Lotto Tickets; The New Chicken Bones?
Photo of actual scratch-offs taken by my actual phone while walking my actual dog
So, as you loyal readers might remember, I posted a few months back about the chicken bones all up and down Dekalb Avenue. These days, I never see any chicken bones. Ever. These days, it’s all about scratch-offs. I feel a little sad for my dog, but there’s still the odd pile of cat shit for her to try and eat. And I fully admit that I occasionally flip over a discarded Jumbo Bucks ticket, especially the five dollar ones, just to make sure nobody accidentally tossed a winner. So is it a sign of the economic times that people are buying lotto tickets and not chicken wings? And why does everybody treat Dekalb Avenue like one big long trash can? I mean, I know it’s kind of icky in places (ahem, I have two condemned houses on my street, although only one is occupied by squatters…jealous?) but it’s kind of an awesome street. You can get from Downtown Atlanta to Downtown Decatur without ever turning! Straight shot! Show it some love! And if not, please make my life a little more exciting and toss a winning ticket out the window. Even just a free ticket winner. I love the holiday themed scratch-offs. They’re so cheerful! Speaking of which, I also love looking at the Georgia Lotto winners and reading where they bought their winning ticket. Read this one about an Atlanta Cop who won over $300,000 in the Fantasy 5 drawing. Heartwarming!
The Decatur MARTA station is always littered with used scratch-offs. In the pretense of acting like a good citizen I pick them up and throw them away. But I always check them – one day I will find a winner!
There is a whole huge article about this in the FALSE Magazine before last, which may be the one thats online. If you are as interested in chicken bones and lottery tickets as you say you are you should find it and read.