This 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.
Archive for the ‘Wagers’ Category
Declaration of policy.
Monday, January 16th, 2012TMQ 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.)
TMQ Watch watch.
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011Last December, TMQ Watch responded to TMQ’s assertion that “Favre’s 297-game streak will never be broken”, offering Peyton Manning as an example, and stating
TMQ never contacted us to agree on terms. However, we are honorable people, and we clearly lost that bet. Accordingly, in lieu of paying TMQ $5 directly, we are making a donation to A Call To Men, an organization TMQ praised in that same column.
TMQ Watch: September 6, 2011.
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011We apologize for the delay in posting this week’s TMQ Watch. We’re taking a class on alternating Tuesday nights; last night was the first meeting, and it appears this class is going to eat up a significant chunk of time. Ah, well, onward and upward.
After the jump, haiku. Not our haiku, of course (we have already made our feelings on that subject known) but TMQ’s annual predictions haiku.
For the record…
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011I have given up on the Cubs winning the World Series and paid Lawrence his $5.
However, I feel like I’ve gotten more than $5 out of entertainment out of our bet, so overall, I’m a winner.
Obligatory opening day post.
Thursday, March 31st, 2011This is to note that once again, I’ve bet Lawrence $5 even money that the Cubs will win the World Series this year.
Also, my bet with Lawrence on Gonzaga has been paid.
Zaged when I should have Ziged.
Sunday, March 20th, 2011Once again, Gonzaga lets me down, and once again, I owe Lawrence $5.
Oh, well. There’s always the Cubs.
Gonzaga!
Monday, March 14th, 2011
Gonzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaga!
Now that the bracket is out, I’m once again picking Gonzaga to go all the way.
How can you not, really? Doesn’t the sound of the name stir something in your heart? Say it with me: “Gonzaga!”
Noted for the record.
Thursday, January 6th, 2011Lawrence has bet me $20 at 5-1 odds that the Texans will make the playoffs in 2011, provided that the NFL plays a complete season in 2011.