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chalk another one up for the stanford marshmallow experiment

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One for the annals of delayed gratification: A Ryanair passenger won €10,000 on an in-flight lottery scratchcard. But, as you might expect, the flight attendants didn’t have the money for him right there and then. He became angry and frustrated. In the face of urgings to the contrary from the crew and other passengers, he threw a fit and ate the ticket.

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Written by Kieran

February 27, 2010 at 1:11 pm

7 Responses

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  1. Clearly the guy was just hungry.

    Omar

    February 27, 2010 at 1:30 pm

  2. Seems rational.

    Kieran

    February 27, 2010 at 1:37 pm

  3. Thorfinn

    February 27, 2010 at 6:32 pm

  4. there must have been some really good stuff in the SkyMall catalog if he really needed the money that quickly

    gabrielrossman

    February 27, 2010 at 8:12 pm

  5. GR: You can take the catalog and order from home. Just ask my mother in law.

    fabiorojas

    February 28, 2010 at 2:01 am

  6. Funny!

    Karl

    February 28, 2010 at 10:53 pm

  7. [...] – Possibly the stupidest person in the world. [...]


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