A phrase used to describe something of which the chances of achieving said thing are so low, doing so feels like winning the lottery.
Father: Don't get depressed about not getting that scholarship son; it was a crap shot at best. Out of the thousands that applied for it, they awarded it to two, maybe three people. I’ve applied for jobs I knew I was 100% qualified for and would have made an excellent employee. I never heard anything.
Son: Why?
Father: Because they get so many applicants that someone even seeing my resume is a 500 to 1 shot.
Son: Rather like that scholarship. Although I had the grades and other requirements, so many other people applied that the odds of even hearing from them were like one on a thousand.
Father: Exactly, it was a crap shot. But, although it’s a crap shot, keep trying. Some day you’ll be the one guy in a 1000 they select.
Son: Why?
Father: Because they get so many applicants that someone even seeing my resume is a 500 to 1 shot.
Son: Rather like that scholarship. Although I had the grades and other requirements, so many other people applied that the odds of even hearing from them were like one on a thousand.
Father: Exactly, it was a crap shot. But, although it’s a crap shot, keep trying. Some day you’ll be the one guy in a 1000 they select.
by Anonymous August 08, 2004
Obs. A turniqutte usually of rubber tightend around the bicep during the preparation of injecting a sirenge containing illicit drugs, i.e heroin.
by Anonymous July 18, 2003
I watched G4 and decide to visit the website. All I saw were threads that said, "omg!11 teh tina and teh lara r teh hot1!!1!!
by Anonymous October 28, 2003
the second pc on a network, typically used as a beast of burden (e.g. network rendering, ftp, pr0n server, etc.)
by Anonymous December 13, 2002
by anonymous November 17, 2003