This is something I say pretty frequently. Usually when I am cashing in $100 worth of lottery tickets for $4 in winnings...and buying another hundred worth... Most of the time I feel pretty good about saying this. It is literally true, in the context of playing the Lottery. It creates, I think, the proper amount of tension between self deprecating humor and uncomfortable self pity. And, honestly, if you haven't heard it before, its just clever enough to be memorable and funny! Maby not "