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3200:1 - fantastic odds!
I've just been down the bookies and placed £1,000 at 3200:1
. . . . . . . . . . . I'm so damned unlucky that the odds MUST be less than that that I get hit by some space junk which will come to earth tonight .... but they have given me 3200:1!! RESULT!! The way I see it I can't lose .... if it doesn't hit me than I'm alive and well ..... if it does then I win my bet!!! It's WIN, WIN, WIN!!!! :thumb: Dip Yer Bread!! |
Could have got better odds than that, I stuck £1000 on at 4million to 1 that the junk hits and kills me. The T&Cs says I must collect the bet in person.
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So you are 4,375 times more likely to get hit by a falling satellite than win the lottery tomorrow!
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As someone commented on the Sky News article the 3200/1 are the odds it will land on anyone.
The odds of it hitting you are 3200/1 multiplied by the chances you are that person - 22 trillion and 400 billion to one!! :D Disclaimer - I couldn't be bothered to verify his figures!! |
I'll stick to the lottery!!
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BTW if it lands in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Leicester or Bradford the odds fall to 1.0000000001:1
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Better put the car in the garage tonight. :)
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not sure the roof would offer that much protection ;)
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What are the odds on the satellite falling on Dale Farm?
win-win situation |
Originally Posted by pslewis
(Post 10249906)
I've just been down the bookies and placed £1,000 at 3200:1
. . . . . . . . . . . I'm so damned unlucky that the odds MUST be less than that that I get hit by some space junk which will come to earth tonight .... but they have given me 3200:1!! RESULT!! The way I see it I can't lose .... if it doesn't hit me than I'm alive and well ..... if it does then I win my bet!!! It's WIN, WIN, WIN!!!! :thumb: Dip Yer Bread!! Did you see a man in a dark suit fit a special tracker under your car last night? Sponsored by SN I believe :) dl |
Originally Posted by Dave Thornton
(Post 10250163)
What are the odds on the satellite falling on Dale Farm?
win-win situation |
I always thought your heart ruled your head Pete.
You will be able to spread so much good to the unlucky ones after it hits you. Les :) |
Originally Posted by Trout
(Post 10249998)
So you are 4,375 times more likely to get hit by a falling satellite than win the lottery tomorrow!
TX. |
I love NASA's official line on this - saying it's likely to land "in the sea" and their reasoning is that "most of the earth is covered in sea"
LOL clever people them NASA lot ! |
70/30 split between sea / land :thumb: + almost one entire half is sea remember ...
http://timothycomeau.com/blog/wp-con...10/pacific.png TX. |
3200:1 - fantastic odds!
Is this what Ladbrokes are now offering on the Greek debt crisis NOT sinking the whole country down the plug-hole, and taking most of the EU with it? ;)
Seriously though, I'd stay indoors tomorrow morning, or wear some protective headgear to do the weekly shop. |
I don't think staying indoors will keep you safe. Not sure what the terminal velocity of a piece of space junk weighing around 150Kg is, but I imagine with that sort of momentum it will go straight through your house.
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Well it didn't get me. " o sh 1t what's that noise outsi.........
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Its ok Pete I just went and put £1 @ 3200:1 that the space junk will hit you too :) heres hoping.
:D |
Originally Posted by pslewis
(Post 10249906)
I've just been down the bookies and placed £1,000 at 3200:1
. . . . . . . . . . . I'm so damned unlucky that the odds MUST be less than that that I get hit by some space junk which will come to earth tonight .... but they have given me 3200:1!! RESULT!! The way I see it I can't lose .... if it doesn't hit me than I'm alive and well ..... if it does then I win my bet!!! It's WIN, WIN, WIN!!!! :thumb: Dip Yer Bread!! Les :cry: |
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