Kansas man struck by lightning hours after buying lottery tickets - Polidicks

Source: [url]http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-lottery-lightningbre82u0fk-20120331,0,2811220.story[/url] [quote]A Kansas man was struck by lightning hours after buying three Mega Millions lottery tickets on Thursday, proving in real life the old saying that a gambler is more likely to be struck down from the sky than win the jackpot. Bill Isles, 48, bought three tickets in the record $656 million lottery Thursday at a Wichita, Kansas grocery store. Ads by Google On the way to his car, Isles said he commented to a friend: "I've got a better chance of getting struck by lightning" than winning the lottery. Later at about 9:30 p.m., Isles was standing in the back yard of his Wichita duplex, when he saw a flash and heard a boom -- lightning. "It threw me to the ground quivering," Isles said in a telephone interview on Saturday. "It kind of scrambled my brain and gave me an irregular heartbeat." Isles, a volunteer weather spotter for the National Weather Service, had his portable ham radio with him because he was checking the skies for storm activity. He crawled on the ground to get the radio, which had been thrown from his hand. Isles had been talking to other spotters on the radio and called in about the lightning strike. One of the spotters, a local television station intern, called 911. Isles was taken by ambulance to a hospital and kept overnight for observation. Isles said doctors wanted to make sure his heartbeat was back to normal. He suffered no burns or other physical effects from the strike, which he said could have been worse because his yard has a power line pole and wires overhead. "But for the grace of God, I would have been dead," Isles said. "It was not a direct strike." Isles said he had someone buy him ten more tickets to the Mega Millions lottery on Friday night. While one of the three winning tickets was sold in Kansas, Isles was not a winner. Officials of the Mega Millions lottery, which had the largest prize in U.S. history, said that the odds of winning lottery were about 176 million to one. Americans have a much higher chance of being struck by lightning, at 775,000 to one over the course of a year, depending on the part of the country and the season, according to the National Weather Service. Isles, who is out of work after being laid off last June by a furniture store, said he did once win $2,000 in the lottery and will keep playing. "The next time I will use the radio while sitting in the car," he said.[/quote] Wow. Only heard of this once or twice before.

that's fucking poetic

Wow, two great shocks in a day! The amount of puns you can make about this is amazing

[QUOTE=Dead Madman;35399432]Wow, two great shocks in a day! The amount of puns you can make about this is amazing[/QUOTE] I know right, quite a shockingly large amount of available puns for this article.

Zing!

It's not often you see an electrifying story like this.

Was it a winning ticket?

[QUOTE=znk666;35399580]Was it a winning ticket?[/QUOTE] If you read the article you would see that he had no winning lotto tickets.

He jinxed it.

Holy shit.

A sign from god!

I've never used zing in a more satisfying way.

Before I read the article I thought it was one of the 3 people who won

He didn't win cash but he sure did win a free zap.

This is a sign that God is real :) lol you faggots took it seriously

It would be so ironic if he actually won before being struck.

[quote] "But for the grace of God, I would have been dead," Isles said. "It was not a direct strike."[/quote] actually that just means god shot and missed

SNIP

The lottery is done wrong. It should be million = person. So each and every person would get $1 million out of that $656. The lottery should change alot of peoples lives, not one persons life where they will just throw all that money away. $1 million to 656 people could have helped alot of peoples lives.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjos5ZqjUrE[/media]

[QUOTE=butters757;35407000]My Name Is Earl Video[/QUOTE] Earl only one $100,000 however.

If you're gonna break the odds, better break [I]all[/I] the odds. Now time for him to get in a plane crash, survive it, then buy a boat and go at sea to be attacked by a shark. :v:

[QUOTE=Lord of Ears;35406757]actually that just means god shot and missed[/QUOTE] I think God missed on purpose just to send a message

That's only a couple hours away from me... But hey, I've heard that you have a higher chance of being struck by lightning twice before winning the lottery :v: This guy is half way there!

[QUOTE=Killer900;35400234]This is a sign that God is real :)[/QUOTE] What? [QUOTE=shian;35399816]A sign from god![/QUOTE] Lmfao [QUOTE=CakeMaster7;35407416]I think God missed on purpose just to send a message[/QUOTE] My god.

[QUOTE=Killer900;35400234]This is a sign that God is real :)[/QUOTE] There is no record of god killing people for gambling. If you're going to be religious, get your own made up facts straight.

[QUOTE=newbz;35409423]There is no record of god killing people for gambling. If you're going to be religious, get your own made up facts straight.[/QUOTE]It was a joke

[QUOTE=newbz;35409423]There is no record of god killing people for gambling. If you're going to be religious, get your own made up facts straight.[/QUOTE] you have to belieeveeee

The puns in this thread are revolting.

[QUOTE=n0cturni;35417747]The puns in this thread are revolting.[/QUOTE] ohm y god what a bad pun