
When one lives in the United Kingdom one might see, for example, in a newsagent’s, a young woman with her child. She might be buying a package of Embassy cigarettes along with one or some scratch cards. She hopes to win money that will change her life for the better. What ultimate use is 5 or 10 pounds in the great scheme of things? I think you will find that function overwhelms utility when a tiny piece of hope is statistically bound to be traded for a tiny or not so tiny disappointment.
Here is a kind of disappointment that resulted from a game that was too confusing and therefore withdrawn. Purchasers of the cards were asked to find the “cooler” temperatures on cards but had trouble with the concept of negative numbers.
Lottery money is spent for good they say, on culture, maybe opera, also maybe on a football, or something. You may join the ranks of the Lottery Damned or not. The choice is yours.
Oh my…
“I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher – not lower – than -8 but I’m not having it.”
Tiger Cavill 10:44 am on November 8, 2007 Permalink |
Hey! You leave her alone! She is my hero and I think she is a role model for all women should want to be like her and look like her and wear her new perfume SJP by SJP and smell like her!
Her style is exactly what a woman should wear and she proves she is desirable by her relationship with Mister Dick and she is truly a strong woman with her best friends, the old crusty-minged one and the not-lesbian one and the boring one!
ALL women should aspire to being exactly like these women in this brilliant program! So SHUT UP! Personally I want to get down on my knees and thank her for everything she has done for me and womankind!