A few years ago I was walking up the sidewalk to my parents’ house, and there was one clover growing out of a sidewalk crack. That one clover just happened to be a four-leaf clover! Since then I always look at batches of four-leaf clovers trying to find one. I haven’t found one since then.
George J. Kaminski single-handedly collected 72,927 four-leaf clovers from the fields within prison grounds in Pennsylvania, USA.
So finding one shouldn’t be too hard, right? The odds are 10,000 to 1. Wow. 10,000 is such a hard number to understand. Here’s some other odds that are around 10,000:
11,500 to 1: Odds of bowling a 300 game
11,500 to 1: Odds of winning an Academy Award
11,000 to 1: Odds of a person in the military winning the Medal of Honor
10,000 to 1: Odds of finding a four-leaf clover on first try
5,000 to 1: Odds of getting a hole in one
5,000 to 1: Chance that Earth will experience a catastrophic collision with an asteroid in the next 100 years
The full list of odds is available at: http://www.funny2.com/odds.htm But they don’t sort the odds by number. Here’s the list sorted by number: 182,138,880,000,000 to 1: Odds of a meteor landing on your house 500,000,000 to 1: Odds of being killed on a 5-mile bus trip 300,000,000 to 1: Chance of dying from a shark attack 100,000,000 to 1: Chance of dying from SARS in the United States 40,000,000 to 1: Chance of contracting the human version of mad cow disease 32,000,000 to 1: Chance of dying from a mountain lion attack in California 30,589,556 to 1: Chance of dying from ignition or melting of nightwear 20,000,000 to 1: Odds of getting canonized 20,000,000 to 1: Odds of becoming a saint 13,200,000 to 1: Odds of being an astronaut 13,000,000 to 1: Odds of winning the California lottery 10,000,000 to 1: Odds of becoming president 10,000,000 to 1: Chance of dying from parts falling off an airplane 5,005,564 to 1: Chance of dying from contact with hot tap water 4,235,477 to 1: Chance of dying from being bitten or struck by mammals (other than dogs or humans) 3,441,325 to 1: Chance of dying from legal execution 3,441,325 to 1: Chance of dying from contact with a venomous animal or plant 3,000,000 to 1: Odds of spotting a UFO today 3,000,000 to 1: Chance of dying from food poisoning 2,320,000 to 1: Odds of being killed by lightning 1,428,377 to 1: Chance of dying from overexertion, travel or privation 1,000,000 to 1: Chance of dying in a fireworks accident 700,000 to 1: Chance of dying from being bitten by a dog 685,000 to 1: Odds of drowning in a bathtub 662,000 to 1: Odds of winning an Olympic medal 650,000 to 1: Chance of dying in a terrorist attack while visiting a foreign country
649,740 to 1: Odds of getting a royal flush in po-ker on first five cards dealt 576,000 to 1: Odds of being struck by lightning 370,035 to 1: Chance of dying from choking on food 354,319 to 1: Chance of dying in an airplane accident 225,107 to 1: Chance of dying from exposure to forces of nature (heat, cold, lightning, earthquake, flood) 107,787 to 1: Chance of dying in an explosion 88,000 to 1: Odds of dating a supermodel 81,524 to 1: Chance of dying from exposure to smoke, fire, and flames 79,065 to 1: Chance of dying from accidental drowning 60,000 to 1: Odds of striking it rich on Antiques Roadshow 22,000 to 1: Odds of becoming a pro athlete 20,666 to 1: Chance of dying from any kind of fall 20,000 to 1: Chance of dying in such a collision 19,556 to 1: Odds of injury from fireworks 18,585 to 1: Chance of dying from a car accident 18,000 to 1: Odds of being murdered 16,421 to 1: Chance of dying from an assault 15,000 to 1: Odds of an American speaking Cherokee 11,500 to 1: Odds of bowling a 300 game 11,500 to 1: Odds of winning an Academy Award 11,000 to 1: Odds of a person in the military winning the Medal of Honor 10,000 to 1: Odds of finding a four-leaf clover on first try 9,380 to 1: Chance of dying from intentional self-harm 7,000 to 1: Odds of being considered possessed by Satan 6,585 to 1: Odds of injury from shaving 5,000 to 1: Odds of getting a hole in one 5,000 to 1: Chance that Earth will experience a catastrophic collision with an asteroid in the next 100 years 4,464 to 1: Odds of injury from using a chain saw 3,623 to 1: Odds of injury from mowing the lawn 2,232 to 1: Odds of fatally slipping in bath or shower 1,820 to 1: Chance of dying from any kind of injury during the next year 563 to 1: Odds of catching a ball at a major league ballgame
250 to 1: Odds of finding out your child is a genius 220 to 1: Odds of writing a New York Times best seller 215 to 1: Odds of dating a millionaire 200 to 1: Odds of having your identity stolen 175 to 1: Odds of being audited by the IRS 117 to 1: Odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot 90 to 1: Odds of being born a twin in North America 77 to 1: Odds of being killed sometime in the next year in any sort of transportation accident 69 to 1: Odds of being killed in any sort of non-transportation accident 26 to 1: Chance of getting colon / rectal cancer 25 to 1: Odds of getting hemorrhoids 20 to 1: Odds of being the victim of serious crime in your lifetime 10 to 1: Chance of getting the flu this year 9 to 1: Chance of getting breast cancer 9 to 1: Chance of beating pancreatic or liver cancer 7 to 1: Chance of getting arthritis 6 to 1: Chance of having a stroke 6 to 1: Chance of suffering from asthma or allergy diseases 6 to 1: Chance of getting prostate cancer 3 to 1: Odds that a person between the age of 18 and 29 does NOT read a newspaper regularly 3 to 1: Odds that an American adult does not want to live to age 120 under any circumstances 3 to 1: Odds that a celebrity marriage will last a lifetime 3 to 1: Chance of dying from heart disease 3 to 1: Chance of an American woman developing cancer in her lifetime 2 to 1: Odds of getting away with murder 2 to 1: Chance of American man developing cancer in his lifetime 1.3 to 1: Odds that a first marriage will survive without separation or divorce for 15 years
I’ve only ever found 1 4-leaf clover when I was actively looking for one. I’ve never just stumbled upon one or spied one from above. I like that I have a better chance of wining an Olympic medal than of drowning in the bathtub. I wonder if an Olympic swimmer has ever drowned in a bathtub
i have found abot 15 or 16 five leaf clovers and abought 200 or 300 four leaf clovers. I have a 6, and a 7 leaf i have allways been able to find them . maybe i need to play the lottery
on april 3,2010 in my back i found three four leaf clover.all three were right next to each other.then about two hours later i found another by it self. then today i found one more.what are the odds to finding five in the same patch, pretty close to each other?
My gradmother and i can find four leaf clovers by the handful with very little effort. we have a compition every year. who can find the first, biggest, and smallest. we both have many 5,6,7 and 8 leaf clovers as well. I have found as many as 30 in one patch at many different places. once you have found a couple they tend to pop up at you, making them easy to find. has for them being lucky im still not sure. although my family and I are working and healthy so thats luck enough.
Heather, how long does it take you to find a four-leaf clover? Are you out there for an hour looking? I think most people, like me, will look for about 10 seconds. Maybe I need to give it a good solid hour.
My sister so far has found 1,362 4 leaf clovers in our back yard since 2006. She has 12-Five leaf clovers 22-7 leaf clovers and 8-8 leaf clovers, a friend of mine has a 1-9 leaf clover in a frame that she found in maine.
I thin it’s always fun just looking for them, it’s bonus sweetness when you actually find one.. It’s like awesome….