[Volokh] David Post: One Dollar --> Happiness, Guaranteed!

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Posted by David Post:
One Dollar --> Happiness, Guaranteed!
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_03_01-2009_03_07.shtml#1236352885


   Because I like you all so much, I've decided to share my formula for
   guaranteed happiness -- well, almost guaranteed. It's quite simple
   (and the idea's not original to me, though I can't recall who I got it
   from in order to give proper attribution):

   1. Buy a lottery ticket - the bigger the payoff, the better. 2. Pay
   with (untraceable) cash. 3. Burn the ticket. 4. Watch the televised
   drawing of the winner.

   You will be very, very happy when your number is not picked as the
   winner, which it will not be -- I'm 99.9999999999% certain of that.
   You want better odds at getting happiness for $1, you have to talk to
   the Man upstairs.