by Leah Christensen
Member since:
May 30, 2006

OMG!!! I Won $100 on a $0.50 Flip Off!!!!

August 04, 2011 07:45 PM UTC
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When I went to the cafe today, a little voice inside my head told me to go next door to Farrah's store, and buy some $0.50 flip-off tickets. They're like scratch-off's where you match three symbols, only you flip them up instead. I flipped the first one up and saw three bells. I handed it to Eddie (Farrah's husband, who was working there today), and he informed me that i won $100!! If my odds on the flip-off's are that good, then I'm going to quit buying the Ontario Lottery scratch games for $3-$5.

I called Walker and told him to meet me at the A.N.A.F. I bought us a round of drinks, and I'm going to put the rest in my savings account.

Sure gives a new meaning to being flipped off, eh? :)

Hooray for $0.50 Flip-off's!!!!

Comments: 55

Rae M. Aug 4, 2011, 7:52pm UTC
That's awesome!!!! Congrats!!!
Leah Christensen Aug 4, 2011, 7:53pm UTC
Thanks a million!
Kay M Aug 4, 2011, 7:58pm UTC
That's great! Congrats!
Leah Christensen Aug 4, 2011, 8:08pm UTC
Thank you.
Larry H. Aug 4, 2011, 8:00pm UTC
congradulatios
Leah Christensen Aug 4, 2011, 8:08pm UTC
Thank you.
Stephannie H. Aug 4, 2011, 8:05pm UTC
that is wonderful
Leah Christensen Aug 4, 2011, 8:08pm UTC
That's exactly what I thought. :)
Austin Cushing Aug 4, 2011, 8:12pm UTC
Hee, lucky day!

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Leah Christensen Aug 4, 2011, 10:48pm UTC
Thanks, Austin. :0
Melanie B. Aug 4, 2011, 8:18pm UTC
woohoo congrats! =)
Leah Christensen Aug 4, 2011, 10:48pm UTC
Thanks! :)
Nora D. Aug 4, 2011, 8:21pm UTC
Wow, Leah, that is absolutely fabulous..........congrats! I can imagine how super excited you were when you found out!!!! I am soooo envious! Hmmmmmm, maybe I should start buying lottery tickets (at Kum & Go, perhaps?! Tee hee hee!).....
Leah Christensen Aug 4, 2011, 10:49pm UTC
Kum and Go? I still can't hear that name without laughing. I still think that place sounds like a drive-thru brothel! :)

