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(Chicago Tribune) Spiffy Winning ticket for Powerball prize of over $275,000,000 sold in West Virginia. That's gonna buy a lot of banjos   (chicagotribune.com) divider line 88
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CraicBaby [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 02:00:15 PM  
Someone's wife, mother, sister and cousin is finally gonna get that newfangled washing machine she's had her eye on.

 
kaminariko [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 02:53:19 PM  
again?

Well, the last big one there (Jack Whittaker) provided endless sordid entertainment for the masses, so maybe we'll get lucky again and have another hillbilly trainwreck to gawk at.

 
strangeguitar 2008-03-16 02:58:59 PM  
I think that you could buy West Virginia for that tidy sum.

 
Oldiron_79 2008-03-16 03:19:17 PM  
Deliverance was filmed in GA/NC/TN tri state area, not WV.

 
Bob Ondeeznuts 2008-03-16 03:19:25 PM  
Gonna to buy!!!!

 
D'Annunzio 2008-03-16 03:20:24 PM  
Brandine and Cletus can move the outhouse indoors.

 
dervish16108 2008-03-16 03:20:36 PM  
Oldiron_79: Deliverance was filmed in GA/NC/TN tri state area, not WV.

Deliverance might have been filmed in that tri-state area, but we all know where the film was supposed to represent :p

 
Mopmonster 2008-03-16 03:20:39 PM  
"gonna to"?

 
skinink 2008-03-16 03:20:44 PM  

 
Mopmonster 2008-03-16 03:21:19 PM  
"Gonna to"?

 
wanago bob 2008-03-16 03:23:06 PM  
Mopmonster: "Gonna to"?

Is this West Virginia's version of Xanadu?

 
ultraholland 2008-03-16 03:23:16 PM  
I was gonna buy a ticket in WVA, so I'm saddened by my lack of a purchase.

 
The Invisible Sky Wizard 2008-03-16 03:24:35 PM  
Winning ticket for Powerball prize of over $275,000,000 sold in West Virginia. That's gonna to buy a lot of banjos teeth

FTFY, subby

 
What_Would_Jimi_Do 2008-03-16 03:24:51 PM  
weblogs.newsday.com

 
brantgoose 2008-03-16 03:25:11 PM  
But seriously, I'd buy land, complete with mineral and water rights, from the top of the watershed to the bottom. Save the farm from mountain-top removal, THEN get a washing machine with the money left over. No only are they not making any more land, they're busy destroying the land they've got. Stands to reason it will increase in value.

 
HappyHarryHardOn [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 03:25:49 PM  
Is it me? I'm feeling a conspiracy to PURPOSELY greenlight headlines with typos in them

Just to rile us up

I mean, there has been countless ones this week, mine included (bows down in shame)

A conspiracy I says!

/either that, or the failings of the educational system is catching up to us....2 people can't spot a typo?

 
video man 2008-03-16 03:25:59 PM  
A brand new pickax for your brother/father/best friend/secret gay partner?

 
barneyfifesbullet 2008-03-16 03:26:42 PM  
Did Jack Whittaker (new window) win again?

That's FARK's favorite lottery winner.

 
fanbladesaresharp 2008-03-16 03:27:46 PM  
kaminariko: again?

Well, the last big one there (Jack Whittaker) provided endless sordid entertainment for the masses, so maybe we'll get lucky again and have another hillbilly trainwreck to gawk at.


Sonofabiatch. Could have been me since I bought a couple quick picks for it. Then I think, "I could have become a Fark thread trainwreck today".

Maybe it's a good thing I didn't win. But W Va? It's a beautiful state to take a drive around in but there's some seriously twisted folks out there. Actually every state has it's share of nutcases, but W Va seems to have a greater per capita number of them.

 
SpaceLord 2008-03-16 03:28:40 PM  
The winning numbers were six, 22, 42, 43 and 47. The Powerball was 16 and the Power Play was two.

Damn, it's just the same numbers that the voices in my head said. I should follow their advice more often.

 
Bucky Katt [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 03:30:27 PM  
they can even afford this really nice electric banjo!

www.banjo.com

 
Bucky Katt [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 03:31:10 PM  
Oldiron_79: Deliverance was filmed in GA/NC/TN tri state area, not WV.

hush, you!

 
HappyHarryHardOn [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 03:37:04 PM  
"Dang marla we kang go todat fang-see olive place!"

thats the nicest banjo I ve seen. today, BUCKY KATT
How cool can you make that sound? I mean after you put a little bit of reverb and distortion on that bad boy?

 
itchy_bits 2008-03-16 03:40:18 PM  
The Invisible Sky Wizard: Winning ticket for Powerball prize of over $275,000,000 sold in West Virginia. That's gonna to buy a lot of banjos teeth

How do we know the tooth brush was invented in West Virginia?

If it were invented anywhere else it would have been the teeth brush.

 
Malinki 2008-03-16 03:44:34 PM  
itchy_bits: The Invisible Sky Wizard: Winning ticket for Powerball prize of over $275,000,000 sold in West Virginia. That's gonna to buy a lot of banjos teeth

How do we know the tooth brush was invented in West Virginia?

If it were invented anywhere else it would have been the teeth brush.


What's the state color of West Virginia?

Primer.

/PA

 
The Cureman 2008-03-16 03:49:58 PM  
The only question I have is if a husband and wife from West Virginia win the lottery and move to Michigan, then get divorced, are they still brother and sister?

 
libbynomore2 2008-03-16 03:51:27 PM  
wow, subby and his friends know nothing about West Virginia other than their ridiculous and ridiculous stereotypes...must be Democrats

where do you morons live?

 
libbynomore2 2008-03-16 03:52:38 PM  
that should have been " ignorant and ridiculous stereotypes. "

 
thinkabou_tit 2008-03-16 03:54:46 PM  
libbynomore2: wow, subby and his friends know nothing about West Virginia other than their ridiculous and ridiculous stereotypes...must be Democrats

where do you morons live?


