4 8 15 16 23 42 108

[charlie and algernon]

be afraid, be very afraid... :scared:



actually, i hope i haven't just cursed DU by posting those numbers.


hehe, i dare anyone to chose those numbers next time they buy a lottery card

[pro_blue_guy]

1. Uh oh........

It sounds like we're gonna get LOST

[charlie and algernon]

2. as long as we have plenty of guns

to fight the polar bears, we should be alright

[BlueJazz]

3. I didn't think that anyone had to buy a Library card...

I thought they were free everywhere.

[pro_blue_guy]

4. ...

Not on the island

[charlie and algernon]

5. haha, i meant lottery card

pro blue guy is right thought, i'm sure they're not free on the island.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Dude, if there were a lottery that had 108 numbers,

....well, all I can say is, there's no way in hell they'd have a lottery that made you pick X numbers from a pool of at least 108.

For fuck's sake, just do the math.

[charlie and algernon]

7. they do on the island

just ask Hurley ;-)

[pro_blue_guy]

8. It's Hugo LOL

I love this show. I can't get enough of it!

[AbbeyRoad]

9. 108 is the sum of the numbers

It wasn't one of the numbers Hurley used to win the lottery.

[petronius]

11. The point of a lottery is nobody does the math

I bet if they increased the number of little prizes a bit to keep people hopeful then a 108 number lottery would work just fine...

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. And I bet you're right!

And it would be played by people who drive their car every day but won't fly in airplanes because it's "too risky".

[mwdem]

10. Sheesh!

I read the other posts, and now I have to rent the 1st season and catch up. It drew me in...

[charlie and algernon]

12. you've made a wise choice, grasshopper

hehe, and now i can collect my check from J.J. Abrams for getting him a new viewer of his show

[mwdem]

13. Wait! I haven't commited yet.

Is it really worth it?

[charlie and algernon]

14. absolutely

it's a show that makes you think, one that presents more questions than it answers and leaves you to figure them out on your own. the actors are awsome, the drama is great, and it's damn suspensful.

[CanuckAmok]

15. I just got hooked.

I don't receive a tv signal, but I've been home sick so I rented the whole first season... wow, it's so unexpectedly clever.

And now I gotta know... what's under the hatch? (Don't tell me.... I have to wait until season 2 comes out on DVD).

I just hope they don't get carried away with the success and go too long; that's where British dramas shine... they know when to end a story.

[charlie and algernon]

16. i know

depends how many more questions we get and how many of them they choose to answer. they could eventually end it by having them rescued, but look at the long success of gilligan's island, so ending it after 6 seasons say, wouldn't exactly be neccessary. unless of course they get too hokey with all the questions and coincidences

[CanuckAmok]

18. What I'm afraid of...

Setting: An enormous new home in Suburban Los Angeles

JACK rushes into the upscale kitchen and puts two frozen burritos into the microwave.

KATE, the TWINS in her arms, follows right behind him. She frantically re-arranges the boys in her arms as she searches the coking island for the keys to her Audi.

KATE
"Jack, honey, where did you put my keys?"

JACK
(slurping down a too-hot cup of coffee)
"Keys? Honey...I don't remember having them."

KATE
"Well, you must have... you took my car to get milk last night, right?"

JACK
"Oh...yeah...ah, there in my coat pocket... hold on a sec..."

He runs out into the foyer and reaches in to the pocket of his denim jacket, still hanging pell-mell on the doorknob.

JACK
"Got em!!"

The microwave "BEEPS" as the burritos finish their cycle.

"Katie, can you get the burritos? I'm gonna be late for class!"

Kate, flustered an annoyed, pops the door of the oven open, and grabs the burritos. Surprised by how hot they are, she drops them, and the glass plate explodes on the tile floor.

KATE
"SHIT!"

The twins begin to howl in unison as KATE shoves the broken glass and ruined food to one side of the kitchen floor as she bolts for the front door.

She takes the keys from a shocked JACK.

