# Tropicana, you can kiss my white ass **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2000, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropicana-you-can-kiss-my-white-ass/30232 "2000-08-21T23:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropicana-you-can-kiss-my-white-ass/30232/1 "2000-08-21T23:01:24Z")
I went to the shore this weekend. My back and belly are braised a bright blushy red. I somehow managed to sunburn my eyelids. worst of all, i went to a casino for the first time yesterday. I went to the roulette tables with thirty dollars. pretty soon I was up 65 bucks. and just as quickly as that, I lost it all. I had decided to go to the blackjack tables, but wanted to wait for the beer lady to come around. had i left then, i would have kept my money (or lost it all at blackjack). but noooo, she had to take her damn good old time, and meanwhile i lost too much money. i lost a grand total of eighty bucks. not much, but too much for me. casinos are EVIL!!! jb p.s.- and as soon as I get superrich, I’m going right back ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropicana-you-can-kiss-my-white-ass/30232/2 "2000-08-21T23:35:52Z")
I hate to break the news to you, but casinos are not in business to lose money. I know that sounds pretty obvious, but not everyone who gambles is able to grasp that simple concept. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropicana-you-can-kiss-my-white-ass/30232/3 "2000-08-21T23:55:26Z")
> [@](#): > > but noooo, she had to take her damn good old time, and meanwhile i lost too much money. You act like the dealers were physically picking your pockets. > [@](#): > > i lost a grand total of eighty bucks. not much, but too much for me. casinos are EVIL!!! I spent three hours in a casino once and only spent five bucks. Got some free drinks too. Of course, that was before they realized I was only 20 and kicked me out. The point is that it IS possible to be in a casino and not blow every cent you have. If you need a little encouragement, just look at the ragged old ladies with black circles under their glazed eyes. Watch them stuff nickel after nickel into those slots, never win a thing, and keep coming back for more. If that doesn’t stop you from blowing all your money, then perhaps you’ll be one of those permanent casino-dwellers yourself someday. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropicana-you-can-kiss-my-white-ass/30232/4 "2000-08-22T00:03:31Z")
I’m not much of a Tropicana fan either, I much prefer Minute Maid. Huh? Oh. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropicana-you-can-kiss-my-white-ass/30232/5 "2000-08-22T00:04:03Z")
One time we were visiting Great Grandma Marie in Las Vegas. We went to a casino. Grandma stuck in a quarter, pulled the lever, won $25, and high-tailed it out of there. ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropicana-you-can-kiss-my-white-ass/30232/6 "2000-08-22T00:05:05Z")
you prefer minute maid over tropicana? are you mad? ---
**Author:** ![Gatsby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@Gatsby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatsby)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropicana-you-can-kiss-my-white-ass/30232/7 "2000-08-22T08:07:30Z")
If you can’t afford to lose it, don’t put it on the table. A lesson I can’t seem to learn, so I try to stay out of casinos. However, it is a truism of life. If it only cost you $80 to learn, you are ahead of the game. Quit now. \ Here endeth the lesson. \