million chance of winning something (and that's just the second-place odds) and our scientific method of selecting the best possible numbers is TRUSTING A FUCKING FORTUNE COOKIE.

Posted by Dana at 01:46 PM

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"Wonton Food", my dear. "Wanton Food" would be something else entirely. </pedant>

Posted by: jpoulos at May 12, 2005 02:34 PM

Ah jeez. This slip is the result of me making the same unfunny pun all these years.

Posted by: dana at May 12, 2005 02:49 PM