Sunday, April 2, 2017

My Sweet Baboo Went on a Spy Mission to Sweden, and All I Got was This Way-Cool Lottery Ticket

Hick brought me back a souvenir from his business trip to Sweden. You might remember that in the past, he's brought The Pony a flat wooden woman from France, even though she was not the French maid requested by The Pony. Hick also brought The Pony a Toblerone, even though they can be bought at the Backroads Walmart. No, Hick brought me neither a Swedish woman, nor a Toblerone.

Hick brought me a scratch-off ticket!


Of course I don't know what it says. I don't read Swedish! Hick said it cost him $3 or $4. I looked up the money, and it seems the top prize on this ticket is the equivalent of $11,000 or so in U.S. dollars.

It's not a very big ticket. Here it is, leaning insouciantly against my 44 oz Diet Coke, all full of hope and promise.


I showed great reserve in waiting 12 hours to scratch that little fellow. Looks like I didn't win anything.


The best I can tell, from Googling other tickets, is that I was supposed to match three like amounts to win. I'm not sure what that TV set means. I looked on the back, but wouldn't you know it...I STILL can't read Swedish!


Hick says not to throw it away (AS IF!) until he take is to work to show one of the guys from Sweden who will be at the plant during the first week of May.

I don't know what he's thinking. It's not like I'm going to win $1000 or anything!

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8 comments:

  1. Sioux RoslawskiApril 2, 2017 at 8:41 PM

    Yeah, rub it in (again). Winning money via gambling. Having a sure-fire winner of a husband-free break. You couldn't win with a Swedish lottery ticket? Make up for it. Go to Ikea, do some shopping and have some meatballs.

    Aren't you GLAD you didn't PASK for advice?

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    1. ValApril 3, 2017 at 7:50 PM

      You will pleased to know, Madam, that today I LOST money! More on that story in the future. I only did it to placate you, you know. Because I'm a winnin' machine!

      I am not a fan of the meatballs. I'm pretty sure IKEA would leave me with a lot of extra parts. But I AM glad that I didn't PASK for advice. Snort, snort!

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  2. CatalystApril 2, 2017 at 11:56 PM

    You didn't even win a Volvo? Or an ABBA CD? Or a free trip to IKEA?

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    1. ValApril 3, 2017 at 7:51 PM

      Not a single Swedish fish! My mojo must be off. I think I need to put some more tallies in Even Steven's positive column.

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  3. stephen HayesApril 3, 2017 at 9:17 AM

    If you win you can buy a ton of Swedish meatballs at IKEA.

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    1. ValApril 3, 2017 at 7:53 PM

      Even though I think Hick is capable of eating a ton of Swedish MEATballs...I don't think he can do it in one sitting. We don't have the storage to keep them frozen until he devours them.

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  4. AnonymousApril 3, 2017 at 1:54 PM

    I'm sending this to my Swedish friend; she'll understand it!!

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    1. ValApril 3, 2017 at 7:55 PM

      I tried some internet research, and I think that if I had 3 TVs on my ticket, I would have won an appearance on a TV show to scratch tickets live! I told Hick I was glad I didn't get 3 TVs, because I didn't want to fly to Sweden to be on TV...and he said he would gladly make the appearance for me, and claim that winning ticket for himself.

      Because he's selfless like that.

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