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by DRT » 22:24 Fri 13 Jun 2014
jdaw1 wrote: DRT wrote: DRT has hedged by taking Netherlands at 16/1, thereby potentially saving the T85 tasting.
Is there a misère prize: what do we drink if you lose every bet?
Two bottles of mature claret for dinner at the next
tasting I attend. But only if Owen comes.
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by flash_uk » 22:30 Fri 13 Jun 2014
jdaw1 wrote: DRT wrote: DRT has hedged by taking Netherlands at 16/1, thereby potentially saving the T85 tasting.
Is there a misère prize: what do we drink if you lose every bet?
A case of Hutcheson 1983
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by DRT » 22:35 Fri 13 Jun 2014
flash_uk wrote: jdaw1 wrote: DRT wrote: DRT has hedged by taking Netherlands at 16/1, thereby potentially saving the T85 tasting.
Is there a misère prize: what do we drink if you lose every bet?
A case of Hutcheson 1983
Damn!! Yes, that's what I meant. No, wait!
11 bottles of Offley Boa Vista 1972 and 7 bottles of Real Vomit Cola 1983.
Phew! Saved it.
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by DRT » 22:35 Fri 13 Jun 2014
DRT wrote: flash_uk wrote: jdaw1 wrote: DRT wrote: DRT has hedged by taking Netherlands at 16/1, thereby potentially saving the T85 tasting.
Is there a misère prize: what do we drink if you lose every bet?
A case of Hutcheson 1983
Damn!! Yes, that's what I meant. No, wait!
11 bottles of Offley Boa Vista 1972 and 7 bottles of Real Vomit Cola 1983.
Phew! Saved it.
But only if Owen comes.
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by LGTrotter » 22:57 Fri 13 Jun 2014
I hear you!
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by DRT » 23:09 Fri 13 Jun 2014
LGTrotter wrote: I hear you!
If you do, I promise not to bring the RV83 or OBV72 or anything else horrid.
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by Alex Bridgeman » 00:54 Sun 15 Jun 2014
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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by CaliforniaBrad » 00:59 Sun 15 Jun 2014
The Brits looked about as urgent as a squad of cricketers as the second half wore on.
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by DRT » 10:03 Fri 20 Jun 2014
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.
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by DRT » 23:57 Fri 20 Jun 2014
DRT wrote: Possibility of Taylor 1985 six-pack tasting now very long odds and would require a miracle from England
They think it's all over...
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by jdaw1 » 19:10 Tue 24 Jun 2014
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by WineLoverPT » 19:01 Thu 03 Jul 2014
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.
This really cracked me up!
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by jdaw1 » 19:45 Thu 03 Jul 2014
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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by Alex Bridgeman » 23:50 Fri 04 Jul 2014
jdaw1 wrote: My French in-laws have been very good about not gloating.
Perhaps because none of them are here. One arrives tomorrow.
Perhaps you should greet them with a german flag hanging out of the window.
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by djewesbury » 23:05 Tue 08 Jul 2014
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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by jdaw1 » 23:41 Tue 08 Jul 2014
For England, being beaten 1-7 in a semi-final against anybody would have been a great honour.
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by djewesbury » 23:43 Tue 08 Jul 2014
I think, had little Stevie G's boys been playing against this lot, they wouldn't have stopped at 7.
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by jdaw1 » 23:50 Tue 08 Jul 2014
Those German goals were made by passing. By selfless team-focussed passing. Very professional.
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by DRT » 23:54 Tue 08 Jul 2014
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.
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by djewesbury » 00:42 Wed 09 Jul 2014
jdaw1 wrote: Those German goals were made by passing. By selfless team-focussed passing. Very professional.
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.
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by LGTrotter » 01:00 Wed 09 Jul 2014
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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by djewesbury » 01:18 Wed 09 Jul 2014
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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by LGTrotter » 01:23 Wed 09 Jul 2014
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.
Look, I tried to say something about football. That is a genuine advance for me, OK it broke down at the end...
You're right of course, I shall repair to the bar.
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by LGTrotter » 23:29 Sat 12 Jul 2014
OK; another assay at footie talk. Will Andre be unbearable tomorrow night?
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by AW77 » 23:46 Sat 12 Jul 2014
LGTrotter wrote: Will Andre be unbearable tomorrow night?
No, I hope to be unavailable for obvious reasons.
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