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* LudicrousPrecision: Sam Toomey used the Numbers to guess how many beans were in a jar "as big as a pony"; according to Sam's wife Martha, the number (4,815,162,342) was exact "to the bean".

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* LudicrousPrecision: Sam Toomey used the Numbers to guess how many beans were in a jar "as big as a pony"; according to Sam's wife Martha, the number (4,815,162,342) (4,815,162, 342) was exact "to the bean".
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'''Season 1, Episode 18''':

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'''Season 1, Episode 18''':
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'''Season 1, Episode 18'''

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'''Season 1, Episode 18'''
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* BoringYetPractical: Hurley's accountant describes his recent acquisition of a box company to be highly lucrative because "everyone needs boxes."

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* AluminumChristmasTrees: During the Cold War, there were [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station radio stations]] which broadcast a string of numbers in order to provide coded messages for spies.



* AgentScully: Even after describing the string of bad luck that her husband experienced, Martha bluntly tells Hurley that there is no curse with the Numbers.

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* AgentScully: Even after describing the string of bad luck that her husband experienced, which included her losing her leg in a car accident while he escaped without a scratch, Martha bluntly tells Hurley that there is no curse with the Numbers.

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You think I'd still have my leg if Sam hadn't have picked the right number of beans?! You think that floods wouldn't have happened?! That homes wouldn't have burned down?! That people wouldn't have died?!\\

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'''Martha:''' You think I'd still have my leg if Sam hadn't have picked the right number of beans?! You think that floods wouldn't have happened?! That homes wouldn't have burned down?! That people wouldn't have died?!\\



** Hurley's stockbroker makes the same remark as [[Recap/LostS01E11AllTheBestCowboysHaveDaddyIssues Locke made to Boone]] on the subject of a box company:

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** Hurley's stockbroker accountant makes the same remark as [[Recap/LostS01E11AllTheBestCowboysHaveDaddyIssues Locke made to Boone]] on the subject of a box company:



'''Locke/Stockbroker:''' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin They make boxes.]]

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'''Locke/Stockbroker:''' '''Locke/Accountant:''' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin They make boxes.]]


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* InstantlyProvenWrong:
** Not a full five minutes after telling Hurley that there's no such thing as curses, Carmen breaks her ankle getting out of the car, her new house has caught fire, and Hurley is mistakenly arrested by the LAPD as he tries to call the fire department.
--->'''Hurley:''' No such thing as curses, huh, Ma?
** Hurley's accountant also insists that there's no such thing as curses. A man is seen plummeting to his death in the window behind him before the accountant has even stopped talking.


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* MistakenIdentity: As part of his ludicrous streak of bad luck, the LAPD somehow mistakes Hurley for a drug dealer and arrests him.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Trying to get out a car while blindfolded earns Carmen a broken ankle.
** Hurley is mistaken for a drug dealer and arrested by the LAPD; it takes no time at all for Hurley to be released, and he quickly sues for wrongful arrest, netting a sizable settlement.

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