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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 15 March | 64 comments (64 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Paddy Power, the Irish bookmakers, have reduced the odds on Pope Benedict's resignation to 3:1.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 04:37:54 AM EST
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He ain't going nowhere unless Jesus himself descends from the heavens and gives him the pink slip.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 05:35:35 AM EST
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I think it was the Pope's fall in the Alps recently that changed the odds.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 10:31:30 AM EST
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Do you honestly think even that would be enough?

by Sassafras on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 01:00:39 PM EST
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If he does resign, they give Angelo Scola top odds to succeed him (6/1) and Bono lowest odds (1000/1). (From paddypower.com's cache on Google; the site itself is blocked in Italy).

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 11:05:00 AM EST
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Organizing a facebook group to make small bets on Bono and pressure the odds would be interesting...

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 11:08:43 AM EST
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Any odds on Blair?

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 12:10:07 PM EST
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He's not on this list, but you might do better if you look directly on their website, assuming that France hasn't blocked it as well.

Other odds are 50/1 for Clegg in the U.K. As for 2012 in the U.S., Obama is at 4/5 no matter what Fox News may say, while Paris Hilton and Laura Bush are tied at 1000/1. Schwarzenegger is at 100/1, and Ron Paul (50/1) leads McCain, Gore, and Kerry.

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 12:22:52 PM EST
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