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Man Wins $1 Million, Loses Lottery Ticket, Then Rediscovers
Trevor Noah On Miami Spring Break Mayhem:
'Covid Is Not Over. All right?'
His Luck By Finding It In A Parking Lot
Trevor Noah on maskless spring break parties in Miami Beach: ‘This is what’s gonna happen after Florida’s governor called the state a “freedom oasis”.’ Photograph: YouTube.
A year ago, spring break parties in Florida exacer- bated the spread of the nas- cent coronavirus, as people were too late in taking seri- ously the risks of the pan- demic. This year, the scene in Miami Beach was not much different, late-night hosts re- ported on Monday evening, as spring breakers let up on pandemic precautions too soon.
On the Daily Show, Trevor Noah replayed footage from a weekend of packed bars and chaotic, maskless street parties in Florida, in which more than 1,000 people were arrested; in one video, a shirtless man with his face painted like a Joker stood on top of a car and rained cash down on the crowd.
“Man, the Snyder cut is weird as hell,” Noah joked, then turned serious. “Let’s be clear here: Covid is not over. All right? Some random dude can’t declare the end of the pandemic by dressing up like the Joker and making it rain. It’s not a thing. Only Dr Fauci can declare the end of the pandemic by dressing up
like the Joker and making it rain.”
But you can’t fully blame the partiers, Noah contin- ued. “This is what’s gonna happen after Florida’s gover- nor called the state a ‘free- dom oasis’,” he said, referring to comments by Governor Ron DeSantis. “Like, if I put a Starbucks sign above my apartment door, I can’t be mad when people show up and try to take a shit in my bathroom. But still, there’s no reason
that you can’t celebrate spring break and wear a mask.
“If we’ve learned anything from Miami, this is just a pre- view of how much everyone is gonna let loose once the pandemic is truly over,” he added. “People have been locked up for too long. Once it ends, there’s gonna be drinking and partying, hook- ing up with everyone – it’s gonna be so much that it’s gonna create the next world- wide virus.”
We’ve all wondered what holding a million-dollar lot- tery ticket would feel like. Even if you don’t play often, when you spend a couple bucks on that little piece of paper from a local grocery store or gas station, there’s al- ways a little hope that, just maybe, you’ll be the lucky person who can win the jack- pot. Hell, I’ve even celebrated winning $10 before, so, yeah, that’s how low my expecta- tions are for actually winning anything of significance — but you better believe I’ll keep trying.
Look, scooping up life- changing money from the lot- tery are slim, so, when it does happen, one would imagine the first thing a person does is protect the lottery ticket with anything possible. Well, some guy in Tennessee named Nick Slatten sort of forgot about that very crucial part, losing the very valuable piece of paper after finding out he had won $1 million. How- ever, the guy’s luck was still very much intact, and he re- claimed the ticket in a park- ing lot after retracing his steps.
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