Once again, I’ve bet Lawrence $5 that the Cubs will win the World Series this year. This post is to document that bet.
(I actually have his money for the Gonzaga bet, and will pay him next time I see him.)
Archive for the ‘Wagers’ Category
Hope springs eternal.
Monday, April 1st, 2013Gonzaga?
Sunday, March 24th, 2013What is wrong with you people?
You go in as a #1 seed, and you lose this early to Wichita State?
You’ve cheated me out of my $5 worth of entertainment, and now I have to pay off my bet to Lawrence.
See if I bet on you next year.
Gonzaga!
Sunday, March 17th, 2013Yep. I took Gonzaga, Lawrence took the rest of the field, $5 straight across, again.
This post is to document our wager.
I have a good feeling about Gonzaga this year.
(I also have a good feeling about the Cubs this year. But we’ll wait until closer to opening day for that.)
Your loser update.
Friday, March 15th, 2013For the record: Grambling played their SWAC tournament game Wednesday night…and lost, finishing the season 0-28.
Meanwhile, Liberty University (of Jerry Falwell fame) started the season 0-8. But:
(I don’t place bets before the brackets are announced, but I’m thinking this is Gonzaga’s year. Just an aside.)
Noted.
Sunday, September 16th, 2012Lawrence sent me a link that seems to imply the Cubs have been mathematically eliminated.
MLB.com seems to confirm this.
So this is to document that I owe Lawrence $5.
Edited to add 9/24: Paid in full, in front of witnesses.
Betting watch.
Monday, March 19th, 2012This is to note that I owe Lawrence $5 on our Gonzaga bet. (Gonzaga!)
(Actually, I would have paid him on Saturday night, but I needed to break a $10, and forgot to do so because we were all distracted by the bidets at the Turkish restaurant.)
(“distracted by the bidets at the Turkish restaurant” is not a phrase I ever thought I would write on this blog.)
Also, Lawrence has bet me $5 that the Cubs will not win the World Series this year.
I have no joke here, I just like saying…
Thursday, March 15th, 2012Gonzaga!
This is to note that Lawrence has bet me $5, straight across, against the Gonzaga men’s basketball team winning the championship this year. (I have Gonzaga, he has the field.) This is a little late, since the tournament has already started, but Gonzaga has not played yet.
Since I know he follows basketball more than I do (heck, Helen Keller follows basketball more than I do, at least when she’s not hiding from the Nazis) I’m curious to see who his pick is. Perhaps he’ll weigh in in comments.
What’s My Betting Line?
Friday, March 2nd, 2012This is to publicly document that I’ve bet Lawrence $5 that the Chicago Cubs will win the World Series this year.
How about those Texans?
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012This is to document that Lawrence has bet me $5 even money that the Texans will finish better than 8-8 next season.
Declaration of policy.
Monday, January 16th, 2012This does not apply to most of you. However, this blog has a new policy:
We will no longer put ourselves in a position to lose more than $5 to Lawrence on any single bet.
TMQ watch: December 27, 2011.
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011We might as well get down to it. This week: the 2011 TMQ All-Unwanted All-Pros. After the jump…
Your loser update: week 14, 2011.
Monday, December 12th, 2011NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Indianapolis
A few notes: someone pointed out to us yesterday that Indy is just engaged in “sucking for Luck”; that is, they’re deliberately tanking the season in hopes of getting a first round the number one draft choice. We agree that this is probably the case: but all the Loser Update is intended to be, is a tally of who has a shot at going 0-16. Motivations aren’t a factor in the LU.
Secondly, we owe Lawrence $100. However, the link he posted says nothing about the Texans clinching the playoff berth. Here’s a better one.
Thirdly, this is only tangentially related to the loser update, but we’ve been threatening to link it all weekend: Elektrosjokkfotball. Basically, imagine two teams of Swedes playing soccer, where all the players (and the ref) are wearing shock collars, and the two observers/commentators have the controls. (I can’t tell for sure, but there may also have been alcohol involved.) I’d watch a lot more soccer if it was like this. (Push the “CC” button for English subtitles. Hattip: TJIC on the Twitter.)