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The most irritating commercials on television these days
advertise lotteries.
They never show people who win 50 million dollars giving
some of it to charity or going off to work with the poor in Haiti. They show selfish people having picnics on
mountain tops or on an endless set of holidays wondering where they should go
next.
And that is because lotteries are a form of taxation and the
government doesn't care about your soul.
So cultivating my usual 'holier than thou' persona I have
made a point of not buying lottery tickets. (Thin
pinched nose in air.)
However, I do occasionally buy tickets on other things if
the money is for a good cause and I like the item being sold. (Cars for Hospice Niagara, Quilts to raise
money by church ladies for various causes.)
I never win but I never feel my money is wasted either.
So I was ΓΌber surprised to learn that I had won a $700 BBQ this week
from the grocery store where I usually shop.
This isn't the first
time I've won something from this grocery store.
I finally figured out
that it is my shopping habits that increase my odds of winning.
Like most people I have
a card that they swipe each time that I make a purchase.
Each time I do that I accumulate points that
I can redeem for free food somewhere down the line if the world economy doesn't
collapse and civilization as we know it doesn't end.
But I'm not and never
have been a weekly shopper. I go every
day or two for a few things.
And each time I
dutifully hand over my card to be swiped.
And evidently the
grocery store throws the card numbers in a hat and has random draws.
Jeesh.
My number must go into
the hat a bizzillion times.
The point of this
longish blog, my hungry friends, is that you may want to change your
shopping habits.
And by the way, anybody
want to buy a BBQ?
