Just Imagine the Freedom

Hey there blogosphere,

A few of my colleagues from work have decided to waste our money on a Lotto Max ticket for this upcoming draw. I don't know how I get talked into these things blogosphere. I guess it's just the calling of the "party in da club popping bottles full of bub" life-style that I find so appealing.

But before I break out the Cristal, lets put our nerd goggles on and examine the probability of winning.

There are 7 numbers picked from a pool of 49 numbers. So, statistically, the probability of winning is: (1/49)*(1/48)*(1/47)*(1/46)*(1/45)*(1/44)*(1/43)

Some people think it's 1/49 to the 7th power, but after the first number is drawn, there are only 48 left to draw from (slightly improving your odds). The answer above is in the range of 10^-12, or a 0.000000000001 chance of winning.

What I find funny about this whole thing, blogosphere, is how even with such a small chance of winning, some of my "partners" are looking to backstab the others. Now I won't name names blogosphere - I didn't get into this business to "out" people like some white collared pencil pushing journalist, that's not my style. But, I will tell you that being involved in this intense drama is like living an episode of survivor.

Colby from Survivor: The Australian Outback

Now blogsphere, I'm no rat - no Johnny playfair, if you will. In fact, most people would probably relate me to being more of a Colby (heart of gold, athletic build, etc. etc.). In case you don't remember, Colby dominated the final stretch of immunity challenges ensuring himself a final spot at tribal council. He then loyally brought Tina with him, a move that would ultimately cost him 900,000 bones. Like Colby, if I were in a game of survivor I imagine being a dominant force in the immunity challenges. But would I take Tina over Keith? (Keith was generally disliked and would probably only get a vote from Jerri in the final tribal council, and I suspect that vote would only be because Colby decided not to give her a lift to pound-town during the show)

Artist Rendition of Snake in Grass

Well that's a tough hypothetical question, and I won't answer it. But, being the Colby that I am, I definitely won't be aligning myself with this two timing snake-in-the-grass trying to turn his quarter pot into a third. That's not Colby type behavior. But I do appreciate him coming to me to form an alliance first. Now I can at least prepare myself for the inevitable double cross coming my way, and try to prevent it. More Imporantly, it gives me the opportunity to send this "partner" a public warning: Do Not Mess with The Dog.

I know what your thinking blogosphere. Relating my current situation (just a refresher, this post started with me having a 1/4 stake in a lottery ticket) to Colby's in Survivor the Australian Outback is a bit of a stretch. Well, your wrong. Sure, I didn't have to eat nothing but rice for 4 weeks to get this lottery ticket. But I did have to smell street-crawler B.O. for 4 minutes whilst I waited in line for my ticket - just as grueling.

Reflecting back, it's funny isn't it blogosphere. One minute, your enjoying a nice stroll down bloor street, dancing over puke and side-stepping piss puddles. The next minute, your sucked into the 7/11, buying a lottery ticket, and your world is flipped upside down...and we haven't even won yet.