KATE
"Sorry, honey, If I don't go right now, I wont get them to daycare in time, and I'll miss pilates"

She gives him a quick peck on the cheek and is gone.

Jack stands bemused, wondering how his life has become so chaotic. As if by a higher power, the cordless kitchen phone snaps him out of his stupor.

The screen splits as we see...

HURLEY (on phone)
"Dude! Where were you last night? I bowled a 270! John Locke owes me, like, ten bucks now!!

JACK
"Ah...well, I had some work to do, and..."

HURLEY
"Dude, this is the championship of the universe! Work?! Even Charlie was there, and he and Claire live in Monterey! If he can get a night off from Chuck E. Cheeze, you can totally get one off from your derma-whazis gig!"

JACK
"Dermatology. I'm a dermatologist. There's this big convention coming up in Des Moines, and..."

HURLEY
"Whatever, dude! All I know is you've changed, man... when we were on the island, you were all about the excitement, the danger...leadership, man!"

JACK
"Oh, you guys... it's always about the island! The island this, and castaways that! That was years ago. People change."

HURLEY
"Well, listen, dude, I'm on this lucky streak, and I don't want you to miss-out... you better be there next tuesday, or we're gonna have to reconsider having you as our captain."

JACK
"Um... the other line's going... I gotta go."

JACK clicks the handset, and HURLEY is replaced by SAYID..

SAYID
"Hey, Jack, it's Sayid..."

JACK
"Uh...hi..."

SAYID
"Look, man, I know it's been a while and all, but... look, I need a ride to work today. The Camero's just not turining-over, and if I'm late to Best Buy one more time, my super's gonna can me..."

JACK
"Look, I'm gonna be late, myself..."

SAYID
"C'mon, buddy...for your old island pal?"

JACk grimaces at the sound of the word "island"... but we...

Jump cut:

JACK is at the wheel of his Volvo, SAYID riding shotty.

SAYID (adjusting his clip-on uniform tie)
"...and I said to myself, why? I mean, why the hell did I chase this woman half-way around the world if she's just gonna be like tha, ya know?"

JACK
"Well, waffles aren't everyone's forte, you know."

SAYID
"It's not much to ask... a hot breakfast three mornings out of five! I mean, it's not like she soesn't know how to cook! She's been at the IHOP for, what, six years now?"

JACK
"Six years?! Has it really been that long...?"

And so-forth.

[Beware the Beast Man]

17. It's a slow-cooker.

I think the timing is perfect. Bit by bit things are starting to come together. For the record, they do reveal what's in the hatch in the first episode of this season, but all the questions are far from answered.

[Fleshdancer]

19. I started watching it over the summer

last year I thought the idea of people "lost" on an island was stupid so I didn't watch it. I didn't think the previews looked all that good and I wasn't curious. Over the summer I was watching a show (can't remember what it was) but the show after that was the re-run of the first season of Lost. I picked up my book without turning off the tv but after the first 10 minutes, I was glued to the television. I've been an addict ever since. Rent the first season. You won't be disappointed.

[ghostsofgiants]

23. Likewise...

I heard all the praise but thought "What the hell? It sounds like Survivor if it admitted to using a script".

But I kept hearing good things and one day I was reading something on surrealism and it mentioned Lost as a show that might be of interest to fans of surrealism (along with The Prisoner and Twin Peaks).

I decided to download the first season and ended up watching the whole thing in one day.

[UrbScotty]

21. Get LOST. (nt)

[jackelope72]

22. I did use them for the lottery.

I didn't win anything, but the fuel pump went out on my van 4 days later.

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Hey man, you knew the risk

[jackelope72]

26. Yeah, but did the really have to charge me $815.16 to fix it?

Plus, the part they needed didn't come in for 23 days, and I had to pay an extra $42 for the shipping charges!

:cry:

:yoiks:

[charlie and algernon]

28. and don't forget the $108.04 you spent on groceries the next day

[redqueen]

25. OOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Scary!

[El Fuego]

27. Now I HAVE to buy a ticket.

Curses on ye x(