# What are the odds?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds/313638>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 22, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds/313638 "2005-07-22T14:24:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds/313638/21 "2005-07-22T19:30:05Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> Actually, I was thinking about getting her a pearl necklace and matching earrings. That oughta be good for at least a hug.

I thought the pearl necklace was _after_…

Never mind.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds/313638/22 "2005-07-22T19:39:10Z")

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> [@Bryan Ekers](#):
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> I thought the pearl necklace was _after_…

It’s nice to see that someone brought in his thinking cap today.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds/313638/23 "2005-07-22T19:49:38Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> It’s nice to see that someone brought in his thinking cap today.

Well, it’s all that math. It shook me out of my usual drunken stupor.

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds/313638/24 "2005-07-22T20:39:39Z")

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Heh. In my workplace, if we draw a name we don’t like, we throw it back in and try again until we get one we do. After that, if we have a hard time finding a gift, we swap around with each other. After that, we all ask who’s got whose name until we know who has ours by process of elimination. What I’m trying to say is: Heather is totally stalking **tdn**.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds/313638/25 "2005-07-22T20:44:32Z")

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Because she knows I give good gift.

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