Drabble by Kevin Fagan for November 04, 2015

Well, look at it this way: even if you had bought a ticket there, chances would still be about 200,000,000 to one against you of picking all the winning numbers on one ticket! You also don’t have to worry about everyone holding a hand out at you for a free handout (in return for whatever small favor they may have done for you!); or falling into the trap of keeping up with the Kardashians! And, let’s not forget: the taxes that you’d now have to pay on your winnings! Now, let us just suppose, for the moment, that you had won it all: owning a private jet or helicopter (or both!) certainly sounds impressive! Not to mention: a 200-foot yacht, a castle in Europe, a Beverly Hills McMansion, and a brand-new chauffeured Rolls-Royce. Next, go and add up the price tags of these things (in addition to your basic everyday expenses): you can go broke real quick! Indeed, a great many Lotto winners end up wishing that they had just torn up that ticket to shreds; but it’s too late, now! Yes, just imagine going from the Average Ralph, to Sir Ralph the Magnificent, to Ralph the Town Idiot! It HAS been known to happen! Many a time, in fact!