this reminds me, more than anything, of those rare times when the (quasi)national lottery gets upwards of 100 gazillion dollars (american) and *everyone* buys a ticket, even those who never bet (hi CK), and folks at the office pool (a different sort of office pool) their moneys to buy blocks of tickets. and then someone in Kahootie, WI wins and everyone else says "man, that could have been me!". but this isn't a special day, but a random one. which seems appropriate somehow.