Two bottles of mature claret for dinner at the next tasting I attend. But only if Owen comes.jdaw1 wrote:Is there a misère prize: what do we drink if you lose every bet?DRT wrote:DRT has hedged by taking Netherlands at 16/1, thereby potentially saving the T85 tasting.
The 2014 Football World Cup
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"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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A case of Hutcheson 1983jdaw1 wrote:Is there a misère prize: what do we drink if you lose every bet?DRT wrote:DRT has hedged by taking Netherlands at 16/1, thereby potentially saving the T85 tasting.
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Damn!! Yes, that's what I meant. No, wait!flash_uk wrote:A case of Hutcheson 1983jdaw1 wrote:Is there a misère prize: what do we drink if you lose every bet?DRT wrote:DRT has hedged by taking Netherlands at 16/1, thereby potentially saving the T85 tasting.
11 bottles of Offley Boa Vista 1972 and 7 bottles of Real Vomit Cola 1983.
Phew! Saved it.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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But only if Owen comes.DRT wrote:Damn!! Yes, that's what I meant. No, wait!flash_uk wrote:A case of Hutcheson 1983jdaw1 wrote:Is there a misère prize: what do we drink if you lose every bet?DRT wrote:DRT has hedged by taking Netherlands at 16/1, thereby potentially saving the T85 tasting.
11 bottles of Offley Boa Vista 1972 and 7 bottles of Real Vomit Cola 1983.
Phew! Saved it.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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I hear you!
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If you do, I promise not to bring the RV83 or OBV72 or anything else horrid.LGTrotter wrote:I hear you!
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I gather England is playing at the moment. Presumably Sri Lanka are the boys in blue. Score looks a bit odd but it's not the first time that England have lost two wickets for one run.
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The Brits looked about as urgent as a squad of cricketers as the second half wore on.
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Taylor 1985 update:
0-0 draw in first game - bet lost
Spain to win the tournament - bet lost
England to go out on penalties - all hope is lost
Germany to qualify for final - still possible
Aguero to be top scorer - needs to get a shift on before the Dutch pair get too far in front
Possibility of Taylor 1985 six-pack tasting now very long odds and would require a miracle from England, Germany and Aguero to get their fingers out and the Netherlands to win the tournament.
0-0 draw in first game - bet lost
Spain to win the tournament - bet lost
England to go out on penalties - all hope is lost
Germany to qualify for final - still possible
Aguero to be top scorer - needs to get a shift on before the Dutch pair get too far in front
Possibility of Taylor 1985 six-pack tasting now very long odds and would require a miracle from England, Germany and Aguero to get their fingers out and the Netherlands to win the tournament.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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They think it's all over...DRT wrote:Possibility of Taylor 1985 six-pack tasting now very long odds and would require a miracle from England
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It would have been brave to have forecast Costa Rica to be top of group D, and Italy to be out.
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This really cracked me up!AHB wrote:I gather England is playing at the moment. Presumably Sri Lanka are the boys in blue. Score looks a bit odd but it's not the first time that England have lost two wickets for one run.
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My French in-laws have been very good about not gloating.
Perhaps because none of them are here. One arrives tomorrow.
Perhaps because none of them are here. One arrives tomorrow.
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Perhaps you should greet them with a german flag hanging out of the window.jdaw1 wrote:My French in-laws have been very good about not gloating.
Perhaps because none of them are here. One arrives tomorrow.
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Obviously since I'm in Berlin I should measure my comments a little. But.. Who knew it would turn into a humourless game of total destruction? Who could have guessed that the Germans were like that?
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For England, being beaten 1-7 in a semi-final against anybody would have been a great honour.
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I think, had little Stevie G's boys been playing against this lot, they wouldn't have stopped at 7.
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Those German goals were made by passing. By selfless team-focussed passing. Very professional.
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Update on Derek's bets:
Germany to reach the final - £25 @ 5/2 = £87.50 return -
Argentina to win the cup - £30 @ 9/2
Netherlands to win - £25 @ 16/1
At worst, getting all my money back. At best, winning a free case of wine.
Not too shabby considering the miserable start.
Germany to reach the final - £25 @ 5/2 = £87.50 return -
Argentina to win the cup - £30 @ 9/2
Netherlands to win - £25 @ 16/1
At worst, getting all my money back. At best, winning a free case of wine.
Not too shabby considering the miserable start.
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Which is exactly what they didn't do with what should have been goal number 8. Disgraceful. How typical of the Germans to fall apart at the end.jdaw1 wrote:Those German goals were made by passing. By selfless team-focussed passing. Very professional.
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This is a subject about which I know and care little but having watched a bit of the second half I thought it just looked like a very odd and stilted game. Quite surreal. So I will just get back to reading Sarah Waters 'The Paying Guest'.
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Sir, have you stumbled into the wrong room perchance? Perhaps I could take your glass for you and help you find your way to the library? Sir wouldn't like it in here. Very forthright the gentlemen are. Very forthright indeed.
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Look, I tried to say something about football. That is a genuine advance for me, OK it broke down at the end...djewesbury wrote:Sir, have you stumbled into the wrong room perchance? Perhaps I could take your glass for you and help you find your way to the library? Sir wouldn't like it in here. Very forthright the gentlemen are. Very forthright indeed.
You're right of course, I shall repair to the bar.
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OK; another assay at footie talk. Will Andre be unbearable tomorrow night?
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No, I hope to be unavailable for obvious reasons.LGTrotter wrote: Will Andre be unbearable tomorrow night?
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