She who laughs last laughs best. Mrs. HM is not ROFL, due to mobility issues, but she is definitely HAR-HAR-HAR-ing from the bottom of her jiggling belly!
Remember that rumpushole who "hated to tell her" that the $50 scratcher she had just purchased for The Pony was probably a loser? THIS TICKET:
I had shared the tale with the deli lady at Country Mart. And on the way to give The Pony his ticket on Sunday, I also shared the story with my favorite cashier at the Gas Station Chicken Store. She had a different take. Oh, he was still a rumpushole. But she thought he told me because he hoped I wouldn't buy it. That he wanted to buy the next one for himself! I could understand that scenario, although I would never buy another consecutive ticket right after a win. But he WAS in line again, with his winner, to cash it in. And he DID ask me the number on my ticket...
Anyhoo... I stopped by The Pony's house, and he trotted out to T-Hoe to scratch his ticket with a gold dollar coin that I have on the console. It's the one he always uses for scratching. The Pony prances to his own drummer. He first scratches any special bonus area. Then he starts at the bottom of the ticket, scratching off the numbers, looking for a symbol, or two or more of the same number. THEN he scratches off the numbers at the top that are meant to try for a match.
Bottom row, nothing but numbers. Next row, on the second number area, he uncovered a 10X SYMBOL! The Pony was quite excited by this find. He dutifully scratched off all other numbers, though usually there are no more matches after a multiplier is found. THEN he want back to uncover the prize:
That's a $200 WINNER! I am thrilled for The Pony. I am even more thrilled that stupid rumpushole guy was outsmarted by me keeping that ticket, even though he tried to take away all my hope for a winner!
The Pony wants me to cash in the ticket, and save the money for him until our next casino trip. I hope it marinates in LUCK until then!
I don't know why, but I had a feeling you would be posting this very thing. Not the specific amount, but that it was actually a decent winning ticket. Congrats on your determination to stick with it and congrats to The Pony and his lucky gold scratching coin. Ranee (MN)
ReplyDeleteRae,
ReplyDeleteYou are more optimistic than I am! I would never have thought it to be a winner. This "isolated" incident does NOT mean I will start buying consecutive tickets of any denomination, unless it's my $3 crossword then a store is out of my other $3 "Froot Loot" ticket.
I don't know where I got that coin. I was annoyed with it for a while, in my coin cup, when digging through for quarters when I used to get a daily 44 oz Diet Coke. The Pony picked it right away to use for scratching.
Woo-Hoo!! Congrats Pony! I had a feeling it was a winner, but I was thinking $100.
ReplyDeleteRiver,
ReplyDeleteI was not holding out much of my DENIED HOPE, but would have been thrilled just to win the ticket price back! The Pony was grinning from ear-to-ear.
Don't you wish you would encounter the jerk again, just to tell him he was wrong and rub his nose in it? Good for the Pony!!
ReplyDeleteKathy,
ReplyDeleteI DO! I so wish that guy was in line behind me again, so I could taunt him with that winner!