A group of 7 guys have been buying Lottery tickets for years, and never seemed to have any luck. They didn’t know why, but this time they felt it would happen.

“Okay guys, I got number 1-4-7-9-10-13,” said Zaphod. “What do you guys have?”

“I have number 2-8-12-4-7-2. What about you, Matt?”

“8-2-5-6-4-3. Jim?”

“1-2-3-4-5-6.”

Matt laughed. “Where’d you come up with that number?”

“I don’t know, it just sort of came to me.” Replied Jim.

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

Matt was still laughing. “Okay, whatever. What do you have Tom?”

“I have number 3-8-12-10-8-13.”

“Timmy!”

“Okay,” said Tom, “What do you have, Tim?”

“8-12-2-1-5-8.”

Skipper piped up. “I have number 7-1-10-4-13-9.”

“Dude,” said Jim, “You choose that number every freaking time. Don’t you think it’s time for a little change?”

“No no no, I’ve got a good feeling about it this time,” said Skipper.

“You say that every time and it’s failed you every time.”

“Well this time I mean it.”

“You said that last time.”

“Well, I lied.”

“How do I know you’re not lying this time?”

“I’m not!”

“Prove it.”

“You’ll see! I have a good feeling about this one!”

“Quiet, quiet, it’s on!” says Zaphod.

“Welcome to the Lottery channel!” blurts the T.V. “To begin, we’d like to thank all our staff for all the paperwork they go through to make this possible—”

“Oh, good god,” said Tom. “They do this every time, just going on and on about nothing. It’s like they don’t even know that nobody cares about what they have to say. They’re just oblivious to everything. You know what I’m saying?”

“Shut up!” everyone yells in unison.

“Jesus, I was just sayin’….”

“And now, for the moment we’ve all been waiting for,” said the T.V.

“Oh boy!” says Tim.

“The Lottery numbers for $4.5 million!”

“What if we win this time…?” said Tim.

“Shut it,” warned Zaphod.

“The numbers are….”

“Here we go,” said Tim.

“1…”

“Lucky first guess,” said Jim.

“4…”

“Aww….” said Jim.

“7…”

“Oh,” said Zaphod.

“9…”

“It has a chance!” said Tim.

“10…”

“Holy crap, my heart’s gonna run a 5 mile marathon in 20 minutes if they don’t hurry up!” said Matt.

“And…”

“The suspense is killing me,” said Tom.

“The last number…”

“Could they say it any slower?” said Tom.