I am explaining the joys of Ladbrokes to Penny."Because the odds on the Irish lottery are so much better. See, just two balls matching gets you £53.. None of that three balls gets you £10 here. And they were having an open day in there, all very sociable".
"Could be a good place to meet men"...
Who? Wha? huh?? This woman never fails to amaze. Last time I checked she was a 50 year old Senior Accountant, happily married with two teenage kids and an obsession with standardising typefaces across all the Institute's correspondence.
I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt, and assume she's worrying on my behalf, not her own....
Yeah erm, yeah there were lots of men there ...
More than your bereavement group?
Ah! So unless there is Something She Hasn't Told Me about Mr P, this line of thought is headed straight in my direction.
Mmm, well you know anyone I'm going to meet there is going to have their own set of problems....
And only one of my numbers came up...
10 June 2010 at 22:06
You know, I used to play the lottery in the UK when it first started and I never even once had a ten pound prize. Everyone I know at least won one of those. I'm still sulking. Pah. :)
10 June 2010 at 22:24
I pop into the bookie's with Frog virtually every working lunchtime - he's the runner for a library syndicate trying to retrieve their pension value. I'd pity anyone cruising in there for a date, they'd be better off in the bus station...
11 June 2010 at 15:01
Ah the dream of the big lottery win.
A work friend told me about systems entries---our Lotto is a six number draw with a two suplementary number draw to add to minor prizes---so I took an 8 number system--out came five numbers and with the combinations with my other 3 numbers I collected $2,282.00---I've been taking those same 8 numbers for 15 years, had a few collects in the hundreds but no big dividend.
Oh, men, they are everywhere---it's women I can't find
11 June 2010 at 19:45
Veg - Sames. That's why I've "emigrated" to the Irish.
Mr Musgrove - Pleased to see Helmithdale's finest taking such a proctive approach to their investments... what next? Derivatives and collateral default swaps?
Bus station... nah, they'd still come with baggage too..
Clyde - According to my mother you can be lucky in love or lucky in money... I wouldn't think $2,282 would rule you out of luck with women..
13 June 2010 at 18:35
The numbers game is just a racket. I gave up long ago.
13 June 2010 at 21:05
It's chastening to think that our current financial woes are down to a bunch of bankers losing their shirts down at the bookies.
14 June 2010 at 07:56
Mme Def - That sounds like defeatism Mme Defarge!
Mr Musgrove - OUR shirts Mr Musgrove! They were making bets some of them couldn't lose