Family wins lotto; confirms spiritualism is real

[this charming man]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7023874.stm

I wonder how many time they played and lost?

So it just goes to show there is something in spiritualism.

wooer: "you will come into unexpected money."

wooie: "oh look a quarter; your psychic!"

:rolleyes:

[hipparchia]

They used their own combination of numbers.

Just imagine how a psychic would feel if he told people a set of numbers and they were the winning...

[Henners]

They used their own combination of numbers.

Just imagine how a psychic would feel if he told people a set of numbers and they were the winning...

They'd feel that they could really rake it in now. They would have gullible mugs lining up all along the street.

[Lisa Simpson]

I want to win the lottery just to thank the FSM. Of course, I would have to play the lottery first, so there may be some difficulty in winning it.

[mumchup]

Some guy won 300 Million dollars in the lottery a few years ago; he thanked god and said something about how god made him win, he professed to being very religious. Since then he's had lots of problems: divorce, family tragedy, theft, etc. He blames winning the lottery. Why not blame god? He made you win the lottery after all.
Note - Obviously he's to blame for much of his own misfortune. For example, he once was robbed of $50,000. Someone stole 50k in cash from his car in the parking lot of a strip joint at 3 o'clock in the morning.

[tsg]

I want to win the lottery just to thank the FSM. Of course, I would have to play the lottery first, so there may be some difficulty in winning it.

That will just make it more impressive when you do.

[Snow]

Such are the powers of FSM.

[mumchup]

That would be great!

"I want to thank the lord for touching me with his noodly appendage. For without his Molluscine intervention I would never have won this jackpot. I plan to use 15% of my winnings to build the Flying Spaghetti Monster Cathedral & Outreach Center!"

[tsg]

I can't help but think that, 200 years from now, people are actually going to be worshiping the FSM. Pirates will be suggested as a means of controlling global warming.

This is how these things start, you know.

[Blackwell]

I love how it progresses from the specific claim in the headline that "Spiritualist foretold lottery win" to, in the first lead in paragraph, the vaguer "they were to come into a fortune" and on to the very general "she would come into money."

[tsg]

I love how it progresses from the specific claim in the headline that "Spiritualist foretold lottery win" to, in the first lead in paragraph, the vaguer "they were to come into a fortune" and on to the very general "she would come into money."

Rule #1 in newspapers: The headline has very little to do with the actual story.

Headline seen in a recent magazine: New Study Proves Prayer Works
The actual story: several anecdotes showing people believe prayer works (ie. "My mother had cancer and I prayed for her and she got better." Yes, she also got medical attention, but prayer gets the credit).

[mumchup]

..."she would come into money."

I don't recommend that. It's very messy.

[Monza]

I don't recommend that. It's very messy.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is why you should never put money in your mouth.

[Magic 9-Ball]

This, ladies and gentlemen, is why you should never put money in your mouth.


Do you mean: "Never put your money where you mouth is"? ;)

I know fortune tellers are wrong, because if they give you the winning lottery numbers they should give everyone the same numbers, right?

[axon]

I notice the spiritualist told them they would come into money BY September. Now in English this means before September not during. Still let's not the facts get in the way of a good foretelling

[dacium2007]

God told me i wouldn't win the lottery last week, and he was right.

i felt deeeep spiritualism.... deep

[Big Les]

I can't help but think that, 200 years from now, people are actually going to be worshiping the FSM. Pirates will be suggested as a means of controlling global warming.

This is how these things start, you know.

The same thing occurred to me reading this thread, funnily enough. The ultimate irony.

[Cainkane1]

There was a Jewish guy who while in the hospital claimed his deceased son came to him while he was convalesing and gave him the winning numbers. It was on a show hosted by that actor that used to play in the TV movie Untouchables. I forget his name.

[mumchup]

Why can't my dead realatives make themselves useful like that?

[chillzero]

There was a Jewish guy who while in the hospital claimed his deceased son came to him while he was convalesing and gave him the winning numbers. It was on a show hosted by that actor that used to play in the TV movie Untouchables. I forget his name.

Why can't my dead realatives make themselves useful like that?

Maybe not all ghosts are psychic?

:boggled: