Last weekend, an Irish TV station broadcast the winning lottery numbers for a €4.8 million jackpot as it usually does. The only problem was that the numbers reported weren’t actually the winning numbers, and it was only an hour later that programmers urgently brought the error to the attention of the broadcasters. The fear is that ticketholders saw the initial numbers being broadcast, checked them against their tickets, saw they hadn’t won anything and tossed them away. This could so easily have happened and lottery organizers are praying that this doesn’t turn into the heftiest lottery error in history!
And on the subject of ‘oops’, here are a couple of ways to really piss off a cop:
• When you get pulled over, say “What’s wrong, officer, there’s no blood in my alcohol?”
• When he asks why you were speeding, tell him you wanted to race.
• When he talks to you, pretend you are deaf.
• If he asks if you knew how fast you were going, say no, my speedometer doesn’t go that high.
• When he asks why you were speeding, tell him you had to buy a hat.
• Ask him where he bought his cool hat.
• Refer to him by his first name.
• Pretend you are gay and ask him out.
• When he says no, cry.
• If he says yes, accuse him of sexual harassment.
• If he asks you to step out of the car, automatically throw yourself on the hood.
• When he puts handcuffs on, say “Usually my dates buy me dinner first.”
• After you sign the ticket and give it to him, say “Oops! That’s the wrong name.”
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