By John Zakour (writer) & Scott Roberts (artist)
Maria is a kid who sees things her own way- and expects the world to see it her own way too! Her friend Joey is more practical. He helps keep her grounded, though that’s as easy as handling a Thanksgiving balloon in a hurricane. Sue is special and she knows it- better than anyone. She’s writing her autobiography now, but she’ll live it later. Bob takes things slower. Ms. Payne is their teacher- she enjoys her job, she truly does. She’d enjoy it even more without the students.
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Maintaining by Nate Creekmore
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Sack of Rabid Weasels said, 10 months ago
It’s Working Daze: The Early Years!
Starring Rita from the same comic strip!
Also Starring Jay
Dana (hopefully without the Mary Sue powers)
Ed
simpsonfan2 said, 10 months ago
However many million combinations there are in a lottery, the prize would have to be big enough to still give you a profit. But:
1: How would you go about buying all those tickets?
2: If you decided to just pay the lottery for all the tickets at once, the lottery would probably not take your check in the proper amount, even if the check was good.
3: Even if they DID take it, some jerk who only buys one ticket would probably also have the winning number combination, causing you to get half what you expect.
4: Taxes, and payment over a period of years or a smaller lump sum to consider.
5: At least you would also collect on some five number, four number combinations etc.
johnzakour
said, 10 months ago
@Sack of Rabid Weasels
No Mary Sue powers… except maybe in her dreams….
johnzakour
said, 10 months ago
@simpsonfan2
All true but way too much to write in a comic bubble.
Thomas Scott Roberts
said, 10 months ago
@simpsonfan2
Maria was exercising kid logic. It doesn’t take any of that into account. The first law of kid logic is: if it would be cool, then it should work perfectly.
Saucy1121
said, 10 months ago
A group did that in the Virginia Lottery once, many years ago. They had bunches of people go to different locations and buy many tickets. I think they used a computer program to fill out the play slips. They did win more than they invested, but didn’t actually play EVERY combination. Since then, the lottery increased the number of possible numbers and banned using computer generated play slips. Here’s one story I found on it.
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/25/us/group-invests-5-million-to-hedge-bets-in-lottery.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
Thomas Scott Roberts
said, 10 months ago
The Bee Gees got their first charted single while they were teens in Australia. They and a group of friends bought as many copies as they could afford- this caused enough of a bump to get attention. A little radio play led to sales, and vice versa. It was a big investment, since they were several years away from being rich and famous- but it primed the pump. Yet that was still more doable than Maria’s scheme.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 10 months ago
Yes kid logic is incomplete and there for come up with incorrect outcomes.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 10 months ago
@Sack of Rabid Weasels
This isn’t Working Daze the early years. This is a totally different strip with different characters. Maria is the star.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 10 months ago
I like the way Joey thinks. Marie is like my mom was in that area. If the truth isn’t positive then shut up.
SporadicFire
said, 10 months ago
@simpsonfan2
Don’t for get the amount of time it would take to fill out one of the slips to get the numbers. You wouldn’t have time.