the story about a young woman who guessed the EXACT number of jelly beans in a jar (7,954) to win $25,000 and this was the second time she has managed to accomplish this feat;

or the fact that PIRATES are still something we have to worry about when sailing the seven seas?

I don't know, maybe I am naive, but I thought that in these modern times, piracy was limited to music and videos on the internet. And guessing the number of jelly beans? Come on! First off, who is the poor schmuck who had to count out nearly 8,000 jelly beans into a jar (I am guessing the payday for that was significantly less than $25,000) and second, how do you guess that exactly right? I think guessing within a hundred jelly beans would still be an unbelieveable feat (and against some serious odds) but she guessed right on the money (pun intended).

The odds stacked against her doing this at all, much less twice in her life, have got to be astronomical. That's not even math that I can do.

I wonder if she got to keep the jar full of jelly beans or if they just throw them away?

Argh, matey, what do you think?

26 days.