A swedish kind of death:
$225.5 (4.00 / 2) The high tail is mine! All mine! [Insert evil laughter, that possibly ends in coughing if a higher number is picked]
[Insert evil laughter, that possibly ends in coughing if a higher number is picked]
I went for the wrong tail! (Plus I failed to deliver the bet in the proscribed manner.)
Ah well, I did not deserve champagne for trying to play it as a game anyway. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
Indeed, I do believe I succeeded in having both the high and low bet. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
There's some question in terms of whether it was a sincere prediction or I was just joking, but oddly enough no question of whether predicting $200+ oil following the closure of the Straits of Hormuz due to W going to war to help get McCain elected was an entirely serious prediction. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
