McTag wrote:I fancy Russia.
Not putting any money on it, though.
The competition seems to be hotting up, despite the absence of the Scots.
Russia played very well. Young and fast. You could be onto something there Mct.
Get some dough on it Mac. Find out what football's all about. Forget all this jumping up and down with glee when "your" team wins.
You can afford £50 surely. All that waste of time in German courtyards contemplating the fountain and congratulating yourself on how wise you were to be doing so must have cost that easy.
Learn real ecstasy and chagrin. Get the wife sat on the edge of her seat wondering what result she wants.
You're not going to try to tell me that people who get addicted to gambling do it for no reason.
Russia must be 10-1. That would be £500 in the pants. You could get yourself a de-luxe Black and Decker Workmate.
I'm quite sympathetic to that. But...and I havent looked...I doubt you can get 10/1
I'm wrong!!! 14/1 at bet365
and a free introductory £100 bet!
I might join you.
But betting on line takes all the romance out of it. I'm off down the pub and then round the bookies with a tin of Tennants extra strong lager. I want to sit outside on the pavement and drink it. Smoking too. I want the real betting experience not all this online sanitised mouse clicking.
I presume what you mean Steve is that like hearing the bookie's teeth gnashing when he's counting a wodge of twenties into to your grasping palm. And it is a pleasant feeling I must admit. But it's a lot of trouble.
My banker for Ascot, which I mentioned in a post a few days ago, was beaten into second place by a better horse. So I only won 13 units of stake. Which is better than being slapped around in the Over 50's Club.
But what superb TV the BBC's Ascot coverage is. That's what TV is for. That's as British as British gets. It's almost mystical.
How can naked greed and busting a gut be made to look so easy as if it was all a perfectly natural outcome of the evolutionary process. It's most magnificent production.
And that Sherwood chap camping it out of his skin was a hoot.
But the ladies---what can one say?
There was an interview with jockey, Johnny Murtagh, on Irish radio the morning after he won whatever it was he won at Ascot.
"How do you stay motivated?" he was asked.
"If ye can't get it up for Royal Ascot," he replied, " ye shouldn't be ridin'."
Imur-
He used the words "rise to the occasion" in the interview I saw.
He has ridden these winners at Royal Ascot-
Haradasun in the Queen Anne Stakes.
Henrythenavigator in the St James's Palace Stakes.
Yeats in the Gold Cup
Duke of Marmalade in the Prince of Wales's Stakes.
Those four are the Group 1 contests.
Of course Kieran Fallon would have been on them all but for a bit of alleged skullduggery so Johnny's a bit of a lucky lad.
Come on Croatia.
spendius wrote:But the ladies---what can one say?
well I hope they were properly dressed, wearing knickers but not visible. My neighbour said he wanted the job checking them with a mirror on a stick. Rules is rules one knows.
I don't think the dress code in the Royal Enclosure requires the ladies to wear knickers. I don't know about the cheaper rings though.
spendius wrote:I don't think the dress code in the Royal Enclosure requires the ladies to wear knickers. I don't know about the cheaper rings though.
he said he didnt mind, so long as he could have a go with the mirror.
go yo croats....turkey aint even part of yurp.
Francis wrote:Steve 41oo wrote:Dont believe him Tarah!!! He cant afford the hay to get it round the block let alone Derbyshire.
Tarah knows she can trust me.
Trust you to do what, Frances? :wink:
Whatever your fertile imagination can conceive..
There you are Mac. Chagrin City. Sick as a parrot.
You can't find that at a travel agent's. My arteries have been well flushed out.
spendius wrote:There you are Mac. Chagrin City. Sick as a parrot.
You can't find that at a travel agent's. My arteries have been well flushed out.
What? I've been out. Who won? Who lost? Who was playing? Did your team (money) go down? Shame.
Vive le sport.
amazing
I backed Turkey when Croatia scored after 119 mins.
not really
as Sir Alex said
Football: bloody hell
Anyhoo Germany will be pleased, and so am I
hey spends you might have a considered view on this one
http://www.able2know.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=118236
What a day!! Unbelievable really. It started when I overslept and had to rush my breakfast. (Apple juice, porrige, a banana and two roll-ups with a brew.) It got better as the day unfolded.
They say that tomorrow is the longest day. Has anybody ever checked or is it another of those things that you read in the papers. Like that the world is round and 4/5ths of the earth's surface is water.
Has anybody checked these things out for themselves?
I'm gutted. I was cock-a-hoop after Ascot and now I'm dumbfounded. How on earth did Turkey win that match? It's preposterous.
Germany beating Portugal was pretty damn amazing. But this one tonight is, as I said, unbelievable. It looks like the being no good is the way forward. Turkey were useless. One proper shot, deflected, on goal from a desperate lunge in the whole match and they phucking won it.
Like I said Geoff-"unbelievable".
I hope the day will be better for you tomorrow... if a little loner.
Nite all
Nite. Sleep tite and mind the bugs don't bight.
