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Spooky Coincidence in CA Gov. Ballot's Random Letter Assignment(ends with 'FL')
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| 8/11/03
| A. Cheeselover
Posted on 08/11/2003 6:06:33 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
Ok, check this out. CA today did a random drawing of letters to determine the order of names on the ballot. Outlined in detail the thread in the above source. In post#38, Freeper BushCountry noted the wierdest thing, that this completely random drawing process ended up with F and L being the last 2 letters.
Here is the entire order resulting from a random drawing of lettered balls(like in a lottery drawing):
1-R
2-W
3-Q
4-O
5-J
6-M
7-V
8-A
9-H
10-B
11-S
12-G
13-Z
14-X
15-N
16-T
17-C
18-I
19-E
20-K
21-U
22-P
23-D
24-Y
25-F
26-L
TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Florida; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: apocalypsenow; cheese; menemenetekelupharsi; moose; onamissionfromgod; ouijiboard; wierd
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To: Diddle E. Squat
The odds that one of the two letter 50 state abbreviations (or DC) appears in the last two slots is 7.8462%. There are 650 combinations you can make with two letters, and 51 of them are valid. No state abbreviations repeat their letter. The odds that FL appears is 1/650.
The odds that FL appears somewhere in the list is one in 26. There are 25 two letter combinations formed (1-2,2-3,3-4, and so on, down to 25-26). For any one of them, the odds that "FL" appears is one in 650, so the odds that FL appears somewhere is 25 in 650, or 1 in 26. So I guess seeing FL isn't that surprising. We don't see CA, and that'd be even more surprising. We also didn't see ARNOLD. The chances of that happening would be about 1 in 7.893 million. The chance of GRAY or CRUZ appearing would be 1 in 15,600. And the chance of seeing ARIANNA is ZERO.
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posted on
08/11/2003 6:33:40 PM PDT
by
Koblenz
(There's usually a free market solution)
Comment #42 Removed by Moderator
To: tet68
I believe that the F L at the end means it will take as long to read the ballot as it did to tally the Florida 2000 vote! It will if the democrats have anything to do with it! Yup. I already saw a headline from the LA times today something about election night chaos. (well that's my paraphrase, and since I won't register all I read was the headline)
To: Diddle E. Squat
I rather like the R being Number One, followed by my favorite R, W. :o)
44
posted on
08/11/2003 6:37:50 PM PDT
by
arasina
(Anyone know where I can get a good tagline?)
To: Diddle E. Squat
Interesting, but to me it means "diddle - e - squat" --- sorry!
45
posted on
08/11/2003 6:37:51 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Name an honest democrat? I can't either!)
To: Momaw Nadon
If more than one page is needed, will the voters who forgot to turn the page be "disenfranchised"?More then likely, some of raisinlands finest will vote for a candidate on each page.
To: Diddle E. Squat
Wouldn't it have been much easier just to do it alphabetically so people can actually FIND the person they wanted to vote. This is so freakin stupid.
47
posted on
08/11/2003 6:40:33 PM PDT
by
Hildy
To: Koblenz
Good work.
To: onyx
I'm waiting for Pastor Chuck Baldwin to claim that it means Bush is the antichrist...
To: Diddle E. Squat
If you look at it sideways, it spells "Paul is Dead."
Well...sort-of
50
posted on
08/11/2003 6:44:00 PM PDT
by
PoorMuttly
(Where there are no feathers [sunglasses, turbans, pinky-rings...], there is no evidence of Lunch)
To: Diddle E. Squat
I'm waiting for Pastor Chuck Baldwin to claim that it means Bush is the antichrist... ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When he does, by all means PING me, FReep mail me, send up a smoke signal!
51
posted on
08/11/2003 6:46:17 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Name an honest democrat? I can't either!)
To: swheats
Ya just gotta check out
#41LOL!
To: arasina
I rather like the R being Number One, followed by my favorite R, W. Sweet!
To: hole_n_one
Oh man we know who to ping for trivial pursuit.
54
posted on
08/11/2003 7:00:02 PM PDT
by
swheats
To: Diddle E. Squat
10-B
11-S
55
posted on
08/11/2003 7:06:39 PM PDT
by
TwoSue
To: Diddle E. Squat
To: Momaw Nadon
Not only will the ballot have several pages - which is understandable, but we will also have SEVERAL PUNCHCARDS - how many "elderly" are going to whine they used the wrong card ...... I can hear it all now!!!
I think we're talking FLORIDUH - MULTIPLIED BY 10!
57
posted on
08/11/2003 7:14:25 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
( America - "The Greatest Nation on the Face of the Earth")
To: Diddle E. Squat; All
Thanks for all the corny, quirky, idiot things you guys said - I haven't laughed that much in the last 3 days.
58
posted on
08/11/2003 7:15:22 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
( America - "The Greatest Nation on the Face of the Earth")
To: Diddle E. Squat
Terminator
To: Diddle E. Squat
Voters who recently moved from Palm Beach County will be keppt in a separate pen......How did Fumbduck get in there.??
60
posted on
08/11/2003 7:51:26 PM PDT
by
Waco
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