Sun, you've almost always mentioned LUCK, so I'm sure you'll get a kick out of the following luck proverbs:
1 ) Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth. ---Arabic
2 ) If a horse gets no wild grass, it never becomes fat; if a man gets no luck, he never becomes rich. ---Chinese
3 ) The Devil's children have the Devil's luck. ---English
4 ) He that has ill luck gets ill usage. ---French
5 ) A lucky man always ends as a fool. ---German
6 ) My right eye itches; some good luck is near. ---Greek
7 ) There's luck in odd numbers. ---Irish
8 ) Bad luck comes by pounds and goes away by ounces. ---Italian
9 ) An ounce of good luck is better than a ton of brains. ---Jugoslavian
10 ) Against a lucky man even a god has little power. ---Latin
11 ) Luck is always borrowed, not owned. ---Norwegian
12 ) If you were born luck, even your rooster will lay eggs. ---Russian
13 ) Better to be the lucky man than the lucky man's son. ---Scottish
14 ) When good luck comes to you, invite her in. ---Spanish
15 ) Luck never gives: it lends. ---Swedish
16 ) Good luck comes to the saucy and the bold. ---Welsh
17 ) He who is lucky in love should never play cards. ---Italian
18 ) It is better that the luck seek man than that the man seek the luck. ---Yiddish
Sun, what's your favorite luck proverb?
Mine is the modified #5
5 ) A lucky man [without commonsense] always ends as a fool. ---German
Lucky Billy a good example:
Credit for the Billy's store: www.anzwers.org/free/downtownlv/interest.htm
In 1980 a man by the name of William Lee Bergstrom asked about actually betting $1,000,000. Binion not backing down from this told him, that if he had the money, he could bet it. Bergstrom did not have the million but within a few months he showed back up with $777,000. Binion did not make him convert the money to chips, they instead put the suitcase of money over the "Do not pass line." The women who was holding the dice "Sevened out in 3 rolls" after this Binion counted out another $770,000 to Mr. Bergstrom, and Ted Binion escorted him to his car that night.
Over the next couple of years Bergstrom came back and made these bets:
Bet $590,000 he won
Bet $190,000 he won
Bet $90,000 he won
November 1984 Bergstrom brought his whole million. He gave it to the casinos cage. Ted Binion told him he could bet and play any game he wanted.
"He ran a few feet ahead to a craps table. He then put his finger on the table and said '$1 million on don't pass' It was a comeout roll so the shooter wanted a seven, and they come ace-six. It was over in a roll. I felt electricity run through me. And Bergstrom pulled his finger off the table like it was on fire" -Ted Binion
February 1985 Bergstrom committed suicide.
