LOST Auction – Hurley’s lottery balls and winning ticket

I wouldn’t want to be on any game show. First off, the camera adds weight, and in my case I would look like Jabba the Hutt. Very bad. Secondly, no matter what you win you will have to face a IRS agent right after you walk off the set and have to pay taxes on whatever you win. So, “Yay! I won a car!” “Hello, we’ll need $1700 now.” It’s just not worth it.

In addition to that, there is the general idea that nothing in life is truly free. If you win something, then you are the product being sold. It’s filthy business and I want to have nothing of it. Plus there is the law of found money. You go on “The Price Is Right” and win the entire showcase package, then someone in your family contracts creeping entropy rot, your house burns to the ground, your car’s engine cracks in half and suddenly you are facing an IRS audit going back 20 years. The price to get out from all of that? The exact money you “won” on the show. No matter what you do, life is a zero sum game.

The real winner is the one who does not play.