101 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 13 minutes ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: I remember an article at the end of 1990 which said if you'd had a £1 accumulator on Douglas to beat Tyson, Scotland to win the Grand Slam, Mr Frisk to win the National, Suaramez for the Arc and a couple of other unlikely but not unimaginable results, you'd have been into Bill Gates territory. ETA: The reason I remember this (or mostly, at least) is that, shortly after absolutely raping the local bookies (11/4? at thome? Yes, please!)and most of my regulars in the Imperial (twenty points start? Go on then..)who thought England just had to turn up at Murrayfield, I managed to back (at 33s, S.P.28/1 I believe) the National winner for the last time before Tiger Roll in 2018. Except don't most bookies cap pay outs to a million? So going beyond that is daft. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 39 minutes ago, pandarilla said: And obviously the biggest area of that when you're young is talking to girls. I was dreadful, terrified of rejection. Now I'm married i reckon I'd be fucking brilliant on the dating scene. Confident without being a dick - that's the key. It’s an easy game from the stands 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Except don't most bookies cap pay outs to a million? So going beyond that is daft.Much less if it strays outside the big dogs like horse racing and football etc IIRC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, NotThePars said: Much less if it strays outside the big dogs like horse racing and football etc IIRC. They'd surely let you roll all your winnings over onto 10+ events which seem obvious after they've already taken place at astronomical odds? -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 5 minutes ago, NotThePars said: Much less if it strays outside the big dogs like horse racing and football etc IIRC. Yeh I think league football has the highest payout but they really aren't keen on paying out huge wedges for niche stuff. Which kind of makes sense, I wonder if we could get odds on the P&B chess league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Thinking of the smartest people I know, a few spring to mind. One I went to school with, he went to uni but didn't really want the academic life. He instead became a travel photographer and a disability officer at a university down south. In any arguments or school subjects, he was always well ahead of me. Another school friend who was academically better than me went on to become a divorce lawyer for "high value clients". The smartest of the lot though is the father-in-law of a Danish ex-Celtic footballer. We did some work together from ~2001 to 2005. It started when he came over to stay with the family but wanted to keep working as well whilst he was over for an extended stay. He met my PhD supervisor - they worked in similar areas - and we started working form there. His use of statistics was miles beyond what I thought was possible, and together we published a handful of papers that, even today, I'm still really pleased with. I remember going through to meet him at his daughter's house and having a then-International footballer making tea and coffee for us. That was weird. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 20 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Thinking of the smartest people I know, a few spring to mind. One I went to school with, he went to uni but didn't really want the academic life. He instead became a travel photographer and a disability officer at a university down south. In any arguments or school subjects, he was always well ahead of me. Another school friend who was academically better than me went on to become a divorce lawyer for "high value clients". The smartest of the lot though is the father-in-law of a Danish ex-Celtic footballer. We did some work together from ~2001 to 2005. It started when he came over to stay with the family but wanted to keep working as well whilst he was over for an extended stay. He met my PhD supervisor - they worked in similar areas - and we started working form there. His use of statistics was miles beyond what I thought was possible, and together we published a handful of papers that, even today, I'm still really pleased with. I remember going through to meet him at his daughter's house and having a then-International footballer making tea and coffee for us. That was weird. His daughter married a(Presumably) millionaire professional athlete, so clearly she got some of her fathers brains. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Ross. said: His daughter married a(Presumably) millionaire professional athlete (who wasn’t Leigh Griffiths), so clearly she got some of her fathers brains. Refined that for you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 2 hours ago, 101 said: Yeh I think league football has the highest payout but they really aren't keen on paying out huge wedges for niche stuff. Which kind of makes sense, I wonder if we could get odds on the P&B chess league. The bookies had odds on a five a side/Futsal game I played in once. I got my mates to stick money on us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 It’s an easy game from the standsTrue. But i was fucking shocking - and all because of a daft lack of confidence.Nowadays I'll quite happily chat to anyone or ask anything - even if it makes you look a bit silly (self-deprication i'l being the absolute key). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 12 hours ago, Gordon EF said: Generally, I feel like the average intelligence on P&B seems a lot higher than the population at large. I've also noticed that there seems to be a much higher proportion of diddy team supporters on P&B than the population at large. Make of that what you will. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 12 hours ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: I honestly believe that those of us who have spent more time on this here rock in space have accumulated kniowledge which can be applied to new events which crop up. Not saying that the likes of me, GD and JacksGranda are the repository of all wisdom, but simply by being alive we have experienced more That said, in certain instances, there's also an argument that a large number of youngsters will have already found out more about various useful subjects than their elderly counterparts simply because they've grown up constantly carrying the internet about in their pocket rather than Werther's Originals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 17 hours ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: Her Majesty's Prison Service has a saying: "There's a difference between experience and time in." Yep...that's why I didn't really agree with the following sentence I've quoted from your post - "Not saying that the likes of me, GD and JacksGranda are the repository of all wisdom, but simply by being alive we have experienced more than someone half our age". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 One thing that absolutely baffles my brain and helps me acknowledge I'm not very smart is the idea that people that are way smarter than me actually sincerely believe in a God and I genuinely can't understand how this can happen. I'm talking about scientist types that have laser focussed objectivity up until the point where religion comes into the discussion. I'll never be surprised why weirdos that believe in God due to the way they were raised do so but I'll always find it weird how many objectively smart people can be religious, discounting all the "spiritual" ones that talk about a bigger "energy" rather than some omnipotent creationist God. As a weird aside I liked how the book Angels and Demons tried to do some negotiation where God was technically just the big bang. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 23 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: I've also noticed that there seems to be a much higher proportion of diddy team supporters on P&B than the population at large. Make of that what you will. Is there an scale of intelligence against diddiness? The more diddy the club the more intelligent the support? Have you got more intelligent in the last few seasons? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 56 minutes ago, tamthebam said: Is there an scale of intelligence against diddiness? The more diddy the club the more intelligent the support? Have you got more intelligent in the last few seasons? It’s Professor Hedgecutter to you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 On 14/07/2021 at 17:00, NotThePars said: Lot of nerd talk threatening to derail the thread so here’s some shots fired: there’s a coterie of posters, all definitely above 45 and balding, who’ve never read a book on the topics they pontificate about and are best described as “shooting from the hip” and “calling it like they see it” As true today as when it was written -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 On 17/07/2021 at 13:48, coprolite said: You credit the British public with too much knowledge. I'd guess there would be pointless states, nevermind their capitals. Okay. You were right. Today's Pointless included state capitols with no repeat letters. There were several pointless answers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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