Quiet you...I don't want people knowing how awesome it is there, the rivers and rocks are crowded enough.

 
Elmo Jones 2008-03-16 03:55:49 PM  
libbynomore2: wow, subby and his friends know nothing about West Virginia other than their ridiculous and ridiculous stereotypes...must be Democrats

where do you morons live?


Lighten up, Francis.
I'm so happy you could stop by and crap on an amusing thread.

/Tell aunt Momma and uncle Daddy that I said "hello".

 
MIguy [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 03:56:10 PM  
Wow, I can't believe that the winner was stupid enough to buy a lottery ticket.

 
sjbiars 2008-03-16 03:57:41 PM  
I would buy up some of the flattened mountains. You can get thousands of acres incredibly cheap. Afterwards, I would plant some fast growing pine trees on some of the less-desirable portions and wind / solar farm on the rest. Coal companies could make billions from this and look good in the process.

Price: $25m-$50m

/I'm from Crappalachia.
//Southern Ohio to be exact.

 
wffsoccer 2008-03-16 03:59:58 PM  
MIguy: Wow, I can't believe that the winner was stupid enough to buy a lottery ticket.

THIS. I think?

 
fanbladesaresharp 2008-03-16 04:00:02 PM  
Oldiron_79: Deliverance was filmed in GA/NC/TN tri state area, not WV.

Part of it was. Or did they just move a certain bridge to make filming more convenient?

 
inkling79 2008-03-16 04:02:39 PM  
MIguy
Wow, I can't believe that the winner was stupid enough to buy a lottery ticket.

Yeah. The winner obviously doesn't understand math.

 
TommyDeuce 2008-03-16 04:10:12 PM  
libbynomore2: wow, subby and his friends know nothing about West Virginia other than their ridiculous and ridiculous stereotypes...must be Democrats

where do you morons live?


Subby lives in Iowa, so he has no idea at all what it's like to live somewhere that many people hold unreasonable stereotypes about.

And yes, I realize that my "localizing" of the headline wasn't quite "on". I really should have used "Gunn 'ta" rather then "gonna to".

/common mistake, really

 
Robert Paulsen 2008-03-16 04:11:23 PM  
video man: A brand new pickax for your brother/father/best friend/secret gay partner?

In WV, that's one person!

 
rhiner 2008-03-16 04:19:15 PM  
I play banjo so I'm getting... oh never mind.

 
luvnuriko 2008-03-16 04:19:55 PM  
There's a West Virginia?!

 
Evilnissan 2008-03-16 04:28:33 PM  
Yes its been a big day for the lottery but it may be a while before the winner contacts us to claim the prize.

I just hope who ever bought the ticket still has it.



/Kanawha County resident.

 
SpaceLord 2008-03-16 04:29:11 PM  
Malinki: itchy_bits: The Invisible Sky Wizard: Winning ticket for Powerball prize of over $275,000,000 sold in West Virginia. That's gonna to buy a lot of banjos teeth

How do we know the tooth brush was invented in West Virginia?

If it were invented anywhere else it would have been the teeth brush.

What's the state color of West Virginia?

Primer.

/PA


Is it just me, or do 60% of rednecks own a primer gray Camaro, and keep talking about getting it painted someday?

 
moon-watcher 2008-03-16 04:31:39 PM  
Dad/Bro??

 
rvagirl81 2008-03-16 04:32:45 PM  
My parents live in WV, and play when the pot gets big...

/i hope it's them
//i need a vacation

 
semiotix 2008-03-16 04:46:16 PM  
Someone's gonna get to do 550 cousins at the same time!

 
1proudneocon 2008-03-16 04:53:58 PM  
that will leave him with enough to buy one banjo and one washing machine after taxes.

 
libbynomore2 2008-03-16 04:57:02 PM  
Elmo Jones 2008-03-16 03:55:49 PM
libbynomore2: wow, subby and his friends know nothing about West Virginia other than their ridiculous and ridiculous stereotypes...must be Democrats

where do you morons live?

Lighten up, Francis.
I'm so happy you could stop by and crap on an amusing thread.



.....waiting for you comics to make " amusing " comments based on black stereotypes.

oh crap....that would be intolerant wouldn't it.

wait, what????

 
phooeypapa 2008-03-16 05:05:02 PM  
You would think Farkers would come up with something better than recycled jokes about West Virginia, but then again most of them are not as bright as they think they are.

 
libbynomore2 2008-03-16 05:05:42 PM  
TommyDeuce 2008-03-16 04:10:12 PM

And yes, I realize that my "localizing" of the headline wasn't quite "on". I really should have used "Gunn 'ta" rather then "gonna to".


I have no idea what you're talking about.....but then.....neither do you so......

you're the real dumbass here.

 
libbynomore2 2008-03-16 05:07:06 PM  
phooeypapa 2008-03-16 05:05:02 PM
You would think Farkers would come up with something better than recycled jokes about West Virginia, but then again most of them are not as bright as they think they are.



Ironic isn't it?

 
chaskat 2008-03-16 05:10:04 PM  
MIguy: Wow, I can't believe that the winner was stupid enough to buy a lottery ticket.

years ago, I was on my way to Santa Fe, NM for the weekend.
my friend's hot chica asked with great bewilderment,"there's a NEW Mexico?"

 
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