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Have you ever noticed that you get the same number of faith healers working in hospitals as you do psychics winning the lottery every week? 
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Hey, I won the lottery last week. Four big smackeroonies. The first time I've ever matched even a single number. I'm doing the 20 year payout thing for tax reasons.
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Congrats, you'll have friends coming out of the woodwork!
Give me coffee to change the things I can and wine to accept the things I cannot!
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That reminds me of a Dutch song, "When you win you've got friends":
Quote: Als je wint heb je vrienden
Rijen dik
Echte vrienden
Als je wint
Nooit meer eenzaam
Zolang je wint
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Very true
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of course psychics can predict winning numbers... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... didn't say that's next weeks numbers, but keep buying, it'll happen.
As any half capable physicist (the real science type) would tell you, "you can reasonably predict the future but can't measure it until it happens" - and by definition 'measurement' includes 'when'.
as to faith healers: I had one not just heal my faith, she completely eliminated it!
I mean that's better then my doc, last time I had the flu he only made the symptoms go away, still had the flu.
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Why is everyone so cynical and sceptical these days?
Were you not aware that psychics aren't allowed to use their powers for personal gain (other than charging someone 20 quid for a few platitudes, of course).
As for faith-healing, it's simply a case of these things working better in a building where some pastor is reaping in the cash rather than one where doctors and nurses are desperately trying to keep people alive.
Alternative therapies definitely work! The last time I had a cold, a course of reiki and acupuncture sorted it out within a week.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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OriginalGriff wrote: psychics winning the lottery every week?
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OriginalGriff wrote: faith healers working in hospitals
So, you are saying there are 0 faith healers working in hospitals? I guess that's true, I've never heard of a hospital employing faith healers but I don't think this is worded the way you meant it to be.
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It was worded very carefully: they are both groups of scam artists who prey exclusively on the vulnerable and gullible.
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OriginalGriff wrote: It was worded very carefully:
Then you ARE saying that there are 0 faith healers working in hospitals. OK. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Those nasty aliens are up to it again, at least on my gaming notebook which is capable to run XCOM: ENEMY UNKNOWN. Old foes like floaters, mutons and not to forget the dreaded cyberdisk are all present.
It can be snatched at a discount of 75% on The Humble Store.[^] for a couple of days.
It's a hefty download of about 10 Gb, but entirely worth it !
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Definitely addictive.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
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“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Hey, somebody who seems to be awake on sunday 
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Have you tried Xcom 2 yet? And then the War of the Chosen addition? You have hours and hours of more fun ahead of you.
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Thanks for the tip, but I'm having my hands full with games I recently downloaded via Humble Bundle
There is plenty of choice for XCOM alternatives btw. see this list: pc-games-similar-to-xcom[^]
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Downloaded is recently, more like 16GB than 10. Very interesting and addictive though, so worth it 
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OriginalGriff wrote: I've worked with people like that!
Me too! It seems like everybody wants to borrow my stapler...
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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do you want it back?
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Aha! You fell for the fake one did you!
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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I have collected a number of memorable Bill Bryson quotes. One of them is when he is talking with his wife:
'The Beatle Ringo Starr bought a hammer in our local hardware store and said hi to you and you didn't think to tell me.'
'It was just a hammer,' she said.
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117. Conjunction backing French word theme. (5)
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