He Didn’t Win The Brains Lottery Either

Two young customers (who I will later learn are brother/sister) are checking out at the small corner shop where I work. The sister is buying a small meal deal, and the brother seems to remember something.

Brother: “Oh, I almost forgot, I won something on the lottery.”

Sister: “You did?”

Brother: “Uh, yeah.”

He goes through his pocket and finds a crumpled lottery ticket from last month. I run it through.

Me: “Sorry, this isn’t a winning ticket.”

Brother: “Yeah, it is! It’s got 12, 21, and 38 on it! Those three numbers were drawn last night!”

Me: “Last night, yeah, but this ticket is from a month ago.”

Brother: “It doesn’t matter when I bought it!”

Me: “It actually does. It only applies to the date of the draw on the ticket, which in this case was last month.”

Brother: “That’s not true.”

Sister: “It is [Brother’s Name]! Did you think it lasted forever?!”

Brother: “Wait, you mean I have to get one of these every week?!”

Sister: “How else do you think they always have millions to give away as prize money every week?”

Brother: *Pause.* “F***!”

He storms out, and the sister turns to me to finish her purchase.

Sister: “Sorry about my brother. If brains were dynamite, he wouldn’t have enough to blow his hat off.”