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Old 09-12-2002, 06:13 AM   #1
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Post New York lottery winning numbers: 9-1-1

<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/09/12/ar911.sept11.lottery.ap/index.html" target="_blank">New York lottery winning numbers: 9-1-1</a>

No doubt, this will be interpreted as a "sign" from gawd...

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Sign from the mob more likely.
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Proof that if God exists, he's a sick fuck...

Hmmm 3 balls, 1-10 on each one = 1/1000 chance, an impressive coincidence, but not that impressive.
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Also at
<a href="http://iidb.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=45&t=001115" target="_blank">this</a> thread.

Where, yes, it is being taken as a sign from gods.

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Yay! Stupidity lives!
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Quote:
Originally posted by Zetek:
<strong><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/09/12/ar911.sept11.lottery.ap/index.html" target="_blank">New York lottery winning numbers: 9-1-1</a>

No doubt, this will be interpreted as a "sign" from gawd...

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Nah, surely a sign from Allah!

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Old 09-14-2002, 10:52 AM   #7
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It would be interesting to learn if this was the first time the numbers matched the date, or one of many instances (which I suspect is the case).
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Sign from the mob more likely.
Thats the first thing that I thought about when I heard about it. <img src="graemlins/banghead.gif" border="0" alt="[Bang Head]" /> <img src="graemlins/boohoo.gif" border="0" alt="[Boo Hoo]" />
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<strong>It would be interesting to learn if this was the first time the numbers matched the date, or one of many instances (which I suspect is the case).</strong>
That was the first thing I thought when I heard about it.
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