View Full Version : Week 4 Waiting-for-Results Thread
William Haskins
05-21-2005, 08:30 PM
it's like deja vu all over again.
Rhush
05-21-2005, 08:33 PM
Sydney in the first Scream movie, walking on the balcony outside her house while talking on the phone. Give me another one....
William Haskins
05-21-2005, 08:38 PM
bruce willis walking barefoot over broken glass in die-hard.
Rhush
05-21-2005, 08:49 PM
Ha! Maybe it's been used a little more than once. Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam...Vasilines or Nirvana?
William Haskins
05-21-2005, 08:52 PM
both have merit.
Rhush
05-21-2005, 08:53 PM
Good man....
MacAllister
05-21-2005, 08:54 PM
This thread is gonna make me bleed out my ears...I have NO idea what ya'll are talking about. I've obviously missed some crucial subtext.But it sounds darn interesting.
This thread is gonna make me bleed out my ears...I have NO idea what ya'll are talking about. I've obviously missed some crucial subtext.But it sounds darn interesting.
I'm with ya, Mac. Glad I'm not the only one.
Hey, maybe all the ads worked and there were so many votes, it's taking a lot longer to count them.:idea:
MacAllister
05-21-2005, 09:01 PM
here's hopin'! <g> I didn't even enter the contest, and I'm waiting here on pins and needles.
It's going to be really difficult to see ANY of you go, this week.
ChunkyC
05-21-2005, 09:01 PM
[Jeopardy music]
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maestrowork
05-21-2005, 09:02 PM
Like four hours after taking Viagra and with nowhere to go....
MacAllister
05-21-2005, 09:14 PM
...not that Ray knows about that from personal experience, or anything...
brokenfingers
05-21-2005, 09:18 PM
Have you guys seen the spread in Vegas? My bookie's going absolutely frantic!!
ChunkyC
05-21-2005, 09:23 PM
Have you guys seen the spread in Vegas? My bookie's going absolutely frantic!!
Thank goodness the New York Stock Exchange isn't open!!
William Haskins
05-21-2005, 09:25 PM
what are the current odd, broke?
Cassie88
05-21-2005, 09:29 PM
D**M! Can't concentrate on anything ... have to keep stoping and come back to check ..... I wish they'd say: Results will be in around _____.
brokenfingers
05-21-2005, 09:37 PM
Just got off the phone with my bookie and this is what he gave me:
DJP: 1-1
Firehorse: 1-1
Texas Blue: 1-1
Rhush: 3-2
Trumancoyote: 3-2
jdkiggins: 3-2
William Haskins: waiting on the weather report from Hell….
ChunkyC
05-21-2005, 09:43 PM
Dang, I think I just broke the REFRESH button on my browser....
MacAllister
05-21-2005, 09:45 PM
well--I finally just got around to cleaning the grout out of my mouse while we wait (long story) and geez! it works wayyyyyyyyy better, now.
maestrowork
05-21-2005, 09:51 PM
well--I finally just got around to cleaning the grout out of my mouse while we wait (long story) and geez! it works wayyyyyyyyy better, now.
Poor mouse. Did Ten catch it or did you?
rhymegirl
05-21-2005, 10:22 PM
They'd better hurry up and post the results soon. I have stuff to do. And my husband wants to do something to my computer.
mommie4a
05-21-2005, 10:30 PM
Like four hours after taking Viagra and with nowhere to go....
I gotta know - why would anyone take Viagra if they had nowhere to go?
rhymegirl
05-21-2005, 10:33 PM
And don't they say on that commercial that if after 4 hours the stuff is still working, you better see a doctor?
mommie4a
05-21-2005, 10:42 PM
What a visual, Kate!
Cassie88
05-21-2005, 11:23 PM
Oh, thanks, Kate. I'm working on little rhyming books about emergency vehicles...firetrucks, police cars...and your visual keeps popping up! Literally!
So sorry to see Rhush go.
rhymegirl
05-22-2005, 12:34 AM
You're welcome, Cassie. I didn't start that discussion. It's not such a bad visual, is it?
But back to the little rhyming books. Timmy was playing with his blocks...
BlueTexas
05-22-2005, 01:47 AM
Just got off the phone with my bookie and this is what he gave me:
DJP: 1-1
Firehorse: 1-1
Texas Blue: 1-1
Rhush: 3-2
Trumancoyote: 3-2
jdkiggins: 3-2
William Haskins: waiting on the weather report from Hell….
Uh...I have no idea how to read this...can someone explain how this works to me?
Kappie
05-22-2005, 01:56 AM
well, lets see if I can explain this correctly. 1-1 odds means for every 1 dollar you bet you get 1 dollar return if you win. So 3-2 is bet 3 dollars you get 2 dollars back. Reading the odds at a horserace the 1-1 odds tell you that horse is favored to win over the 3-2 horse. Does that make sense? I'm not sure I'm explaining it very well, sorry.
firehorse
05-22-2005, 02:41 AM
well, lets see if I can explain this correctly. 1-1 odds means for every 1 dollar you bet you get 1 dollar return if you win. So 3-2 is bet 3 dollars you get 2 dollars back. Reading the odds at a horserace the 1-1 odds tell you that horse is favored to win over the 3-2 horse. Does that make sense? I'm not sure I'm explaining it very well, sorry.Well, that's not fair. I'm the only one who actually is a horse ;). One might conclude that a horse stands a better chance of winning a horse race because, um, I don't think they accept howling gay predators wearing white fedoras. Not to mention, you know, like, people with real names and initials and... (trying to remember) whatever BlueTexas means. :D
Come to think of it, a coyote is faster than a horse.
(I thought 3-2 meant that if you bet $2 you get $3 back? Wouldn't the other way around indicate that the 3-2 horse is favoured over the 1-1? What do I know, though? :Shrug: I forgot to even watch the Kentucky Derby this year.)
maestrowork
05-22-2005, 06:30 AM
It means Rhush, Truman and JD had slightly better odds than the others, I believe.
Kappie
05-22-2005, 07:03 AM
Yeah, Firehorse you're probably right I shouldn't have used horses as an example! Betting on horses is all I do and maybe since I can't explain the odds very well that explains my betting history at the tracks:Smack: (You are right about 3-2, you bet 2 dollars and get 3 back) And with all this betting talk I just remembered I missed the Preakness todayhttp://absolutewrite.com/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif
Rhush
05-22-2005, 08:34 AM
Sounds like those "odds" were off in my case!
brokenfingers
05-22-2005, 11:35 AM
Those odds as posted in Vegas are for winning the whole shebang.
Here's a generalization without going into the whole handicapping spiel etc.
1-1 = even odds (the "horse" has an excellent chance of winning so it's not really worth betting because since the bookies don't want to lose any money, you won't really make any money.)
3-2 = slightly less than even odds (again the bookies think the odds are good of the "horse" winning and so the payout is not so great)
Waiting on weather report from hell = well, my bookie said if it's cold there, then bet it....
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