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RE: Secret Santa is a failure
- To: "Chris" <http://www.picis.com/~Chris>, "Margaret" <http://www.subdimension.com/~margaretch>, "Margaret" <http://www.juno.com/~margaretch>, "Richard" <http://www.testman.com/~r>, "Richard" <http://www.rcn.com/~bhavani.nh.ultranet>, "Marnie" <http://www.juno.com/~369marnie>, "Marnie" <http://www.netscape.net/~369marnie>, "Chris" <http://www.yahoo.com/~dr_chris_bear>, "Flora E " <http://www.yahoo.com/~Flora>, "Tim " <http://www.yahoo.com/~Tim>
- Subject: RE: Secret Santa is a failure
- From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)
- Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 11:17:16 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <http://www.manhattan.picis.com/~FC02D3DC7382514EBE8A11FEF6B54FD1153D3D>
- Keywords: http://www.picis.com/~Chris
> From: "Chris" <http://www.picis.com/~Chris>
> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:28:53 -0500
>
>
> I have an idea.
> I say we have envelopes that say your secret santa person is ...
> We mix the envelopes around and then add addresses to them.
> Finally, we mail them out.
>
> There is a possibility that someone will get their own name.
> I'm willing to take that chance.
I think that, with 7 people, with this process, there's a 14.2% chance
that at least one person will get themselves. There's a 2.3% chance two
people or more will get themselves. I guess that means there's an 11.2%
that exactly one person will get themselves and 1.7% that exactly two
people will get themselves.
That seems like pretty good odds. I say "go for it!"