Somebody should explain the value of time to a pair of elderly sisters I read about this week. One of them won the Powerball Lottery jackpot of $500,000 and the other quickly reminded her that they had an agreement in existence that all future gambling wins should be split. They even had a notarized contract signed a decade ago to prove it. The winner refused and the case eventually reached a Connecticut court. After hearing both sides, the judge said that she’d be making her decision in a few months time… Perhaps the old dears should face facts and realize (a) at their age, they might not be here in a few months time, (b) if they split the cash they’d probably still have change left over when they leave this world and (c) their lawyers are laughing all the way to the bank with all the cash spent on legal fees in a case as pointless as this.
One day a guy comes home after losing a lot of money playing golf. A short while later his wife comes home from work wearing a new fur coat. “Hey, where’d you get that coat?” he asks her.
“Can you believe? My boss won on a lottery ticket and this was my share!” she explains.
A week later, the wife drives home a new car and once again explains that it was all part of the lottery winnings. A few weeks after that she comes home wearing an expensive necklace and matching earrings. She comes home a few nights later and tells the guy she is very tired and asks if he can start a bath for her. But when she gets to the bathroom, there was only an inch of water in the tub. “Why did you put in so little water?” she asks her husband.
“Well, WE DON’T WANT YOUR LOTTERY TICKET GETTING TOO WET NOW, DO WE?” he replied.
Tags: Lottery jackpot
