These days, I consider myself lucky if I have time to sleep. So I was a bit taken aback to learn, through some completely serendipitous web browsing, that some people, calling themselves lotologists, have invented a new hobby. From Word Spy:
lotologist (law.TAWL.uh.jist) n. A person who collects new and used lottery tickets.
This is apparently not a hoax: there is a website, lotologist.com, that looks legit. There’s even an annual Lotovention that is being held at the East Liverpool Motor Court in East Liverpool, Ohio this year.
This is more evidence that if something exists, no matter how ephemeral, people will collect it.
I can think of better ways to spend your time and money, but if it keeps you out of trouble, more power to ya.
This, of course, from a guy who’s posted a gallery of carpets from casinos around the country.