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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Nash on April 13, 2004, 06:30:28 PM
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(inspired by Eagler)
Lets make it interesting - here's how it will work.
Your pick is either Bush, Kerry, or a write-in candidate of your choice.
$20 US is the wager.
When the elections have produced a winner, I'll administrate it, including who sends what cheques where with all relevant shipping info.
Keep the debate to other threads. Here, simply say "Bush" or "Kerry".
In order for you to collect, I will need to know your address, which we'll do through private email after the results are known.
Deadline for the betting is August 31st.
Once you've committed to your bet by indicating a choice here, you may not change it. Any "edited" post is disqualified.
To be eligable for the bet, you must have registered on this BBS as of March, 2004.
(I hope that covers everything).
Ok chumps - time to put your money where your mouth is!
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Ralph Nader in a landslide
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Can people who bet on Kerry also bet on Bush?
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Originally posted by Sixpence
Ralph Nader in a landslide
Robert Stack has more of a chance than Nader.
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Originally posted by ra
Can people who bet on Kerry also bet on Bush?
No.
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Originally posted by MrLars
Robert Stack has more of a chance than Nader.
OK, Robert Stack in a landslide
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Why not... "write-in" candidates are allowed.
Do I have you down for Stack, then?
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Originally posted by Nash
(inspired by Eagler)
Lets make it interesting - here's how it will work.
Your pick is either Bush or Kerry.
$20 US is the wager.
When the elections have produced a winner, I'll administrate it, including who sends what cheques where with all relevant shipping info.
Keep the debate to other threads. Here, simply say "Bush" or "Kerry".
In order for you to collect, I will need to know your address, which we'll do through private email after the results are known.
Deadline for the betting is August 31st.
Once you've committed to your bet by indicating a choice here, you may not change it. Any "edited" post is disqualified.
To be eligable for the bet, you must have registered on this BBS as of yesterday.
(I hope that covers everything).
Ok chumps - time to put your money where your mouth is!
Didn't you claim to have blow 65 grand on dope? And you want people to send you money?
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lol
No - y'all will be sending money to eachother.
If you receive your shipping instructions and all the addresses point to one place in Calgary Alberta, then that would be a red flag. :)
Otherwise, I don't have post office boxes in Montana and Norway and couldn't be arsed to travel the world collecting 20 dollar cheques. :)
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Originally posted by Nash
Why not... "write-in" candidates are allowed.
Do I have you down for Stack, then?
hehehe...I'll wait until John Kerry announces his running mate before I'll commit. Maybe it will be Robert Stack, hell, Ashcroft lost an election to a dead man.
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Can i vote for Ike?
http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/indust.html
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Sure, write in candidates are allowed.
Even dead ones.
I'd put you down for Ike, but unfortunately your registration to this BBS makes you ineligable.
But you are funny so I'll give you a haha haha ha ha hahhaha.
It's what you're after, and hey - I aim to please. :)
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Originally posted by StabbyTheIcePic
Can i vote for Ike?
http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/indust.html
"My bike likes Ike!"- The Fonz
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In. (b4 the lock)
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huh?
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Originally posted by Nash
huh?
Pornography! I'm shocked to see pornography in this thread!!!
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Ahhh...
I threatended to change my avatar once, but the avalanche of outraged emails made this idea untenable.
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Ironic that this thread was started by a brit.
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And not so ironic that you're quite mistaken.
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But... what's the (ooooh) controversy here?
This is in the same spirit as betting accounts over Scenario outcomes.
Not a huge deal.
20 bucks. And no big point to make. Just a bet.
I really don't understand the trepidation. Is 20 bucks too high? I thought it's not a big deal to lose, yet big enough to be worth posting the bet. We could lower it.? Is that it?
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You're American? For some reason I thought your... um... meltdown occured overseas.
What's up with the bad teeth?
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You're refering to the pic I posted?
My mouth was closed.
bzzzzt.
Not being overseas does not mean being an American.
bzzzzt.
Funny, you and I had a little spat about how insignificant us Canadians were compared to you Oregonians. I don't blame you for not remembering - it was idiotic. But it does speak to something, you're authoritative way of saying, nothing.
Here's a toaster on yer way out.
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I think he's one of them further north Americans.
-SW
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Ah.. canadian... and that makes it less ironic?
MiniD
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PS... I notice you didn't deny the bad teeth thing.
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a) I don't know how "irony" even enters the picture. You were just plain dumb-arsed mistaken. Would you find it somehow ironic if I called lamas basketballs? Whatever turns yer crank.
b) What's with the fixation on teeth all of a sudden? And what's with that logic? You haven't said that yer donut isn't small... so....?
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You don't know where irony enters into the picture in regards to a thread about the U.S. Presidential Elections being started by a foreigner? Umm... that's just being obtuse nash.
And I was wrong about you being british... saying it again won't make it any more true. It doesn't make you starting this thread any less funny.
As for your teeth... it was a joke based on thinking you were british... you're response was pretty funny though. Almost as if you went through the thought process of "when could he have seen my teeth". I'd hardly call it an obsession, but if that makes you feel better, then go ahead.
MiniD
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Well, then....
uhm...
Thanks for playing?
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Actually.... You tell me.
How is it ironic for me to be the one starting this bet?
Would it also be "ironic" for a foreigner bet on Tiger Woods or the WBC title?
Do you even know what the word "irony" means?
I don't think I'm being obtuse. I think you're being an arse, for some reason.
