Mr Hippo Feels Lucky

While preparing for the long trek home yesterday, Mr Hippo found that he needed to buy a bag of ice for his coolers. Usually Mr Hippo never carries cash, so he would have used his debit card, but this time he had 3 singles, the result of a refund for a 12 pack of Dr Pepper purchased in error due to deceptive advertising and cashier incompetence. Mr Hippo was prepared to wage an internet campaign against the offending establishment over the overcharged 3 dollars, but fortunately for all, the manager saw Mr Hippos point immediately and gave him a refund, plus his free 12 pack of qualifying pepsi product. But Mr Hippo digresses. When he purchased his bag of ice, intending to pay cash, the price came to $2.03 Mr Hippo apologized to the casher and said that all he had was 3 singles, which he offered in payment. The clerk responded by handing back one single rather than go through the bother of counting out ninty seven cents in change. Mr Hippo considered that to be a rare stroke of good luck and immediately decided to capitalize on his luck by purchasing a powerball ticket. When Mr Hippo wins the jackpot Wednesday ($102 million and climbing), he might consider repaying the clerk's generocity by presenting her with a crisp $1000 bill, unless of course Mr Hippos lawyer advises him that the 3 cents might constitute a 3% share in the winning ticket, and thus it might just be better to forget the whole thing. When Mr Hippo claims his multimillion dollar prise, his first order of business will be to return to the beach to purchase a fabulous beach front mansion, where he will wile away the days playing in the surf, building his model train layout and working on his philanthropic endeavours. Of course, thats just when he's at the beach, becasue Mrs Hippo absolutely insists on purchasing a mountain retreat for those months when it is too cold to go in the water anyway. Regards, Lucky Hippo