SpaceMan1 said:
1. Hey I got a great idea!
My wife is watching granddaughter, so she is totally occupied( distracted)!
I will tell her that I am headed downtown to do Charity work, the Soup Kitchen!
So she won't say anything while I take the car.
I will head to the Bank, pull out $20,000 and put it on Monday nite game!!!
Now when the Bank calls for verification I can always say someone hacked our account - ME? I would NEVER do anything like this, right?
I am not a degenerate out-of-control gambler - I am an INVESTOR who has picked games right before, right?
Is it me or does it seem like every story I hear about this scenario the degenerate LOSES whatever he throws lifelines away on???
2. I saw a guy, a down-and-out homeless total degenerate wallowing in the gutter outside the casino.
He looked up, and asked me for the pick tonight. He found a $20.00 in the gutter and wants this to be his rags-to-riches comeback story for a tv-made-for-movie special.
I told him that I was NOT going to give him a pick. I suggested he take that found 20-spot, get three sandwiches that will carry him through the next three days. NO he yells. "Not hungry. I will STARVE first. I gotta make this one last bet. I PROMISE to bet right, and no Alt lines, no Teasers, no Pleasers, no If bets, not buying off the hook, etc. See? I finally woke up with the discipline YOU have been so lucky with."
I look at him some more.
" PLEASE? I am begging you. You are a documented picker and have a chance to get lucky. I don't mean to demean your Meritocracy, but bums like us we don't want to work hard like you. We don't want to learn from our mistakes. I didn't ask to be born, so the world owes us a living! PLEASE give me that pick!"
"Oh, alright. But this is the LAST time I will bail your sorry arse out. I have given you dozens of picks over the years and you are always broke. Take the Saints + 4.5 for the Turkey game."
"Thank you, Spaceman1! I don't care what those other lucky guys on the Forums say about you - you are the BEST! Those guys on PreGame don't like you at all. They hate it when you score big! But I like you - I am your Loyal friend to the end!I will make sure I Like your videos and won't remove the Likes if you have a bad week. That is MY promise!"
I walk away.
"Hey SpaceMan!"
"What?"
"Give me a 2nd Turkey game for a two team Parlay!"
" What the fudge?"
" Hey I didn't say anything about a two-team parlay!"
I walk away. Keep walking.
" Hey SpaceMan1 you bum! I hope you lose every week for the rest of your life! I hope that wife spends all of your money!"
I keep walking.
" You guys are so lucky! Your Bankrolls, and money management! You are too scared to live life like the REST of us! No wonder your women stay with you and bore you to death....you are too afraid to be this free spirit like me! Rent money? What is that? You ain't gambling unless you are betting your Rent money and child support money! That takes nads! You are BORING as hell! No wonder no one invites you over anymore"
I keep walking.
"Hey SpaceMan1 - wait - I did not mean all of that - I was only kidding. You know me - I was only kidding - This Saints game is the 3rd game on Turkey Day! Give me your pick on the earlier games: Cowboys game or the Lions game for that two-team Parlay - PLEASE??"