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7th December 2006, 11:16am
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#1 | | tired and emotional Editor
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| Story of the week
http://money.guardian.co.uk/news_/st...964301,00.html Quote:
A car salesman told his boss he could stick his job after mistakenly believing he had scooped £1m on a scratchcard.
Steve Moseley, 36, misread the numbers on his 24 Karat Gold scratchcard and, thinking he had won, started dancing on his desk.
He threw all his money at colleagues at the used-car dealer, Fortnums in Fareham, Hampshire, and sent one of them out for champagne.
He told his shocked boss he was quitting because he was a millionaire and then called his girlfriend, Theresa Parsons, 27, to share the news. But his celebrations were cut short when he called the National Lottery's claim hotline and was told his numbers were not the winning set.
He had mistaken a 16 for a 15 on the scratchcard and had not matched two 15kg ingots, turning him from an instant millionaire into a jobless car salesman.......
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7th December 2006, 11:20am
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#2 | | turning water into funk
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| Re: Story of the week
Ooft. thats gotta hurt the pride. Begging for your job to a manager 14 years younger than you? Ouch. | 
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7th December 2006, 11:35am
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#3 | | I hate your band SuperMod
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| Re: Story of the week
Hoo-ah.
Go, go, gadget schadenfreude. | |
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7th December 2006, 11:36am
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#4 | | Frankly my dear.....  Editor
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| Re: Story of the week
Hahaha
We were talking about that at work the other day. What an idiot. I mean, you would check first before you did what he did. I don't think he is alone in wanting to do what he did but most people would have the common sense to check with Lottery HQ before they rant at their colleagues I imagine!
Don't you wish you had been there 
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7th December 2006, 12:20pm
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#5 | | Mr WYSIWYG
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| Re: Story of the week
That man is a star. Living by your impulses like that must be quite exciting.
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7th December 2006, 4:38pm
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#6 | | Hammer Smashed Face
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| Re: Story of the week
Yeah, common sense dictates that you make 100% sure before burning any bridges. Once you are sure, though, then dynamite 'em to hell and back.
Still hilarious. | |
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