Nora D. Aug 4, 2011, 11:06pm UTC
ROFL!!!!!!!!! I was hoping you'd remember!!!!!! Just HAD to bring it up for a good "inside joke!"
Leah Christensen Aug 4, 2011, 11:09pm UTC
ROFLOL That's a hard one to forget. *grin*
DarkBeauty 73 (Melanie) Aug 4, 2011, 8:28pm UTC
congrats
Leah Christensen Aug 4, 2011, 10:50pm UTC
Thank you.
Sandy Moore Aug 4, 2011, 9:41pm UTC
Super congratulations!
Leah Christensen Aug 4, 2011, 10:50pm UTC
Super Thank You!
Sandy Moore Aug 5, 2011, 2:00am UTC
You are welcome.
Leah Christensen Aug 5, 2011, 11:57am UTC
:)
Sophie S. Aug 4, 2011, 10:03pm UTC
Lucky lady!
Leah Christensen Aug 4, 2011, 10:50pm UTC
Yep! Hope you're just as lucky tomorrow. :)
Ryan Reid Aug 4, 2011, 11:00pm UTC
thats awesome!
Leah Christensen Aug 4, 2011, 11:07pm UTC
Thanks, Ryan. :)
Patricia J. Aug 4, 2011, 11:27pm UTC
Congratulations, Leah. That doesn't happen very often. I won 100 dollars on a scratch off about 10 years ago and haven't won one since!
Leah Christensen Aug 4, 2011, 11:45pm UTC
Thanks. These particular flip-off's are a limited number in a batch, and each batch has a guaranteed $100, $250, and other prizes, including lots of $1 ones. With tickets only costing $0.50 and three flip-off's per ticket, chances are pretty good.
Cassandra Ogden Aug 5, 2011, 3:36am UTC
Congrats!! I have never won anything over $60! Spoil yourself with the money - or put it towards your next vacation :)
Leah Christensen Aug 5, 2011, 11:58am UTC
I'm going to put it in savings for now. Last month was rather expensive. It'll come in handy one of these days.
Heidi S. Aug 5, 2011, 7:56am UTC
Good things do happen to good people once in a while! Yay for you!
Leah Christensen Aug 5, 2011, 11:58am UTC
Right on!
Bernard C. Aug 5, 2011, 8:02am UTC
There you go - glad you won something :-))
Leah Christensen Aug 5, 2011, 11:58am UTC
Thanks.
Tory H. Aug 5, 2011, 9:28am UTC
Hooray! Congrats on the win!
Leah Christensen Aug 5, 2011, 12:03pm UTC
Thanks.
Shirley B. Aug 5, 2011, 12:38pm UTC
definitely makes your day doesn't it! :)
Leah Christensen Aug 5, 2011, 8:40pm UTC
Sure does. Thanks!
Rebecca D. Aug 5, 2011, 1:28pm UTC
That's great!
Leah Christensen Aug 5, 2011, 8:40pm UTC
Thanks.
Walker Bennett, SF Author Aug 6, 2011, 6:40am UTC
I haven't won anything since I was in Cub Scouts. That's why I stay away from the lotto.
Leah Christensen Aug 6, 2011, 12:01pm UTC
LOL Walker Cub Scouts? How long ago was that, and what did you win?
WOW! That's great, Leah! I usually win a $50 prize on the scratch offs. I may have to get you a couple of lottery tix here for luck and send them to you. I love waking up to good news on a Sat. morning! (Yes!!! 10 AM and Sam and I are just waking up; our little ones are still sleeping!!!! Oh but it's going to be a great great wonderfully great day!!!! Hee Hee!
Leah Christensen Aug 6, 2011, 12:10pm UTC
Thanks Maryann, and it sounds like it's going to be a good one for y'all.
PS: "Kum & Go?" - sounds like an Adult Toy Store to me!!!! ROFLMBO!!!
Leah Christensen Aug 6, 2011, 12:11pm UTC
Yes, Maryann, and not just any adult toy store, but a DRIVE-THRU Adult Toy Store! :) It could also be a drive-thru brothel. haha

Hey, if a nice Christian lady like you, who's husband is as involved in the church as yours is, jumps to that conclusion, imagine what the REST of the world must think!! tehehe LOL
Uhhhhh; with a name like that, I think even a kid would think the way the rest of us did. I know that *I* would never work there, or even frequent the place. I couldn't. I would NEVER be able to hold a straight face long enough! I would be doubled over and probably peeing my pants from laughing so hard...........what WERE they thinking when the came up with that name??? ROFLMBOMT! (Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Butt Off Multiple Times!)
Leah Christensen Aug 6, 2011, 11:05pm UTC
Maryann. Multiple times, eh? Answer me this.

If you laugh your butt off multiple times, do you have to re-attach the butt you've just laughed off, so you can laugh it off again, or do you grow a new butt every time, therefore laughing off multiple butts? Who cleans up the stray butts, after you've laughed them off? haha
Sharla H. Aug 14, 2011, 8:54pm UTC
congrats
Amber C. Aug 15, 2011, 1:42am UTC
That's awesome! Congrats.
Shaunee C. Aug 18, 2011, 12:54am UTC
That sounds great.
Denise L. Aug 20, 2011, 9:24pm UTC
Mucho cool!
Nurse Nancy S. Aug 21, 2011, 3:12am UTC
You can flip me off like that any time you want!

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