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just make it a month of AH
I can always use another free one :)
LANDSLIDE BUSH!
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I thought about that Eagler...
But unless an equal number of people bet one way vs an equal number of people betting the other way, it wouldn't work out to a clean predetermined amount.
But... is 15 bucks more acceptable to wager?
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sure
it might be hard to get enough kerry money to cover though :)
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Yeah...
If 10 people bet on Bush, and 5 on Kerry... and Bush wins... Obviously the 5 wouldn't be able to cover the 10.
So...
I'm going to guaruntee a 150% return if that happens.
If you bet $20 on Bush and he wins, you get $30 back, minimum.
And visa versa.
Hope that makes sense.
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Originally posted by Nash
Actually.... You tell me.
How is it ironic for me to be the one starting this bet?
Would it also be "ironic" for a foreigner bet on Tiger Woods or the WBC title?
Do you even know what the word "irony" means?
I don't think I'm being obtuse. I think you're being an arse, for some reason.
Actually, I do know what the word means nash.
And no, it would not be ironic for a foreigner to bet on Tiger Woods in an international sport. It is ironic for a foreigner to start a betting pool on the U.S. elections that are not in any way shape or form "international".
MiniD
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I'll take Kerry if I get some odds.
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Originally posted by SaburoS
I'll take Kerry if I get some odds.
If you take Kerry you are odd. :p
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Originally posted by Nash
Ahhh...
I threatended to change my avatar once, but the avalanche of outraged emails made this idea untenable.
Where did you get this avatar? I want more footage of the girl in the forground.
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Originally posted by Nash
Funny, you and I had a little spat about how insignificant us Canadians were compared to you Oregonians.
MiniD says he's from Portland. That's not Oregon. In order to be a true Oregonian you must be outside of the Tri-Met area and the Willamette drainage.
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Originally posted by AKIron
If you take Kerry you are odd. :p
You know, I am ;)
Figured most here would bet on Bush as he's still the one to lose it.
I'm probably gonna lose money but ain't gonna bet unless we make this interesting :D
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
MiniD says he's from Portland. That's not Oregon. In order to be a true Oregonian you must be outside of the Tri-Met area and the Willamette drainage.
I agree, Oregonians outside of the tri-counties area (Tri-Met is public transportation) are as insignificant as Canadians.
MiniD
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I woulda bet the farm that George H.W. woulda won in '92. I lose in Vegas too.
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SaburoS - the odds are gonna take form in front of you in this post. I don't know what they're gonna be.
I have Eagler down for Bush.
Do I write you down for Kerry?
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BTW Holden... is that Eugene, Corvalis or Salem? I see you're south of the 45th which makes you a bit too californian.
MiniD
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Write in: Dave Chappelle running with Rick James. :D
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If your water flows to the Willamette, (which includes the few communities you mention) or you can ride the light rail to OMSI, you're living in faux Oregon.
Now if you live near Grants Pass, Roseburg, Klamath Falls, Lakeview or John Day, and feed your transportation hay or diesel, then you are a true Oregonian.
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Well poll recently showed 83% of people thought Bush could lose, lets wait till we see Kerry's running mate.
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Another interesting issue would be terrorist action - if they feel that they could influence the political process by a massive attack in the USA between August and November I think they would attack.
How would the Americans feel about electing Bush if there was a serious attack just before election is the question.
I would say that there is a high probability of a terrorist attack between August and November in the USA and if there is such an attack that Bush will lose the November election.
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Originally posted by _Schadenfreude_
Another interesting issue would be terrorist action - if they feel that they could influence the political process by a massive attack in the USA between August and November I think they would attack.
How would the Americans feel about electing Bush if there was a serious attack just before election is the question.
I would say that there is a high probability of a terrorist attack between August and November in the USA and if there is such an attack that Bush will lose the November election.
I think an attack intended to influence our election against Bush would have an effect opposite that desired. Americans are a scrappy lot for the most part.
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Originally posted by Nash
SaburoS - the odds are gonna take form in front of you in this post. I don't know what they're gonna be.
I have Eagler down for Bush.
Do I write you down for Kerry?
The most I could lose is $20.00? If that's so, then yes, put me down for Kerry.
At least I'll be a sport about this.:)
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(http://www.pollingreport.com/images/GENLapril.GIF)
http://www.pollingreport.com/
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Rgr Saburo. Yer down for $20 on Kerry.
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yet not many who want to put their money where their mouth is
LOL :)
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Originally posted by Thrawn
(http://www.pollingreport.com/images/GENLapril.GIF)
http://www.pollingreport.com/
Yep definite signs of one of them landslides that Eagler keeps squawking about.
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btw put me down for £20 on Kerry..... that's $36.40 for you lot unaccustomed to dealing in real money.
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nash...if I were in the early stages of recovery from drugs I would not be jumping feet first into every poilitical debate... you might want to concentrate on recovery for a while before you get all worked up about things as unimportant as politics...
lazs
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lol, who's all worked up?
Gosh, some people are taking this thing waaaay too seriously.
I do appreciate what yer saying though.
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20 Canadian? That's like ..what.... $2.50 ?
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OK, I'll commit now.
I'll give $20 to Kerry's campaign for every $20 bet for Bush to win here.
Hurry up guys, my quarterly contribution check is due to go out at the end of this month and I'm still allowed to give $1,250 more.
Debait is what you use to catch defish.