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[trinityvixen]

I have never bought a lottery ticket in my life. I have gotten (but never purchased myself) scratch-off cards, which are a hoot, especially the crossword-style ones. Someone just came around to collect $1 for people to buy into what promises to be a disgusting payout in some lottery game. I pitched in. Why not? Solidarity. Plus, as I told the woman

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[ivy03]

I heard the exact same story about the bee in the can! Only it supposedly happened to a friend of my cousin's...

I overheard coworkers talking about the lotto, and thought about buying a ticket, and thought--I'm pretty sure winning that jackpot would ruin my life. So I'm just going to pass on the infinitessimal odds, thank you.

[mobiuswolf]

I'm not too sure about this East Coasters drink soda from a can with a straw... in that I don't and none of the people I know do. This may be due to a general lack of straws, because the cans are pretty cruddy, I try and wash the top of the can before drinking from it if I'm at work or at home.

Having seen yellow jackets hanging out on, and crawling into, opened cans of soda, I always check mine carefully if I'm outside. No sense in risking getting stung.

[jethrien]

I bought into the office pool because while winning the lottery would ruin my life, being the only person in a very small company not to win would also ruin my life. So I might as well have a few months of crazy riches in my ruined life.

[trinityvixen]

Winning the lottery doesn't ruin your life. People bug you for money more. Big humping deal. You have so much money, you can run away forever to places people can't bother you.

[onefishonly]

Wow. I never drink from cans with a straw (East Coast my whole life), but I'm going to start now.

[trinityvixen]

After what I learned about food cart sodas so far, yeeesh, you better.

[ivy03]

Also, I, too, grew up on the East Coast and never drank soda from a can with a straw. Whenever I saw someone doing it, I always thought they were being overly fussy, like those people who use a paper towel to open the door to the bathroom.

[wellgull]

So, uh... would that be "zero things make a post"? :)

You are also the only person I know who uses straws on a regular basis. Though I might consider it if they were curly. I don't know that they'll really help avoid staining your teeth though......?

[trinityvixen]

I think the "staining your teeth thing" only applies to the front teeth, which, since I've demonstrated how little I want to protect my teeth versus how much I want to drink soda, is probably about as good as I can get.

[fairest]

Echoing the straw thing. That's all you, chickpea. :P

[trinityvixen]

I'm sure it's not just me until I see the swath of cans left behind after a party and only mine have straws in 'em...

[xannoside]

Straws are an East Coast thing? I guess it's possible, but I just wipe off the top...

[trinityvixen]

After what I've seen so far from my swabbing experiments, I'm going to be dousing cans in bleach, I think.

[fairest]

I'm interested in how this experiment comes out! I heard horror stories from a family member who worked in transport of soda (among other things) and warned me off soda can tops in the most dire way, but it never stuck. Now I just wash the tops off before taking a sip.

I figure I have at least the beer-drinkers beat. They have can-top bacteria AND beer going into them.