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I honestly don't know what I found more strange:

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?

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I like to go on Yahoo Answers, gives me anonymity (sp?) to give my 2 cents without anyone taking my age into account. And lately I've been answering more relationship questions, even by married people, and it seems I know more then they do! People that are older than me, supposedly wiser. They can't see a red flag when it's there. They think they love someone they've known for a week. So many things taht seem blatantly obvious to me.

A long time ago I asked a question on there about brining your kids up into a certain religion. Naturally I got strong opinions on both sides, but a lot of them assumed I had children, and/or that I was an adult. I told them I was 16 years old, and they said "There's no way you're 16".

That's why I get kind of offended when people mistake me for being younger than I am based on my looks, because inside I have the wisdom of someone who is 40. (not that I want to look 40 either =P)