What are the Odds?
(From "The Edge")
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What're the odds?
That you'll grow up to be president:
10 million-to-1
That you'll ever date a supermodel:
88,000-to-1
That you'll marry a millionaire:
215-to-1
That you'll marry royalty:
60,000-to-1
That you'll achieve sainthood:
20 million-to-1
That you'll be possessed by Satan:
7,000-to-1
That you'll win an Oscar:
11,500-to-1*
*(for people working in the film industry)
That you'll be struck by lightning:
576,000-to-1
That you'll catch a ball at a major league baseball game:
563-to-1*
*(if you attend a game)
That you'll become a professional athlete:
22,000-to-1
That you'll get hemorrhoids:
25-to-1
That you'll ever be shot into space:
2.4 million-to-1
That you'll be audited by the IRS in your lifetime:
3-to-1
That you'll strike it rich on "Antiques Roadshow":
60,000-to-1
That a large asteroid will collide with Earth during your lifetime:
20,000-to-1
That you'll go crazy in your lifetime:
5-to-1
Then again, it could be your
Lucky Day!
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