War gambling

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Doug Stanhope

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22 Jan 17

Seitse

Doug Stanhope

That's Why I Drink

Joined: 01 Jan 06
Moves: 33672

22 Jan 17

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Here's €10 that before June '17 we have war in the middle east.

Who's a taker? I'll PayPal if I'm wrong and I expect the same
from those losing.

Larkie

Joined: 01 Apr 05
Moves: 57586

22 Jan 17

Go on then. Here's my crisp £10 (yeah I know it'll be worth less than 10 euros by then, but I don't have any euros)...

Captain Strange

Mar-a-Lago

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22 Jan 17

Originally posted by Seitse
Here's €10 that before June '17 we have war in the middle east.

Who's a taker? I'll PayPal if I'm wrong and I expect the same
from those losing.

We already have war in the middle east.
Syria and Yemen are in flames.

coquette

Already mated

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Joined: 04 Jul 06
Moves: 1121257

22 Jan 17

I predict a warm day in June in the Sahara

divegeester

watching in dismay

STARMERGEDDON

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22 Jan 17

Originally posted by Seitse
Here's €10 that before June '17 we have war in the middle east.

Who's a taker? I'll PayPal if I'm wrong and I expect the same
from those losing.

I'm in.

So you are talking about a brand new war by May 31st?

wolfgang59

Quiz Master

RHP Arms

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Moves: 48794

23 Jan 17

I think it pretty certain that Trump will want a war to call his own.

Seitse

Doug Stanhope

That's Why I Drink

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Moves: 33672

23 Jan 17

Yuuup! We've got dive and lark then.

Indeed, we're talking about a crispy brand new war here.

Larkie

Joined: 01 Apr 05
Moves: 57586

23 Jan 17

Originally posted by Seitse
Yuuup! We've got dive and lark then.

Indeed, we're talking about a crispy brand new war here.

If you want to be a pukka war profiteer Doug you should up the stakes. Say £12?

Seitse

Doug Stanhope

That's Why I Drink

Joined: 01 Jan 06
Moves: 33672

23 Jan 17

Originally posted by Larkie
If you want to be a pukka war profiteer Doug you should up the stakes. Say £12?

Done. Dive, you in? 12 per head, pool goes to winner. We've got 36.

Larkie

Joined: 01 Apr 05
Moves: 57586

23 Jan 17

1 edit

Originally posted by Seitse
Done. Dive, you in? 12 per head, pool goes to winner. We've got 36.

A flaw in your plan, señor. If no war, you'll owe all 26,000 takers £12 each...
And I'll hunt you down like a dog until you cough up

Seitse

Doug Stanhope

That's Why I Drink

Joined: 01 Jan 06
Moves: 33672

23 Jan 17

Originally posted by Larkie
A flaw in your plan, señor. If no war, you'll owe all 26,000 takers £12 each...
And I'll hunt you down like a dog until you cough up

It's not a flaw, it's leveraging the stakes 🙂

Larkie

Joined: 01 Apr 05
Moves: 57586

23 Jan 17

Originally posted by Seitse
It's not a flaw, it's leveraging the stakes 🙂

Just a thought. You can be a bit inflammatory at times, which is great fun.
But starting a war, single-handed, is probably beyond you. Don't think about it.
But if you do.....all bets are off.

moonbus

Über-Nerd (emeritus)

Joined: 31 May 12
Moves: 8703

23 Jan 17

Originally posted by Seitse
Here's €10 that before June '17 we have war in the middle east.

Who's a taker? I'll PayPal if I'm wrong and I expect the same
from those losing.

There is already war in the Middle East. Has been for 5,000 years.

divegeester

watching in dismay

STARMERGEDDON

Joined: 16 Feb 08
Moves: 120562

23 Jan 17

Originally posted by Seitse
Done. Dive, you in? 12 per head, pool goes to winner. We've got 36.

How do we decide the winner on this basis?

Seitse

Doug Stanhope

That's Why I Drink

Joined: 01 Jan 06
Moves: 33672

23 Jan 17

2 edits

Originally posted by divegeester
How do we decide the winner on this basis?

Larkie and you are betting against me. If no new armed conflict sparks
within the time frame, I wire each of you 12 quid. If it does, each one of
you wires me 12. Are we dancing?

P.S. My count of 36 included my own 12 which, of course, are not in the
pool. Or they are, but... I'm confused. Hope we all understand each other.