Comments on: Can you show me your facial hair please? http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/09/15/can-you-show-me-your-facial-hair-please/ Not a real vee Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:07:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: doctorvee http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/09/15/can-you-show-me-your-facial-hair-please/comment-page-1/#comment-18181 doctorvee Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:33:11 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/09/15/can-you-show-me-your-facial-hair-please/#comment-18181 Yeah, possibly. Actually, when I was writing that bit I wondered if the Lucky Dip perhaps was designed to entice people who had never played the lottery because were scared of choosing their own numbers for that reason. Yeah, possibly. Actually, when I was writing that bit I wondered if the Lucky Dip perhaps was designed to entice people who had never played the lottery because were scared of choosing their own numbers for that reason.

]]> By: Chris Applegate http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/09/15/can-you-show-me-your-facial-hair-please/comment-page-1/#comment-18180 Chris Applegate Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:23:52 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/09/15/can-you-show-me-your-facial-hair-please/#comment-18180 <blockquote>For this reason, I’m amazed that Camelot ever introduced the concept of ‘Lucky Dip’.</blockquote> Actually I think they hit a half-good idea here - people would carry on using their old numbers in case they won, and could now select a new 'lucky dip' line of numbers on top, while keeping their old set just in case. Classic hedging of bets - you can try out new numbers in case your old ones are unlucky, and you don't run the risk of the horror of "the one week I don't use my usual numbers they come up".

For this reason, I’m amazed that Camelot ever introduced the concept of ‘Lucky Dip’.

Actually I think they hit a half-good idea here – people would carry on using their old numbers in case they won, and could now select a new ‘lucky dip’ line of numbers on top, while keeping their old set just in case. Classic hedging of bets – you can try out new numbers in case your old ones are unlucky, and you don’t run the risk of the horror of “the one week I don’t use my usual numbers they come up”.

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