So you're telling me / The United States and Europe are giving us millions of dollars in aid every year
A So You're Telling me post.
The job ad wants ten years' experience with software that has existed for five. You have none. You apply. So you're telling me there's a chance. "Maybe another time," she says. You've already looked up restaurants for another time. You've narrowed it down to three. Ninety percent chance of rain for the garden party. Your mum is setting out the deckchairs. That's a ten percent chance of sunshine, she says. The sign on the shop door says it closes at six. It's 6:01, the lights are still on and a man is mopping. You knock on the glass, smiling, with hope. **Why it caught on:** Jim Carrey's Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber (1994) is told his chances with Mary Swanson are one in a million and lights up: "So you're telling me there's a chance!" Everyone has bought a lottery ticket with exactly that face.